The biggest problem most people have with wrestling games are that they are, for the most part, based wrestling. Some people just can't get around the apparent stigma of enjoying a little WWE from time to time. But if you can get around the exterior, you will find an excellent series of fighting games. That's all these games really are, and they have been working on their formula for years. Because of that the mechanics are pretty tight in SvR '09.
This is the best wrestling game I have played in recent years, for one simple reason. It's fun. It's fun to grab the controller and smash the shit out of someone with a steel chair, or climb to the top turnbuckle and crash down into your opponent. Plain simple fun. It's easy to pick up and play with friends, but takes a decent amount of skill to master.
As far as the gameplay goes you got lots to work with. There is almost every match type I could think of in this game. From the brand new inferno match all the way to the iron man match, you have lots to work with. A very cool new feature this year is the Road to Wrestlemania mode. In RtW you play through as different superstars with full stories, voice over, and unlockables. I particularly enjoyed the Undertaker RtW, which really had a cool old school supernatural element that you just don't see in the WWE anymore (Granted I haven't watched WWE for years).
What I'm trying to get at here is that you shouldn't write off a game because of it's subject matter. SvR '09 is an excellent example of an arena fighting game, and it is deserving of more attention than "Oh it's a wrestling game, I'm not gonna play that". Go give it a rent, you won't be disappointed.
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