When one thinks of sport the first ones that come to mind are football, tennis and basketball. But wresting is a popular sport as well, especially the freestyle WWE kind. This article reviews two online slot games based on wresting.

The first one is Andre the Giant from NextGen Gaming. Andre is a wrestling legend that features in this online slot game. It is live at online casinos like InterCasino. The reels are set inside the wrestling ring. The symbols on the reels enhance the wrestling theme and include masked opponent, referee, championship belt, wrestling ring, mask, chair, boots, hot dog and tickets. Five opponent symbols on an active payline award the largest payout of 5,000 times the line bet. Andre the Giant is the wild symbol. It appears only on reels 2 and 4 but makes up by acting as an expanding wild. The game logo is the scatter symbol and awards payouts multiplied by the total bet. Three or more scatter symbols trigger the Battle Bout Bonus. You are awarded ten free spins. The free spins include special symbols that depict the favourite wrestling moves of Andre. These may appear on reel 5 and are collected for the second part of the bonus game. After the free spins are over, Andre will wrestle with an opponent of your choice. Andre can executes the moves that you have collected. Every round that Andre wins results in bonus credits.

Realtime Gaming offers a wrestling themed video slot titled El Luchador that can be played at online casinos like Bovada Casino. This form of freestyle wrestling is popular in Latin American countries like Mexico called lucha libre. The reels are again set in a wrestling ring and the cheering of the spectators can be heard in the background. The high paying symbols are different wrestlers. El Luchador is popular because of the many gaming features offered. The Match Multiplier cam randomly award a payout multiplier from 2x to 5x on any paid spin. The Fly High Wilds Feature may trigger at the end of any spin after the payouts are made. El Luchador will turn scatter symbols into wilds and may also add up to three wilds on the reels. Payouts will be made again without any additional stake taken from the player. In the Ring Pick Feature you pick one of the rings on the screen for bonus credits. The final feature awards 10 free spins in which all payouts are doubled.