WCW 2000 (Unreleased 2000 PlayStation 2 Game)

WCW 2000 was a game that was in development for the Playstation 2 by EA Sports in 2000 and 2001, The game was considered canceled on March 26th, 2001, When WCW was bought out by the WWF.

It is unknown how far along in development the game was when it was canceled, The game was on the cover of the May 2000 issue of Playstation Magazine and had a 2 page spread on the game, From the article it appears that the game would have been similar to the previous WCW game, Backstage Assault, Where there is no ring and all of  the gameplay and fighting happens in the backstage area with a verity of weapons.

Also from the article, The game would have been the first Wrestling game to make use of facial scanning for the character models, Something that wouldn't be used in WWE games until until WWE Smackdown vs Raw in 2004.