Stevie Richards Reviews Every WWE Game He Appeared In

[@codster9]

Back in the day in SvR 2006, I made a faction with Steven Richards, Shawn Michaels, and Shelton Benjamin called "The Superkick Klique".

[@th3gr81]

Create “Gentleman”Chris Adams and you have a solid faction.

[@bigman2352]

One of the best ever

[@_JC_21]

I like the "SuperKlique"

[@PowderedVoltage]

​@@_JC_21Better ring to it

[@FatToadRecords]

@@_JC_21 this haha

[@jimmycrane246]

I loved the matrix effect when you pressed L1 during a finisher on WWE Smackdown : Shut Your Mouth

[@thedavisdimension]

I wish more wrestlers that are doing content talk about how they feel about video games . They are also a big part of the fans love for Wrestling. Glad you did this.

[@wolfhurricane897]

That's not even mentioning those that made their own wrestling promotions and rosters for those promotions in the wrestling games.

[@LordRaptor]

Being in No Mercy, Here Comes The Pain AND SvR 2006 is pretty cool, those are probably the 3 most popular wrestling games out there.

[@insignificantaftermathPROJECTS]

Shame he wasnt in Shut Your Mouth. Thats my favourite.

[@tylerwalters2205]

Not the three best though

[@hugoalynstephens9166]

​@insignificantaftermathPROJECTS Howard Finkel did record audio announcing Stevie so if you can get a great CAW formula or mod either his JBI or HCTP model and moveset into SYM then Stevie can be there.

[@MASTER3371]

@@hugoalynstephens9166Yeah a guy did a invasion mod for SYM & Stevie is in it

[@hugoalynstephens9166]

@@MASTER3371 was that ScottJay or another person?

[@james_nolan]

Steven Richards vs Shawn Michaels in a Hell in a Cell match on Sunday Night Heat would have been an all time classic.

[@TheSTEPHENMC5]

Fun fact for WWF No Mercy, in Career Mode, if you chose Triple H, Steve Richards was the replacement World Champion!

[@Maradala]

That is so true, I sware your right. That's really funny you pointed that out

[@daleware5217]

That’s as in all story modes, Stevie replaced where Big Show would have been in real life. Which was the weirdest Easter egg of the game.

[@BBoy4040]

As it should be

[@joaopires1761]

@@daleware5217 you're thinking of Smackdown 2.

[@daleware5217]

@@joaopires1761 nah mate, it’s definitely No Mercy. More notable due to how the storyline’s for each belt are taken from mostly the actual stories, but then Stevie is in Big Shows place, which if you knew, is hilarious

[@hhassan5170]

I really enjoyed the fact that your character was the heel in the world title story mode in No Mercy. It's testament to how popular you and RTC really were.

[@Bale4Bond]

He was shoehorned into that last minute..

[@palatialslumlord4938]

​@@Bale4BondYeah but it RTC was a hot flash in the pan, it was really popular for a very short time & luckily it was when this game was made

[@lilsmith22]

@@Bale4Bond he was always in it big show got removed last minute and they just put him in what was big shows role in the game

[@Bale4Bond]

@@lilsmith22 …which is what the original post and i were referring to…

[@chrisdavies5253]

You were also in Smackdown 2 Know Your Role and Smackdown Just Bring It

[@Sterling20073]

I'm sure others have commented this but there's a No Mercy Plus 2.1 mod that fixes & adds a lot of features, like undertaker has his proper theme instead of raw theme, the removed gameboy color mode is added back in + much more

[@BanditScorpion]

So according to Smackdown Hotel, Stevie appeared in Smackdown 2, Just Bring It, Here Comes The Pain, Smackdown vs Raw 2006, No Mercy, Raw 2, Retromania, Ultra Pro Wrestling and Smackdown 1 as an unlockable CAW.

[@zjdarrah]

Stevie had the funniest victory animation in smackdown 2. When he won the match to go to the corner, throw up a celebratory fist in the air, then proceed to fall off the turnbuckle down to the floor lol.

[@JBHtown1646]

Yeah like he was put through hell and back to get the victory

[@CMc-v7z]

The great thing about Raw 2 was you could add in custom soundtracks. That means when you did create a wrestler, you could put in their actual entrance music.

[@mxabel92]

Points of authority by Linkin Park was my go to entrance music for my created character 🥲

[@latinlover1596]

Yeah I miss the good old days where you could create your own wrestler and put your own custom soundtrack for him to come out to

[@HiroUey]

Super Saiyan hair for my character with a G-Unit track for my entrance, the good ole days.

[@th3gr81]

@@mxabel92 Mine was “Body Rott” by Bone Thugs or “High Voltage” by Linkin Park depending on the year.

[@SNOWDUDE13]

If you unplugged the controller during the entrance you could even time any song to your entrance

[@xkovacsx09]

Stevie & Raven should have been in the 2K24 ECW Punk pack!

[@robertfraser4269]

And Sabu!! ... and Meanie & Nova .. :)

[@impulse_xs]

Me and my friends used to play Smackdown vs Raw 2006 religiously. I loved picking Stevie in that game and doing his taunts on people lol.

[@ApexLodestar]

3:55 - Stevie's famous patented flying shoulder block! 🤣

[@ElectricNikkiGames]

Can’t forget the greatest wrestler who never lived from those N64 games…AKIMAN!

[@qballfaw8861]

I miss aki man

[@loboneiner1034]

Someone should take the gimmick irl lol

[@TheAllKnowingTribute]

I squint doubtfully at thee, his alter ego THQman might disagree!

[@loboneiner1034]

@@TheAllKnowingTribute THQ Man is not as iconic as AKI Man though.

[@brandonlewis6817]

The taunt hahahaha

[@Andrew_Hunt98]

Definitely would love to see a dedicated video to Retromania. I've loved this game & I can't wait to hear what you guys have to say about it.

[@Jigoku_Gaming]

Great stuff Stevie. Did not know you were such a gamer! Agreed 100% over the gaming industry stripping away basic features that made the past ones so memorable.

[@Extinguisher10]

I agree No Mercy was a bit laggy. That's why WrestleMania 2000 is my favorite of those games. Smooth as butter while being more up to date than the WCW games

[@CXXIII123]

You absolutely hit the nail on the head for the 2K games' combat. I've played a little over five-hundred hours of 2K24, and I can find intervals to take a sip of my beverage or turn to look at something else. On a funny side note, you helped me so much in my season mode in Here Comes the Pain. Assisted my faction along with being absolutely devastating, thank you so much. I could purchase Times Square much easier.

[@jimmycarpenter6612]

One thing I wish they would've kept in the 2k games was the limited reversals. I really loved that it added a level of strategy to the games. They should've at least left it in as something you can toggle on and off

[@ZODIACTROPHIES]

Love this channel. Stevie is a class act

[@GaryMFNoak]

Day of Reckoning and DoR2 were so good on GameCube. Absolutely adored those games

[@clapdouglas]

You are 100% correct about older games having heart, soul, and spirit.

[@MoeMoon]

Oh here's the boomer

[@extremeking425]

@@MoeMoonit has nothing to do with him being a boomer, im 24 years old and myfaction is one of the worst features added to a wwe game

[@mushroomsamba82]

i actually don't mind the career mode in the modern wwe games, they're good for a laugh if you get them on sale

[@MoeMoon]

@@extremeking425 found the boomers pickme

[@MrSpeed-lt8gr]

@@MoeMoondon’t worry, you’ll wake up one day and be 50 years old.

[@12345timm]

Fun fact, they intended on having full entrances on No Mercy. In fact, they are on KZbin now. A little glitchy but shows what full entrances would have looked like in the game. Just type in wwf no mercy full entrances

[@bigman2352]

27:40 I’m just loving the fact that Stevie Richards is a gamer, I could literally talk to him for several hours just about games before even getting on to talking about wrestling 😊

[@michaelrussell3890]

He was, sort of, in the original Smackdown. He appears in a cut scene in his cropped t-shirt and Daisy Dukes, then you unlock those parts in CAW so you make him

[@ReeceyOne]

Came here to say this. Completely true!

[@Jay_Digital]

I thought so because I remembered unlocking him or if it was wrestler edit parts for him.

[@insignificantaftermathPROJECTS]

I remember CAW parts for him, Viscera, Mideon, Albert and Blue Meanie.

[@MG________]

More of this sort of thing, Stevie. Nice discussuon.

[@kaylemain2006]

This is the kind of content I'm here for.

[@haydenstock21]

I remember playing Just Bring It when I was 11 and Steven Richards was the one character in that game everyone booed, good memories

[@johnnysacks727]

Thank You Stevie For the Wrestling Content.

[@Airjet2582]

No mention of “Smackdown 2: Know Your Role”? That was your first appearance in a Playstation wrestling game?

[@loboneiner1034]

Technically his head was in Smackdown 1. Due to limitations several of the wrestlers were cut last second but their parts and names were left in where you could make em if you want.

[@AnonymousC2218]

@@loboneiner1034 He said smackdown 2 not 1

[@loboneiner1034]

@@AnonymousC2218 I know I can read. He also said it was his first appearance on playstation to which I responded that he technically appeared in Smackdown 1 as well. You just had to use his parts to make him.

[@Azzman2049]

It must be wild seeing yourself in a game

[@loboneiner1034]

It's weird seeing someone you know irl in one also. Knew a guy that made it into Madden back in the early 2010s.

[@Simonskilamb]

Great to hear Extreme Wrestling Revenge getting a call out!! I remember playing that 20 years ago, giving none other than Stevie Richards a push in a stable with Victoria and Steve Corino as well as one other who I cant recall. Such a great great game, great times.

[@MacNur-tu3cq]

I remember as a kid getting no mercy at futureshop in Canada. I believe i played hookey and my mom took me to get it. I also remember getting a bag if humpty Dumpty Dorito chips (which were a Dorritos knock off) and sitting in ny room playing. Wtestlemania 2000 was also huge for mr, my uncle bought it for me. I had all the wrestling games as a kid.... Good times. Wrestling and video games just aint tge same anymore.... I feel fir kids today who will nrver experience whst we did in 90s early aughts

[@springer90]

I remember playing as Stevie Richards in HCTP, and built him up to 90!

[@PowderedVoltage]

They did him dirty with that 63 rating 😖

[@springer90]

@@PowderedVoltage Big Facts!

[@us3l3ssknowl3dg3]

I still believe that SvR '06 is an underappreciated masterpiece I've said before that it's the closest game they ever released that's even remotely close to a Fire Pro level game

[@impulse_xs]

@@us3l3ssknowl3dg3 I’ll go to my grave maintaining that SvR 06 is legitimately the best licensed WWE game ever released. It may possibly be the GOAT wrestling game period. It’s also aged the best of any wrestling game and still holds up as time goes on. It was the perfect blend of arcade and simulation style gameplay. There’s maybe 2-3 games in my life I’ve spent more hours playing than SvR 06.

[@The_Juggla]

I'm half way with you guys, but why not 07? The roster in both games is objectively terrible, the story lines in season mode are of equal quality, 07 allows you to switch to the classic control scheme, and the creation suite is better.

[@impulse_xs]

@@The_Juggla for me, its a few things but my main one is this. The gameplay of 06 is a better balance of arcade and simulation style gameplay. 07 turned so many moves and situations into a variety of weird quick time events or mini games. Anytime you wanted to climb a ladder, put an opponent in a sleeper, or just do anything outside of simple strikes and some grapple turned into a quick time event that required fiddling with the analog stick, mashing buttons to fill a meter, or some other mini game. These events/interactions happened frequently enough that it slowed the pace of the game even in a normal match. It made the game less intuitive as well. Meanwhile 06 has 90% of the interactivity and location specific moves of 07 and makes them way more intuitive to execute and to reverse without the breaks in action. There’s way less of these annoying mechanics outside of special match types and the few that are in a normal match(like doing/escaping a submission) are very straightforward and quick. This makes 06 faster paced and more smooth feeling while still maintaining the depth of gameplay. Even switching 07 to the old control scheme doesn’t make the gameplay the same.

[@us3l3ssknowl3dg3]

@@impulse_xs my top 3 is 1. WCW vs nWo Revenge 2. Fire Pro Wrestling Returns 3. SvR '06

[@VoidBL]

I think 07 was like peak. Like 06 was a huge step up from the original but 07 just built on top of 06 and perfected it.

[@MattyIceLarch]

I remember the stolen gimmick Richards was in the first Smackdown! Game as a hidden character

[@Elowicious]

I used to have Stevie Richards just “Mankinding” Brock Lesnar all over the place in Hell in a Cell matches

[@Christoffski]

I'm still playing modded versions of Here Comes the Pain and Gran Turismo 4 with all the hidden content unlocked. These older games have so much charm.

[@CeruleanStallion]

What's an example of a modded version of Here Comes the Pain and how do I get it?

[@Christoffski]

@@CeruleanStallion look up Here Comes the Pain Ultimate Edition - The Remaster. You need a PS2 emulator like PCSX to run it.

[@michaelcervantes9439]

3:30 WRESTLE FEST!!! My friends and I used to go in and own the arcade at WrestleFest. I had a line of quarters lined up from other players looking to try to throw me out of the Rumble match

[@SuperJimmy900]

I used to play as stevie on here comes the pain. The stevie kick was so quick my brothers used to get so annoyed with me lol

[@gameshack1985]

It was so quick on No Mercy too, you could hit 4 finishers before it expired! lol

[@pibslemon9913]

I want to give Raw 2 its flowers it had one of the deepest rosters and enjoyable story mode because HCTP dropped 10-15 wrestlers and Raw 2 picked them up. A lot of wrestlers have their lone appearance in Raw 2 (Jamie Noble). Also Stevie can you talk about your Raw summer of 02 run you had a match with Flair

[@alharron2145]

The first Day of Reckoning is generally considered the best of the Gamecube games from what I've seen, but Wrestlemania XIX had the Revenge stages, which were some of the most fun locations in any wrestling game. I mean, sure, you had to basically commit a massacre by throwing construction workers and security guards down a bottomless abyss or toss them into speeding traffic, but it was wacky fun in a cartoonish way.

[@drunkensailor112]

Day of reckoning 2 is seen as the greatest gamecube wrestling game

[@EmpireGamingWynter]

I almost made it into RetroMania as DLC but they decided to go in another direction after months of discussions, which sucked but its still something I'm proud of

[@untalentedschmuck1651]

No Mercy didn’t have a rating system but I do believe every character had their own specific limb target points (strongest/weakest). So in a way that would be the overall rating.

[@qballfaw8861]

Exactly, Good point bro

[@thejanglezclan]

I was sooo young and dumb and naive during The Attitude Era that I thought Stevie gaining weight was part of the RTC gimmick because being fat = being a heel to my preteen brain.

[@memohdfromwwe_]

That was cool RTC made the roster cut, as the game released 3 months later.

[@Jay_Digital]

Ever since move sets became adjustable for wrestlers that was always one of the most fun things for me the out of the box move sets weren't always accurate so I would try to tweak them and make them as close to real life. I wasn't a big create a wrestler person I just liked going through all the move sets looking at all the moves.

[@VideoGaming4U]

This video made Big Show angry! (kidding)

[@crashpal]

'Smackdown 2 Know Your Role' Stevie plays a bigger role in Season mode and so do 'Rights To Censor'

[@EvanNixonType4]

Stevie, you missed WWF SmackDown 2: Know Your Role! You were one of the best characters in the whole game!

[@loboneiner1034]

I love Giant Gram 2000. Has a ton of legends in it that you didn't really see in many other games if any like Bobo Brazil.

[@jsimps85]

Stevie is hilarious, when the other guy brings up a talking point, Stevie is always like, "yea, I don't know about that, anyway...." Or ignores his point altogether

[@CaspisSinclair27]

I still love Fire Pro Wrestling. I never owned the SNES version but I emulated it and made all of my favorite WWF (at the time) wrestlers.

[@PowderedVoltage]

I've only played two. Fire Pro Returns PS2. Fire Pro World PS4. Love them both.

[@lutherheggs451]

It wasn't so much the network that ruined Voodoo Child. It was the Jimmi Hendrix estate who demanded them stop using it and or pay way more money for WWF to continue licensing the song. Its why they very quickly went back to Real American

[@thebigoilkanlarry]

I always happy to hear pre PC era wrestlers say they were gaming. You usually hear Shelton Benjamin or Rey say it, but Stevie. That's cool

[@danielj3594]

Smackdown 2 was the best one Stevie.

[@Andrew_TS]

No Mercy does have unique stats for characters, but you only see it by going into Edit mode instead of seeing an ovr stat.

[@TickNation]

It was fun picking Stevie in season mode in Here comes the pain. And building him up to become unstoppable and squashing Goldberg for the title. Spamming Stevie’s taunts mid match knowing he’s going over.

[@downtownbosscat]

NO MERCY was the best. Been thinking of a replay of the story

[@bigman2352]

6:53 No Mercy set the gold standard. But the smackdown games were very very good for the times especially smackdown 2. But the Smackdown Vs Raw series ruled wrestling video games for years and now the 2K series is the new gold standard.

[@gingeta5961]

Use to love fighting you in wwf smackdown just bring it, playing the I quit match is alot of fun in that game

[@JibberJabberPodcast]

I don’t skip the ads. Stevie deserves the revenue! Shame we don’t see him in any promotion these days.

[@joshrichards9121]

If you haven’t heard, a game called Ultra Pro Wrestling with the No Mercy engine is in the works. Stevie Richards is a wrestler in that game. You have to check it out.

[@electricalbatross5797]

@StevieRichardsShow as a No Mercy enthusiast myself, I believe there's something you NEED TO know. The "Championship" (season mode) story line for the WWF title was already written when they put you (Steven Richards) into the game. The thing is, because Big Show got released during development, they had to remove him from the game. You ended up taking his place on the roster (in the game's digital memory). THEREFORE, you were Big Show's drop-in replacement in ALL story lines involving him. I'm talking the "Rock's feet hit first" Royal Rumble storyline, even the main event of Wrestlemania 2000. When you say you were immortalized, brother, you REALLY were immortalized!

[@DiorShiesty]

Damn Velocity was Smackdown 2.0, I remember those days as a kid man.

[@mslaylael]

Stevie is the goat, I genuinely laughed at that finisher joke at 22:46 lol

[@jamesrosanio323]

has stevie every played legends of wrestling

[@simontravers2715]

@StevieRichardsShow *Smackdown Just Bring It* was my 1st introduction to you, your stare in your select menu picture looked like u were ready to fire/kill somebody!!

[@JMann-o2q]

One big flaw No Mercy had which I am surprised no one mentions...is in tag team matches actual tag teams would not come out together. It was frustrating.

[@italion9101]

Stevie I love your content.

[@christopherricca2321]

It was Ringside Action! Amazing game, what a time to be alive!

[@mjdf122]

I’ve seen all from 1980-Now I’m from NY I have every console as well as tons of games also I watch all Wrestling promotions around the world I’ve been to many Supercards/PPVs what a life of gaming and wrestling throughout the decades

[@meatwad376]

I have great memories of jobbing you out in svr 06 gm mode

[@ProducerRichie]

Man I was not expecting an EWR reference in here. The new game is TEW and they just came out with the latest version. I remember watching a series with Bischoff learning how to play TEW and booking shows with it. I'd be so interested in something similar with Stevie to see how he would book shows.

[@RuggedSource]

Just my 2 cents, the title should be "WWE Right to Censor's Steven Richards Said This About Being in a Video Game". Not suggesting that exact title but visually reading 'ex-wrestler' could mean anything while Stevie hold more value to his name then he thinks. I never watched WWE during the era he was in but the information and his honestly is why I keep returning to watch.

[@thesaltnation5570]

SVR Stevie is my favorite! The pink tights baby I made you in wwe2k24 I tweeted it out to you I guess you never seen it

[@neilsun2521]

Stevie looks better now than he did 25 years ago.

[@jakebernard9922]

Hey Stevie and James. Loving the recent video game content. Really cool to see a wrestler from the actual classic games talking about and playing them. A question for Stevie and James too. What are your thoughts on wrestling game mods? Like any of the No Mercy mods or Smackdown mods on ps1 and ps2? I have been collecting and making mods for the Smackdown and Smackdown Vs Raw games on ps2 for a while now. Really a good way to breathe new life into the older games. Just curious of your guys thoughts on Wrestling game mods. Thanks for the hard work your both doing on this channel:)

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

Smackdown 2 he's tough.

[@aristeia71]

Nothing has topped No Mercy. I spent so long going through every pathway on every championship trying to match the story to the appropriate wrestler.

[@ThePhenom389X]

I liked the small features Just Bring it had where you could go into the crowd with a chair and sit down and watch as everyone else beats the crap out of each other. Also if someone is wearing sunglasses you could knock them off their faces. But the first Raw game had it where you could pick up and wear any accessory that was knocked off. I wouldn't mind seeing little features like that come back.

[@BajaChalupas1379]

I think you missed some Stevie. You & Meanie are in Smackdown 1 on PS1 in a cutscene, then your parts are unlockable to create. You are also in Smackdown 2 as selectable wrestler.

[@The_Shining_wizard]

I play the old games all the time and I absolutely love them . I used to fall asleep playing wwe2k games because of how boring and dead it feels.

[@Saneful_insanity]

Thank you for saying that DOR is an awesome game. DOR2 FOREVER!!!!!!

[@neoshazam]

No Mercy is great. Weak grapple - STO was really good. Here Comes The Pain is great, the specific damage spot icon was great. Smackdown vs. Raw was quite good too.

[@billcravens5907]

Smackdown shut your mouth and here comes the pain were the two best IMO. The long in-depth career modes on those games were what did it for me.

[@GarrettS-eb5ow]

WrestleMania The Arcade Game was so freaking fun in my opinion ❤

[@tubster105]

No Smackdown 2 No just bring it?

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

Guess he'll do a part 2

[@Ghostface-1393]

Stevie dieting down to compete as a cruiserweight could have been fun

[@Bearwolf13]

No Mercy, Smackdown Here Comes the Pain, and Day of Reckoning 2 are the greatest Wrestling games of all time!

[@OneAtFaultMedia]

Only fitting to see you verse the leader of the nwo lol being from the bwo, I do think your best game as 2006 🤟🏼

[@derrickguynn3032]

Surprised of 2 things: 1. No mention your appearance in SmackDown 2 2. No mention of being the replacement for Big Show in No Mercy story mode.

[@derrickguynn3032]

EDIT: I now see you made a separate video discussing No Mercy story mode

[@Dorka_licious]

Love how he presses b like he's not getting that shit blocked and countered lmao 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@REVAMPEDWRESTLING2K]

1:32 what was that?!?!?!?

[@NemesisEnforcer4937]

Wwf no mercy,here comes the pain, shut your mouth,and day of reckoning were my favs

[@kickflipdemon]

the wwe games on gamecube had that no mercy feel with the heavy and light grapple sysytem wm 18 19 and day of reckoning 1 and 2

[@FreddyJenkins]

You were so lucky to get pinned by Queen Chyna ;)

[@Ultriac301]

SVR 2006 and Here Comes The Pain are the best!😁

[@jimmycarpenter6612]

One thing i actually enjoyed in the 2k games was the limited reversals she the stamina requirements for signature and finishers. It added a level of strategy. I can understand why some people didn't like it and they could've turned it off by default but left it in as an option to toggle on and off