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When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. 1 Fire Pro Wrestling World The 2007 edition of SmackDown vs. Raw took a hard turn toward simulation, with a mandatory stamina bar that required players to take breaks after several big moves. That actually didn’t take away from the fun though, as this version also added the ability to take matches into the crowd for some hardcore action. While the gameplay has its fans and critics, it’s hard to argue with the quality of the roster in this edition. It’s the last WWE game to date to feature Kurt Angle, who will be inducted in the WWE Hall of Fame this year, and it’s probably the last WWE game that will ever feature Chris Benoit.
Out of all the cancelled wrestling games on this list, WWE Brawl was easily the closest that came to release. From 2009 to 2012, THQ continued to embark on their big plan to expand the WWE videogame franchise. They were already in the process of combating their SmackDown vs Raw series with the arcade-style WWE All-Stars. This was intended to be a platform fighter featuring exciting multiplayer, exaggerated wrestling personas, destructible environments and even an original story. It could be seen as WWE Titans: Parts Unknown reborn. WWE SmackDown vs Raw 2009 Features (4 out of 5) WWE Smackdown! Here Comes The Pain was released on the PlayStation 2 in 2003. It is still highly regarded as one of the greatest American wrestling games ever developed next to WWF No Mercy. Visually, the game still looks very impressive almost 17 years later and the game still has gameplay features that are absent from the recent WWE 2K20.
