Raw defined the genre.

We really need these features adding to WWE 2K25.

Overall, seven games were made bearing the SmackDown vs.

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Raw name before being discontinued in 2011.

Each offers its own take on wrestling.

Some of these games remain fan favorites to this day, while others are less highly regarded.

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7WWE SmackDown vs.

Raw 2008 is by no means a terrible video game.

As a result,neither of these features would ever return to a WWE gameafterward.

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But it’s clear that WWE video games have evolved a lot during the SmackDown vs.

Raw era, and it wasn’t until later games that they started to carve out their own identities.

John Cena, the Undertaker, and Triple H across various WWE SmackDown vs. Raw titles.

5WWE SmackDown vs.

Raw 2009

A Course Correction From The Previous Year

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However, the gameplay was fundamentally unchanged, with the only new addition being reworked tag team mechanics.

While some players enjoyed the core gameplay, others found it a bit watered down from older games.

4WWE SmackDown vs.

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Raw 2010

Enhanced Customization Options Are A Plus

WWE entered a brand-new decade with SmackDown vs.

Raw 2010, with many players finding it to be WWE’s best game in a while.

The game’s marquee new feature was its enhanced customization options.

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3WWE SmackDown vs.

Raw 2006

The Moment The Series Found Its Identity

SmackDown vs.

Raw 2006 is where the SmackDown vs.

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Raw series really began to establish its own identity independent of the original game.

The story modes in these wrestling games laid the smack down.

While the mode had its limitations compared to those computer games, only Smackdown vs.

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Raw allows players to simulate the matches they booked.

2WWE SmackDown vs.

Raw 2011

WWE Gets A Much-Needed Gameplay Overhaul

The final installment in the SmackDown vs.

Batista lays out The Undertaker with a Clothesline in WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2009.

Raw series, WWE SmackDown vs. After many years of gameplay feeling mostly the same, SmackDown vs. ## 1WWE SmackDown vs. All the most popular modes from SmackDown vs. WWE isn’t the only organization that can make a wrestling game as these great examples show.

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The Undertaker about to attack CM Punk in WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010.

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Triple H’s entrance in WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2006.

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Rey Mysterio hits Jack Swagger with a 619 in WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2011.

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Hulk Hogan attacks Cactus Jack in the corner in WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2007.

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