After reading this, went ahead and rented it yesterday...and it's really not that bad. Hell, it's not bad at all. Only problem is it gives you that..'DOA, why the hell am I playing this?' feel sometimes, but it's actually a good wrestling game. There's a lot (Well, I guess) of indy moves. Even did the Red Star Press earlier...with the exact taunt and everything. Like Doc said...if Smackdown had some of the animations this game does, it'd be liked a lot better.
And the characters are...interesting. But I like the heel/face thing, as well as story mode, even though, it's corny in a way lol..