The Original 5 SmackDown Games (Compilation: SmackDown PS1 to Here Comes The Pain)

[@GoldenChed]

Know Your Role was absolutely superb back in the day

[@JBHtown1646]

Yes it was

[@DateMike22]

Shut Your Mouth and Here Comes the Pain are my two favorite OG SmackDown games.

[@idcwhatuthink4985]

To be honest, unless you were a child in this era. You really don't understand the importance Video games had on WWF winning the war❤

[@arostwocents]

So true.

[@arostwocents]

Dreamcast's WWF game was the most underrated i always thought

[@thisisnotachannel]

I dunno dude... I was 20 when the first "Smackdown!" game came out. And I am fully aware of how important wrestling video games were to WWF's takeover of the industry... However, I firmly believe it started BEFORE the first "Smackdown!" game came out, back when the WWF bought THQ, Yukes and AKI right out from under WCW to make "Wrestlemania 2000". Before that, WCW had the better video games, especially compared to "WarZone" and "Attitude"... "WCW/nWo World Tour" and "Revenge" were WAY ahead of them. And in '97 and '98, that's nearly all WCW had left going for them... After that, "Smackdown!" On PS1 definitely helped cement their position... but the Yuke's/AKI/THQ games on the N64 paved the way beforehand.

[@idcwhatuthink4985]

@@thisisnotachannel trust me, i agree... every kid in school was playing those n64 games, and it created many ppl that watched wrestling because of the games... but ps1 sold more consoles... if the first smackdown games sucked, it wouldve mattered

[@DDWES]

Nah wcw kicked wwe ass video game wise until a good while after mankind won the title vs the rock.

[@conorhibbert1562]

smackdown 2 was the first wrestling game i had as a kid, i still remember big show turning up during a royal rumble match and me being fuming after the match because i thought id unlocked him

[@lawrencehackett6479]

How this video was uploaded 59 minutes ago & im already 55 minutes into this, is quite telling how much pull wrestling bios has on my daily life.. a guy who id like to mention stopped watching wrestling 20 years ago.. yet here i am

[@darwinespinoza3440]

All these games, even the PS1 ones still hold weight. Sure some of the graphics and gameplay may be outdated but it’s still fun to go back to. I think aside from nostalgia, it has a certain style about it that today’s WWE games sorta lack. Could be the colors or the lighting. But the direction of the games are 1 of a kind.

[@PontFlair]

I love how these games faced the entrance ramp just like the N64 games. Even Dreamcast's Royal Rumble faced the entrance ramp. That change of the camera angle was 💯% unnecessary in my opinion.

[@seanohare1001]

7 year old me scratching the smallest part of wrapping paper on an xmas present days before xmas that looked suspiciously like a ps2 game! The pure joy i got when seeing Hulks face as this meant santa had delivered Smackdown Shut Your Mouth!! 😂

[@thedon42]

Yessir! Wrestling Bios is on form lately spoiling us! Go on lad! Three videos in a row and I’m here for them all!

[@gagank478]

These was my favorite WWF game series. I miss being a kid

[@SSJ491]

I have all first 5 WWF/E Smackdown videogames (Original WWF Smackdown! (PS1), WWF Smackdown! 2: Know Your Role (PS1), WWF Smackdown! Just Bring It (PS2), WWE Smackdown! Shut Your Mouth (PS2), and WWE Smackdown! Here Comes the Pain (PS2)). I have these WWE Smackdown games since I was a kid back then in the early 2000s.

[@ErwalDeeas]

Keep preaching about how overlooked and underrated Shut Your Mouth is! That one was a game changer!!!

[@PontFlair]

Sure is. SYM led to HCTP. There is no HCTP w/o how great SYM is. Smackdown-HCTP was a build onto what SYM gave us. Just imagine if you could build the attributes on SYM like you could in HCTP. IF that feature was on SYM, it may be SYM standing here as one of the GOAT games, which it already should be.

[@alexgeorge501]

I've got all 5 of the "SmackDown" games for my ps1+ps2!

[@kennethgreggs5903]

In other words, Kane with a dinosaur head was an early version of Luchasaurus

[@nicholassealy251]

i still play here comes the pain from time to time. the amount of created players my cousins and i created from 2004 til now is wild

[@PontFlair]

I STILL play HCTP to this day as well. I made a stable w/ LOD R.I.P. and Scott Steiner called "HGH" LOL The Road Warriors are the Tag-Team Champions, while Steiner is gunning for the company belt, and I may make Hawk the U.S. Champion. HCTP's replay value is still way up.

[@Devondavis-fm2dz]

Smackdown here comes the pain was one of the greatest wrestling video game of all time back then

[@MR.__G]

Easy ranking for me. Just go in order but backwards 1. Here comes the pain 2. Shut your mouth 3. Just bring it 4. Know your role 5. Smackdown

[@resilience89]

Where is WWE 2K24?

[@MR.__G]

@@resilience89 has nothing to do with this ranking lol

[@resilience89]

​@@MR.__G lol, thought as much

[@gcgc6381]

I wonder if SYM would've had Scott Halls Stunner sell, punches, chokeslam etc. Damn.

[@shadic1988]

SYM and HCTP are the best of the 5! But I have a soft spot for the other 3. Always had fun with all of them even more than the SVR and the N64 Titles

[@rattlehead1003]

I loved Smackdown Just bring it. Till you see how much space it took up on your memory card. If you could find one. Had to free the space up for Metal Gear Solid 2.

[@sord4]

Are you going to finish the SmackDown vs Raw series? I know they start to get repetitive and bleed into each other with each installment but selfishly I just want you to cover SvR 2007 cause that was the game that got me into wrestling and maybe the game I have spent the most hours on full stop 😂

[@hitomisalazar4073]

Ah Here Comes the Pain's story mode. It was a double edged sword for me at the time. I loved that they were pulling angles from the shows and giving some depth to the game, allowing me to go "Oh I've seen that!" and play it out. But one thing that even at the time always disappointed me is just how storylines would resolve and never be mentioned again, regardless of the outcome. Like the "Faction" storyline the video left off on. Eventually yeah your Faction gets a title or two. And the manager goes to book you in an Elimination Chamber match with a rival faction with your title on the line. Now even though I overcame the odds and absolutely crushed the competition and proved "Yes, my faction is dominant" basically.... the announcers say "Well that's the end of the faction because they proved that only one person can be champion and you can't have a faction supporting a champion" basically. Like... what? The faction I spent like 3 months building up is gone just because... we retained the title in an Elimination Chamber match? Stuff like that always just hit me weird about the storymode in there. I could see the foundation of a good story mode but they needed more lasting consequences and momentum behind programs. Like if you are a single superstar who got a manager and eventually after a feud with said manager where you win them back to your side (as a manager or a lover)... they just never appear as your manager again. And are never mentioned being related to your character again.

[@PontFlair]

You have a point w/ these Stories. Like when you beat Bischoff to death w/ a chair, or pummel him w/ your hands/feet. You mean to tell me, ERIC BISCHOFF, in storyline, would let that pass? Or when you whip his monkey @$$ in the cage, he'd just "let it go"?

[@joejohnstone3921]

Bruh it’s still the greatest season mode of all time hands down. I played this over and over for a long time until I’d done all the stories in the game.

[@ryubiblossoms7363]

I wish Shut Your Mouth gets the same recognition has Here Comes The Pain. It's always overshadows it and I find it kind of upsetting.

[@dary0097]

Wwf Smackdown is still better Than the Current Wwe 2K ones I miss this Style of Wrestling games

[@BeAGoodDoga]

HCTP is the GOAT!

[@vernon.govender]

The goat!!!!

[@BeAGoodDoga]

@@vernon.govender yep!

[@SRC267]

Especially Ultimate Edition, the mod that restores some characters like Hogan, Warrior, Jeff and more.

[@BeAGoodDoga]

@@SRC267 yeah well, I stick to console, so I never played it.

[@user-wz6sl7cc5i]

If hctp is the goat than wwe 2k17 was the worse of all time there was no showcase or anything

[@DarthDread-oh2ne]

I love smackdown vs Raw 2006 & 2007, I love wwe 12. That was last good wrestling game in my opinion.

[@SRC267]

Some users say 2k19 was better

[@DarthDread-oh2ne]

@@SRC267 I disagree.

[@TheEman590]

Ah, my PlayStation 2 memories playing Just Bring it, Shut your Mouth and Here comes the pain. They were so much fun, especially with friends

[@AntonioPoythress1985]

Wrestling bios has been going off lately with these videos, keep it up. Btw, the music you have for the main event for ppvs is awesome. It have that final showdown feel to it.

[@PhantomOverlordX2]

I could play these games for days on end honestly.

[@miracle_ftw]

Smackdown is the greatest series of all time on any console! When I say Smackdown I'm not including Smackdown Vs Raw

[@NLaBar]

Power move pro wrestling!!! I thought I was the only one who owned that.

[@PontFlair]

I still own it today. My belief is that Power Moves and WCW vs The World are the start of the AKI Dynasty. I just wish us PS1 supporters got the sequels. I also have PS1's Toukon Retsudon 3, which I play on my Japanese PS2.

[@carmagician9272]

I remember playing smack down 2 and being annoyed by the sim match load times and in my first season play through I had a match against good father 13 times in a row, I got a little bored with that, but I couldn’t wait to get back home from work to play it still

[@MrWonderful_ITH]

Just wanted to say that I absolutely love and appreciate your wrestling videogame videos man. They are my go to more often than not. Never forget how appreciated you are by your community and subscribers brother ❤

[@JayW1211]

Love these gaming videos man 👌

[@Drog2099]

Know Your Role: *Theme plays* Brain: JEEEEEESUS

[@WrestleWreckage]

I had a retail copy of SmackDown 2 that got stuck in Season Mode. However, when I used a burned copy, it worked perfectly. 😂😂

[@conormacca8775]

Still play smackdown 2 to this day😂

[@nfortin24]

I remember I waited sooo long for the first and 2nd smackdown games.. like checking every week for updates on IGN...keeping my bday money to get them on release day... sooo much nastalgia

[@dr.loomis4221]

Those loading screens from Smackdown 2 are burned into my brain. Especially the Trish Stratus one lol.

[@afterforever71]

I ALWAYS hated how Jeff's senton bomb never landed OVER the opponent in smackdown 1

[@constablekennedy7705]

Let’s go Fellas. 🔥🔥🔥

[@OliveMule]

I owned this game and wcw nitro

[@WessideVibez]

Shut your mouth Is The GOAT!! That story mode was elite

[@BigDuke529]

Nostalgic 🔥

[@Dr_1212]

Classic

[@WillCrigler]

You are so right about the arrival of the Smackdown series.

[@Wheresthepepsibismol]

My copy of Smackdown! 2 is worn from playing it so much I loved doing moonsaults as Lita

[@timt183]

31:45 here I was, worried you weren't going to mention the load screens.

[@PontFlair]

The square-bars Steel Cage from back in the day!! *14:36*

[@rdrouynriv]

Smackdown 1 and 2 was my jam when I was in high school. Doesn't look like much nowadays but those were the peak wrestling games of their era. Plus it had the best roster of WWF history IMO. (the 2000 roster)

[@crashharty]

I need that remixed smack theme from the intro. That was the bomb!

[@McPoshSquatch]

It's crazy how these games were state of the art when they came out, but twenty-some years later and they look horrible! LOVED the Smackdown! titles, had them all. Imo, WCW Thunder was ahead of its time and was better than the first Smackdown! game. Great video as always. 😁👍

[@PontFlair]

I hated those WCW Nitro and Thunder games. The graphics back then looked great, had it played like the N64 games, they'd be on the GOAT list. Seems like the PS1 titles just didn't want to give us Playstation heads that type of Wrestling at the time. The closest we got to N64's gameplay was Power Moves Pro-Wrestling and WCW vs The World

[@Masutora]

I also loved Wrestlemania: The Arcade game. I actually played it after In Your House. Which I preferred the roster for, but I liked them both the same gameplay wise.

[@daniellewolf3697]

SYM Was My Top Favorite,The First Draft,NWO,

[@craigholmes8594]

I remember how angry smack down 2 made me back then. It forced me to buy an N64

[@MrBlx4life]

Let's go wrestling Bios!!

[@user-tw5lu5si6m]

Love this video well done 👏

[@iamdb1990]

I watched all these videos separately just the other day, I wish I'd known this was gonna be uploaded lol

[@JayRasheed718]

One doesn’t simply pass up here comes the pain… if you were a fan back then you got all the games as they came out and 2000 was the best year and then 2003. Shut your mouth was great and definitely held me over until the next game but believe it or not just bring it made me want the ps2.

[@gagank478]

my question: Where do you get these intro music mixes? Some of them are really good!

[@hassamali8887]

We all want remastered of HCTP. Hey developers you love money?? HCTP is the gold mine

[@Steven-og5qx]

My favourite wrestling game is here comes the pain

[@SoloSeason]

Smackdown 6:57 crowd looks like Covid crowds on screen 😂

[@Felinewisperer_lyranAnuhazi]

Enjoyed the smackdown on ps1 😂 me and my brother played then ended up wrestling ench other lol i would tombstoned on the bed lpl 😂😂

[@MummysBraveBoy]

In reference to SmackDown 1... I'm not completely sure if it was/wasn't mentioned during the review and I simply didn't catch it, so if that's the case I apologise. Please, either correct me in a reply, or tell me if you also remember the feature and/or like myself, have fond memories as a result. Anyway, I remember that in order to create your own wrestler (you can all deny this too, but we know every one of us thought the graphics were practically lifelike) and play through the season mode, you had to play the pre-season first. If I remember correctly, the last match you win to complete that mode was always yourself Vs The Dudleyz in a handicap match. Not based on a tag system either. Every 2/3 on 1 handicap match was always under tornado rules. Anyway, for some reason me and my Brother would always create a guy called "Dhyno/Dhino", spelled that way on purpose because we were big Rhyno/Rhino marks and I do love a cheesy pun. Anyway, it would always be the full combination and we'd have endless fun playing 50+ seasons as an ageless, merciless, humanless and perfect athlete of a Dinosaur that wrestled in the Wrestlemania main year after year after year against what was, by that time, the 70/80/90 year old versions of your Austin/HHH/The Rock etc that I must say, were looking remarkable for their ages! But yeah, to end it, the method was that every time and it never got old. (See what I did there?) 😜 Do others remember that? I don't just mean those who did the same as us, I just want to know if it wasn't some kind of fever dream! 😂😂😂

[@Hesnotavalabe05]

The end 😂

[@CARL_093]

i had play all smackdown series in ps 1 and 2 i love it it started by a friend invited me to play his new ps1 he got smackdown game i say sure then it started

[@jonathanbranhamsgaminganda8799]

One of my favorite ps one games

[@mranarchy1974]

18:03 Yeah, my mod only goes to the 2nd month in season mode 😂... but I'm old enough to have owned it on the orginal ps1 as a teenager 😂

[@Horror_N_M3tal]

Smackdown Just bring it & Silent Hill 2 was the reason I brought a PS2

[@kbhalacy]

I like the fact that it was a different engine and not a port of wm2000 and no mercy with a different coat of paint. Good fun on my playstation

[@markl5998]

Shut Your Mouth was the one I played the most

[@0verkill89]

its a good day when bios man uploads

[@themons513]

Every single one of these games was a winner. Each seemed to improve slightly from the last. I remember literally pissing my pants with excitement when the games magazines started featuring screenshots and articles before the release. Great video, my nostalgia levels are through the roof.

[@LaCourierInCrysis]

They should make a game with all the wrestlers that got fired quit arrested or murdered their own family in a game of their own. The could put Nails, Benoit, and new jack on the cover of a Sega Saturn jewel case

[@thisisnotachannel]

I'm an entrance mark... so I was super disappointed with the "Legends" entrances in "HCTP"... other than that, I recognise its brilliance. I also recognise that my extreme disappointment may have had something to do with the all hype back then around the fact that they were finally including "Legends" in a WWF game... only to be let down big time by their entrances. My favorite is still SvR 2006, though... that GM mode is STILL worth playing today. And I still do... I have a nearly 20 year old one saved on my memory card... and I keep it current!

[@TeachReads]

Playing Smackdown with my mates every day in 2000, instead of actually going in to Sixth Form, is the reason I did so badly in my A-Levels. It set the tone for the mediocrity of the rest of my life. Well worth it though, bloody great game.

[@QuayLoveSoCal]

you’re spoiling us

[@alanjohnsonbmw]

Smack down 2 is my GOAT

[@mauricefromyt]

WWE smack down here comes the pain is better than all of the other WWE smack down games

[@whoopty54]

Btw there was a way to do the undertakers throw off smackdown 2 plus the rock bottom through the table

[@vciotoli2126]

I swore Hogan was in HCTP - man, Mandela effect haha

[@shawn9753]

You should team up with AVGN for an episode or JonTron. They would be awesome

[@Machete87]

Shamrock u face as an unknown character in season mode.

[@resilience89]

1:03:25 is just what WWE 2K22 onwards have failed woefully at. Wonder how people enjoy that.

[@504Jay.88]

I have a modded version of SYM, it’s based on the Invasion Angle it’s 🔥🔥🔥

[@stevengrvp]

Monday video nice

[@Nintendoes2]

Another banger.

[@vampwolf2009]

I liked smackdown 2 cause your championship could be stolen from you and whomever stole the title would be the champion. 2k should bring this back

[@fantomx]

Maaaan there ain't nothing like those arcade wrestling games. The new games are great in presentation but it's just too realistic.

[@BMK_KING]

Smack down suffered from the same thing revenge. Finishers didn’t knock the opponent out if that was in there might have been the best. They did implement it in wm 2000 and no mercy though .

[@scruffmcgruffthecrimedawg5661]

Chris benoit deserves to be in modern games

[@Machete87]

smackdown! 2 was the last game u can do co-op season mode. Just Bring It! put an end to the co-op sadly so it was a deal breaker for me at the time.

[@natedoggcata]

I spent a very unhealthy amount of hours playing Know Your Role as a kid.

[@benespinosa6725]

Smackdown here comes the pain and Smackdown shut your mouth are such awesome game the Ps2 Era wwe games are so much fun.

[@nexus6163]

body types in these games always looked weird lol

[@captainxhulio2929]

I'll be honest I never thought the first two SmackDown games were that good. I truly preferred WWF Warzone to anything that was around that time. Warzone played more like a simulation, had accurate movesets, a decent roster but it was set up like an arcade game with some elements crossing over. Attitude I personally never liked. It just seemed like a rushed clone.

[@anthonymiguel8304]

That’s why there’s always a draw between WWF no mercy WWE here comes the pain is Because they’re on two different consoles. And.NWO vs WCW revenge would’ve been the best one if they had their real entrance music.

[@BishopM1]

Man please review AEW Fight Forever!🤣🤣🤣

[@michaeloakley4344]

I wish career mode was like these games. You wanted to do more and find the different endings and scenario’s. Everything is a bit generic and less chaotic these days. Bland is the word really

[@Steven-og5qx]

Here come the pan