AEW: Fight Forever – Basic Wrestling Tips to Bring Out Your Inner Ring General

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AEW: Fight Forever, the new wrestling game from upstart promotion All Elite Wrestling, has arrived, and for the most part it’s a solid debut. That said, the in-ring action is a little different from what you may be used to if you’ve mostly been playing the WWE 2K series. The game is largely a throwback to older wrestling games like WWF No Mercy, albeit with its own set of tweaks. Here are a few tips that should get you on the fast track to championships and glory.

In AEW: Fight Forever, wrestlers aren’t just a collection of stats and moves, each one also has a selection of skills and passive buffs that determine how you ought to use them. Unfortunately, you can’t check on these during a match – instead, you have to do this in between matches. Go to the options menu by pushing triangle (or the equivalent button on Xbox) on the main menu screen. There, choose “Wrestler Info” and check out the fighter of your choice’s skills.

So, for instance, you’ll find Hangman Adam Page has the Grit skill, which allows him to kick out of some match-ending finishers and that Bryan Danielson has the Leverage Specialist skill that lets him end a match with a sneaky rollup and the Vice Grip skill that lets you injure people with submission moves. Knowing you have these skills will allow you to better strategize. Of course, you can also check on your opponent’s skills to find out what tricks they might throw at you.

Blocking is one of Fight Forever’s core mechanics, and getting good at it will ensure you usually pick up the win. You can block grapple moves with the left shoulder button, and block strikes with the right. There’s a simple bit of give-and-take here – if the AI is blocking your strikes, grapple them, if they telegraph that they’re