Live Stream: WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2006: GM Mode

[@MysticalHeartless]

17 years ago, I was visiting my friends house playing this on his PS2 and we played this so much that we both sang the song from the main menu before starting a tag team match. I rekindled our friendship after not seeing him in years and started reminiscing. Bro didn't remember these days at all. Lowkey hurt me.

[@mr.knowitall2478]

Don't be hurt it's part of life bro people go through other memories it happens

[@michaelbandada9887]

Triple H: I DON’T WANNA WORK TUESDAYS-UHHH! Teddy Long: Not today, playa! If ya keep on acting like a baby, you’ll go one on one with The Undertaker!

[@allenthorpe5373]

😂

[@Dontezbryant777]

😭😭😭😭

[@ignacioalvarez121]

"if you're in KZbin you can skip..." NEVER my dude

[@Benster96]

Out of the OG gm modes. This is definitely the best one. That music too so nostalgic aswell

[@MrPledgeAllegiance]

This is the best year, but 2007 had the option to cut off injuries, morale, & popularity requirements for trades(after winning a year of GM).

[@anomaly_1417]

@StyleTechnical yea 06 is cool, plus the ppv matches are available for weekly tv

[@jumpman2326]

Nah 2008 was the best because it had the most features

[@Soundaholics]

For some reason I enjoy 06 gm mode alot more than 07, and even 08 which is ironic because 08 is super updated. 06 is very challenging and also you don't need to set heels or faces so it's a bit more fun to fantasy book with. I find my self humming every song as well.

[@Cw1047]

⁠@@jumpman23262008 was broken as hell tho. The fan support numbers didn’t reflect what was on the graph, people get 16 week injuries from managing a normal match, and the base roster doesn’t constitute 3 mandatory brands with an already downgraded roster. And you couldn’t even cut any injured superstars to save money, you just had to let him collect dust on your roster or let him leave to everlasting free agency because apparently when you’re not on a roster no doctors can help you recover from your injury so if you cut a guy with an 8 week injury he’s pretty much retired because if you come back in 8 weeks his injury status will still be stuck at 8 weeks. he’ll never recover from the injury unless the cpu pick him up (they won’t)

[@pureo_nikku]

Bret taking the call 🧓🏻 “You know, I don’t know, maybe I’ll work Shawn. But not Goldberg, don’t wanna get injured.” 🩹📞

[@shawnmichaels568]

Let's do this man! This was probably my favourite GM mode because of how simplistic it is. This is going to be great

[@josiahcrew375]

Facts svr 08 I think was the worse it had 0 real life matches for other shows I also didn’t like ecw add on one title cmon

[@shorty18_97]

Way to go on winning GM of the year 👏 Awesome video!

[@CorrineFerguson]

Just finished this whole thing after so many sessions of watching lol! Love these long vids!

[@Nonofthat]

This lowkey made me wanna take out my ps2 and play gm mode because honestly this play through in the beginning was rough

[@Willyboi23]

Love this!! Injuries always screwed me over. It’s fun competing for fans. Love seeing La Resistance as tag champs!!

[@pureo_nikku]

Love hearing some of the old strategies I didn't know about back in the day. I wonder if another one for RAW is trying to take Rey, Shawn, RVD, and Ric early so they struggle to build a Cruiserweight division?

[@MrPledgeAllegiance]

Shawn, RVD, & Ric are guys who shouldn't be cruiserweight at all. Shawn & RVD definitely weren't cruiserweight in 2007, I don't remember Ric, & they definitely won't in SvR(original).

[@botchamaniajeezus]

@@MrPledgeAllegiance I think they also added light heavyweights because otherwise the cruiserweghts alone stink, like what happened in 07 and 08 where Rey mysterio was the only one who was worthwhile and then it went to like 63 popularity Gregory helms

[@Cw1047]

@@MrPledgeAllegiancethey added light heavyweights to the cruiser weight division so it can be more balanced. Otherwise it would be a battle to get the one viable cruiser weight first (Rey mysterio) like in 2007. If Smackdown didn’t get Rey mysterio with the first 2 picks, they’d be stuck with bozos like the Mexicools or Chavo leading that division

[@Cw1047]

@@botchamaniajeezusat least in 08 they brought back light heavyweights like Shawn the Hardy’s cm punk and ric so you could actually have a division worth booking

[@botchamaniajeezus]

@@Cw1047 you say that until you realize that there was 2 other brands, and you needed a bunch of those guys for main events, you couldnt keep em around a cruiserweight division especially because 08 had that contender system like 07

[@pureo_nikku]

Dang I was probably one of the people would have played a full year. Thinking about it now if you did like 2-3 months every session it wouldn't take that long lol! And I loved making Universe modes and (still enjoy) managing in sports games.

[@PapaCoco1128]

Hell yes, glad to see you man.

[@pureo_nikku]

I kinda agree about the rivalries, it doesn't really let you play the way you want. A friend you're playing with could in theory start to do a boring rivalry and all the tricks and beat you because you're messing around and having fun. And in real life people get bored of really long rivalries depending on who it is 😂

[@blacktytrix]

I'm really disappointed he didn't notice jericho was available for summerslam. Could've added him to the ic title match and probably made even more of an impact. It was rough at the start but you really pulled through each week. Also man, trading away stacy. After all she did for you. For shame.

[@Nonofthat]

Man didn’t notice a lot , had great Mid carders. Had about 4 submission specialist. Used scrubs for his tag team division. Let alone the draft. I love watching this guys videos a lot because I still play the old wwe games on my old consoles but Jesus this was rough to watch

[@enigmaticpsychocw]

You let SmackDown get Triple H?! You're firrrrrred!

[@Gyorg-cs5dx]

I caught part of the stream and it was hilarious. Love the content as always. Seeing as it is fitting to mention this on this video, if you ever want a SvR inspired scenario to play in Journey of Wrestling, I have made a 2001 scenario that is available right now to play and a scenario inspired by your Anthology mod that is still in progress. The available scenario is, "Invasion: Genesis of Ruthless Aggression!"

[@RRNumber4]

Bro thank god for yumboy and this content 🔥🔥

[@RC99_Productions]

Yeah, I could never beat this GM Mode (except with the 2 controller trick) even though I love it and consider it the best of all the GM Modes. The AI IS SO BROKEN in SVR2006's GM Mode. Even when you think you're doing well, the AI somehow manages to do better shows than you.

[@mrbonky1098]

What the 2 controller trick

[@RC99_Productions]

@@mrbonky1098 It's where you plug in 2 controllers and have 1 controller be for one brand and the 2nd controller for the other. Then when you've selected everything, you unplug the 2nd controller so that when you press L2 and R2, you can switch between brands and control both of them yourself

[@Cw1047]

They never get tired no matter how many hell in a cell matches they do and nobody’s ever unhappy despite how many 10 loss streaks happen or titles change hands. But let me put my 2 week minorly injured guy as a manager to keep a rivalry going, that 2 weeks just turned into 16 buddy. Let one if my guys lose 3 times in a row they’re already taking offers to jump ship. And don’t get me started on having 2 upset guys in a title feud. My champ could be happy then I give his upset rival a title shot, then when the title changes hands, they guy who was just the champ a week ago will email me that they’ve apparently been demanding a title shot for over a month, despite being a champ a week ago. I’ll never forget rvd leaving my show immediately after losing the US title

[@smudgey5000]

this game had best gm mode.

[@smudgey5000]

I found this mode much easier as smackdown because you don't need any divas and you get a extra title for men. I'd always take trish and stacy for 5 weeks and trade for 2 guys of around same popularity that had 13 week contracts. I used to turn on legends after the draft and sign them to 5 weeks and trade them for raw's high contract main eventers. It used to break their bank and sometimes i could steal them from free agency. I used mostly preset cards and simmed most matches too. Barely got any injuries. Used to release champions and put vacant belt on those guys mad about no title shots.

[@APrimusHokie]

This was a hell of a livestream to be for live😂

[@jasonsosa8962]

Gm mode was hard in 2006 cuss u can’t turn off injuries that what mess u up 😂

[@robertbrown7023]

By chance can u do smackdown vs raw '07-'08 gm mode?

[@jacobsworld9253]

The things you dislike about GM Mode are specifically WHY it's so popular. Its kinda like your own little world where you have to manage things. Some things are going to be out of your hands which is really how working as a manager is! Take when Austin took his ball and went home for example. Raw has to adjust that night. Look at how much of a diva HBK was in the 90s, Vince had to deal with that. Look at how many tikes Jeff Hardy dropped the ball with his drug problems. All that random BS along with dealing with injury is what makes it so great. Lots mightve forgotten than HHH missed out on the entire invasion angle due to his quad. You seem to only want to play if it's easy! No one gets hurt, everyone's always happy, the game just lets you skate right through dilemma free. I think the game lets you play that way but only after you beat it fair and square 1st. Im the same way about playing NBA 2K, I love to draft my teams and deal with all that comes with it. Some things are going to feel out of your contol but thats exactly the point.

[@jasonsosa8962]

Build your Rivalries u forgetting that the most important thing instead of try to stream roll through this 😂

[@ignacioalvarez121]

I'm already looking forward to 07 GM mode to see that glorious Paul Burchill world champion 😂👌

[@MrPledgeAllegiance]

Vito as world champion on the other show. & Triple H as midcard champion.

[@MixtapeKilla2004]

''Hey yumboy11, you got me so interested in this live stream, you got me playing this game right now 😁😁😁

[@Dukestour78]

6 hours Alex wow no wonder I feel asleep

[@zinan2959]

Please do the hidden commentary thing for the unique susperstar dialougues pleaseeeeee

[@DayIX]

Rewatching this. The amount of bonehead booking going on in the first hour and forty 😂

[@jasonsosa8962]

Should of book rvd to face Paul London ever week so he can build his Popularity up 😂

[@zslayer1249]

Can you unlock Jake Roberts in gm mode?

[@robertreynolds9612]

No you can only un lock him through the psp version

[@Justin-zs9zc]

You chose Kurt first but proceeded to sign him short term compared to the others 😂

[@babalarassrah]

he cost too much bro ^^

[@jasonsosa8962]

We love when u play the match u so funny u play love it 😂

[@doubleemcastillano464]

For it’s time, GM mode was unbelievable. For a long time people had been wanting something like it. WWE had tried PPV mode and I’m sure I wasn’t the only one trying to run a full schedule through PPV mode. Season mode hasn’t had events with more than 3 matches and a lot of the time you could only vaguely tell what the other storylines were supposed to be. The other show was almost non existent aside from commentary here and there until your character got to the other brand or near the Royal Rumble. Now you could see the full year’s schedule and each city you’d be in, the other show had ratings, you could play as your CAW and try to become a popular name in WWE while also booking a successful show. It took a while to realize that the match quality was based on the popularity of the wrestlers. 2007 added the B shows Heat and Velocities so you could have newer guys gain OVR experience on those shows before having an OVR decent enough to compete on the main roster. You could get certain superstars merch deals and by 2008 you could basically generate new talent through the week training them and boosting their popularity, managing their health to avoid injuries and there were then 3 brands. I feel if there were a decent amount of CAW spots, the universe could’ve almost sustained itself if the CPU was geared toward it. It would be nice to be able to watch the other shows matches. That’s why I feel that style of GM mode would fit better than what they had recently, because the gameplay is more simulation style these days and the matches are actually watchable. There’s actually match ratings based on the action in the ring and they have a ton of cutscenes they could’ve integrated into the the mode that they’ve been using for universe mode. Universe mode is almost like a cousin to GM mode because that’s what it supplemented when it appeared in 2011. It was a mix of Storyline Designer, Season Mode and GM Mode.

[@Cw1047]

Not reading that soliloquy

[@shadic1988]

The thing I learned from SmackDown! 1 & 2's "Create a PPV" is that skipping matches is a horrible idea and will not boost ratings. Doing CPU vs CPU and watching it play out will do better.

[@justinwahoff178]

Smackdown kicked your butt in the draft. How can you have RAW without Triple H? Lol

[@jackhughes7637]

Who cares about Triple H?

[@talismantate6527]

Yo! Do you have link for Smackdown vs raw just feel it or BrienJ?

[@botchamaniajeezus]

Tbf your injury problems was because you never let people with minor injuries rest. You’re not supposed to use wrestlers with minor injuries until they’re healed or else you’ll aggravate the injury.

[@OmoSilverZet_X]

remember when in doubt of a decision you made, flip the coin.

[@jackhughes7637]

News to people of 2023: It's not tribalism to only be interested in one show

[@Nonofthat]

How you gonna pass up on Chris and Eddie

[@Cw1047]

He picked up Jericho wym

[@jasonite_gaming]

I love when legends are added but you were being unfair, you should have let Smackdown have some others you had 3 Hogan's Rock Austin Bret Bulldog and SD only had Mankind

[@Cw1047]

The ai is unfair anyway so it’s fair game. They never get tired/injured or have any superstars try to leave the show. The least he can do is balance the game to where he gets some advantage

[@lucacazzimiei8564]

Hi but to put legends in GM mode do I have to unlock them first?

[@carter3369]

You need to do a full season mode, then you buy the legends with the points you get.

[@jasonsosa8962]

Finally ❤

[@nunekarthikbabu6387]

Bro can you adding in ecw move set like a use chair and jump outside sabu

[@garypaul2394]

why didnt you try getting kane when his contract was expiring for smackdown?

[@Cw1047]

Why would he trade for a guy who’s gonna have to get paid extra money immediately after getting received, when he has a guy with a higher popularity for longer time

[@ignasbaltrimas]

Why are you scroling so fast at the matches

[@garypaul2394]

u made some serious bad choices in your first draft mate. terrible

[@y2taner429]

bret pop only 87?

[@jackhughes7637]

Seems about right

[@y2taner429]

@@jackhughes7637 no u

[@Cw1047]

@@y2taner429no u

[@jasonsosa8962]

Hogan vs nwo hogan will be funny 😂

[@michaelbandada9887]

Regular Hogan: I ain’t jobbin, brother! Hollywood Hogan: I ain’t jobbin too! Regular Hogan: OK, do the fingerpoke Hollywood Hogan: Got ya, brother! Double Fingerpoke of Doom! 👉🏽👉🏽👉🏽👈👈👈

[@mrbonky1098]

I watched this live this was a great stream I can't wait for your 07 gm mode but I do hope you don't rely on legends as much in 07 especially not 3 hogan's ha 😀

[@MangobingoTv]

How u going release the greatest acquisition Stevie Richards he have a family 🤣🤣🤣🤣 to take care of

[@nunekarthikbabu6387]

Bro can you add Goldberg vs Mark Henry wwe smackdown vs raw mod

[@smith9157]

At backlash should have had Booker T in that fatal 4 way instead of Steven Richards

[@paulvercetti6002]

Play GM mode in SmackDown vs Raw 2007 you can turn off injuries and morale. I wouldn't worry too much about morale as it doesn't effect anything but injuries... fuck yeah I turned that off when I played through GM mode in that game!

[@Nonofthat]

Man could of made booker the tag champ

[@nunekarthikbabu6387]

Bro I want ecw mod in ps2

[@rubenarriaga3029]

Have all 30 caws and leave out the legends and top guys at draft sign 20 caws for a year or 6 months then trade to other brand once other brand is filled with CAWs or lower card talent then being back top guys and legends then sign em

[@josiahcrew375]

Loved this 06 gm mode 08 was worse to me the ai bookings were so impossible to keep up with

[@russoswerve7856]

4:4:00

[@kjjr6713]

Bruh great vid just complaining about you not removing Chris Benoit from the rosters😂 can’t look at bro the same ever

[@MixtapeKilla2004]

These were the good old school dayz for wrestling games but I am very disappointed in today's wrestling games with them bringing in these DLC packs just to get extra money out of the consumers then you can't find them anymore ... 😠😠😠😠

[@tylerhodder2453]

The GM Mode In The SVR Games And 2K22 Are Not The Best Mode But It Not Like I Hate But It A Boring Mode

[@lggaming2413]

07 was the best

[@kingofgames93]

You drafted terribly at the start

[@jasonsosa8962]

Buy storyline 😂

[@pureo_nikku]

Never seen somebody have that low of popularity 😂 poor Steven📉

[@BlueCat98]

0 Popularity and STILL happy. Steven is all about the business 😂😂😂

[@michaelbandada9887]

@@BlueCat98 “hey, I gotta admit, doing the J-O-B every week stinks, I lose all the time and I rarely show up on TV except when I stand on the background and break up brawls and be an extra body in the lumberjack matches. Vince better treat me right or I’ll pack my bags and leave” -Steven Richards

[@smith9157]

After their popularity is low enough they are just happy enough to have a job