Worst Thing About Every Single WWE Smackdown vs RAW Game

Oh dear. Even some of the best games have some really bad features. We look at the single worst thing of every Smackdown vs RAW game between Smackdown vs RAW to Smackdown vs RAW 2011
Topics Discussed In This Video: -
1. Worst Thing About Every Single WWE Smackdown vs RAW Game
2. The Worst Feature In Every Single WWE Smackdown Game
3. WrestleGamia
4. WWE Video Games
5. Wrestlelamia

[@offthegridbutonyoutube548]

I never realized how long the loading screens were in SVR 07, I loved the soundtrack too much to trip about it

[@comboshortsproductions9204]

I own it sometimes I play it for memories with me and my brother playing it

[@pocket_fr0g756]

Have you heard the undertaker voice line “ Can you imagine Trish in this?”

[@CAMPBELLOBK97]

Smackdown vs Raw 2006 is by far the hardest WWE game in terms of unlocking all superstars arenas and belts.

[@Slimkeen54]

You're freaking right I couldn't unlock Bret Hart and The Rock for anything.

[@zackbrown117]

That was my favorite one

[@AaronManzo1]

So true! When I unlocked the Rock I truly felt a sense of accomplishment lol

[@RaulSHermano]

I made unlock everything and it felt like i archieved something important in my life

[@childofnature4402]

Nah. Wrestlemania 21 on the Xbox.

[@LeeEverett1]

The worst thing about SVR10 IMO was locking Steve Austin behind pre-order/paid DLC when he was a normal unlockable in past years. Like wtf.

[@cawcreator]

Bastard's

[@thatfedoraguy1112]

​@cawcreator_69 What? Can't afford a little old Stone Cold? What? I gotta be honest with ya son I couldn't either

[@bigbossman2810]

In SVR 06, if you owned a Code Breaker or Gameshark, you could get around having to own a PSP or the PSP version. All you would have to do is input the code & you could unlock him.

[@onisfury8264]

7:35 The Undertaker sure loves his new couch especially in the parking lot😂

[@AgeGale]

well once you've in the business as long as he has, you can effectively do whatever you please😅

[@isaiahedmonson5832]

Keep rolling rolling rolling on your new couch 😁

[@CDiddy404]

One of the worst things about 24/7 Mode was the insanely repetitive scenes at the start of each week. You could be in the middle of a massive blood feud with somebody, and then be seen dapping them up the next day.

[@juancl7658]

People keep saying SVR 08 was their favorite and honestly I'm one of the few who thought it was disappointing for the roster being low on missing talent and the 24/7 mode being a recycled nonstop mode instead of a one or two year season mode with unique stories but instead they were meh and forgettable especially the treatment of ECW

[@wastedimperium777]

@@juancl7658Only thing that was good to me was the soundtrack. I rank it right next to 2009. 2007 was better than both.

[@nevermindgaming6848]

08 was just dog shit

[@thefive8th741]

The fact that you'd get the exact same stories as well, no matter what brand you were on, was a real let down. I'm sure they could've written up brand exclusive stories like they did for SVR 07, but they probably just chose not to.

[@bigbossman2810]

The thing I hated the worst with SVR 08 was JBL being on commentary. I know they had to replace Tazz since he went to TNA, but JBL's lines were almost identical to Tazz's lines from the year before & they didn't sound good at all.

[@ThankYouEdge1992]

Tazz was actually still in SvR 08, on the ECW Brand with Joey Styles. He when to TNA in 2009.

[@bigbossman2810]

@@ThankYouEdge1992 That's right, but still JBL's commentary was bad.

[@ThankYouEdge1992]

@@bigbossman2810 Yes JBL's commentary was awful (both in game and in real life) I was just saying Tazz is still in the game.

[@MoSc110]

worst thing about SVR`07: you could not perform finsiehrs which led into a Pin in an MITB or Royal RUmble match. RVDs Five-Star-Frog Splash turned into a Elbow drop. How nobody ever talks about that???

[@EatMoreCarbs256]

BROOOO YESSS OMG in all the older games like pre svr 2010 i think all the pin finishers would be generic in non pin matches it was the most annoying shit ever like the 619 would be a random hurricanrana lol

[@thefive8th741]

I remember submissions would be changed to some generic ass elbow drop haha

[@TheOneWhoReportsForDuty]

Gonna be honest, if the only major downside in an amazing game is long loading times, then it's still worthwhile imo.

[@JustinTyme116]

I understand having a career mode in SVR 2009, cause I believe you had to play that mode to upgrade your caws. But in SVR 2010, you could upgrade them just by playing matches in exhibition mode. Why play through boring 1 on 1 matches to get a title shot, when I can just do title matches in exhibition, as well as Royal Rumble, Elimination Chamber & Championship Scramble matches?

[@Merricat_likesu]

The worst part of 07 was really that the weight detection that while more realistic was also too restrictive. For evenly matched players a weight class advantage could be an automatic win button; one of my high school friends’ favorites were Hulk Hogan and The Great Khali, mine were Super Crazy and Mr. Kennedy we could almost never play straight one on one matches because the weight advantage meant it was way too difficult for me to win outside of things like ladder or elimination chambers, and being able to skip the meter in royal rumbles if you were a bigger class basically made Khali an automatic win if he was human controlled. The load times weren’t that bad compared to the gsme being super unbalanced as a competitive game

[@kingwokester7324]

Wrestlers like Finlay, HBK, RVD, Beniot, Carlito, Nitro, Mercury, Tazz, etc. were classified as heavyweights when in real life they were light heavyweights. It made no damn sense. I guess so they can lift somebody like Taker and Kane. Khali was OP because no heavyweight can lift him.(Even though Batista & Cena obviously did lift him up.) That was my biggest gripe of that game. You can also forget about playing as a cruiserweight in that game.

[@the757general2]

@@kingwokester7324 HBK, Benoit, and Taz were never classified as light heavyweights especially Benoit.

[@florianklink2961]

In SvR2010 the worst for me was leveling up my created wrestlers. I think I've created like 2 or 3 wrestlers in total. Like ever. Doing matches over and over again while doing certain things to get attribute points for certain skills wasn't fun at all.

[@jordantomblin2302]

I thought it was cool but the issue is that it took way too long to level up anything. Took me years to level up 1 CAW but then I deleted the save on accident and gave up.

[@goldiegs2181]

My all time favourite 😅 Smack down"Here comes the Pain" released on October 2003 on Play station 2... Lots of moves,Lots of tactics, great WrestleMania building storyline, season mode... everything was awesome...❤

[@q.h.s5051]

SVR post ‘04 had terrible motion capture, the slow removals of SD1-HCTP open features disappointed, and definitely the now linear seasons we’re frustrating. The only game that gets away with more of this IMO is the original SVR because Season mode was still a full year and had so many stories to get into while every game after that had so little stories you had to bridge or fail to discover slightly better things

[@unr3sponsive]

Don't think they were mocap, but were hand made animations.

[@q.h.s5051]

@@unr3sponsive No from SVR '06 and on all of the cutscenes had mocap

[@iansmalley2956]

Obviously I was a little upset about not getting The Snake in 06, but I got over it. Career mode in 08 didn't bother me, especially after I heard that it was supposed to have Chris Benoit be a significant part of it, but once the incident happened, the game had to be about 80% redone. The only thing that really bothered me was the stat building career mode of SvR 09 because it wasn't exact. I'd always end up with really high stats for technical or durability

[@JM1993951]

The best thing about the original SvR ended up being the worst thing about SvR. I count that as a net loss. Season mode never recovered after voice acting was introduced. This marked the transition from career/season mode to story mode. Definitely a downgrade.

[@MRoccoMarzullo]

worst part of SVR 2006 was Christian's attire

[@shadic1988]

My worsts SVR 05: Removals from HCTP and SYM SVR 06: Unlocking Jack Roberts SVR 07: Caw Bugs SVR 08: Save Loss SVR 09: Career Mode SVR 10: Career Mode SVR 11: Universe Mode WWE '12: Bugs and poor models WWE '13: Unlockable glitches

[@maui3551]

The only thing I liked about Smackdown vs Raw 08 season mode was the inclusion of ECW story lines

[@t.styles2k202]

THQ never made the games they were just for licensing and distribution. Yukes literally made all of the games up until 2k20 I don’t understand why people are acting the name title series made it something different Yes HCTP, SVR, WWE AND WWE2k are literally just updates of each other. The only 2game in that 20+ year history that aren’t apart of that series of game is WWE2k22/23 because they were built from the ground up by 2k this time.

[@skeletoncrew6500]

The publishers still have some say about what goes in a game but it still depends more on the developers anyways

[@Mitchropolitan]

The worst thing of the Smackdown vs Raw series in every game was not building a strong WRESTLING FOUNDATION. It built on top of the Arcady Smackdown! games. SVR 2007 was the perfect opportunity to really give the most realistic gameplay experience, but still let their be options for those who wanted an arcade “wrestling” game. You will hear this in just about every WWE game which was every wrestler felt the same. Selling, reversals, chain wrestling, weight detection & overall interactions had a very ai very similar feel besides their moves fadded some sim aspects, but it was all built on the original SD games. Some may see this as a pro, but I see it a negative light.

[@snakeeyes2551]

This is just my personal opinion, but I wished in the SVR games when wrestlers made their entrance it showed the wrestlers minitron video. For example during The Undertaker entrance I wished they would’ve shown lightning instead of the show logo.

[@TheMuldoonFella]

Honestly if you skip through 24/7 mode, youll find storylines that you never had before such as World Champ MVP having The BeatDown Crew. ECW taking over, as in Dreamer becomes your brands GM. Or teaming up with Mick Foley to go to One Night Stand. Couldnt get these stories when i tried to

[@MiketheratguyMultimedia]

The worst thing about SVR06 was the broken AI in ladder matches. IMMEDIATELY after the bell rang the opponents would exit the ring and head straight for the ladder, prop it up in the middle of the ring, and try to climb it. They didn't even want to fight, if you tried and they managed to get you away they'd go straight back to trying to climb the ladder and grab the belt. It was awful, the match was almost literally unplayable. Fine, fine game otherwise. And thank you for highlighting the fact that the amazing Season Mode was in Shut Your Mouth first. Everyone worships HCTP - and I get it, it was a great game - but people just completely ignore that it didn't introduce Season Mode, and in fact the mode was even freer and more nonlinear in SYM.

[@nu-metalfan2654]

The worst thing about SVR is no GM mode. The worst things about SVR 06 is no MITB ladder match, and some roster members not in the game. But tbh SVR 06 probably has the best roster of any SVR game. The worst things about SVR 07 is no ECW, and some roster members not in the game, but SVR 07 is the best SVR game. The worst thing about SVR 08 is the lack of roster, there is a ton of roster names not In the game. The worst things about SVR 09 is no GM mode and the roster is depleted The worst things about SVR 10 is no GM mode and the roster is even more depleted. The worst things about SVR 11 is no GM mode and the roster is at its most depleted. The reason why I care so much about the roster is because you need a large roster to do a GM mode, so when I want to have a women’s division and there is no Victoria, it’s hard to do. The GM mode in SVR 08 is difficult if you want to include ECW, because so many roster names are not in the game. So when you want to play as ECW in the SVR 08 GM mode and there is no RVD, Dreamer (as he’s the GM), Shelton, Kevin Thorn, Balls Mahoney, Mike Knox, Hardcore Holly (as he was only DS exclusive), Super Crazy, Steven Richards, Nunzio as they were all eligible to be in the SVR 08 game but wasn’t, it’s difficult.

[@punisha4032]

Dumb comment about roster

[@EatMoreCarbs256]

svr 08 was such a huge downgrade man roster sucked they took out A TON OF MOVES and career mode was easily the worst

[@TheMagno619]

I remember the good old times were WWE games on PS2 and PS3 had actual wrestlers voice lines, since 2k take over they get rid of it on the so powerful modern consoles PS4 and PS5.. why are we accepting this? it's like a mobile game now

[@dbzrocks3201]

3:01 It felt like purchasing DLC way before that was a thing

[@movementencouragedfitness5945]

I remember buying and playing damn near all these games as they each came out. Good memories and I agree with you about what you’ve said here!

[@Emperor_x8]

And honestly I would say 2007 season mode was much worse than 2008 24/7 mode like I was able to get pretty much with a little experimentation within like 5 hours or a couple of days everything in their season mode

[@tobiaswilliamson00]

The worst thing about SvR 2010 is not being able to climb the Elimination Chamber cell. The worst thing about SvR 2011 is only being able to play in championship matches in PPV arenas in Universe Mode

[@TheBurningStarIV566]

Lmao I shit you not but my video buffered when you mentioned long load times in 2007 😂

[@itscreepyguy]

omg i still remember the same cutscene over and over in 24/7 mode of SvR 2008, it was so annoying and repetitive

[@jasonsmith530]

I’m glad SvR 2011 retired this series into the 2000s decade because I prefer the recent 2K games

[@TheMagno619]

💀

[@nevermindgaming6848]

Same😊

[@SuperLumianaire]

2008 was such a let down. I did not the internet to fix the most annoying bug that even if I said no to giving up my title to the McMahons, it would act as if I said yes. So I just skipped every match until I got legend status. Most frustrating season mode I've ever played, or skipped as it were for lack of being able to play it as it was supposed to be played. Yes, I remember all of that.

[@TheFEARSlayer01]

Honestly the worst part about SVR 2011 for me wasn't necessarily Universe Mode itself (I never cared for that sorta thing) my issue as that many unlockables such as characters required you to interact with the mode and while that's a minor annoyance at best, what was egregious to me was the fact that title matches could not be played in Exhibition without Universe integration. To me this was insanely frustrating because I always loved being able to defend titles in regular matches as it adds stakes to bigger matches when I'm playing for fun and locking it behind something so arbitrary was disappointing and it did knock off points from an otherwise awesome game for me. Thankfully WWE 12 and onwards fixed this blunder.

[@ammaranwari7349]

you can play exhibition without universe mode, just press R3 on the main menu

[@sethshepherd3221]

Probably because it was my first WWE game but I played 08’s 24/7 mode for hours!!!

[@JCW65]

also in svr08 on psp eddie guerrero,jim nidehart,sgt slaughter are exclusive to the game

[@kevinbaker4241]

I had SvR 2006 on PS2. Never unlocked Jake the Snake. (I wasn't about to waste my money on the PSP or its version of SvR 2006.) Never unlocked Ted DiBiase (or his Million Dollar Championship). Never unlocked Mankind (or his Hardcore Championship). I ultimately gave up on the game in 2016 after playing it off-and-on since 2011. Still easily my second favorite PS2 game of all time behind 'The Godfather'.

[@offthegridbutonyoutube548]

24/7 mode was a bit iffy & definitely repetitive after a few months. But if they woulda kept working on it, by 2010 it would’ve been perfect

[@natecloudboiy4770]

The best was bra and pantie matches having king say “puppies”

[@zsaszrenton161]

SVR 2006 I owned on PS2 and my friend had it on PSP, so we unlocked Jake the Snake for him.

[@bigbossman2810]

I unlocked Jake Roberts using my Codebreaker (hacking device for the PS2). I made a copy for both my brother & one of my friends so they could have him on their rosters as well.

[@raitaylor]

Season Mode being ruined, starting with '08 really brought down wrestling games till this day.

[@thefive8th741]

I wouldn't say this was the worst thing about SVR 08, but the introduction of ECW felt kind of flat. It was sort of hyped up as ECW's first appearance in a WWE game, but the roster for ECW was really weak, with only about 6 people. The ECW legend brand was also odd, considering that you only had three people on that brand, with one of them (Tommy Dreamer) being an active competitor! Not being able to play as an ECW wrestler or being unable to move to ECW in season mode also kind of sucked. Pretty sure there was also a storyline where you could win the ECW title, but you had to give it up right away, in exchange for a single dollar.

[@thefive8th741]

As boring as career was in 09, the most egregious thing for me was the complete lack of legends in the game, most likely done purposely to drive up sales for Legends of WrestleMania.

[@patrickr9670]

Lmao I pirated SVR 2006 on my PSP the other day to finally unlock Jake the Snake after all these years.

[@DangerMenace]

Smackdown vs. RAW 2007 is what got me into wrestling. LOVE that game... the loading tho...

[@louisbrown7152]

We'll know this but just to say it out loud the better technology has also brought weaker games we're sitting here with the no. 1 , 2 consoles you can own & best thing to do on them is watch streaming apps

[@JGMGamer07]

Review Wrestling Empire please

[@ao123578]

I just used codebreaker to unlock Jake the snake in SvR 06 at the time. For SvR 07 just install the game onto the external SSD; problem solved.

[@BrotherLeegro]

I'll get hate but I hated 24/7 mode in Smackdown Vs Raw 2008. It made me play the game as less.

[@CDiddy404]

Nah, you're completely right. 24/7 Mode was awful and repetitive.

[@SwagCole-dj6eu]

I grew up with SVR 2008 and it's fun but man the story is so boring and the story's are always so forced on like sometimes I have a title in the story but it sometimes strips me of my title when WrestleMania is coming for no reason like why can't I have my title and I hate always being an underdog in the story and getting myself into trouble all the time rather I want to or not!

[@VIRAX200394]

As a person currently playing both games. I would also add that SvR 06's main weakness is how "outdated" it feels in comparison to the period it was released. You were lacking people like MNM and the Mexicools, but you still had people like Christian or Mark Jindrak who were long gone from the company at that moment (in fact, due to copyright, Christian lost EVERYTHING in the game, from his attire to the announcers calling him out, yet he still was there). Also, the roster was updated based on the last draft but the announcers for each brand still talked about them as if they were in their brands pre-draft (e.g. Benoit, RVD) For SvR 2010, I would definitely add that the game feels "easier" to play than previous games. Idk, I think the AI in that game was deliberately dumbed down to make you finish a match in shorter time than 06,for example. That kinda turned me off that game.

[@punisha4032]

06 is not outdated your point is clearly invalid, Just Bring It hasn’t aged well compared to the later installments

[@EatMoreCarbs256]

damn i never even peeped that christians attire didnt have his logo on it i swore it did

[@VIRAX200394]

@@EatMoreCarbs256 They were "kind" enough to keep his entrance (but no "captain charisma" jacket lmao)

[@ZZzapzero]

Personally Im to young to have played the svr games as they came out, but i have played of a few, so this may be me just not expiriencing, but i perfer 2k (aside from 20)

[@alec2000]

As much as I love these games, I do agree that some of their problems can’t be ignored. Flaws such as the removal of large backstage areas in the first game, locking Jake Roberts via the PSP version of 06 (2007 thankfully didn’t have any large flaws as I can handle loading and never had any long times), the 24/7 mode and removal of MANY stars from 08, the lack of legends, removal of GM mode and the confusing career mode in ‘09, the removal of certain TV-14 elements in 2010, such as certain weapons and inter gender matches, and 2011 for me, the removal of a licensed soundtrack. Aside from these flaws tho, I still enjoyed these games and always will.🩷

[@JVCurmudgeon]

Hands down, a better wrestling series/franchise than the "2k" games.

[@TheAerykBaconShow]

To me, the worst out of the SVR games is 2009-2010, they both are super forgettable and were the most bland of the series

[@thegregbooyah]

For me the worst part of SVR was the load times. I played it last out of SYM, HCTP, 06, 07, and 08 and I swear it took 2 weeks in between matches 🤣

[@pandemic5705]

Personally, I only played SvR 08 and 11 so I can't really say anything about that season mode from SvR 10 but it does make me chuckle that it was so heavily criticized yet WWE2K22's MyRise is exactly that, little to no substance, stories that last 2-3 weeks, some of them hardly make sense or seem as if they were written by a drunk toddler. I guess it's just me venting about that godawful gamemode and it has absolutely nothing to do with the vid but I needed to say that lol

[@Goji73]

For SvR06, you can unlock Jake Roberts without owning a PSP. You need to win GM mode under your designated brand

[@offthegridbutonyoutube548]

Real ones know

[@cawcreator]

😲

[@derycksummer578]

Really? Thanks for the tip. 😊

[@TR0VEX.]

1:40 why the captions on the tron 😂

[@Beast_the_smash_guy]

The tron was programmed to copy the player's screen.

[@SKush182]

Nobody cared about playing as Jake the snake 😂

[@comboshortsproductions9204]

07s is nitpicking

[@jeffallen7860]

Not really I would take all the bad with the good on the SD vrs Raw over the crap 2k puts out

[@pushon10]

Triple H's stats are so overblown lol.

[@kingwokester7324]

Yeah he had like no business having a 95 overall in SVR06. Batista beat HHH 3 PPVs in-a-row prior to the game’s release but he gets only an 88 in that game? LMAO

[@pushon10]

True. It's so dumb that HHH has such a high strength rating in particular. When has HHH ever exhibited great strength? He's not like Cena or Lesnar who are able to lift people way bigger than themselves.

[@kingwokester7324]

@@pushon10 Strength in SVR games pretty much meant how much damage a wrestler can do overall whether it would be strikes or grapples. I also remember HHH playing politics when it came to making him look strong in WWE games around his reign of terror days as well.

[@Evil33-]

Smackdown vs raw was a big! Step down from hctp. 💯

[@joaopires1761]

If you think WWE's programming in the early/mid 00s was sexist and treated women like sex objects, you should go check the first SVR's career mode. It was like 100x worse, and that certainly created some memorable moments.

[@dakotaweaver8621]

Ah yes the Jake the snake psp issue.... The good ol days when we didn't know better. Now we see cash grabs instantly😂😂😂

[@JGrath029]

“Long loading times” on svr 2007 is REACHING 😂😂

[@WLowry]

I hated Smackdown vs. Raw 2008

[@NemoHoes323]

👀

[@cawcreator]

😳😲😱

[@sparrowblack841]

lol undertaker 😂😂😂😂 with the panties

[@lilghoul8820]

Can we count 12 and 13 since they were by thq before 2k bought it

[@t.styles2k202]

Literally all of the games Were made buy Yukes up until WWE 2k20 when Yukes left I’m 2019. Which is why it always ran on the same engine THQ never made the games they were just for licensing and distribution.

[@lilghoul8820]

@@t.styles2k202 my bad

[@nevermindgaming6848]

No

[@zjdarrah]

Where do WWE 12 and 13 fit in? They aren't SvR or 2k.

[@nevermindgaming6848]

Not a part of svr

[@zjdarrah]

@@nevermindgaming6848 I'm fully aware of that. It's just that they haven't been talked about in any of the videos.

[@yashsoni7614]

Better than trash 2k games lol

[@TheAerykBaconShow]

not really dude but okay lol

[@jhonnycultura4455]

Story creations its a waste of time and money... that should be DLC if they really want that option... unnecessary

[@TheAerykBaconShow]

cringe

[@shaanysully9908]

Svr games were way better than the trash we have today

[@nevermindgaming6848]

Not really dude you're part of the problem the games got better once thq ditch the svr series

[@shaanysully9908]

@@nevermindgaming6848 in what way is it better? The fact that it got easier? Just admit it your trash so you think people that preferred the longer/ more difficult matches is part of the problem

[@TheAerykBaconShow]

ok boomer

[@shaanysully9908]

@@nevermindgaming6848 got better how? U mena the easy 3 minute matches? Easy games for kids trash