Former WWF wrestler/manager Harry Masayoshi Fujiwara, better known as Mr. Fuji, sued THQ, Prima Publishing and Nintendo for $1.5 Million, claiming they used his name and likeness for a character in the game without his knowledge or consent. The lawsuit was settled in Fujiwara's favor.
The only WCW game to feature Sting as well as the fake New World Order "Sting".
In addition to the WCW and the nWo, the game featured two fictional wrestling companies: Dead or Alive and Independent Union based upon Japanese wrestling companies and featuring copyright-evasive caricatures of their wrestlers. Dead or Alive mirrors the Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling company and the Independent Union represents Michinoku Pro Wrestling. Among these fictional wrestlers is one named Saladin, based upon Abdullah the Butcher who once wrestled for WCW.