Thanks for checking the video out! Make sure to leave some of your memories and thoughts about SYM season mode in the comments. Who's also ready for Episode 2: Here Comes The Pain

No WWE game has had a Season Mode as expansive as this. I remember never, ever getting tired of this game back in the early 2000s and I just enjoyed the hell playing through the Season Mode and all the other game modes. There were a lot of playable characters, unlockable outfits, and new modes + arenas, too! This WWE game just hit the perfect spot of enjoyability back in the day and I will always be thankful to have enjoyed this game. 👏🏼

SmackDown Here Comes The Pain might arguably be the better game but SmackDown Shut Your Mouth will always hold a special place in my heart

I was one pissed off teenager when I realized Just Bring It’s story mode had just 3 matches. I immediately felt ripped off.

Best Season mode out of all the Smackdown games, nothing tops it.

Phenomenal season mode! Loved that the guy I took to the top could still be the top guy when I started a new season mode. Made it feel like what I did mattered

I remember winter of 2003 my parents bought my brothers an I Shut your mouth an weed wake up early in the weekends just to play..those were the best times of my life like ide trade anything to relive those days I think I was in 6th grade.. bad ass times in wwe as well as in my life...just amazing watchn this

I think everyone has their own opinion on what makes wrestling games fun. In my opinion it’s freedom that excels it. Smackdown shut your mouth and here comes the pain had tons of it too. When you can roam around back stage, interact and start your own fueds, your allowed to win or lose any match and based on whether you win or lose could change your story. Climb the ranks and go for titles, defend the title in challenging title defenses and just be able to create your own legacy and your own fueds and rilvaries. That makes them fun. What makes them suck is like 2k18 where you’re forced to win certain matches, stories can only go one way no matter what choices you make, when you have no freedom at all and can’t compete for different titles. When the game ends after you finally win the world title and you can’t defend it at all or when the game forces you to lose in certain circumstances or win. My personal opinion, a good wwe game has freedom and creativity. A good wwe game has the story mode that doesn’t end until you want it to end.

Makes me wanna plug back the ps2 and play season mode all over again

Instead of building on these absolutely wonderful ideas they had back then and improve them in every aspect, they decided to move on to new but more lacklustre, boring, and plain ideas which backfired to their faces. I hope they got their lesson and WWE 2k22 will reminds us these glorious days of such real gems of the past

NWA Power, AEW Dark, and a upload from ThisGenGaming. My Tuesday is complete.❤️❤️

SYM and HCTP had great branching stories that you follow with any wrestler. That was the appeal for me. Even when I knew the story I'd play through with different guys. Then there superstar exclusive stories like Austin choosing brands and Triple H returning.

I remember playing as Hardcore Holly. Winning the Undisputed Championship then a month later dropping it in that 6 man Hell in the Cell battle royal they made you do. It was so hard winning that match and when you did you were rewarded by Triple H coming out and beating your ass lol

The fact that the tune at the end of this video gave me goosebumps, just shows how strong the nostalgia is with them glorious season modes from back in the day. Damn I feel old now...

It's 2020 and I still have much more fun playing the older games compared to the newer trash games.

Great game, represents the peak of wrestling well. It was all downhill after 2002.

Dead on about everything about SYM, and the teaser at the end also 100% - HCTP had a season mode I absolutely loved - and my favorite part as a geek who grew up on NHL94 - i LOVED HTCP's rollover stats - having sean o'haire become a 100 time champion was one of my crowning achievements because it just kept looping. Loved both of these games. Can't pick up a 2k game at all by comparison - not as user friendly and not as engaging.

2:52 Look at how good that Matt Hardy looks, capturing how he looked in 2002 compared to the one in WWE 2k20, which just looks weird compared to the real Matt Hardy of 2019.

Agreed, I liked the 1st 4 months. Shame they ditched the brand-split later, but I guess they didn't have enough of a roster to fill 2 years of fresh feuds, so they needed you feuding with all of those guys.

Such an amazing game. I feel honoured to have been grown up with games like this. What I love is that no matter if you're in the major storyline or not, your superstar always feels involved in some way with the season, and especially the use of previous storylines with videogame twists. Despite the ever change landscape of the WWE during 2002, THQ and Yukes did the best that they could to bring about an incredible experience.

You did an awesome job discussing the depth of this season mode. This is the game that got me into wrestling and is my all time favourite game.

The thing that make me love the season mode....u can pick who ever supertar that u want to highlight on...and the random story inside outside season...

Wow mate, thank you for this video. A big thumbs up. You just reminded me how awesome wwe shut your mouth is. I am definitely going to replay the season mode after watching this awesome video :).

The first 4 months are gold. I used to hate getting to August and having to do the brand changing storyline. Flair Vince storyline was so annoying. Still the best season mode tho

This is my ALL TIME FAVORITE VIDEO GAME.

Well said, man. And very comprehensive! I forget the games that far back sometimes, even though I’m guessing I reviewed it for GI. And what an improvement over the year before. You aren’t lying that some ideas take a couple years to come to fruition. Great video!

Shut Your Mouth, Here Comes The Pain and SvR 2006 have my favorite season modes.

I played the SYM Season Mode with my created superstar. Was WWE Champion for 3 years straight. Last match at Wrestlemania was a tag team match with Hulk Hogan and Kane.

Definitely going to buy this game. Awesome video 👍

Imagine if this engine was in 2k21 🔥

I remember playing this so much I had my own custom character and I did every single match even went on top of the smackdown fist with Jeff Hardy and did a swanton bomb ooo man so many memories choke slamming people with undertaker's motorcycle

This was undoubtedly my favourite Smackdown game of them all. So much detail. I enjoyed the early Raw vs Smackdown games, but this was another level.

I'm glad the first two wrestling games I had as a kid was Here Comes the Pain and Shut Your Mouth.

This game is amazing, HCTP is great because of the roster and what it brings. But this SYM is so raw its like the pre game of what HCTP became. Mark Henry OP in this one, just like the Deadman.

This is sadly the only Smackdown game of that time I haven't played

I enjoyed Shut Your Mouth growing up and I would buy it again just for the Season Mode

I remember playing season mode in sym repeatedly after one is completed, because grinding as a created superstar to a huge level superstar was so fun in this game... and I will never forget the invasions from different brands and NWO was so amazing, while htcp was fun too because it had a lot more better roaster like John cena , Rey mysterio, Goldberg, etc, story mode in both games were awesome! But if I had to pick one it would be SYM!

These wwe videos make me wish I have a ps2

4:08 Christopher Nowinski

Drafting your own rosters and being able to walk around and interact. The freedom that you had in a game was revolutionary of the time. After this graphics and gameplay got better, but there was less roaming and less of the customizable aspect until GM Mode came along.

Could you do a video on the Day of Reckoning season modes at some point?

HCTP had a good season mode what I liked was how the created wrestlers could have a impact in season when you add them. I turned Smackdown into a Cruiserweight only show and many CAWs I created like Kidman, Justin Credible, and X pac have been double champion.

Had a lot of good times playing this with my friends

I agree 💯 SYM had an amazing season mode

Love season mode in this game when I was paying it during my high school years

Love 2k wwe wrestling games! Great video!

It's total bullshit that we still haven't had a proper season mode return in the 2k series. SYM and HCTP both had amazing season modes with loads of variables for multiple storylines.

Now I want this game damnit

AWESOME video

shut your mouth is the goat for me, it has a whole feud between hogan and rock and emulates storylines from real tv like angle and edge hair vs hair.

Nice video mate

it was just a solid overall game. Loved playing the season as a custom character. This, Wrestlemania 18, and No Mercy are my top 3.

This game literally taught me how to READ 1.5 years before we even touched literature in elementary school.

I think this mode influenced alot of the newer wwe games that were popular around the attitude era because of the voice acting and having rosters that had amazing superstars and a storyline that could become possible for it to happen if we were to watch wwe during it's mid 1980s

I have great nostalgia for SYM's season mode but when I've gone back to play it, I don't think it's perfect. It had amazing features for the time which still shine when compared to today. But nobody talks about certain things like the fixed difficulty when you first start season mode. Play on the hardest difficulty? Well too bad. The first 2 months of your season will be ridiculously easy before the CPU will eventually show some challenge. The problem with this is that you can play as pretty much any wrestler & you'll be in contention for the Undisputed title in your first few months. There feels no struggle & build to be a midcarder in season mode. Even the midcard titles feel pointless. IC, European & Hardcore titles can be won. But you'll get sucked into storylines throughout the year constantly to challenge for the Undisputed title, so you'll barely defend your midcard titles throughout the year. Sometimes you'll even forget that you're still the IC/Euro/HC champion because you'll be in contention for the Undisputed title or defending your Undisputed title, or you'll be in a storyline such as the McMahon vs Flair feud & the nWo. It can be months before the game will go "Oh yeah. You're the IC/Euro/HC champion. You'll be randomly defending your title tonight with no storyline around it. If you manage to defend your title, look forward to the next title defence 6-12 months from now" The season mode also has hilariously unrealistic title contention matchups. I once played as the Undertaker as the Undisputed champion, & I remember being put into a storyline with Spike Dudley in which he was kicking my arse around the storyline that I was put in. Yes.. Spike Dudley, beating up the Undertaker 🤣 & seeing him constantly brag to Taker that he's gonna win his title at the next PPV. Hilarious. You'll get other stuff such as Rico beating up Brock Lesnar, Maven beating up Stone Cold & Test beating up The Rock. It just makes the ranking system in season mode feel pointless at times. Smackdown 1&2 had way better rankings for title contention & divisions. I noticed you mentioned the brand draft being a great inclusion but it looses its potential throughout the year. HCTP improved greatly on this, as in that game, RAW & Smackdown feel like 2 completely different shows with different rosters. So yeah, I think the season mode in this game is glorified on its features which were great, but it's no way perfect in my opinion, which is what most people would have you believe. I do feel like it was a great way to show what Yukes can do which became way better in HCTP in every way.

Just completed it again as Bubba Ray a few weeks ago, forgot some of the great storylines that happened in it.

The best season mode can’t be topped

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Friend: What is your favourite Wrestling game Me: Shut your mouth Friend: I beg your pardon?

I want more videos like this

Best story mode of all time, and to top it off, you get the best credits of all time at the end of it. Just another reason why THQ crap all over 2K when it comes to wrestling games. There's also a cool story if you are WWE champion in the 2nd May where you get offered the chance to take time off to do a film then answer some questions with dialogue of choice from JR. As Undertaker, I told him I was bringing a new album out soon.

He is back again!

I loved this mode! It was weird though playing as the ONLY woman on the roster. Can anyone recommend a mod for Shut Your Mouth that update the game and makes other women appear in season mode? My CAW felt out of place in that sausage fest :3

Great video bro

In the nWo storyline or arc, Scott Hall is replaced by X-Pac (because what happened during the "plane ride from hell" incident). Which was kinda of a bummer for me.

They add real life events... Draft.. nwo. Austin walkout story. Triple h's return. Edge shaving angle's head Bald.. Shawn Michaels return..

Loved playing this as a kid, but had no idea they incorporated the NWO into it, guess I just never got that far

This is the greatest game ever remember playing getting lost in the season mode amazing not like shitty Road to wrestle mania

If the game had the option to play as Ric Flair to defeat Vince McMahon at Year 2 WrestleMania, it would have a secret feature as WCW season mode edition.

HELL YEAH!!! This is the perferct seassion mode. But is it as perferct as Dota2? 🤔

DDP yoga, the fascists, Reverend d-von watching your footsteps and Rico winning the rumble

Great season mode.

5:38 bruh SUS AMONG US

That menu music....

My childhood here

I really wish I could play this game again

How do you unlock backstage arenas like locker room and world things like that there isn't hints or anything only thing I'm stumped on I have won a backstage brawl visiting every area but nothing

I LOVE this game!!!

Might have to plug up the ps2 and play this lol

I like Sym's season mode more all because HCTP's season lasts only a year

The best of wwe wrestling game SYM/HCTP/SVR05

3:53 dat face tho

Damn i miss this game

I really want Foam Hands B

In My Heart WWF No Mercy Is One Of the best Game Ever Señor This Gen Gaming

So I'm considering buying this game (I've never played it, but HCTP is easily my second favorite wrestling game) but I have two questions. Does it have the superstar points like HCTP that determine your poplarity? Also, how much can the player edit the roster, could I have a brand where all the wrestlers are CAWs?

Y can't we have this again !!!!

Aint gonna lie i got both smackdown shut your mouth and here comes the pain. I never could put here comes the pain long enough to know what the storyline of this was looking back i shouldve gave this game a chance

Still the best WWE game to date! IMO Def the best season mode!

Loved the draft

WWE New York is now called the Hard Rock Cafe

I got the notification 3 days late

Still waiting for second episode ☹️

YYYYAAAAASSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!

Ever thought of doing WWE Video Game Livestreams?

What made story mode in Shut Your Mouth better?? The new development of season with a two year story and character build up compared to 3 matches in Just Bring It Story's reflect 2001 and half of 2002 story lines during the WWE year Graphics were great and fun play

its a shame gaming as a whole went backwards rather than forwards older maddens older nba 2ks older wrestling games all better fuller games than now, only company that advanced from the past is rockstar with GTA and Red Dead and we still havent gotten a gta in this era money and greed just killed the culture this era of gaming is trash smh

They should bring this back

12 year old me spent hours playing this Season mode lol

Hi, I'm a concerned citizen and I'd like to see Johnny, controlling Diamond Dallas Page in the game WWE Smackdown: Shut Your Mouth, talk to reverend D-Von about his building fund, because I really wish the youth of America would have a nice place to go someday.