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

[@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

[@DateMike22]

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

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@danielsmokesmids]

there was more to do than there is now. modern wrestling games get boring fast

[@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!! 😂

[@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.

[@Devondavis-fm2dz]

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

[@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.

[@alexgeorge501]

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

[@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 😂

[@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.

[@metamofia]

I was the target demographic between SmackDown and SvR - the amount of hype and excitement I had waiting for the games to be released were are unexplainable. Especially when the games drop right during the school holidays made the feeling so much better.

[@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.

[@kingfwogger]

Fax bro. The soundtrack in SYM was a lot better.

[@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

[@Drog2099]

Know Your Role: *Theme plays* Brain: JEEEEEESUS

[@JayW1211]

Love these gaming videos man 👌

[@gcgc6381]

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

[@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

[@dary0097]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@SeanReidy-m1l]

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

[@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! 😂😂😂

[@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 ❤

[@PhantomOverlordX2]

I could play these games for days on end honestly.

[@gagank478]

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

[@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

[@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. 😂😂

[@miracle_ftw]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@WillCrigler]

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

[@MrBlx4life]

Let's go wrestling Bios!!

[@TDC3]

I miss shut your mouth and here comes the pain.

[@martyboy-d2u]

Love this video well done 👏

[@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.

[@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)

[@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.

[@WessideVibez]

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

[@constablekennedy7705]

Let’s go Fellas. 🔥🔥🔥

[@OliveMule]

I owned this game and wcw nitro

[@xIl7avantlIx]

Wwf smackdown such fond memories playing with my little brother. For some reason Mr ass was his nemeisis and would conistently defeat him in world title matches. I sure loved working him up about it though. Haha

[@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

[@daniellewolf3697]

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

[@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.

[@crashharty]

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

[@0verkill89]

its a good day when bios man uploads

[@Highrollinhunter]

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

[@dr.loomis4221]

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

[@paulvercetti6002]

@Wrestling Bios Yeah I had a chipped PlayStation (PSOne model) and I also had a pirated copy of WWF SmackDown! 2 - Know Your Role and it was the first King of the Ring you come to where I believe you unlock Mr. Ass is where the game freezes. I went back there to get another copy but if I remember right it must've been an original copy (as some pirated game markets had them as well as pirated discs) but I was relieved to have passed King of the Ring. Side note... I thought the career was 6 years long, not 2 years??? I played through it for 6 years as Triple H. I do know for a fact though that SmackDown! - Shut Your Mouth is a 2 year season mode, but that was two games later on the next generation PlayStation. 🤷‍

[@PontFlair]

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

[@timt183]

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

[@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

[@conormacca8775]

Still play smackdown 2 to this day😂

[@Steven-og5qx]

My favourite wrestling game is here comes the pain

[@davequinn5122]

59:15 I was thinking how amazing it still holds up.

[@paulvercetti6002]

@Wrestling Bios I can't remember that long ago but I bet after that... there wasn't a MOVE in Triple H's move set in WWF SmackDown 2! - Know Your Role that I wasn't familiar with! 😂

[@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.

[@BigDuke529]

Nostalgic 🔥

[@hassamali8887]

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

[@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 😂

[@rebelyouth13]

So will there be one available from SmackDown Vs Raw to SmackDown vs Raw 2012?

[@iamdb1990]

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

[@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

[@jonathanbranhamsgaminganda8799]

One of my favorite ps one games

[@SoloSeason]

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

[@craigholmes8594]

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

[@QuayLoveSoCal]

you’re spoiling us

[@paulvercetti6002]

No, actually SmackDown! - Just Bring It had up to 8 superstars in the ring at a time. This was dropped from SmackDown! - Shut Your Mouth onwards...

[@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

[@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

[@Horror_N_M3tal]

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

[@Nintendoes2]

Another banger.

[@Dr_1212]

Classic

[@resilience89]

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

[@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.

[@markl5998]

Shut Your Mouth was the one I played the most

[@VERDICTInsanity]

I had the exact same problem with smackdown 2, I never finished it.

[@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

[@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!

[@paulvercetti6002]

Yes, I was relieved they did NOT repeat that no music, WrestleMania VI ring thing with the legends in the first SmackDown! vs RAW game!

[@stevengrvp]

Monday video nice

[@shawn9753]

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

[@fantomx]

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

[@Caressiive19]

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

[@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 😂😂

[@danielsmokesmids]

people in 2003: it cant get much better than this people in 2023: it didnt get much better than that😂

[@kdxtreme7479]

Nice

[@scruffmcgruffthecrimedawg5661]

Chris benoit deserves to be in modern games

[@samobviously1770]

I used to have LOADS of wrestling figures as a kid, i would spend hours recreating my favourite matches and creating matches I never got to see etc, anyway wrestling games were cool but not very fun imo, that was until smackdown came along, smackdown was and still is in imo the best wrestling franchise of all time, obviously HCTP being peak. But yeah these games really got me addicted to gaming for sure.

[@Machete87]

Shamrock u face as an unknown character in season mode.

[@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 .

[@Hesnotavalabe05]

The end 😂