TIER LIST: WWE Major Console Video Games

[@ThatHeelRyan]

SvR 2007 deserves more love, such a beautiful game

[@JaimeD.]

I played it with my cousin and was fun. I finished a match in a few seconds with Kane and could not believe I did that. 😂

[@mo.magas824]

Best wrestling game ever imo

[@midsectionmark8956]

It’s in the best I will have no debate about it… it’s not THE best but it’s in the best haha 😂.

[@terminatorgaming4356]

No 08 best

[@DrGanja99]

I agree. It’s definitely up there with the hotspots, GM mode, & roster. Not to mention the best soundtrack of any WWE game.

[@conorwhite8600]

Smackdown shut your mouth is so underrated imo!

[@USMNT1913]

I think Here Comes The Pain was so good it kind of overshadowed Shut Your Mouth

[@wilsonchadbenitez3021]

It's my second favorite game

[@lilt1037]

I didn't like it cus for some reason I could never have a successful save and I lost my progress every single time

[@DateMike22]

@@lilt1037 Never happened to me

[@matt77555]

That's my favorite above hctp

[@ItzBadger.]

30 years of Wrestlemania was in WWE 2K 14

[@ulti.matt04]

Came here just for this comment cos I was going crazy

[@gavinhirst3136]

I loved using the analog stick controls in SDvR 7/8/9 to powerbomb people straight over the top rope to the outside. Gorgeously brutal

[@JaimeD.]

*SmackDown vs Raw 2009 ft ECW* holds deeply in my heart. Playing the "Road To Wrestlemania" storytelling were stupendous and hell a lot of fun in PSP.

[@LordBlakeWhitehouse]

Everyone who started watching wrestling in the 90s: “No Mercy is the greatest wrestling game” Everyone who started watching wrestling after the 90s: “No Mercy’s alright”

[@Hells333]

Used to have little tournaments with all the neighborhood kids when I was younger

[@Hells333]

Created a character named "Hells Guardian" name just stuck. Looked alot like Kane with that nasty Screw Driver finisher that I belive was Scott Stieners move.

[@TheNeonParadox]

Everyone who started watching wrestling in the 80s: "No Mercy is the greatest wrestling game."

[@pavement3931]

everyone who started watching wrestling in the 50s: how the fuck do I play this

[@LeeShields11]

I genuinely thought the Thumbnail was Ross trying to squeeze the life out of Andrew's head at first glance! 🤕😂

[@flippy7035]

OH YEAH, HERE WE GO, WRESTLING GAMES TIME! HCTP better be in the best.

[@CGaz1812]

The Day of Reckoning games are the most underrated wrestling games in my opinion. They’re my favorite wrestling games ever.

[@envoy2500]

Same. I'm mostly here to see how those get ranked specifically.

[@GinkgoPete]

Fantastic games with such a good character creator

[@jhzwwe123]

Day of Reckoning 1 is the best wrestling game ever. No gameplay even now comes close to how good it was

[@shaneyboy619]

I'm so glad to hear you both be so positive about Crush Hour! The only times I've heard it brought up over the years has been negative stuff, it was honestly one of my favourite games growing up so it's nice to see it get some well deserved love :)

[@NagatoNaoeProduction]

Raw 2 on Xbox was really fun. It also had a really unique feature that I liked as a kid. Because the Xbox had an internal hard drive, you could put music from CDs onto it, and it let you use those songs as entrance themes, so you could get around wrestlers having the wrong theme (Or censored, as Undertaker's was by default).

[@brandonselitetv1436]

GTA and Backyard wrestling utilized it too

[@ChrisTomson]

Here Comes the Pain is so good, even now.

[@envoy2500]

Day of Reckoning had the smoothest gameplay with the best counter system of any wrestling game I ever played.

[@allday87]

2k15, 2k20, Crush Hour would be in "Get in The Bin" on my tier list

[@causerDAguv]

LOLLLLL!!!!!!! fist bump

[@Walkerman404]

Crush Hour was ok, an effort to try something new that was meh. Completely agree with the other 2 though.

[@morequick8842]

WWE’13 is where the attitude era started in the games, the soundtrack was amazing and the roster was great too, really underrated

[@TarnishedCaveman]

That bin would be a LOT more full if they went older than N64/PS1

[@nickdaniel3840]

Day of reckoning being alright pains me so much. Literally my favorite wrestling game of all time. I play the story mode every other year.

[@jaybongs2040]

Oh shittttt, now this is the best idea for a tier list. Can’t wait to watch this.

[@_SSGB_]

THQ didn't make any of the WWE games, they were just a publisher. The N64 games were made by AKI, and from the PS1 Smackdown games to WWE 2K19 all the mainline games were developed by Yuke's.

[@OkieAllDay]

WCW vs NWO for N64 is the only wrestling game I've ever owned. Played that thing non-stop growing up

[@aporkpiepizza]

Best Wrestling game of all time!

[@bayleyaustin2202]

SmackDown vs Raw 2010 on DS was my favorite game as a kid! I would sit and play it for hours! And the story mode was really interesting and cool. It was different than the console version. It was almost like story/career mode on 2K games! You got hired as a new superstar and had to work your way up and collect titles. You also could train at the gym and improve certain skills and rebuild different skills. You also had a Medical Facility where you went to heal up. If not you’d carry damage over from match to match. So if you were hurt from show to show you had to actually heal. Then you had the GM office where you could request matches and your own house/apartment to go back to and rest to load the next level and do other stuff. You could also interact with different characters outside of the matches, you had funds and would actually get paid for working matches and could buy more gear or power ups, and you had a calendar with your upcoming shows and throughout the week you could prep for it! The only downside was there was limits to what you could do as far as match stipulations and match functions. But overall it was a blast!!

[@rickiehathaway8649]

WWE:Aftershock: Am I a joke to you?

[@coleymissions]

I'm glad SVR 2011 got some love. I spent an absolute fortune on that game. it's actually the only wrestling game I've ever bought. I used to get so mad when having placed a ladder in the center of the ring, you'd climb and you'd be nowhere near the briefcase. irish whipping into the corner was almost impossible and putting an opponent through a table was a mission because you'd always somehow miss the table. also, also if your friend chose to spam that running grapple there was nothing you could do.

[@BFYbn]

I'd love a special video on Triple Jump where Ross does this for the FIFA games with someone... I know it's often meme'd as "the same game every year" but people who play them definitely have preferences and recognise features changing (not always for the better... bring back the FIFA 2003 free kick system...)

[@SugaFree2387]

My big four are the SVR 2006,2007,2011 and smack down here comes the pain

[@unstablebrother]

This is the video I've been anticipating for all week! Love me a Gary KZbin tier list

[@cousinchris802]

Honorable mention to WWF Raw and WWF Royal Rumble for Sega Genesis. Very underrated for their time and very nostalgic for me.

[@nate.draws.things]

It always confuses me a bit hearing people talk about Wrestlemania 21. As a kid, my friend had the Playstation and I got an Xbox for Halo, so I got that game and remember loving it lol. But I definitely remember knowing the SvR games were better.

[@wilsonchadbenitez3021]

Smackdown! Here comes the Pain is my all time favorite console game!

[@aaronhurst4379]

Man I LOVED Storyline Mode in SvR 2010, shame that ended up being a one-off. Also, I think Shut Your Mouth had the best ever Season Mode, there were so many storylines!

[@agentorange1156]

Here comes the pain & shut your mouth are my favorites specially because of how chaotic and fun the royal rumbles are. And I like the 2k simulation style because I like to book my own cards and make my own shows so the simulation style makes it more life like.

[@Taluien]

Heel!Andrew is real. He can, will, and probably already has hurt you!

[@TheKAlltop]

Nah he's fine mate

[@johnnycheckpoint8431]

No Mercy, HCTP, SvR ‘06/‘07, and SvR 2010, I would all put in my top tier.

[@jackojacks3255]

Svr 2011

[@midsectionmark8956]

I agree with all those and put 2k14, WWE 13 and probably 2k19

[@misterblakk3690]

At first I was wondering why they didn't get Ben on for this, but then remembered Ben is gone until later in July!

[@frankgt5004]

Day of Reckoning 1 & 2, WWE'13 are my favorite games

[@Mattack82]

Wrestlemania 2000 might be the wrestling game I played the most ever. Would always create characters based off Steve Blackman for some reason.

[@dallaslucci1884]

WWE 2k15 is actually my favorite wwe of all time I had the most fun of my entire life playing wwe with my friends and creating characters and we even created a storyline and it’s still going on I streamed the game for a whole 2 months of just not even me playing just watching the bots fight each other and betting who would win while they do stupid ass moves there’s just something about the games mechanics like the entrances the fact you can make somebody come from the crowd and teleport onto the ramp

[@adilrashid9517]

Keep up the excellent work lads

[@ethan_benfield]

Shut your mouth is very underrated because Here Comes the Pain was right after. It was my first and still favorite

[@corbinthepieguy0249]

I remember playing the beat the streak mode and I beat him once as Batista. He never reverses signatures so I’d spinebuster him a million times then hit a few Batista bombs but I remember he’d reverse finishers like no tomorrow

[@NotQuiteCupid]

2006, 2011, '12, '13, 2K14, and 2K17 are my personal favorites. Edit: 2010 on DS was also fantastic.

[@BobbiHiru]

Why 2k17?

[@nicktorres3285]

Love the tier lists

[@danieljackson7074]

Ten seconds in, a Loki reference, love it!!

[@emilygradyrko]

Oh I love Andrew, the kettle/thumb story made me die🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@FryV2]

HCTP is my all time favorite wrestling game.

[@manmythmothman]

Interesting here. I'd put 2K19 in Best, 12 in Lovely, All Stars in the Bin and Legends in Alright. 2K19 was my first back since 2K14 (which I loved), 12 was iconic for its changes and I put soooo many hours into it (especially superstar threads), All Stars is horrendous to actually play and whilst Legends had many flaws, the graphics, the ability to put your 09 save in and create dream matches, and live out your dreams of being a star at mania with creation suite, it was good fun. Just took some getting used to.

[@UncensoredMMA]

All stars in the bin ? That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard

[@gunnerstation2226]

Shut Your Mouth should have been in the best tier, not sure why Ross had bad memories of it, was so much better than Just Bring It

[@YourAverageFan]

If they just made HCTP with updated things like moves through tables and GM mode and modernize it. It’d be in a tier of its own.

[@britneyspearsvillarosa]

I've played most WWF games since NES to PS3. I'm 38 years old and love the PS1 WWF Games still

[@emanueltwr]

Loved me some Wrestlemania 2000, made me play with my hands thinking they were wrestlers in class and my 6th grade teacher was like....what the heck is this kid doing

[@joshuahurtado9359]

I wish I played more of these.

[@ScottArmstrongTube]

Remembered tooo many of these Solid list

[@scottfitzgerald5309]

I was hoping the old games for nes, snes and mega drive would be on here

[@aporkpiepizza]

Ditto and the WCW and ECW games!

[@MJWild250]

They didn't even include in your house even though the prequel game for it is included

[@Babl069]

Bought Shut your mouth used from this one guy this year, went home, opened the case... It didn't have the disc in it for Shut your Mouth... For some reason it had Here comes the Pain and I was so god damn happy about it :D

[@DashieNegan41]

No Mercy is the best Wrestling game of all time then Here comes the Pain and then Smackdown 2

[@gavinhirst3136]

Fully agree mate 👌

[@aprentissdaye]

Smackdown 2: Know Your Role Smackdown: Shut Your Mouth. Those 2 are my all time favorite and go to WWE games for the season modes and 2000/2002 rosters respectively.

[@Steeldragon493]

They finally did it

[@btr9160]

Think you’re missing WWE 2K Battlegrounds on the list and before anybody says, this tier lists isn’t just exclusive to mainline WWE titles. Since they’ve All Stars in the video.

[@unstablebrother]

Battlegrounds is forgettable tbf. It would be in the bin anyways

[@liamdoes8580]

@@unstablebrother I think just about bearable is fine

[@gjones86]

Also missed WWF Royal Rumble on the Dreamcast

[@jeremywilliams5141]

Forget the bin. WWE 2K20 belongs in the landfill where the Atari 2600 E.T. games are.

[@artminusme]

Woah the disrespect the Shut Your Mouth is crazy. Best story mode in any Wrestling game, The best game using the original SmackDown formula. A better CAW system than HCTP. Basically HCTP has a better roster and GamePlay SYM has a better Story Mode and CAW system. I think a replay of SYM is a must

[@tbspromotions]

The psp is heat, I personally loved SvR 2008 to 2011.

[@MrTheSmurf]

Svr 2008 was great holds special place in my heart did alot of hours in it on my psp haha

[@james_the_animator]

This is my personal tier list for the PlayStation games. The Best: Shut Your Mouth, Here Comes The Pain, 2006 Lovely Lovely Lovely: 2007, 2010, WWE 13, 2K16, 2K19 Alright: Know Your Role, 2009, 2011, 2K14, 2K17, 2K18 Just About Bearable: SmackDown! (Original), Just Bring It, SmackDown! Vs. RAW (Original), WWE 12 Get In The Bin: Just Bring It, 2008, 2K15, 2K20

[@McGomezAddams]

Pretty good list

[@garrett1433]

All I need is a story mode for my wwe games xD

[@theboogeyman7973]

Same

[@crazedgamerhd]

Idk if i got this mixed up but I think it was here comes the pain, where you could do a tag hell in a cell match and chokeslam your opponent off the top but if your friend walked into you doing it, it would glitch and you would chokeslam your partner off instead. that was fun to do

[@britneyspearsvillarosa]

I still love The SmackDown series (PS1 & PS2 only)

[@artminusme]

I know this is just WWE games but for all wrestling games it's this.... The Bar: 1. Here Comes The Pain DEFINITIVE EDITION 2. Shut Your Mouth DEFINITIVE EDITION 3. Fire Pro Wrestling World 4. Virtual Pro Wrestling 2 5. No Mercy 6. Def Jam Vendetta 7. Revenge 8. WCW Vs nWo World Tour 9. WWE SVR 06' 10. Super Fire Pro Wrestling Special ⬇️ Honorable Mentions: All-Stars, Day of Reckoning 2, Fire Pro Wrestling Returns, WWE SVR 07 08 11, WrestleMania 2000, Def Jam Fight For NY (Stella game... Not a Wrestling game tho, hip-hop street fight game, Vendetta is the Wrestling game)

[@SleepySheepy99]

Andrew is just flat out wrong about SvR 08. That one deserves to be in the bin

[@XTesT15X]

Truth

[@jordandeadley360]

IMO the top ten would be 10 WWF Smackdown 2: Know Your Role 9 WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2011 8 WWE 2K14 7 WWE 2K19 6 WWE 12 5 WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2008 4 WWE Smackdown Shut Your Mouth 3 WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2006 2 WWE Smackdown Here Comes The Pain 1 WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2007 (I sadly never played No Mercy) Also i wanna make a shoutout to SVR10 on DS which is underrated.

[@RyanShortt]

You should make a tier list of wrestler face paint.

[@TyFtI34]

Got to do ALL wrestling games now

[@firehead850]

I do absolutely love this channel tho, sorry if I seemed hateful. Not tryna be like that at all. Just didn’t particularly agree with a lot of these choice of ratings on the games. Love Cultaholic tho! Keep it up guys.

[@thedeadmanfan09]

I remember Taz from just bring it saying "The arener is packeddd" all the time

[@JESK-lx4js]

“What’s he going to do from behind?”

[@logankerr8090]

do Tier List: ALL Jim Johnston theme songs!

[@quothetheraven79]

That would take forever lol

[@Elliot419Music]

Attitudes move list can be accessed at the start menu. How did Ross miss that? Unlike WCW Nitro/Thunder.

[@jacobstubits6866]

I’m kinda sad SvR 2007 wasn’t in the best I played that game so much when I was a kid it was so good to me

[@mo.magas824]

I think it’s the absolute best

[@MikeWilsonBarrett]

Wrestlemania 21 was awesome. The career mode is one of the best career modes in any wrestling game. Straight in lovely lovely lovely. So wish the game was on Xboxs backwards compatiabilty list but it isnt 😟

[@AaronWright360]

I agree the career mode in that doesn't get enough love I really enjoyed that as a kid.

[@quothetheraven79]

Paul Bearer was a playable wrestler in Attitude so that should go in the best

[@midsectionmark8956]

Smack Just Bring is the actual biggest underrated wwe game Cons first : short story , not as big as the leap shut your mouth and here comes the pain, couldn’t challenge for wwe title in exhibition, and roster wasn’t as big, and hilarious commentary. Pros : better new graphics, the roster was phenomenal and logically didn’t have the wrestlers in that just made the jump to the wwe, gameplay still on point, we at least had commentary, two finishes, bomb full entrances, also tag team entrances, and great modes .

[@adsavage1276]

Not gonna lie I would put Wwe 2k19 at the best

[@Sk8ter1116]

I feel like we only saw that because we’ve been stuck playing it for like 3 years longer than we thought we would be, it’s a good game but definitely nothing amazing, very middle of the road but I still love playing it because we have nothing better available

[@ryanteacher8134]

03:58 WWF Warzone was not released on the Dreamcast.

[@Hells333]

No Mercy will always be number one to me personally

[@Amber_xo_133]

Trish,Stacy,Victoria and Molly are the 4 female Wrestlers in DOR 1

[@ultraexcalibur1728]

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[@THPLINKtheLEGEND]

No mention of the royal rumble game for dream cast Or battlegrounds?

[@DKC_Returns]

Day of Reckoning takes a big shit on half the games above it on this list.

[@hypobonix]

Andrew is a treasure

[@hypobonix]

@@graemenicol6377 you say that like its a bad thing

[@olijohnson6922]

2K16 has the best soundtrack of any wrestling game

[@tranor87]

2k19 and svr 2011 should be in the best

[@midsectionmark8956]

Trueeee

[@BLCKSMTHApparel]

classic tna themes tier list

[@Hester-l6k]

You really put SvR 2005 over SvR 2007 and SYM LOL

[@JimProfit357]

I don't know much about the more recent entries, but I see a few glaring flaws that, respectfully, I think need proper consideration. First, how the heck is the original Smackdown VS Raw in the top tier? The pace was sluggish, it was riddled with bugs, had a dull visual style, gimped CAW mode, was much less flexible when assigning moves to each grapple types than it's predecessor or successor. Part of what makes HCTP so fondly remembered is because it clearly wasn't topped by something else soon after. On the other hand, if you replay SVR2006, I hereby suggest that is is in fact as good or better than HCTP in most respects, the decent Legends roster compensates for the slightly worse regular roster (of WWE at the time), and all of the flaws of SVR were corrected. And much better graphics to boot. Also, I humbly submit for your consideration that Shut Your Mouth was about as cult as HCTP, just in a different style. It was the last and best to have a quick grapple system before the new locking-up grapple system (a la AKI), which had its advantages for fast paced action. It looked great, had a great roster, had incredible backstage possibilities, throwing people off the Smackdown fist, or whatever arena's scaffolding that wasn't replicated in the sequels. It fixed everything that disappointed in Just Bring It, the graphics, the inaccurate Hell In A Cell, the story mode,...If the first two games are considered top-tier, there's not one reason that SYM wouldn't be above them.

[@megatron9339]

Yesss!! 2K19 is indeed LOVELY, LOVELY, LOVELY!! 🍻🍻🍻

[@logankerr8090]

really hope 2k22 is good. they had 2 years to make it.

[@TheThird1977]

There is an irony in WWE 2K20 being the worst game on the list due to glitches while WWF No Mercy is considered one of the best wrestling games ever, even though it had a massive game-breaking glitch that deleted all of your saved data (including CAW's) AND no means of patching it out.

[@UsmanAli-xz4ic]

Is triple jump under the umbrella of cultaholic?

[@minigogz839]

Cultaholic basically own triple jump i believe. Same company. Different channels

[@josiahboatengmyrie]

SVR 2007 deserves the best status

[@ricmar92]

I just knew 2k20 was going to go in the bin😂🗑hopefully 2k22 is a massive improvement 🙏🏼

[@kalzangtopgyal5304]

Even after all the patches the game currently is a huge dumpster fire....

[@MikeWilsonBarrett]

@@kalzangtopgyal5304 I havent had a single issue with 2k20 since buying it months and months ago.

[@kalzangtopgyal5304]

@@MikeWilsonBarrett win a title with Tyler breeze and watch his entrance, and tell me it's ok, also play any dlc bray wyatt mission and check the fps, so many such issues are there it frankly destroes the game Completely

[@HasanTheWeeb]

2k14 is the best modern WWE game imo

[@kanemulligan124]

I'd of kicked your arse on that

[@RF81]

Just Bring It should be at least lovely lovely lovely. The last ever WWF game and Howard Finkel doing ring announcing.