Looking Back at WWE SmackDown: Shut Your Mouth

[@MrE51917]

One of my favorite wrestling games ever. Was obsessed with season mode. unlocking all the arenas. Absolute staple of my childhood and my brothers PS2

[@ericjones6651]

Good times i still collect the smackdown games to this day

[@lukehallifax3000]

Your welcome

[@chrisbillings8922]

I absolutely agree I'm 40 years old and this is my favourite wrestling game of all time cool animations easy to play plus class roster 😁

[@Travybear1989]

I got this after Smackdown 2 on the PS1 and oddly enough I actually prefer Smackdown 2 because it has a decent season mode and you don't have to worry about the 8-man matches and horrible "fuzziness" as the screen pans out. Jerry Lynn is in the game though which is pretty cool. Shut Your Mouth was a MASSIVE upgrade and season mode began with the draft. Here Comes the Pain was even better though and is easily the best PS2 WWE game. Smackdown vs Raw (2005) was pretty good but lacked the roster of HCTP and every subsequent title added a bit here and there while removing things as well. Smackdown vs Raw 2007 for instance felt like a Madden game and was the first title that began the current trend but the last title that had great arcade-y gameplay (minus the stamina mechanics). 2008, 2009, and 2010 were all massive downgrades despite the inclusion of ECW wrestlers and pretty much every WWE title until 2k19 was mediocre at best. HCTP was and is tied for first with No Mercy for me, No Mercy has the best season mode but HCTP has the best roster, graphics that have aged remarkably well for being 20 years old, and the match types are all any wrestling fan could ever ask for. Then you have the experience points and stats and it almost feels like a borderline RPG.

[@Travybear1989]

Oh, wrong video lol!

[@bluraysrule8809]

This man needs to be in the youtube hall of fame. Hell the wwe hall of fame.

[@SoloSeason]

He single-handedly has kept the interest of wrestling in the minds of diehard fans since the PG era has started! Respect his hustle ! Wrestling bios is definitely part of the culture of wrestling at this point

[@DougDimmadome420]

inducted by Alex Wright

[@gumdeo]

The man is a machine...

[@captainsworld1986]

He also has that unintentional ASMR vibe type to it.

[@erickghoul174]

The GOAT youtube wrestling content

[@DarthConflictus]

Wrestling Bios saying he wasn't feeling the best recently in the video, whether physical or mentally, please take care of your health Wrestling Bios, you've made so much quality videos for us fans that if you need to take a break, please make sure to do so and we will wait for you always 💪

[@GoldenEyeXTaiChi]

Yes, please get better soon Wrestling Bios, and please take a break once in a while so you don’t burn out ok?

[@XBeatmymeatX1990]

Oh, you want em to get better because it benefits you

[@reeseangle9621]

Here comes the pain was so perfect as well

[@DarthConflictus]

@@XBeatmymeatX1990 What are you talking about lmao

[@Travis-kt7cn]

These comments are so cringey. Grow up lol

[@nexxlevel4590]

This game has NEVER left my consciousness. Doing senton bombs off the ladder and having that replay effect was insane!

[@loboneiner1034]

This and Here Comes the Pain were my favorite two in the series.

[@adamcraig1468]

Know your role for me also because it was 2000 and hitting that peak attitude Era

[@loboneiner1034]

@@adamcraig1468 My main issue with KYR was the season mode & loading screen times. It was fun but the randomness of season mode would make me mad. I'd be no. 1 Contender and have cutscenes where I'm feuding with the champ but then at the PPV I'd face Faarooq

[@TheDON914]

Facts along with kyr 2

[@TheDON914]

Facts along with kyr 2

[@TheDON914]

Facts along with kyr 2

[@DJDoubleCee]

Definitely one of my favorite WWE games. I loved playing through the season mode and seeing them reenact a lot of storylines that occurred around that time.

[@adamcraig1468]

And it had thr added benefit of being right at the end of the attitude Era so it had plenty of content

[@JesseGMan7]

Using Jeff Hardy was the best

[@extremeking425]

I consider this game to be a hidden gem that many people don't talk about, unfortunately.

[@TheMuldoonFella]

Without a doubt. Its one of the best wrestling games and nobody talks about it

[@JM1993951]

This is like the groundwork for HCTP. HCTP had improved gameplay but this is where things really started to get interesting in the Smackdown series for me. Know Your Role has its charm, but I don’t think it belongs in the conversation of greatest wrestling games. Those load times and the amount of loading screens were brutal.

[@dreammatch2000]

​@@JM1993951 The damn middle child syndrome. That's Shut Your Mouth.

[@tonchigaming7238]

I think no wwe game from the Smavkdown series is a hidden gem imo. Maybe DOR or wrestlekingdom 2 on the ps2 are more like hidden gems to me.

[@jamaaldagreatest2748]

I think a lot of people talk about this game. It’s among one of the best of its time, with the only comparisons being HCTP, and SVR, and SVR06 usually when I hear people talk about best game. Idk maybe my ass need to get off the internet more 😅😂😂 bc I swear there’s plenty of KZbinrs and wrestling fans that’ll talk this game to death. But maybe you’re right I honestly have no clue. Either way I wouldn’t say it’s a hidden gem but definitely underrated

[@MCJeffsy]

Just Bring It - Felt like a demo! Shut your Mouth - Excellent and much improved. 9/10 Here comes the pain - Basically SYM2, with the added elimination chamber! The body and blood system were a major upgrade. 9.5/10. This was the pinnacle of WWE video games!

[@cloudtyr]

I remember renting this from Blockbuster in 2002 as a kid. I kept having my mother re rent it because it was such a big step up from Just Bring It. A really long story mode, all the WCW/ECW wrestlers etc. I never actually owned this one but i remember playing it for months. When Here comes the Pain came out later. My mother learned to not rent the WWE games and just buy them lol.

[@dustnbones0013]

Lol, your mom.sounds awesome

[@RC99_Productions]

Definitely up there as one of my favourite wrestling games ever. The biggest thing to come out of this game in more recent years was the Hogan/Undertaker motorcycle scene in Season Mode where the game recreates Taker dragging Hogan backstage by his motorcycle, which was thought to not exist for years until it was found.

[@jetsettech8804]

I've still never seen that scene.

[@bigboy9497]

​@@jetsettech8804 same here only played it last year

[@Aragon23-p2k]

Shut Your Mouth was a massive upgrade from Just Bring It and HCTP made it perfect.

[@ADG.Est.1988]

I totally agree

[@RicardoLopez-nj8vr]

whats the upgrade

[@codev-oso4582]

@@RicardoLopez-nj8vr the graphics and fluidity of moves..or the transitions between moves looked very clean. HTCP took it to another level

[@michaelburke7978]

Such a massive improvement over Just Bring It. An amazing Season Mode, a fully stacked roster, and a ton of unlockables, not to mention amazing backstage areas. Everyone always talks about HCTP and rightfully so, but SYM needs to be held to the same regard. I think it's also important to mention the models as well. Everyone, if not almost everyone looks amazing in this game, some still do to this day. Like take Hollywood Hogan for example: they nailed how exactly he looked during this time period, right down to the little details from the winkles on his face to the sagging old man pecs. It's amazing how SYM's model of Hogan is still leagues better than the 2002 Hogan models that 2k has put out.

[@dylanmulroe9978]

SYM was amazing but it does not need to be held in the same regard as HCTP, HCTP is in a league of its own, respectfully

[@editnosmirc4489]

Only person missing from the roster was Scott Hall who was replaced by X Pac in the story mode as one of the 3 NWO members who invaded

[@editnosmirc4489]

I commented that ^ before I watched and saw Wrestling Bios mentioned it lol

[@shawnmichaels568]

The season mode and the gameplay was wonderful.

[@OfficialAnarchyz]

were*

[@JM1993951]

This was my first PS2 game. For Christmas 2002 my dad bought me a PS2, SYM, and a memory card (I never had one for PS1). This season mode and HCTP is what I want from a wrestling game. I can play those two season modes 7 or 8 in-game years with the same wrestler before getting bored. Every game since SvR 2008 is one and done.

[@Wizardofoats300]

You deserved this game........it's amazing not many people know....I didn't know until I played with a few friends

[@bitterman_]

thanks for covering this one! always personally preferred SYM over HCTP (which is still a great game regardless of my ranking). it just seemed so exceptionally deep, even when re-playing it at the end of the PS2's life-cycle. the roster is still S-tier too. it's def the ultimate Smackdown! series title for me, even today. still proudly possess 2 working copies as well lol

[@youngcity4241]

Yep I would even say it’s the best season mode of any wrestling game

[@ErwalDeeas]

Preach!

[@impulse_xs]

It’s better than HCTP and I honestly never understood why it doesn’t have the same legendary status.

[@Seventh27Seal]

I agree. I also prefer the graphics from this game over HCTP! They look too glossy for some reason

[@HawkHogan_]

A great game to lay the foundation for arguably the greatest of all time to follow right after it. SYM deserves more love

[@adamcraig1468]

What's the greatest?

[@YeeY5]

@@adamcraig1468 here comes the pain

[@adamcraig1468]

@@YeeY5 I think that's when I stopped watching wrestling around WM 19. So I missed that game

[@frankE91210]

SYM had a far better CAW then HCTP and that was our jam when we were kiddos

[@GibDozer1]

​@@frankE91210 I liked the more fast paced arcady feel of SYM more too. Here comes the Pain is the most over rated wrestling game ever imo. The controls of SYM are so much more streamlined and fun to me.

[@TheEman590]

Yes! So many hours playing this game. It was so much fun.

[@razorviking607]

I spent a ridiculous amount of time creating wrestlers on this game when I was a kid. For me from this point on is when I really invest myself in the wrestling world and what amazing time that was.

[@DebitAdams]

Loved this game as a kid and still play it today

[@KnisleyKnisley]

Shut Your Mouth walked so Here Comes the Pain could run

[@childofnature4402]

This time period was still during the peak of my wrestling fandom. Such an amazing roster of talent. This game blew our minds, and any sleepover in our teenage years would entail piling into someone's bedroom and playing this (later Here Comes The Pain) and Pro Evo all night until we couldn't stay awake any longer. Good times.

[@gorowlystomak3339]

I did not expect a Megaman Legends reference in a WB video. Taste is impeccable as always sir!

[@mcj88]

I always liked how the backstage areas were all modeled pretty accurately after Manhattan NYC; the arena rotunda is Madison Square Garden, with 7th Avenue right outside and Penn Station below, and then obviously Times Square and The World/WWF New York at the old Paramount Theatre. Really nice attention to detail that I always appreciated.

[@LivingVicariouslyHD]

I'll never forget those weekend nights staying at my cousin's house, bringing over my PS2, and us playing with our wrestling figures, geeking out over the latest wrestling game and printing out CAW formulas on 56k dial-up late into the night. This era was so special to grow up with, and this game in particular (along with Revenge!) was an absolute favorite.

[@louisvelez40]

Before Here Comes The Pain became my favorite, this was my favorite smackdown game. The move set mechanics were more fluid back then compared to today even with the graphics being better.

[@kuinikuinen]

spent so much time with this game! The career mode was amazing at the time and as we didn't have wrestling on TV here until late 2001 or early 2002, a lot of the lore was taught to me by the game with it's storylines that were nicked straight from real life. And while you would have a hard time making a good looking normal person in CAW mode, making monsters was such a good time and there were a lot of parts you only needed to slap onto the default model to make certain characters like Spider-Man and Darth Maul. Very good time and loved watching the footage you gathered. Such a cool time.

[@RiasatSalminSami]

The most realistic looking WWE game on ps2, even more so than SVR 06 in some ways. It's because the way the character models are textured and lit that gives it this oddly realistic look. Genuinely holds up even today.

[@AbsoluteUNIT000]

Agree

[@antmaster360]

Newlegacyinc’s SYM season mode with DDP is still one of the funniest wrestling video game content I’ve seen on KZbin

[@Riosokkablackwolf]

I'll have to check that out! 👍

[@SteelSpurs]

SAFETY ZONE!

[@mitchellmullins6650]

41 seconds into this and both this and reliving the wars intros are killing it! Man I love when Thursdays roll around. Keep putting out, I`ll keep thumbing up! ( Liking )

[@ell635]

I remember spending an entire play session trying to get two championships on Chris Jericho because I wanted to know whether he would have a Title entrance like he had with his Undisputed Title run. Where he would start on stage with his back to the arena like he normally did for entrances, but he would hold one belt out on his left, and the other to his right. I don’t think he had this title entrance, but there was just this wonderful sense of discovery with these old games. Perhaps there still is to this day, and I’m just not a kid anymore! Great review. You captured my exact experience with seeing SD Shut Your Mouth in a GAME store. The monitors were right at the front of the store, and I stood outside the store watching the big screen in awe. I pleaded for a PS2 that year and luckily a couple months later I got one for Christmas. FYI they don’t have those tv screens in any GAME stores local to me anymore.

[@tezzytez_1]

I really think this one and here comes the pain are neck and neck the graphics still till this day are nice for it’s time

[@freebaek8707]

This game has the creation parts for Steve Blackman, he was already in the game but got scrapped at the last minute. There is even a "Steve Blackman" option for the announcer to be used for entrances.

[@_KRose]

It's a toss up between this and Here Comes The Pain as best wrestling game ever for me. Got this for xmas when it came out and played the hell out of it. So many memories of Royal Rumbles with a full roster of custom, and admittedly very, very idiotic characters 😂

[@martynodonnell]

Another awesome upload from the wrestling channel with the most jam on the planet!

[@reesemartin3285]

This game revolutionized my perspective on wrestling games. This was literally my smackdown game.

[@CharleyTurner]

You're a legend man thank you so much for all your awesome content.

[@Scuba4Steve]

This game got me back into wrestling games after wcw revenge

[@TravJam317]

Fun video as always. Feel better, bro. We'll see you next time.

[@Swype87]

I liked these early SDs (through 2006) because they had all the finishers and signatures properly listed. They’ll have stuff like Kane Chokeslam 1 or Undertaker Chokeslam 2, etc. After awhile, they just had generic names for a lot of the moves

[@systemmonitor5295]

The perfect hybrid of Know Your Role/Just Bring It and Here Comes the Pain. Love it. Probably my favourite SmackDown ever.

[@dougeaton7600]

My favorite wrestling game.

[@bengibson3298]

This is a trip back memory lane!!!!

[@AO-bi3qv]

Such nostalgia! Thanks for all the great content

[@Dan-js8xo]

Funny you upload this today I have been watching the original Xbox reviews you did man I miss raw 2…and I hope you get well soon dude

[@Genesis817]

Sick intro. Sick vid. Sick games. Thx m8

[@kingkong4ever]

I preferred Shut Your Mouth more than Here Comes The Pain

[@EricSega-pe8fl]

Great Reviews on everything. This guy is top of the line KZbin. And this is coming from an old head who hates 90% of media. This guy is the 10% who does things right. Keep up the Good Work.

[@fakeman3000]

loved this game to bits! loved your intro too!

[@stanstansky5522]

One thing I used to love about this game was that you had the face models for an additional 20+ superstars in the create mode so you can create a really nice Bret hart, mr perfect, Steve Blackman and David beckham for some reason

[@aj_gen_ace]

Cena's the default model.

[@JMAC____]

The movements are very well done

[@JoeSchills1904]

I have been WAITING for this review from you!!! LETS GOOOOO. I'm so hyped for this

[@souldrum86]

This is how wrestling videos games should play. The 100% simulation route doesn't work, and it's boring. The smackdown series and SVR games were so great.

[@panelsofDOOM]

I loved this game when it came out. I convinced myself at the time that the story mode was so good every wrestling game story mode would be just like it from then on. How wrong I was.

[@alonzor.2912]

Top three wrestling games of all time: 1. No Mercy 2. Smackdown Shut Your Mouth 3. Smackdown Here comes the pain

[@KJ-tz7vc]

Here Come the Pain was the game I played the most, but the most fun I had was playing the hardcore matches in Shut Your Mouth with friends and traveling all over and outside the arena. It was unfortunate that feature wasn't carried over in full. The special referee matches also caused some dust-ups when whoever was the ref screwed over one of the other players. Great times!

[@crue_head9759]

Got a ps2 again and bought this gem, should be coming later today or tomorrow I’ll keep you posted.😂

[@jasonmartinson7758]

How does this channel not have at least 500K subs now

[@datriadx18]

I have an almost irrational feeling of excitement whenever I see an upload from this channel.

[@reloadreload8723]

Shut Your Mouth is my fave WWF game aside from Know Your Role 2. Nice Megaman Legends clip by the way. 😁

[@SCOBigMike666]

I played the hell out of these games back in the day, I easily saw everything the season modes had to offer because I couldn't get enough of them

[@mongomongo7664]

Brings back great memories for me 👊

[@damonodell9125]

Absolutely fantastic video. What an overwhelming trip down memory lane. Thank you.

[@ChosenOne2k14]

The very first wrestling game I’ve ever played. I’d say the most underrated game because of HCTP that came out the following year and made everybody forget this game even existed. Thank you for shining a most needed spotlight on SYM

[@georgelea4297]

Absolutely loved this game back in the day

[@BDCS17]

This excellent video existing means HCTP review is that much closer. So excited.

[@troywright359]

Stone Cold Steve Austin: "I am the enemy. You shouldn't be talking to me."

[@wayneprelich1902]

Wrestling bios...I never give u enough credit....ur amazing man 💯...I appreciate all the knowledge u give to people who just doesn't know 💪 great work man stay keeping it up 💯

[@Dante2056]

16:42 I love that you said this with Maven on screen.

[@streetzofBR225]

This game bring back so many memories

[@theonewhowokeup9987]

I made a spot on CAW of Scott Hall you would've thought he was unlocked thanks to some website I can't remember off the top of my head. I made some alternate adjustments that were more suitable to a T along with his moveset. The whiffing on lifting your opponent off the mat mokap was a mainstay in the games.

[@mrs6968]

These kinds of videos are always good fun

[@nielsen145]

i spent countless hours on this game, still one of my fav wwe games and i was thinking on getting a ps2 again, just for this game

[@Gabriel-04-19]

Back when video games were actually fun

[@jbanks979]

glad you saved your Zenny for a ps2, hope it didn’t get too awkward with your sister/technician. This was kind of a sweet spot where the WWE roster was huge, team attitude hadn’t gone Hollywood/quit yet, and there were enough WCW stars to be interesting (if anything you can make more interesting storylines in video games then they knew what to do in 2002)

[@BluesFanUK_]

SYM was a HUGE upgrade over JBI. I used to get all the monthly Playstation magazines and remember the articles on this. Day 1 purchase, played it non-stop over that weekend. Brilliant game. It's top 3 with HCTP and No Mercy.

[@waynetech10]

Small note about this game, and the next one, I wish they'd kept the sell animations, for certain moves, for example, Goldberg's spear, The Stunner, The Pedigree, to name a few. The glorious, almost overselling made the moves look even more impactful. The Pedigree used the have the guy bounce up and sell his face, before sprawling out. Fast forward to the current games, they just plop face down and lay there, like they're taking a comfortable nap, and Hunter has to turn them over and just pin them. Same with the stunner. Just roll aside, lay there, no selling. Just a little bland. Glad you're covering this. I'd start this game, Friday afternoons, once school let out, and wouldn't fully be done, until Sunday evening, when I first got it. Take breaks to eat, sleep, wash myself, etc, and then back on. Love all your work. Feel better soon.

[@bentarbuck6161]

Just bring it felt like a cleaned up ps1 game. Shut your mouth was mind blowing at the time. Back at this time my routine was to rent the game the first weekend it came out then have to wait til Xmas to get it properly. This was particularly hard waiting for purely for the gulf between jbi and sym where as later on as good as games were, the step up wasn't as big

[@acceptable1609]

This game is great I wouldn’t say it’s forgotten by any means but it’s a shame it doesn’t get talked about nearly as much as Here Come The Pain.

[@Dlt11-cj8xk]

The beautiful people song hitting making the wwe 50 times better

[@Crashj7f67h]

I feel like this game is underrated

[@frankmfeb13]

Def a classic. Probably one of my favorite games of all time.....don't be embarrassed of how many hours you put in, i couldn't tell you how many I put in between vice city, San Andreas, just bring it, shut your mouth, here comes the pain, and the Tony hawk games from that time.

[@SeanMcIlroy-xs3mc]

Fantastic vid! I loved all the old Smackdown games, played them to death. Im also pretty sure EVERYONE made the Crow...

[@ashleyhynam8946]

Still playing it to this day.(PS3 emulator on the PS3) Love the roster and the story mode is awesome.

[@AlmostCoolGuys]

This game was mine and my brothers JAM! we did so many BATTLE Royales. Doing the story mode where you get to run around the arena was such a great addition.

[@Chrispbacon917]

Great review but how can you forget about the absolutely goofy unlockable entrances man. That was probably the best part of shut your mouth😂

[@That_Guy-]

The spider man entrance 😂

[@blakemcneilly9500]

Damn, I truly miss the hard cam being set facing the entrance way in WWE games. I loved seeing the set in the background of matches.

[@WarhawkBeyond2040]

Lots of great memories with me and my best friend (RIP) playing Shut Your Mouth every week, we had some epic battles and there was such a stacked collection of wrestlers to choose from. One of the greatest WWE games ever made

[@aj_gen_ace]

Crazy that this game was probably finishing up development in 2002 when the logo rebranding happened in May. I wonder how much scrambling THQ had to do to replace all the WWF logos with WWE logos.

[@gsosa4129]

Best wrestling season mode of all time put so many hours into this game

[@TysonUppercuts]

Great video. My first wwe game was raw 2 on Xbox. Wild how long ago that was.

[@dannydevito9056]

Funny you mentioned your "Game" store. I've never heard of that chain, being in the United States until I spent a month in Spain. I saw the store and thought it was just a one off location.

[@shadowsimarchitect9679]

When I first saw my friend get this game, and play the career mode I was blown away. It actually felt like you were living out week to week as a superstar.

[@AdamSMessinger]

I need to revisit this. I've not played it since it came out but I played it a ton. Buying the SD games when this came out was an annual event for me and I sunk tons of times into them. This one tough, I remember the new coat of paint not being enough. I felt like I'd been playing the same game for 4 years and ready for something new. When Here Comes The Pain came out, I remember feeling like I was ready for that game play in SYM. I did love the draft stuff in the opening of season mode though! That was fun.

[@stubblefieldJR]

I really appreciate your muhfuggin channel, man

[@TheOriginalWilson]

I replayed all the old smackdown games, what great nostalgia! Although this wasn't my favourite wrestling game, this really set thr pace for here comes the pain 💯 i loved seeing the wrestlers bounce on the floor from a high bump, the pov in season mode etc..

[@Ogkishy27505]

The Nostalgia 💕

[@lefata]

This game and here comes the pain are 2 of the best wrestling games ever

[@diobrando1501]

Watched this intro 5 times in a row for the nostalgia

[@king_kurt_2000]

Love the channel. Stay strong!!

[@Evs78101]

Honestly this game is hella underated. Instantly take me back to my childhood. I grew up experiencing the attitude era and the ruthless agresssion era. So this was great. Here comes the pain is obviously the greatest but Shut Your Mouth is right there in terms of fun. Picked up another copy 2 years ago during the pandemic and it was so fun.

[@CNYKnifeNerd]

How the hell does being one of the highest rated wrestling games of all time equal "underrated" to you?