Looking Back at WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2006

[@idcwhatuthink4985]

The fact that the options menu lets you take off new features if you want and doesn't penalize you in the story modee makes it amazing alone.

[@BlackoutStarman]

The soundtrack on the svr games were so good. First thing that I think of when it comes to these classics.

[@Thebigbad1013]

"There's no way I'm taking that bump, brother!" Made me laugh, just perfect commentary there!

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

The Hogan rap part tho😂

[@miketurner643]

hogan the goat. also they put him at 96 best in game cause they know

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

@@miketurner643 Hogan today is Probably a 20🤣

[@miketurner643]

bret hart today is negative 20@@nehemiahpouncey3607

[@highlordlaughterofcanada8685]

@@miketurner643 Creative Control at its finest

[@jamesbounds]

This is one of my favorite Smackdown vs Raw games. The buried alive match was fun to play. Also the locker room setup for this game was great.

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

Still remember when teddy being Hit with a car. Then you or Jericho get blamed.

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

Like how if you change the wrestler's Finishers the commentators realize They are using the wrong move. They'll mention it during the match. This game is awesome.

[@kylorensleftballsack6594]

Locker room was ass lmao

[@thereturnofharlem9030]

Including the Bar Room brawl. I just got back to playing the game again

[@GeekCritique]

Goes to show just how much depth this one had... SvR 2006 was probably my most-played PS2 game, and I barely touched GM mode!

[@kinggodflow]

When I was a kid, this game could do no wrong. I remember only feeling fulfilled fully with SvR 2006, 2008, 2010, and WWE 13. GM mode was so great.

[@Nachoyoudad]

How dare you skip the best one svr2007

[@kinggodflow]

@@NachoyoudadI’ve actually always preferred 2006! I vividly remember feeling that way as a kid

[@Chuck_EL]

​@@Nachoyoudad That's the first Sd vs Raw game I ever got and loved it The actual first pro wrestling game I ever got was Monday night raw 93 for super Nintendo I also had both day or reckoning games on GameCube

[@dylanmulroe9978]

SvR07 is literally the 2nd best wwe game of all time and you just skipped over it? HCTP is the only game to better it

[@TheOGNoName]

I didn't like what they did with GM mode in 2007. I loved it in 2006 though.

[@RichManZ]

As much as I love HCTP I would have to say this is the best Smackdown Game in the series. The realism , the gameplay, caws and story contribute to make this game Legendary.

[@dylanmulroe9978]

It’s an amazing game but it’s not better than HCTP or SvR07

[@S3P7]

It's not better than SYM.

[@CREOLEHEAT]

​@@dylanmulroe9978It's better than 07. 07 just has more storylines.

[@MidnightPodcastGaming]

Rich, no bro, no. HCTP is THE GREATEST wrestling game of all time. No Mercy is second.

[@RichManZ]

@@MidnightPodcastGaming Hahaha I love HCTP so much bro but man I love the features and the realisim of SvsR2006. For me its 1. WWF No Mercy 2000 2.SvsR2006 and 3. HCTP

[@KingKidGoku32794]

That ECW invasion in this game was my favorite Storyline

[@d941997]

I feel overall, Smackdown had better storylines than Raw, but that's my opinion.

[@Chuck_EL]

Smackdown had a good mix of angles, great matches and put over the mid card very well The Ruthless Aggression era on Smackdown gave us so many midcard greats like Carlito , Chavo, Shelton Benjamin and many others

[@TheJokerWearsPurple]

@@d941997 if I recall, didn't the raw storyline transition into the smackdown storyline? I vaguely remember talking to GM Stone Cold and him sending me to smack down at the end of The Raw Story

[@d941997]

@@TheJokerWearsPurple You might be thinking of the Uneasy Allies Storyline at the start of the Raw season where GM Bicshoff sends you and Triple H to Smackdown to payback Cena and Big Show after they attacked you both and injured Flair on Raw. Then you and Triple H face them at SummerSlam.

[@TheJokerWearsPurple]

@@d941997 Maybe. But i distinctly remember my character asking stone-cold if he cleared it with Teddy Long, and Austin laughing back saying hell no I didn't clear with Teddy Long. But to be fair it's been like 15 years, so I could totally have Mandela effected this whole thing

[@KaijuBoy31]

This episode was so well-written and edited. Brilliant. Looking forward to more videos like this!

[@honestreviews8534]

That Hogan game model is massive compared to the others in backstage segments lol

[@neonprotegewrestling9147]

This, RE4, and MGS3, were my childhood. GOATED era

[@5280mminnick]

SVR 2006 was my ALL TIME favorite WWE game. By far. Im 31 now and if I can get my hands on a ps2 and a copy of SvR 2006.... Its on! 😂

[@joe.limbus]

If you have a laptop you can download both an emulator and the game for free

[@grindelston5968]

For PS2 , those graphics are pretty bloody good

[@chameleonhrt]

One of my favorite games ever. It's up there with No Mercy on the nostalgia I have for it and how many hours I put into it.

[@wlb277]

So much nostalgia for this one, I think it was the first WWE game I got whenever it was new & it was & still is a genuinely good game. Got it for PS2 back in the day & enjoyed the heck out of it, if only the newer WWE games could put as much content & effort this & the older games had.

[@a.grimes4202]

In a bit of cruel irony, SvR ’06 released in North America on November 14, 2005, just one day after the sad death of Eddie Guerrero. 😢

[@deprosport7254]

All sports games are suffering from this unfortunately

[@gp63]

I got this emulated on my Steam Deck, still very fun to play today especially as a fan of that era.

[@schalkewwefan04]

A man of culture I see 🍷

[@MR.__G]

So you can emulate a bunch of old school games on steam deck ? If so I will definitely look into purchasing one

[@schalkewwefan04]

@@MR.__G every thing u can imagine from gameboy color up to ps2 and even games like svr 07 on xbox 360 and also some ps3 titles run very smooth on the deck plus new games like wwe 2k23 or nba (from the steam store) are absolutely playable. maybe do some research on the deck, watch some videos so u can make up ur mind about it. From my experience i can tell u that i was hesitant at first because of the price tag but having one console with all that nostalgia in it is simply amazing. Never regretted that purchase. The only tricky part about this console/PC is the start with the deck because u have to install a bunch of things but there are lots of tutorials here on yt that will help u.

[@Retro_Gamer_89]

I have it emulated on my Xbox Series X 😎

[@KM-lc6hj]

​@@Retro_Gamer_89 nice. How did you emulated on your Xbox?

[@BlackFabioNetwork]

Always loved the unique wrestling stances

[@waynetech10]

RVD and Eddie looked like they were mimicking riding a horse, when they walked. I do miss unique stances.

[@ReinEngel]

Christy Hemme's stance was perfect for replicating John Cena's.

[@Astronomicalvision]

One of my favorites still not over here come the pain but it’s definitely in my top 3 wwe games I’ve ever played in my life idc what anyone says the soundtrack was absolutely amazing that’s how I got introduced in to rock and metal music and it’s honestly a treasure to play this game

[@ClassicBoxingMatches]

This was my first PS2 WWE game. Prior to this, my last WWE game was Smackdown 2 on PS1. So for me... this was a huge step up. Issue was that I stopped watching wrestling in about 2001 so I had no idea who half the roster was 😅

[@Venemofthe888]

After watching YumBoy playing through the game and going through the betas and hidden characters made me much more interested in these games

[@extremeking425]

This and 2K14 are my all time favorites.

[@zekegonzales1144]

Torrie wilson body is so beautiful even in video game form

[@randomramblings2325]

I still have this game it's one of my favorite Smackdown vs Raw games, the season mode is great.

[@mcj88]

10:58 - Yeah, I hate to admit that the load times are what I remember most about the PSP version of SVR06; way back in the olden days of KZbin, someone uploaded a video showing how long it took to go from booting the game on the PSP menu to just the start of a 1v1 match: around _7 minutes._

[@jayja9230]

Be watchin u for years and this series is always going to be one of my favorites

[@Rawkey]

Such great memories. I used to play this with my son for hours on end when he was little. He actually learned how to read with this game.

[@mrmoviemanic1]

GM Mode SVR 06-08 is so good that 2k22 added it back and felt so lifeless and still does.

[@pleaseshutup7053]

Why was it gone for like 15 years

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

Everything AEW fight forever could Have been 😂

[@chandlersbryant4047]

08 was the weakest out of those 3 Tho mainly cause of how small the roster was compared to the IRL one

[@wlb277]

They definitely should have put it back in the way it was in the SVR games & just gave us more customization options for the brands & such. We wanted it back but not like how they've done it now.

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

​@@chandlersbryant4047everything was great until they flushed everything down the friggin toilet in 08. It got worse as it went on.

[@logicallydashing]

I was obsessed with CAW in this, especially to make characters like Sagat and Alex from Street Fighter, and my own original characters with their own storylines. SvR 2006 was the last wrestling game I truly enjoyed until All-Stars. The AKI/THQ titles will always be the GOAT, though.

[@jdkbeats]

That Redman ‘Let’s Get Dirty’ Latino Heat remix goes so hard in your outro 🔥

[@tsstevensts]

Oh you didn't know? Depending on your choices in season mode, who you play and which show the story can change dramatically. You might miss out on the Legends Tour, or the culprit in running down Teddy Long could be...whoops, spoilers. Raw has an entirely different story where you challenge Evolution, aid Regal and Eugene, and more.

[@dariushenry88]

This was, and still is, my personal favorite wrestling game in terms of gameplay and storyline.

[@RBRSC]

I would say around the time, they probably were short on taglines. There was no Rock putting out catchphrases left and right. SvR "Hustle Loyalty and Respect" or SvR "Lie cheat and steal" doesn't quite flow, and some of the guys on top at the time didnt even really have a catchphrase (Batista for instance)

[@WarlockX4]

SvR "Aaaaaarrrrrrreeggggghhhhhh!!!!!!" With Batista on the cover of course.

[@Dr_1212]

1 of the greatest wrestling games ever still have my ps2 along with my ps4 this game is in my ps2 classic collection 😎👍

[@dmitriymiretskiy717]

this was my favorite game and last game I ever bought for ps2

[@93deiondavis]

I will definitely still play this game till this day. Still looks fun

[@CJDilag]

I played SvR 2006 for a while and it was fun during my college years. 2007, 2008, 2009 were out and I was still playing it. Had various CAW sets/rosters on 2006 like TNA, ECW, ROH, CZW, NJPW, etc.

[@DragonlordPlaciduLax]

Honestly, I am all for a GM Mode playthrough series. That would be highly anticipated for me. Best mode in that era of games, to be honest.

[@goodtim3s394]

Ngl, that teddy getting murked I wasn’t expecting 😂😂

[@Trevinyoo]

I was 7-8 years old when this game came out and it was my favorite game ever. I used too spend so many hours playin this after school and on weekends. Great video I miss this game

[@uncannycerebro]

I always liked being able to use the soundtrack songs for original themes for the CAW modes.

[@AmazingGuy13]

We need the real GM Mode back.

[@MR.__G]

Can’t wait to see the rest of the SVR series being covered. Sadly enough this was the last game me n my friends really played before splitting off to high school where we started growing interest in other things. And btw I can speak for everyone here when I say we would love a GM series from you. You always find a way to throw in some funny commentary. The divorce money joke in this video had me laughing out loud lol

[@OU773HGaming]

I love how you could decorate your locker room.

[@Bigstarrocker9]

SvR 2006 was one of my favorite, what i loved about it along with the others was the soundtrack. The season mode I used to play hours on end too even loved decorating your own room This and SvR 2008 was the best in my opinion WWE '13 only enjoyed because of the homage to the attitude era

[@Horror_N_M3tal]

I remember getting SmackdownVsRaw 2006 with a History of Wrestlemania DVD.

[@spacecase7504]

I still play this to this day

[@SOSWrestletalk]

Like you Bios, I clocked in many hours on the psp with this Game, my favorite track on here was "crush, kill, destroy " by poet.

[@kelvin19888]

SVR ' 06 the introduction to GM Mode and The Three Hulk Hogans

[@SorenOfAsgard]

I played almost every WWE game from Wrestlemania 2000 all the way up to the one on 3rd gen consoles that was super nostalgia baiting the Attitude era, but SDvR 2006 was always my favourite. The way it played felt really good, the first game with their updated creation engine that they'd use for years after, all around claimed a special place in my heart.

[@a.grimes4202]

In terms of strictly the SvR portion of the overall series that started in 1999 with _WWF SmackDown!_ , SvR 2006 is by far my favorite. I remember having tons of fun by not just playing all the game had to offer out of the box, but using a CodeBreaker cheat disc to unlock NPCs (J.R., Eric Bischoff, King, Tazz, Teddy Long, Mr. McMahon, etc.) for use in matches, and also it was the only way to unlock Jake “The Snake” Roberts without hooking up a PSP to a PS2.

[@SRC267]

Is it better than 07 and 11? As those keep popping up in discussions

[@a.grimes4202]

@@SRC267 I prefer ’06 to ’07, personally. All 3 you mentioned are great games though. Can’t go wrong with ’11, it was the first game to have Universe mode, just like how ’06 introduced GM mode. Universe mode is basically GM mode on steroids, for lack of better phrasing.

[@DrJaved.Khadri]

Have been following you regularly. That season mode commentary was next level Brother!!!😂❤

[@idcwhatuthink4985]

9:55 when u wrap up RTW, a fictional wrestling bios ps2 fantasy league with you narrating as if it's factual is a gold mine, Js💚

[@alexanderkeller8593]

The great thing about that Teddy Long story was that it was somewhat branching. It either turned out to be RVD/Cena or you character.

[@thisisnotachannel]

Here it is... my favorite PS2 wrestling game. And definitely in my top 3 wrestling games of all time, regardless of generation. GM mode monopolised many hours of my time... it was the first wrestling game I was really able to play since before my daughter was born in 2000, so I got lost in GM mode big time... in fact, I still regularly check in on (and play several matches of) my over 15 year old Gm mode save! I've been looking forward to this one for quite a while! We definitely need a WB GM Mode series!

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

This game predicted Eddie's funeral.

[@thisisnotachannel]

@@nehemiahpouncey3607 Damn... you're kind of right.

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

@@thisisnotachannel don't get me Started on Benoit in 07. And they both had storylines with Taker which is crazy.

[@LGilmour]

This game, in my nostalgic mind, really combined everything I loved from the heritage of WWF/E Games and combined them all into a wonderful melting pot. The soundtrack, songs from it, I still listen and frequent to this day.

[@PresidentClambake]

The mashups are so good on this channel I feel like you gotta be super old skool OG to know that song that you got mashed up with Guerrero's theme

[@lazypaladin]

An absolute gem of a WWE game its the SDVR game I have the most memories about. Was too young to really understand MyGM mode at the time and *_damn!_* that annoys me to no end! Sidenote: *_The Trophy Case in Career! Why did that hit my Nostalgia Switch?!_*

[@TamalesDeRajas]

Did he ever make that smackdown vs raw 2007 on Xbox 360 video? Because I can’t find it

[@deandredukes95]

20:28-20:33 Imagine if Booker T called Hulk the other word 😂

[@testpleaseignore]

he learned his lesson the first time

[@KEWLV1C]

Duuuuude Extreme Warfare Revenge!! I too wasted tons of hours on that game. Any chance you gonna do a video on that?

[@garretrobins3686]

The various endings to svr 06 season mode is dope the ecw story is dope

[@Benjatron-jw2rg]

Me and a friend played this for hours and hours. Still probably my favorite SvR game.

[@lucashamer4640]

The amount of references to other Wrestling KZbin Channels in this Video is just amazing

[@2ndIgnition]

This was THE definitive Smackdown(vs raw) game for me, I created characters I still make to this day in the 2k games and loved getting all the trophies in the lockerroom, I was so excited to see you finally get to this game! Great vid!!

[@tashrif46]

15:15 man your commentary about the Season Mode is hilarious 🤣🤣🤣

[@joink25]

This was the game where you put Eddie Guerrero in a casket during Season Mode during his storyline with The Undertaker. :(

[@anomalyinc3239]

This was one of my go to games back in the day. Smackdown demolished Raw back in the mid 2000s

[@danielmarcus420]

I played this game soooo much with my buddies back in the day. Is make wrestlers on my Psp while at work and upload them on my friend's ps2 and battle each other. We had factions and all our own stories. Amazingly good times.

[@LilDiabloRob]

One of my favorite revamps of the series. I had Smackdown 1 from back in the late 90s as a kid to SVR 2010. Quit wrestling games and started back with 2K 17 and last one was 2k 20.

[@Wandering_Nowhere]

This was the last wrestling game that felt like Christmas come early.

[@JereKeon]

I vividly remember this game having chair finishers, like I did an Edge’s move, the RKO, Sweet Chin Music, Pedigree and Chokeslam

[@ericlynnwright123]

Your thinking of svr08

[@brandonfields613]

Dang right. Awesome for EWR Revenge to get a shoutout. That game will live on forever so damn good. Same reason i was excited for the GM mode.

[@MrNuRetroPlays]

TEW is great as well. It's the modern EWR.

[@brandonfields613]

@TheNuRetroGamer yea I've heard really good things about it. I'll have to check it out soon!

[@brianmoore203]

Doing game reviews is a good move Great vid!

[@benironside1264]

Honestly looking at those character models they look great and made me realise there is NO WAY over 15 years worth of progression between this game and the most recent character models in the 2k games

[@sawftbunzzz]

Ahhhhhh when you unlocked stuff by gameplay those were the days

[@ryanm4074]

love these takes on all these classic games, I hope we can get back to wrestling greatness that once existed on the ps2

[@justinwalker5742]

Without a GM mode i wouldn't be such a massive TEW mark and yeah,i know its precursor EWR was already out, I'd never heard of it!

[@causetheplumstasteyum7848]

The THQ wrestling games for ps1 and 2 were by far the best ever made

[@MidnightPodcastGaming]

Oh look, AN ACTUAL wrestling game.

[@CasualGamerPlays]

This is the best Smackdown vs RAW 2006 is so much better than the wrestling games today. Controls were simple and effective, controls in the wrestling games today are too complicated and unnecessary.

[@ernietruth92]

I think a GM mode series would be wildly popular

[@assadi89]

Oh man, that Teddy Long cutscene at around 14:24. It's been almost 18 years and I still remember the dialouge. "I hate watching her leave, but I looove watching her go". The delivery of this line was by far the best piece of VO work in the entire game...

[@jaco20443]

My absolute favourite of the SvR series, actually my first wrestling game ever!!

[@crucifixmegabuster95]

What the hell? I was just playing 06 and 08 today on my psp for nostalgia. Damn

[@tripler4lyfe843]

This is where my love for gm mode came from, I spent like at least half my time playing this game playing gm mode

[@disfiguringthegoddess1102]

Starting to get into the good games

[@jp3813]

Some things I disliked in this game besides the stamina meter are the sound effects. Certain hits sound like slaps even though they aren't, especially compared to SVR05. Just not as satisfying. And fighting a dirty AI is just annoying b/c they keep going out of the ring way too much, and sometimes get themselves disqualified on purpose. But the title belts are definitely my favorite additions in exhibition mode.

[@JackGraves]

My first game for PSP was Smackdown vs Raw 2006. So many memories. So many hours played. That game was my childhood.

[@joelandobutterfield5837]

Absolutely loved this game I created so many wrestlers like Sting,Nash,Goldberg, DDP,Jeff Hardy,The Dudley Boyz,The Road Warriors,The Great Muta, Jushin Thunder Liger,Ultimo Dragon, Arn Anderson,Tully Blanchard,and Barry Windham,man the memories so good.

[@VaderPopsVicodin10]

This entry was my favorite of the series.. I loved using 80's Hogan. He was a beast.

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

Like how you could slow mo a finisher In black and white or replay a hit.

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

They made jake obvious to unlock. Nice going THQ🙄

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

Think 80's hogan is on 2k23 as well.

[@Heathenpride83]

I think it's still impressive for a PS2 title. I've played all th SVR titles until SV10. 2006 was a great experience for someone like me.

[@joshmulligan950]

GM Mode lets play, the rise of a created wrestler: "Steve muhfuggin Blackman"

[@benespinosa6725]

Smackdown Vs Raw 2006 is easily the best in the Smackdown vs Raw series the match types are so much fun season mode and GM Mode are amazing glad I still have this game on the Ps2 i don't have a Psp and that's why i didn't get the Psp Version the women's roster is awesome but it's missing a few women the gameplay is so much fun the soundtrack is Fantasic i really like the stamina system great review.

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

Until 2008.😢

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

This game comes in an SVR collection which is all three of em. The collection is on PS2 sadly.

[@benespinosa6725]

​@nehemiahpouncey3607 that's very interesting.

[@benespinosa6725]

​@@nehemiahpouncey3607I Agree 100%

[@justingochioco1121]

This was my very first PS2 game and I binge play the hell out of the GM as SD GM as well as the season mode

[@trellwiggins2539]

All time classic 🙌🎮

[@RaulSHermano]

Im still playing the gm mode to this day & never getting tired. Would love if you would made a series about it with some logic booking in comparison to the other gm mode videos you find here

[@undertakernumberone1]

SvR 06 is very nostalgic for me... not necessarily for playing it (Thogh i did, via rental) but because it's one of hte earliest video game magazine articles i remember. Especially Cena in the orange shirt...

[@KSL708]

I definitely agree with Gm mode. Something about the older Gm mode being more fun than the current ones

[@oceanwavedvd]

I would love wrestling bios to do the hulk hogan story mode for this game

[@SjC420]

Me & 2 good friends used to play SvR2006 & SvR2007 on PS2 almost every day after school back in the day! We were in like 7th or 8th grade at the time! Good memories!

[@darinadams4370]

I’m in tears with this video esp with the season mode part😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@bradb7268]

I never knew he was this funny😂😂