I fucking loved that game.

same

same

same

That game was my f@&king favorite. I loved listening to Breaking Benjamin during my match.

Duh

THQ or Yukes?

Most of them creating wrestlers from other firms lol

Is that the one with the ninja?

Hell yeah no mercy too

Seeing that black cartridge for the first time is life changing

I remember me and my cousins would play it all day long making CAWs and putting them in matches.

@Mert Salih lol

Career was okay but it's shit still

Me

Me

I still play and love WWE smackdown here comes the pain and WWE road to WrestleMania X8 for the game boy advance

SmackDown! 2 Know Your Rule should also been featured on this list!

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+deck444 Shut Your Mouth 3 was way better

BananaBerry Corrected XD

Darran Kern I´ve played Shut Your Mouth like 3 or 4 times so I can´t fully evaluate the game (story mode, unlocked characters and etc...) but the few times I played it in my friend´s house I liked it very much.

Nooo who is doing WTF-moments then?

+MaaJussi j lol I get that

BCe

I have no fucking clue what a cowy gan raj is but I know one thing is true...damn true king Ross is one sick guy

he really is lol

u mean 6 bc smackdown 2

@@Leonardocastro-dz6rm Eh? Smackdown 2 is Know your role...

@@jimijames6449 I still play that game til this day

First was best

Agreed

I had JBI and SYM for the PS2 and my mom wouldn't buy me Here Comes the Pain so Shut Your Mouth is Godlike to me lol

agreed

It easily has the best presentation of any wrestling game in history.

T. PRES it deserves to be Nr 1

Damagedone56 agreed

No Mercy was absolute trash. I recently undertook an endeavor on my channel to analyze No Mercy without nostalgia impairing my judgment of the game. My verdict? No Mercy pissed me off so much that I rage-quit after only 14 episodes. Here's the let's play, if you're interested: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m5mmecmn0quvfJs.html

It’s kinda slow and clunky. Here comes the pain is much better in my opinion.

I don't know attitude was the shit

AJ Styles says the NJPW equivalent was better.

it was addicting; but lack of full control made it difficult. which led to the modern era of video games allowing higher graphics; but more control. I think after a while; Graphics and Gameplay must be together to be at the top. I loved no mercy as a kid; but i also hated how AI can be so unfair. These day's wrestling games aren't as hard as it used to be.

I lived in the era where World Tour, Revenge, Wrestle Mania, and No Mercy was the shit. But I can honestly say I agree with you on 08. It was like the first game where I'd feel like I was actually in a wrestling arena. It showed me that the games were getting better. Allowing multiple people to be in royal rumbles instead of only four people (despite the tossing out mode being crap). And the ability (on Xbox or PS 3) to add your own music just gives it extra depth (along with the extra details in creating characters). I had fun recreating characters I made in No Mercy and bringing them out of retirement after 7 years of being no where in the ring lol. But the only reason I give No Mercy the crown is because they had the ability to do special guest referee all day any time. Otherwise, I'd actually give these up to date games the better rating.

LilPrince Killa I think 2k14 had the best overall options; creative, match, & arena wise.(EVERY WRESTLEMANIA!) Though it takes sliders to bring the best out of 2k14

Jayco_Official But where's that special guest referee option though????

That's my second favorite. I love GM mode as well. It's the best thing that ever happened to the games in my opinion.

same

It was pretty good but not number 1

i agree

Had it on Wii I loved it

yer i loved that i use to love the 2012 too . check my channal out for WWE, TNA ,News and top 5s

Exactly

I loved that game! You have no idea how many hours i've spent on that!

Lennon and Maison

Smackdown 2 was awesome exept when it came to skipping the computer matches. That alone made me go back to the first one.

Love that game SD! 2 just as great or even better than the original.

we livin

+Mahvel Baybee 😂😂

No Mercy was fucking glitch fest trash.

Matt Hardy cool story

+Nick “MCguffin24” S said no one ever.

This guy seems to disagree with you: This game is terrible. Literal garbage pile. It's as if the developers couldn't think past throwing handicapped matches at you to make it somewhat difficult. It just gets old, and annoying (and fast.) With spelling errors galore, and a half-brained career mode, this could be the worst game of all time in my opinion. It's about as polished as a box of crayons. 1/5 Read more at www.emuparadise.me/Nintendo_64_ROMs/WWF_No_Mercy_(USA)/40406#O9es8SxASDHoJoIs.99

it's OK ... I had so much fun with this game !! No Mercy still will be a fan favorite forever !! Hater going hate:)

@@amirperreg8405 lmao enjoy dying alone on that hill buddy

​@@amirperreg8405 100% agree. It has to be one of the most overrated games ever, especially since people keep saying it has aged well. I bought a n64 just to play no mercy since everyone keeps saying it's better than the amazing here comes the pain and I'm ready to sell it or throw it in garbage. I just don't get the fascination with it. It's got to be Nostalgia.

It is for me too, with that outstanding 2002-2003 roster at the time of wwe

+Nicholas Beharrylal you were born in the late 90s or early 2000s to say that wwe hctp is the best wrestling game ever but it's not the best wrestling game ever it's wwf no mercy

MadMan 90 Even RAW that was an exclusive to xbox was better than no mercy

for ps2,anyway

Here comes the pain and just bring it for me

Mbdxwwe18 jjjnjaqjajajqjajaJBb

Mbdxwwe18 it should have been #1

the multiplayer was the best by far. if you played it.

Big Boss yeah

Same here.

Oh yeah :D

Elementel Knights foreal (:

I still play this!

I LOVE WWE ALL STARS!But john and hulk almost happened

Same

06 because of Benoit and the gm mode

Benoit is in 07 too you know ;) so Benoit isn't a valid reason xp

That's a great game.

+SwedishCoDMafia but then there is the other stuff like its story mode which was fucking brilliant and its gm mode which was an actual challenge

Yeah 13 was good. I also liked 12 and 2k14.

WWE 13 was bad except for universe mode

12 was so much better than 13.

no.

+Why Not? WWE 12 was a glitch fest

chrono050 the good crack tho. That game brought back to rehab twice

My god your not kidding

Id play a match so long I would beat the big show into seizures!

I played the mess outta that game

Loved that game my favorite of all time

My favorite especially in story mode

It was the only game to that allowed that. And honestly, the only reason I put that as number one on the list. I created a specific wrestler that was a guest referee to handle specific wrestlemania matches. Also, since I was the best out of all my friends, I was just to be the referee and watch everyone do their matches, despite the fact that I'd try to resist the temptation to interfere. I was the best at resisting though, unlike everyone else. lol

+LilPrince Killa my favorite thing to do was have Paul bearer referee a match between undertaker and Kane LOL. I also enjoyed the clone a superstar mode. You could edit their profiles and I actually have Paul bear walk out with undertaker or cane. Undertaker and Kane were my favorite, just in case you could not tell. LOL

It was not the only one. At the very least the original SvR had it.

VrOOm1337 Only SvR game I know they had it was in the 2008 one. But you could only choose it as Triple H where you decide whether he wants to join Evolution or DX in a match between Randy Orton and Shawn Michaels. No other game gave you the option to freely be special guest referee other than WWF No Mercy.

Yes!!! Here comes the pain for ps2 was the best. Heel Rock, Brock Lesnar, Kurt Angle, Undertaker, Classic Taker, GOLDBERG!! Here Comes the Pain was the first WWE game Goldberg was in.

hahaha yes loved them.being on it choosing different ppv rings and the royal rumble and the back street brawls

without question

it was I still have my original copy

I still have my PS2 and use it it to play the original copy from time to time :). Actually been wanting to replay it recently, after seeing what crap 2k17 is.

the original one

2008 fucking loved that.

2008 sucked, 2007 and 2006 were much better!

***** FUCK U

No Mercy was the best wwe game

Hctp was the hieght of main entry wwe games after that the copy abd paste feeling slowly kicked in and wwe 12 was the last one that felt great the 2k games always got a pass mark but nothing else Wrestling games from the ps1 and n54 era until the ps3/360 era were way better than what we get now although there’s some non wwe games coming out that look good and as good as fire pro wrestling world is to me it kind of just feels like fire pro wrestling returns hd remaster

James Braddy go check out bebettergamer wrestling on KZfaq he does all the Aki corporation developed wrestling games

James Braddy actually revenge and wrestlemania 2000 are the same game except one has more match types and have different rosters

You are absolutely right James. No Mercy for the N64 was incredible.

Here is a review of No Mercy on emuparadise:This game is terrible. Literal garbage pile. It's as if the developers couldn't think past throwing handicapped matches at you to make it somewhat difficult. It just gets old, and annoying (and fast.) With spelling errors galore, and a half-brained career mode, this could be the worst game of all time in my opinion. It's about as polished as a box of crayons. 1/5 Read more at www.emuparadise.me/Nintendo_64_ROMs/WWF_No_Mercy_(USA)/40406#O9es8SxASDHoJoIs.99. Do you think he is joking or serious?

James Braddy wcw thunder is a good one on ps1

same

Johnny Bobcat on ps2

cap

It's not but it should have been. DoR2 was my shit as a kid

DoR2 is criminally underrated. It's always my "go to" for a wrestling game and was an excellent complement to the gameplay style of the Smackdown games.

Dude, hell yeah it was the shit!

or what? you gonna start up a little petition on reddit? Gtfoh

I still play DoR2!!!!

as someone who played dor2 for the first time a few years ago, I have to say, its good, but doesn't belong in the top ten

DoR FTW!

lol

both Def jam titles were on the cube....

Svr 07 06 shut your mouth and here comes the pain are always gonna be the goats in my book, I played day of reckoning 1 and 2 as well when I went to my friends house when I was a kid, shit was fun

Indeed. Surprised SPFWXP made it on here and not Returns.

Yeah! Returs was a fuckin great game

I have to agree with you man. The other games on this list are great, like SD HCTP, SD vs Raw 2006, WWF No Mercy, etc. However, Fire Pro Wrestling Returns is also a great game in its own right. Talk about customization, this game enabled you to edit your created wrestler's A.I. pattern, whether they'll go coward halfway into fatigue or go all out brawling, man it's insane. :)

Yeah, man! I'm still playing it to this day

Yeah, while I love the translated Super Famicom version, Returns, D (Dreamcast), and G (PSX) are all better.

SLjimbolian I still have the copy with the bug, I live in the UK but my N64 is US so I couldn't just send my copy back. What country are you in?

Angel Bowfinger you mean SNES lol

That's what I was thinking, DOR had everything a wrestling fan could ask for

I liked the DOR series, but there were some bugs, and it felt like it was trying the be No Mercy, but not trying hard enough.

That's the gamecube one, right? I remember that had one of the best CAW systems. I created Batman, Superman, Wolverine, Spiderman and most of the characters from the Matrix.

My brother made Gandalf and the Balrog. Good time.

Mike Sannitti yes

Yup

Gm mode was soo fucking good

that was a cool game i use to love them now it is just WWE 2K . check out my channal ... all your top 5 needs :)

agreed

Benoit was in SVR 07.

If it had been rock band frontmen instead of shitty rappers then it would have been good.

+Dillon Haggett "Shitty rappers" Method man? Scarface? Proves you know nothing about Hip Hop and nobody wants a video game on shitty rock frontmen who scream their lungs out like they're having orgasms.

Most of his favorite rock guys would be too strung out on heroin to be a playable character.

Well as a sequel it was expected to be much better and it was...absolutely cracking game! The story mode is awesome, still wanna play that game again.

+Vincent Gulley and most of your favourite rappers are busy writing lyrics about shooting cops while they're doing cocaine off a toilet seat

Yep I had the flawed copy as well, can't tell you how many times I re did everything and re made my characters, since every few months it would randomly delete everything and I couldn't send it in because I got the game second hand. Wonder why I got it so cheap lol

I prefer the first one

agreed the stamina ruined the game

Yes! the gamecube wrestling games are terribly underrated. Until 2k16, I've pretty much stuck with DOR 2. Loved that you could interrupt moves whereas you couldn't in the smackdown series, made the matches so much more intense.

I never was a fan of the series, despite even playing one of it's successors "Wrestle Kingdom" (PS2) that used the same game engine. Still too "arcady" for my taste (and horrible loading times). "Wrestle Kingdom 2" might have a kick ass roster with all the japanese stars and lots of legends, but still I didn't like the DoR/Wrestle Kingdom Engine so I didn't import this one.

I was very confused that Day of Reckoning 2 didn't make the list... That game is way better than half the games on the list.

Keegan Eldridge me too, wish these games would be backwards compatible

No, 2007 is my most favorite as well

The way they did stamina mode in 06 was fucking dreadful, I was so sick of my guy falling to the floor after 4 moves, 07 still had it but it was bearable. I still turned it off in both though

Rogers Gary You could turn off stamina in options

Not at all 2006 was great but 2007 was even better

I still remember the damn story modes amazing

No mercy 4 ever

Thatburnsmyass247 Thanks dude!

I see you weren't a big fan of any of the PS1 Wrestling games. Like... Warzone, Attitude, Smackdown, Smackdown 2: Know Your Role, WCW Mayhem, Nitro and Thunder. ECW Hardcore Revolution. I guess all these games sucked huh lol... But when they came out were super addictive and so fun. Maybe you were more of a N64 guy. WrestleMania 2000 and No Mercy were amazing but I only got to play them at friends houses back then. I got them now but the PS1 Wrestling titles get crapped on. At least admit they were cool when they were released. .

themadrapper101 I feel u I was a ps1 man myself and WWF attitude was the shit when I was in forth grade but I had a 64 too an no mercy on it...I'm playing no mercy on my phone now lol

Attitude was a great title, but overall its probably the only one that would be competitive with the titles chosen. The original Smackdown games were pretty bland, and all the WCW games were godawful even for their time.

themadrapper101 I actually started off with a PS with Warzone then I got both smack downs. After playing no mercy on my cousin's 64 I traded in my PS for the 64. I was a die hard wrestling fan and I have to say best wrestling game that I had played. It was definitely before it's time.

I still liked WCW/nWo Revenge better, but they're practically the same game.

Dammit

+Noticeably FAT it should be!

I like day of reckoning 1 better. The second one they introduced stamina and kind of ruined it for me. In the middle of a good match all of a sudden you couldn't do anything unless you just stood in the ring and did nothing for a good minute lol

SVR 2011? Mickie James?

that's SVR 2010

+Udgey Wudgey Mickie James' storyline was in SvR 2010, not 2011.

Or wrestle Kingdomand ASPW for that matter

ITSMYYARD Or Virtual Pro Wrestling 2

OneeChan Fucked Me good times

That's been my favorite since HCTP with regards to the roster.

2 Cool's entrance made it great (and Eddie Guerrero and Hunico's bicycle)

That's the only WWE game I recall where you can actually create your own titantron. What happened to that? Granted, modding's still a thing, but it'd be great if 2k still included the feature nonetheless.

Loogy WWE 12 was the first one to have that. In 13 it was better working, though. You also had the highlight reel that you were able to use as a titantron, but it was also gone in 2k14.

and the menus in that game where amazing