WWE Legends of Wrestlemania - Platinum Trophy Tips

WWE Legends of Wrestlemania was my 8th platinum, and mostly my last game before my Gamefly trial expires. The game was fun, but I often got annoyed with certain moves that always ended up wrong because the key presses were tricky. Apart from that, there is one mode where the game gets very repetitive when you fight 38 opponents in a row. There are only 2-3 fights that are a bit hard to clear, so this is a fairly easy platinum.

As usual, here are some guides that might help understanding what is required for the plat and also help you understand some confusing challenge descriptions -

IGN's guide is not really a platinum guide, but will help you tackle the tour challenges.

PS3Trophies guide is indeed a trophy guide, but doesn't say a lot about different challenges. This isn't required really since most of them are easy.

The tour mode, which is the most interesting, requires that you play several games (that happened in the past) and complete some or all challenges posed to you. The challenges could be as easy as getting the first hit or as tricky as getting yourself beaten up badly and then reversing your opponent's moves. The good part is, all except one match give you the option to skip one or more challenges. So look at the objectives, if something is particularly tricky, don't bother doing those. If all of them appear easy, you could skip the finisher challenges since you need to be at level 3 to execute those. If you see any challenge that requires you to get beaten up, you might as well skip it if there is an alternative. Reason is that, you might get pinned down accidentally if you mess up the reversal button presses or if you become too weak.

The last game in Relive mode (Stone Cold vs The Rock) is what most people claim the hardest since you are expected to clear every single challenge. The only thing I found hard in this is the "Block Bottom" challenge where you need to let The Rock beat you up bad and then reverse his level 3 move. The best tip I can give is - Check out the IGN guide above, and DO NOT follow it! It tells you to do this challenge at the end, and that is the worst advice in my opinion. I tried that and when this was the one of the last challenges left, I let Rock win the game. So use that guide to understand how to do the other challenges, and then ignore the order. After you win the opening move, let Rock beat you up and get his level 3. Then give him a few blows now and then and try reversing everything he does (using L away + Triangle). If you are not good at reversing (like me), you will get hit pretty bad, but try your best to kick out of it and continue. The moment you get the rock bottom reversed (you'll see the challenge completion), then it is your game. NEVER let Rock get better of you after that. Finish off most of the "inside the ring" challenges, then get out of the ring and do everything else. Suppose you can't get to level 3 soon, the easiest option is the pick up the chair under the ring. Two or three blows with this will get you to level 3, and in this game, you will not be disqualified.

The only other match I found hard was the Iron Man fight between Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels (last Rewrite challenge). Luckily in this, there was only one challenge that required you to get beaten, but I skipped this since you are allowed to skip one. The other challenge "Busted Open" might be tricky, but follow what IGN guide says - get to level 3, keep doing strong grapples (hold X). Do not do your finisher before you get this, since you'll lose the level 3. About 3 strong grapples at level 3 will make you win this challenge. Keep in mind that Shawn is a tricky opponent, and a few times, I found myself getting pinned down when I least expected, resulting in a loss. Just ensure you have the upper hand always and don't do too many of those "button mashing" combos unless you need to complete a challenge. Those are the ones that might get reversed if you mess up.

As a last note, getting to level 3 appeared quite tedious at first when I was just using the strike moves (square button). Later I realized that the more grapples you do (pressing X), the faster the meter moves. Also, one easy move I found while playing Stone Cold (not sure if it works with other players) is pressing X X near the opponent. This would put you right behind your opponent, and you can press an X now to deliver a good blow. This also contributes to your level increases. Try it with other players, and if it works, you got yourself an easy method.