Looking Back at WWE SmackDown: Shut Your Mouth

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WWE SmackDown!: Shut Your Mouth was released towards the end of 2002. The game featured a lot of improvements over its predecessor with new move animations and better in-ring action being the highlight.
In terms of the roster, Smackdown Shut Your Mouth included guys like Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Rock, Rob Van Dam Hollywood Hulk Hogan, Kevin Nash, Chris Jericho, Shawn Michaels, Kane and The Undertaker. Each and every character played different to one another, making it way more fun to control your favourite superstars. Season Mode was greatly expanded upon too with your chosen superstar going through the WWE Draft, and a new improved first person mode took your wrestler away from the ring and all the way to Times Square should you decide to make the journey.
This video looks at all these improvements that were featured in 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]

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[@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]

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[@GoldenEyeXTaiChi]

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[@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

[@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

[@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!

[@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

[@Aragon23-p2k]

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

[@ADG.Est.1988]

I totally agree

[@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

[@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

[@shawnmichaels568]

The season mode and the gameplay was wonderful.

[@OfficialAnarchyz]

were*

[@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

[@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

[@kingkong4ever]

I preferred Shut Your Mouth more than Here Comes The Pain

[@_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 😂

[@nexxlevel4590]

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

[@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

[@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?

[@MitsubishiLancerEvo]

@@adamcraig1468 here comes the pain

[@adamcraig1468]

@@MitsubishiLancerEvo 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.

[@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

[@DebitAdams]

Loved this game as a kid and still play it today

[@dougeaton7600]

My favorite wrestling game.

[@Scuba4Steve]

This game got me back into wrestling games after wcw revenge

[@gorowlystomak3339]

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

[@TheEman590]

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

[@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.

[@BasedxGabriel]

Back when video games were actually fun

[@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!

[@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.

[@crue_head9759]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@streetzofBR225]

This game bring back so many memories

[@mongomongo7664]

Brings back great memories for me 👊

[@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.

[@reloadreload8723]

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

[@TheDON914]

One of the best wrestling titles FOR SURE , but EASILY top 3 on PlayStation 🐐🔥

[@georgelea4297]

Absolutely loved this game back in the day

[@AllieRX]

I miss when 3D wrestling games were this fun and over-the-top. I hope the upcoming AEW: Fight Forever is like this.

[@DannieDecentVlogs]

I don't know why but I remember renting this quite a few times. I loved it but I never got my parents to purchase it for me but I did end up getting here comes the pain for Christmas

[@GibDozer1]

This was my favorite. I still think the simple arcady controls made for the most enjoyable wrestling game ever. Here comes the pain was nowhere near as fun imo. I've played almost every WWF/WWE game since the NES up to 2K22. SYM is still the Undisputed Champion in my book.

[@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

[@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.

[@KnisleyKnisley]

Shut Your Mouth walked so Here Comes the Pain could run

[@michaelaburns734]

I wish I had a PS2 to play this game. This is a classic SD Game. Plus Last transition from WWF to the WWE.

[@iamarabicandiloveamericanp7137]

If you have a pc you can emulate it using pcsx2 at 4k resolution

[@sickviscera]

Vimms lair 🤫

[@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 😂

[@g-dub5272]

Can’t wait for the Here Comes The Pain review…still the best wrestling game

[@Error_34]

The season mode for this game is Goated. The game does not get the credit it deserves

[@reesemartin3285]

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

[@jessaphillips2846]

To be fair diamond Dallas page with that positive smile did look creepy in real life as well

[@dougeaton7600]

Very true. I didn't know if my TV crapped out or it was a long pause on his face during his vignettes. 😆😂🤣

[@TheEman590]

You should see the backstage segment where Arn Anderson did that smile. I couldn't help but laugh that the usually stoic and serious enforcer just grinned like that for 2 seconds.

[@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.

[@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

[@aaron_aj_knight_95]

Cena's the default model.

[@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.

[@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.

[@brocky70]

Hands down my favorite wrestling game of all time, and honestly top 5 personal favorite games ever

[@GibDozer1]

Agreed the controls are just so fluid and that made matches way more fun than the modern games for me. Would love this one remastered with modern graphics.

[@kielbonner4629]

I love this game more than HCTP

[@AmazingGuy13]

Create your own taunt should be brought back as well

[@alonzor.2912]

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

[@jonmacintyre9905]

Those graphics look good to me still.

[@SSJ491]

WWE SmackDown! Shut Your Mouth is one of the best Smackdown game of all time right next to WWE SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain.

[@ronnie4660]

This wrestling game n Here Comes Pain, changed landscape of playstion 2. Childhood days - Rock Bottom , People Elbow

[@rathermorpheous2337]

SYM and HCTP is the wwf top games, no other game is topping those two. The story line format and flexibility is unmatched. SYM is my absolute favorite tho

[@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.

[@joink25]

I know a lot of people consider Here Comes the Pain to be the holy grail but I personally prefer the way this game plays and I prefer the Season Mode over HCTP. This is my favorite PlayStation wrestling game.

[@PhilipsLS1300]

the Smackdown games from 2001 - 2005 were brilliant. Then it went to the SmackDown Vs Raw games and now we have 2K games which try to be too realistic and slow

[@grandmastermario3695]

I love this game I didn't play it though until 2021 though I loved it, my favorite WWE game though is wrestlemania 19, which is the probably the game I've spent the most on out of any other game out there.

[@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.

[@whocares34]

I loved this game as a kid. Although watching this video made me realise that a lot of wrestlers die don’t they? Eddie Guerrero, Chris Benoit, Test…

[@ladanddadplayz3591]

Yeah game is still in my neighbourhood still cool but I'm a CEX man now. Vice City awesome!!

[@LoneLeeGH]

I remember having Darth Maul, Darth Vader, and Spider Man. They actually have Spideys entrance!

[@aaron_aj_knight_95]

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.

[@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!

[@LongLiveRockAnRoll]

I loved the first few Smackdown games including this one. Was this the one with the iconic Trish Stratus loading screen? 😅

[@reddhead2948]

This does not have anything to do with shut your mouth but I wonder why the 1996 Bret Hart video is in the games Playlist.WB fixed it now

[@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.

[@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

[@benno2468]

We had "GAME" stores as well in Australia but, they went out of business years ago. But we do have EB Games.

[@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.

[@BlueMageWithSoulEdge]

Can't wait to see you cover "Retro Mania" or WWE2k:Battlegrounds.

[@PerpetualAlfa]

Here Comes the Pain gets the plaudits and it is the better game but only because it built on what Shut Your Mouth already excelled at. SYM was the real next gen wrestling game of that era, and a monumental step up from everything before it

[@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.

[@ashleyhynam8946]

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

[@robertlee9602]

I'd use kurt angle, his run grab was a quick German suplex you couldn't react or counter it.

[@BDCS17]

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

[@kristopherbrown2145]

My second favorite wrestling video game of all time.

[@troywright359]

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

[@Leo7MHM]

The intro❤️‍🔥🔥🔥 my favourite wrestling game of all time

[@XKTwentyFive]

Ah, the memories of doing a Swanton Bomb off the Smackdown fist with Jeff Hardy and beating Season Mode with Brock Lesnar...

[@keithunderwood8803]

I too like Megaman Legends

[@AmazingGuy13]

The US has GameStop and the UK has... Game?

[@skyatollah2skyharder276]

It's all about Game, and how you play it?

[@Cruz0881]

Shout out to Mega Man Legends

[@NewToCool74]

Honestly this game is beyond just underrated. I'm one of the few who had more fun with it than HCTP and No Mercy which are both constantly brought up as the best of the best of that era of wrestling games. One thing I adored was the season mode which IMO still hasn't been topped by any wrestling game before or after it.

[@TysonUppercuts]

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

[@andrewrogers5303]

This game storyline they could made 2 more based off of its crazy good ruined every other Wwe games there was and is no better then this game

[@SanDmaNTheFreakTrucker]

I’m enjoying WWE2K23 immensely but nothing compares to the older WWE games.

[@thatguy7-7-7]

Great game, and "Here comes the pain" after it, why can't they make a good wrestling game any more

[@nowitizkisson]

I miss wrestling bios omg i been touching grass and neglected the channel… im sorry im back baybeee

[@Temboz]

This Game and it's sequel HCTP are some of the greatest WWE Games of all time.

[@gsosa4129]

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