Hot Take: SmackDown vs RAW 2011 deserves to be in the discussion for Greatest Wrestling Game of All Time alongside Here Comes The Pain. The only reason it isn't is because it came out in the PG Era.
@hansako24712 ай бұрын
Agreed, it’s the only game that executed universe mode well, and the road to wrestlemania was perfected
@MegaShingo972 ай бұрын
The Xbox 360/PS3 version yes but definitely not the PS2 version....
@tupadrastro42392 ай бұрын
Man that’s a very popular take aint nothing hot about it it’s basically no mercy wm2000 here comes the pain and 2011
@daymonharris86962 ай бұрын
That's literally not a hot take
@moondough60102 ай бұрын
With the weapon physics oh yeah
@thepinappleparadox49322 ай бұрын
Imagine crashing out that hard over losing a match at fucking Tribute to the Troops 💀💀💀
@agimb23812 ай бұрын
Is tribute to the troops even considered in kayfabe ? Like bruh 😂
@KyrieKirigiri2 ай бұрын
Some trivia about Road to Wrestlemania: Undertaker refused to do Voice Over for the game, so he never speaks at all in his RTWM (aside from sound bytes taken from existing footage) Hornswoggle, who was unlockable in Undertaker's RTWM, was the first instance of a manager character in the series (managers who are NPCs only, as previous managers were playable as regular wrestlers like Paul Bearer in the PS1 games) Jericho's Road to Wrestlemania was originally written for Bobby Lashley, which is why the Masked Man was in army fatigues (Lashley is ex-army). The story was retooled after Lashley left and Jericho returned. The masked men in Jericho's RTWM resemble the masked men who Muhammad Hassan had attack the Undertaker If you pick Mr Kennedy as the Masked Man in Jericho's story, it's revealed that there were two Masked Men (Orton and Kennedy) and you face both of them Tony is voiced by Bryan Williams from THQ, he is also modeled off of another THQ employee. The director of the three Smackdown vs Raw Road to Wrestlemania modes has a KZbin channel and has done director's commentary for all 09 stories and most 10 stories. It's called ViolentLee.
@bwfchamp72 ай бұрын
I loved having Hornswoggle in the game, I always had him as a manager
@Quentinthemudkip2 ай бұрын
I never even knew that you could fight Orión by himself tbh😂
@mhstylesmugen2 ай бұрын
Actually Paul Heyman is the first NPC manager in the series, he's in the OG SvR and while a second player can play as him, he's only selectable as a manager.
@xKingofHearts87x2 ай бұрын
@@Quentinthemudkip yeah I had no idea you can just fight Randall Kieth I've always fought both him and Kennedy
@hanzwusrt6755Ай бұрын
Written by Chat-GPT.
@Tay-cu7ny2 ай бұрын
That custom Shawn finisher has me dying 😭
@javi9942 ай бұрын
Straight up an MK Armageddon fatality 😂
@GlennQuagmireGiggity2 ай бұрын
@@javi994 i hated the fatalities in that game😂
@marcoseiler913212 күн бұрын
I am still so pilled on this game even 15 years later I immidialty knew why he gave him a custom finisher. In 08 Micheals finishers were a normal quick SCM while standing and one you could start while the opponent was on the ground with buildup. In 09 for some reason both of his SCM started from the ground and were extremly similiar. Only diffrence was one had a pin attachet. As someone who liked playing Micheals in 08 this felt horrible as you lost the opportunity for a quick finisher during a fight and got an extremly redundant instead. Even worse because other Wrestlers like orton or edge still had the same concept of a normal standing and ground Version of their finisher with. I still remember being pissed about this. Worst even tho you could swap finishers, where just wasn't a normal SWC in the Game. I tried making a custom one too but since you needed like two parts it felt never quick and naturel. I am not surprised he ended with this abomination after failing like me to just give Michaels a normal SCM.
@Bruno-bb9er2 ай бұрын
Here's something: According to Justin Leeper, the guy behind RTWM, Taker apparently refused to do lines for 09 because he was unhappy with how he was portrayed in past games.
@agrubohub40092 ай бұрын
After being involved in two storylines against two dudes who ended up dying,I would avoid that too
@sixthcitysaint2 ай бұрын
Plus if I remember also in SvR '07, Undertaker (as the WORLD CHAMPION) was running around with Kane kidnapping Melina (the Player's manager/love interest in this storyline) in order to win the feud (which was for the WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP).
@chisomibezim14812 ай бұрын
Makes sense. Especially since he was given generic lines every Superstar was given for voiceover work. It just makes his character look out of character because it wasn't Superstar specific to him
@ipleathetv63342 ай бұрын
So who did his voice ?
@mohabalserafe37952 ай бұрын
@@ipleathetv6334nobody he never had any lines for the game
@theitfactorjameswheezer28522 ай бұрын
CM Punk really decided to snatch a svr 2009 storyline irl, backstage fights and all in Aew 😂
@javi9942 ай бұрын
Also the real world championship 😂
@dexterwilliams25202 ай бұрын
Me and my homie playing Batista & Rey's RtM together resulted in us reenacting "YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO BE MY FRIEND!" week after week before it happened IRL.
@DustinFerriss2 ай бұрын
8:43 CM Punk returning with the championship and claiming to be the real champion, It happened in WWE, AEW, and a video game, wild how that has happened 3 times
@TheChosenMoose012 ай бұрын
For those curious about choosing Randy over Shawn in Triple H's storyline, the Wrestlemania main event becomes a triple threat match between you, Shawn, and Randy, and ends with Shawn and Triple H being friends.
@Reasonablemind2 ай бұрын
The SvR games gave us the potential that all the midcarders had
@shawnmichaels5682 ай бұрын
Undertaker turning Santino/Finlay into a zombie, Cena fighting U-Topia, Jericho Mask man story, Punk & ECW story, DX story. This RTWM was wild. Loved it back then & still revisting it back it still feels fresh.
@alec20002 ай бұрын
SVR 09’s Road to WrestleMania was just plain legendary. From choosing DX or Evolution with HHH, WWE going PG with CM Punk, Zombies with Undertaker, WWIII with Cena & the iconic Tony, Muhammad Hassan’s terrorists attacking Jericho, and of course, we get a foreshadowing of Bragging Rights 2009 with Batista & Rey Mysterio. What a legendary mode, what a time to be alive😂🤣.
@PrinceVegita12 ай бұрын
The Batista & Rey rivalry happening in a game before the actual show is legit crazy.
@garenthal96382 ай бұрын
Tony was the hero we needed and deserved
@BigFoochi2 ай бұрын
“bring back Chyna from the dead” is a crazy ass line ngl 😭😂
@quameakbarnes2 ай бұрын
SVR 2009 Road To Wrestlemania Is The Only Thing That Made SVR 2009 Memorable
@jumpman23262 ай бұрын
Along with the soundtrack and create a finisher
@dwightyboy53242 ай бұрын
I liked the road to WrestleMania, roster, and soundtrack for the game. Basically if you would've combined this and svr 2008, could've potentially been the best game in the series
@tango96012 ай бұрын
IIIIIII I'VE HAD ENOUGH I'M, TAKING YOU DOWN, TAKING YOU DOWN DOWN!! DOWN!! I'LL TAKE YOU DOWN!! DOWN!!!!
@dwightyboy53242 ай бұрын
@@tango9601 BANGER
@jaybarbieri86192 ай бұрын
@tango9601 Egypt Central are some real good dudes and they deserved so much better
@Drequan2 ай бұрын
pav hasn't missed since he created this channel
@mjohnson41782 ай бұрын
I can't wait for the other Road to WrestleMania's Pav, This one and the 12 video is fire!
@GiovanniSuvire2 ай бұрын
I didn’t grow up watching wrestling, but I played the games. And CM Punk’s RTW is how I became a CM Punk fan.
@brokennovocaine2 ай бұрын
The Jericho story had some branching story stuff too. I remember when I played it as a kid, Orton and Mr. Kennedy were both under the mask and the Mania match was Jericho vs Cena vs Orton vs Kennedy
@GotThemHammerz2 ай бұрын
If You Picked Kennedy I Think
@AdamSMessinger2 ай бұрын
The fact that you and 616Entertainment released videos on SvR ‘09 on the same day is a wild coincidence.
@kadharefinley2242 ай бұрын
I have so many memories playing SVR 2009’s RTWM series. I really enjoyed playing Triple H’s story dedicating to either reform DX with Shawn Michaels or reform Evolution with Orton, Flair and Batista. John Cena’s U-Topic storyline with MVP and Undertaker turning Santino/Finlay into zombies etc everything was wild 😂😂
@deathpacito62202 ай бұрын
0:44 ay yo pav caught in 4k
@fatboy_of_3002 ай бұрын
I was boutta comment on that cuz that was crazy statement 😭😭😭
@hazeknowledge74442 ай бұрын
@@fatboy_of_300 same here💀💀😭
@davidheaven29612 ай бұрын
Na coz I was just about to put this what’s buddy on 😂😂😂😂
@alecrambles32592 ай бұрын
Svr 09’ was my first wrestling game ever got it with a 360 for Christmas. Glad it’s getting some love Also the Chris Jericho attire has to be the best wrestling attire he ever wore
@Mickey-v7p2 ай бұрын
“Hey, which supernatural force of nature is out to go against The Undertaker besides Kane?” -the story for Undertaker’s 2009 Road to WrestleMania A few years later, Bray Wyatt shows up with his family and he does the same old supernatural shenanigans and he also gets to wage war against Undertaker!
@bb27572 ай бұрын
24:03 Really was not ready for that Micheal and angela reference LOL
@bdo333Ай бұрын
Almost made me choke on a cookie
@matthewmckenna83612 ай бұрын
SVR 10 is defo the most nostalgic to me tbh
@edwardelric30822 ай бұрын
So the boogeyman basically become Shang Tsung from Mortal Kombat and steal Kane soul?😂
@ZaibAli12 ай бұрын
Just woke up and saw the GOAT post, the day could never start better
@TonyB11042 ай бұрын
“what in the Mortal Kombat was this combination?!” 😅💀
@trappestarrgaming34222 ай бұрын
Idk y the mortal kombat brutality you gave shawn as a finisher was so funny
@3TooWonderАй бұрын
"I'm from GREEN BAY, genius, it's COLD there"- Mr. Kennedy 😂❤
@anwzdewan69692 ай бұрын
2009 undertaker’s story was one of the most weirdest and coolest road to wrestlemania I’ve ever played. Boogeyman looked absolutely strong in the game and was the perfect final boss.
@HavocHacksaw2 ай бұрын
This was the first WWE game I ever owned, and possibly the game that began my love for WWE as a whole. I remember enjoying Jericho’s story the most. Thank you for covering this, it brought me back lol!
@seandon39462 ай бұрын
15:39 "what kinda sick booker books this man in this state in a match" ITS ME AUSTIN!!!
@DamnWhoAsked2 ай бұрын
Might be in the minority, but I thought the little montages they did before slingshotting the footage into the specific RTWM wrestler’s in-game model was so fire as a kid.😂
@GotThemHammerz2 ай бұрын
Same Fam, Too Bad Nowadays If You Wanna Watch The Gameplay For SVR 09 On KZbin, It Gets Skipped Because Of Copyright
@hhtptai2 ай бұрын
My favorite version of Road To WrestleMania by far. Played every single one at least twice.
@shawnmichaels5682 ай бұрын
I remember being in literal shock seeing Undertaker turn Santino into a zombie back then.
@eazye61792 ай бұрын
Finley
@TrillBill2 ай бұрын
The narration is even WILDER 😂
@isaiahedmonson58322 ай бұрын
Gifs is hilarious here😄
@z3n_z2 ай бұрын
The Undertaker RTWM was......special 😂🔥
@mxrder82 ай бұрын
These and svr 2010s are burned into my memories I played those over and over 😂
@hendrxx95932 ай бұрын
Prime pav would have 1 trillion views by now😭😭😭
@BReynoldsLilPiff2 ай бұрын
"Masked men blowing your back out." 🤣 "AYO, PAUSE."
@Sbournazian12 ай бұрын
These are all 10 times better than career and showcase mode 2k needs this back
@winstonthedino19092 ай бұрын
Thank you!!!! This was my first ever wrestling game. I remember it so well. Everyone shits on this game and I look at it fondly
@cookieface802 ай бұрын
SVR 2011 RTWM would be a good one to do.
@ShinobiCen2 ай бұрын
I was literally playing Jericho’s yesterday💀
@landonmagliaro-td6oz2 ай бұрын
Svr 09 was the first wwe game i ever played. this Brings back Memories
@jumpman23262 ай бұрын
2K could never match the amount fun that Road to WrestleMania
@thetruej78722 ай бұрын
Man the Road to WrestleMania story modes were so much fun. I liked the Smackdown Season Mode from SVR 2006, but The RTWM storylines were a blast.
@scibb7982 ай бұрын
playing the rey n batista one with my brother is some of my favourite childhood memories
@UndeadSo1dier0119 күн бұрын
If you havent played it. Play the custom chracter RTWM from SvR 2010. Loved playing it when i was younger
@probrogamer88272 ай бұрын
0:45 AYE YO MASK MEN DOING WHAT?!!!
@Superb_0wl2 ай бұрын
SVR 09 is such n Underrated Gem 💎 the only Complaint i have is the Awkward Camera Angle when u leave the Ring
@TheSickGman09Ай бұрын
SvR 2006 24/7 mode was my favorite by far. The stroylines were so good and the fact that they even made side story lines in case you selected a character already in the main story was great too.
@randomdudewholikesmusic16402 ай бұрын
This was my FIRST RTWM. Still love it now, that and the soundtrack too.
@yvesmomplaisir652 ай бұрын
Bringing Chyna back from the dead is crazy 😂😂😂😂
@KindaBlueInGreen2 ай бұрын
Wild that you and 616 Entertainment both release videos on SVR 2009 mere hours apart
@lukasjames692 ай бұрын
I love these videos of you going through the story modes
@e93sports802 ай бұрын
I played the John Cena RTW first because he was my favorite wrestler. He's my all time favorite.
@Milty20012 ай бұрын
The undertaker's road to wrestlemania was one of the funniest and weirdest one in 2009 I love how you get Santino and Finley trying to posses Kane and the undertaker just so the boogeyman can use the urn to control them 😂
@PrinceVegita12 ай бұрын
Off-topic but it's crazy how good this game still looks. Actually, it even looks better than SvR11 and WWE '12, somehow.
@venomsnekko2 ай бұрын
My dad bought me this game on PS2 for Christmas the year it released. I still remember pulling my hair out trying to beat Big Daddy V in 2 minutes with CM Punk. Good times.
@harrisonkorkos19 күн бұрын
This needs to comeback in WWE 2k25
@Ridley_LockhartАй бұрын
That part in SvR09 with the military dude “Tony” was the main thing i remembered from that one.
@Thechristianbolton12 ай бұрын
I played the shit outta this video game when I was a kid, I still love it to this day, the road to wrestlemania was the best part.
@zachwalton94362 ай бұрын
I was always Batista my dad was always Rey the amount of memories of have in this game and that road to wrestlmania in general is insane awesome video man
@ryanm40742 ай бұрын
all those og games were taken for granted man, so many dope memories but at the core those were love letters to the WWE. Those RTW modes and the first showcases were special
@omkoli7942Ай бұрын
Dude i just realized its a 30min video but i felt like a life time. thats cause i was sooo immersed in the video and it felt like im watching a whole year of these superstars road to wrestlemania lets fucking goooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!
@omarelsherif41252 ай бұрын
Cena's story was the first road to wrestlemania mode I've ever experienced. And it is my favorite followed by the Jericho one.
@TopSuperKicker2 ай бұрын
Shoutout the GOAT Tony
@bigleon85922 ай бұрын
WWE 09 Road to Wrestlemania will forever be iconic 😂😂, i have played this sooo sooo many times it gets better for some reason, the 2010 is really good too
@GDubbJr2 ай бұрын
That tribute to the troops arena is a top 5 arena all time for me.
@Silverdollarsaturdays2 ай бұрын
This game had 5 year old me ready to slide for Tony 🫡
@willspinyt2 ай бұрын
This was my first Road to WrestleMania and I never forgot about this one lol. The memories has got into me.
@kh232342 ай бұрын
09 was the best WrestleMania ever you'll think WWE itself book the whole road to WrestleMania especially with Boogeyman and undertaker what made me wanted it to happen in real life it was so 🔥
@SamuelSerranobrito2 ай бұрын
'Masked men blowing your back out" 💀💀💀
@javi9942 ай бұрын
super ultra mega ⏸️ in this whole thing 😂
@q.h.s50512 ай бұрын
My problem with the RTWM modes and why I never played but only watched them was these stories could all be condensed into a Season Mode back in the early Smackdown games. Think about doing all this crazy stuff but in a long two year season mode along with other stories, would be more fun in my opinion
@NuudlesMckeaning8 күн бұрын
Body shots a lowblow to a superkick is diabolical
@rluke1299Күн бұрын
Imagine watching that Wrestlemania and seeing all those matchups in one night
@clarkestomps2 ай бұрын
SVR 09’s Road to Wrestlemania was so fun first time playing it and I still play it to this very day
@sebastian.78062 ай бұрын
I was just playing this like a week ago undertakers mode was trippy
@TheApexCJ72 ай бұрын
Pav Talking About The Insanity That Was SVR 2009 Road To WrestleMania Mode On A Fine Weekend Is Something We Didn't Expected But We Needed. 🙏🏽
@AliFrankTheTank2 ай бұрын
WWE Games usta be peak existence man 😭
@hakkin_d2 ай бұрын
Tony’s Finisher being a moonsault is 👌👌😂😂
@lukepurse91622 ай бұрын
You should start reviewing some of the most random and least talked about PPV. Such as fatal four way and captital punishment.
@Jnwboss2 ай бұрын
My cousin and I played this together and we would switch who we would play as per run. All of these RTWM in this game were so fun.
@danieldarpino386226 күн бұрын
THIS WAS MY GAME BRO. I had it on the wii and I seriously think I have over 1,000 hrs put in. Really made me love wrestling.
@JMA_21Ай бұрын
I’ll always remember the time I was so in shock because I was playing hell in a cell. And i was down at the bottom on top of the tables. The cpu jumped off the top of the cell down to me and I timed it perfectly to hit him with a drop kick down at the bottom.
@tango96012 ай бұрын
2009 is incredible for having two unlockable "ZOMBIE" variants for wrestlers and my boy Tony alone
@agrubohub40092 ай бұрын
And to think MVP is a villain again in John Cena's Road to Wrestlemania in SVR '11 These two barely crossed each other in real life,what the hell
@DougieYT2 ай бұрын
Road To WrestleMania clears MyCareer and it’s not even close. We need that back.
@solidsnakemgs72 ай бұрын
You should go back and play the Triple H RTWM because the story takes a different route when you choose Evolution
@markgray7717Ай бұрын
That crazy mk finisher by Shawn lmfao 🤣🤣🤷♂️
@FirstPersonSkater2 ай бұрын
Whenever I hear or read someone mention SvR 09, all that ever comes to my mind is green Finlay. I don't think I remember anything else from the game.
@BaldHeadSosa2 ай бұрын
As a kid watching the undertaker story gave me like a literal anxiety attack when the boogeyman rose from the ground holding that urn I legit turned the system off cause I got dizzy and thought I was gonna pass out and didn’t finish the rtwm until like YEARS later I wonder wtf that was😭
@KHFMcAwesome2 ай бұрын
Hey don’t take two Tombstones curing somebody of possession lightly! I work for an indi wrestling company and we once had a storyline involving one of our top babyfaces be possessed by our resident demon character and what cured him was a chair shot! 😜😜😜😜😜😜😜😜
@jitswiftfr15052 ай бұрын
Nobody talks about how complete yet simple 2k12 was
@kyokugenryudisciple93492 ай бұрын
You dead ass gave HBK the Chicken & Biscuit Combo Sweet Chin Music! 🤣
@jjkcommentaries86452 ай бұрын
Funny how you and 616 entertainment uploaded a video of the same game on the same day. And I'm all for it
@benespinosa67252 ай бұрын
Smackdown vs raw 2009's road to Wrestlemania mode is insane I've played a lot Undertaker's road to Wrestlemania story is creepy glad I got this game with my Xbox 360.