 Before Vince McMahons purchase of World Championship Wrestling, Aki  was working on a new WCW game, apparently a direct sequel to  Electronic Arts WCW Mayhem. The game, WCW Mayhem 2 (working title),  was put on hiatus once McMahon purchased WCW and thereby negated  EAs license. They finished the engine and completed the game as Def  Jam Vendetta.