- New family of moves at the front includes various "Alabama" slams and "Dead Head".
- New family of moves at the rear includes various "Wheelbarrow" slams.
- New flying front move includes "Block Buster".
- New "Head Snap" move at the ground.
- Wider variety of handshakes that you can choose in the "Gestures" section (although your choice may not always override the choice of the other person).
- Improved evasion logic prevents glitching out of the ring during a rope turn.
- The controller button you use to unpause is disregarded in the game itself.
- Wrestlers who get knocked out do not automatically have falls scored over them (thereby instantly ending the match) and must still be pinned or found to be unconscious by the referee.

- Lots of new costumes from the prison game (Hard Time III) include robotic metals!
- New "Transparent 4" hairstyle works as a toupee (which can be applied automatically if you press "Restore Default" on the Wally Stacks character).
- Improved consistency in the colouring of transparent hair length and fringes.
- Age-appropriate relationships with the opposite sex are assumed to be romantic and may include kissing! There is not yet a separate relationship slot for it.
- New taunts include "Goosebumps" and the "Milk America Great Again" dance!
- The motorcycle from Old School is available as the fastest vehicle in wrestling!
- Court case attendance times are highlighted brown when roaming.
- Roaming dialogue is less likely to be delivered in a violent situation.
- The roaming tutorial is only repeated at the default difficulty level or lower.
- Louder thud when landing from a height.
- You don't automatically sleep on a bed if you're angry/hyperactive or pressing any other command.
- Changing weight mission is half as likely.
- Court cases are rarer and fines are lower.
- It's half as likely that team-mates will want to synchronize costumes.
- Severed limbs that are dismissed as a "false alarm" are restored properly.
- There's a rare chance that somebody will die instantly with no writhing!
- Dead/unconscious participants are properly eliminated (including referees).
- Swapping hands while seated no longer risks crashing.
- Changing the venue in exhibitions only resets "Standard" furniture/prop selections, so that unique settings remain intact.
- Adjusted furniture weight to make more of them easier to lift overhead (by holding the command with enough Strength).
- Title match results cannot (yet) be disputed in court.
- Removed console that looked too similar to the N64 because Nintendo can't take a compliment.
- Promotion editor criteria reduced to winning ANY title at each promotion.
- The controller button you use to unpause is disregarded for a split-second in the game itself (i.e. attacking when you didn't intend to).