The History of SmackDown! (FULL MOVIE) 

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Don't care what people say, Smackdown Here Comes The Pain is HANDS DOWN the greatest wrestling game ever.

The fact that the Rock really took off his elbow pads back then, had me and my brother amazed

I'm with you ONE MILLION percent on the belts. Every year when a new game came out, the very first thing I thought about and hoped for was "Man I really hope the champs come out wearing their titles when they come to the ring!" For some reason that was so unbelievably important to me. I went ape shit the first time they finally included them in the entrances

That ending was so bitter sweet. I can COMPLETELY relate and it really made me feel melancholy. I was born in 1989, had such similar experiences as you described, and guess what, me and my one remaining wrestling buddy stopped playing the games with Smackdown vs Raw 2008. A terrible game. We started our own WWF btb on here comes the pain, I booked Smackdown he booked Raw, we worked together to play out the matches as well as possible, recorded the events onto VHS, and carried this on until Smackdown vs Raw 2007. We had about 8 school books of full BTB hand written booking. We carried on with 2007 until probably 2013, when at 24 years old life really was too busy to carry it on. I kept all the books, and I think back to those times with a smile and the formations of a tear. Thank you for the video.

As a 31 year old, this is bringing back memories.

Thank you so much for making this, what a wonderful trip down memory lane. I'm sure i'm not the only one who's childhood was massively influenced by playing this with friends. Loved how you signed off too. These aren't just good games, they take us back in time when Wrestling games were cool, fun and about the stories we'd tell our friends when playing these games. We'll never have those days back but this vid reminded me just how good they were.

finding out you can ride the motorcycle and throw your opponent into the electrical board in HCTP was one of the most joyous moments of my childhood

That ending , man. I remember walking all across town just to hang out at my buddy Johnny's house just to sit in his damp, dark, and cold basement with Justin, Max, and Paul and his younger brother Zak and just making up tournaments in HCTP. We'd be down there from when school let out until our parents showed up to drag us home so we could eat dinner, do homework, and whatever else had to be done that day. Just...damn. Tearing up right now, just reminiscing.

The ending was so sad and relatable... over time all my friends stopped watching it and the ppvs, when my mum would have all my friends over, gradually got less and less friends... in like 2001 id have about 8 people turn up to watch the ppvs.... by the time 2007 rolled around, id get 2 or 3 and now none of my friends watch it so its just me and my wife (she isn’t a huge fan but she will watch it with me)

Damn man the nostalgia here was real! Owned the first 2 smack downs and Here comes the pain was my first title when getting a PS2. Side note.. Thats how u close a documentary series! That can't be faked. Subbed.

Dude I watch this all the time, if I’m ever just needing some quick entertainment or some laughs. Just wanted to say thanks again for all the hardwork and keep it up my guy!

"The main event was Paul Bearer vs Big Bossman" LOL

90s kids for life !!! 30 now . Still doing what I love . Wwe . Video games .. I had them all N64 . PlayStation. So on . Make wwe attitude era again 👌🏻

Anyone watching this has to give this guy a like, the hours it took to make this! Great work!!

The last 5 minutes really hit home for me. Glad i'm not the only one who experienced that pain

WWF Smackdown Just bring it... The most false advertising game of all time because of how they teased us with the graphics in the intro..

the PlayStation start up gives me goosebumps, God the memories of the late 90s in junior high school with the original ps1

I absolutely adored the music of Smackdown 2, it's probably one of the most nostalgic things about it. I love how unique it was for its time and that it never happened again.

Bro I’m playing SmackDown 2 while I’m watching this video. It’s one of the most fun wrestling games I’ve ever played!

This is childhood Playing with capguns Water balloon fights Wiffleball Then we would end our summer nights playing smackdown....wish i could go back and do it all over

sad to think that 18 years later the series has evolved into 2KSpamR2: here comes the counter!

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Man I'm 34 this brought back memories much needed appreciate great content

My loading screens in Smackdown 2 were ALL Divas 🤣🤣

The ending just made me realize the whole reason I’m watching this is just an attempt to regain some of those memories and feel the nostalgia. You, without a doubt, captured all those emotions and brought me back to my childhood. Thank you for that man... Honestly-thank you. Thank you for taking the time to make this video and share it with the world. Some of my fondest memories were of me playing these games with my friends as a kid...being able to get lost in this video and having those memories flood back was incredible. The ending was relatable on a level that literally made me cry. (Not even exaggerating) lol

Man I remember the pure excitement I got when I opened up SMACKDOWN 2!!! I was born in 89.. that game changed my life :) played it so damn much before the PS2 stuff started. Great times. Great video. Thank you!

Damn bro... didn’t expect all the honesty at the end. Glad you did it though. I think that’s why we all love the things we do.... brings us back to certain times and places that were really special and meaningful to us . You earned my subscription.

I sure wish Jeff Hardy made it in Smackdown Here Comes Pain.

I'm watching this in 2020, and I'm still impressed by how good SYM looks!

Dude this was a very awesome review on that franchise well done nobody could of done it better!! I enjoyed this so much so I watched it twice in a row. I even sent it to friends just so we could talk about it and reminisce ourselves

The ending speech hit me right in the feelings. Well said words my friend, you spoke to all of us

"WWF No Mercy" and "SmackDown Here Comes The Pain" wore and still are till this day,the BEST WRESTLING GAMES in HISTORY!!

Great Documentary! My elder brother was born in 1990 & myself in 95. Our 2000 Christmas gift was the PS1 with SM2 the first game we bought. To this date listening to the menu soundtrack of the game gives us the most memorable feeling. By late 2004 we both started to drift away from WWE in general. These games define childhood and our love for the wrestling product! 💯

sitting here just loving the memories we could of been friends playing these games, I wasn't so critical looking at these games as a kid but now looking back I can see the faults but still love them all. Great work on the nostalgia thank you

I love the Rock's selling of the stunner

WWF No Mercy on the N64 was my childhood

Fantastic documentary, brought back so many memories. So many sleepless nights playing Smackdown 2.

Undertaker being the women referee cracked me up

In response to the Stone Cold theme in WWF SmackDown Just Bring It, Stone Cold used that theme after the 2001 Invasion PPV for a little while....

Probably the only indie-type video game documentary that I have ever finished on RU-vid, and god knows how many times I tried with other ones. Good job bro, simple yet engaging narrative, emotionally evoking and nostalgic content. Just a great video overall. You earned my subscription

That ending... I know I'm kinda late to the party here, but damn that was good. Growing up, I basically played most of the wwe games alone, but they were a big part of my life, all the way through til wwe 13. Of course, nothing compares to the good old Smackdown series, and seeing that through someone else's eyes was just brilliant. Absolutely my favourite aspect of this series! Watching this, agreeing with parts, disagreeing with others, brought so many memories of each game back. What a way to relive those experiences, good job Mr 616 :)

Thanks for sharing. I take it that Ian is the person in the video seeing how personal the history of these games were. I recall visiting my friend's homes and playing these iterations of WWE. I appreciate the summary of each release. Had fond memories of playing these in backstage areas and often glitches were welcomed! Being able to go out into the crowd was memorable. God bless you!

The last couple of minutes made me tear up with memories of childhood. Great video.

Here comes the pain was the best wrestling game ever. Then I'd give it to no mercy.

Gotta say, I doubt Ian will read this comment this late, but to see how far he's come as an uploader and watching this for the umpteenth time, he's a great storyteller and he really knows how to string you along through the content and make the video progression interesting.

Love the part about the ladder match on smackdown2. "You climb faster then shit" always gets me 😂😂😂

The good ole days when Chris Benoit was a role model.

SD2!: Know your role for me was pure gold

I’m not even a Wrestle-mania fan, but my god I don’t care. I’d support your content till the very end, plus love seeing how passionate you are on what you love. Plus I love seeing how nostalgic these old games were even if I didn’t originally experience these games myself. Awesome!

What a review!! This was epic for us 90s kids who grew up with the releases! We really did shift away from Wrestling into othe Pro Sports... Life happens. Great Nostalgia.

I remember how impressed I was when I first saw the Rock do the people's elbow and his elbow pad genuinely disappeared. This video brings back so many great memories, only old school wrestling can give me this feeling of joy and nostalgia. Great video man, definite thumbs up from me

" Ladies and gentlemen, THE ROCk! Looks... Really great tonight! "

I loved the CAW in HCTP. It allowed for so much customization. We can basically create anybody we wanted. It did take me forever to create a character though. But the end result was so realistic it made the time and effort worth it.

That last part had me tearing up. I'm a bit younger than you so the HCTP and the Smackdown VS RAW games are the ones that give me the most nostalgia.

Always loved if you loose the championship match at Mania during Just Bring It, Mick Foley shows up to restart the match as the new special ref

I think you should have included SmackDown! vs Raw 1, cuz I still see it as technically a SmackDown! game. The last one.

Grew up playing all those smackdown games just like you. Will admit one thing, nothing, no wwe game have ever come as close to Smackdown HCTP! Thank you for rejuvenating my childhood, man. Your story and mine are quite alike! Watched the entire video in one go! 😌 Brilliantly done! #90sKidsRules ! 👊

Men! I love your channel! One of the best and very detailed y wrestling bios, games & stuff. Thanks for your amazing detailed work!

Smack down 1: Action Smack down 2: Loading Smack down!: Just Loading Smackdown: Shut up its better now Smackdown: Here Comes the Game

Literally yesterday, my friends and I were talking about these games at work. "The Undertakers! 'the last ride...' Is a Dangerous Move!"... HCTP was and still so far may be, my favorite wrestling game, WWE13 has by far the most depth with creating stuff though, and the creation aspect in these games was always my thing.

One of the moments I'll never forget is the excitement of going to Toys R Us as a kid and buying Smackdown 1 and almost missing school the next day. I even still have the disc lol.

Thought I’d scroll thru this get a look at the gameplay but the nostalgia hit too hard I could’ve watched this for hours. Thanks dude

It's been a while since I've came back to this but it still feels just as wonderful watching it as it did the first time.

Bro you really just took me thru a time capsule! These will never understand how great life was being a kid in the 90s

My favorite part about Smackdown was using the option to show the move names during the match and then re-naming your finisher so it showed the name on-screen. Nothing better than seeing my first create a wrestler Sticky Green execute his finisher "Bongs Away"

I fell in love with "WWF SmackDown! 2: Know Your Role" as soon as I saw it at a friend's house, when he launched it on the first "PlayStation" and then invited me to play with him (this was in 2001, most likely). That was incredible! I immediately noticed many different aspects that were superior and different from all other wrestling games I had seen, including on the same console. Later, other friends and I resolved our conflicts by coming to this guy, fighting in matches, organizing our own mini-championships like “King of the Ring.” In 2003, my parents bought me a "Playstation" and I was simply lost from reality for a whole month, I didn’t even go outside for a walk: I focused on completing “Resident Evil”, “Dino Crisis”, “Silent Hill” and of course I played "WWF SmackDown!" (I don’t remember if I bought both parts at once or first the second and then the first). Until the end of 2005, I actively played games from the first "PlayStation". Only at the end of 2007 did I completely switch to PC gaming. At the same time, at my other friend’s house I saw a disc with “WWE RAW” (I don’t remember whether it was the first part or the second, probably still the first, there Kane was the same as in “Just Bring It” and “Shut Your Mouth") and asked him to show me what it looks like. It was nice to see familiar faces and appreciate new features not available on "PS 1", on the other hand, it looked and felt nothing like "WWF SmackDown", my interest quickly faded. Then from time to time I saw game moments from the “WWE” series of games on RU-vid and noticed to myself that this was not at all the same, it did not look fun and exciting. It rather became more reminiscent of those same wrestling games that I saw on "PS 1", unable to compete with “WWF SmackDown!” Several years ago, having assumed that "WWF SmackDown!" simply had to have some kind of sequel, I learned that there actually was, at the very least "Just Bring It". I looked on RU-vid and saw the same wrestling, exciting and dynamic, as I remembered it from previous "WWF SmackDown!" games. I also noticed technical improvements. However, I didn’t bother finding and setting up an emulator. And just two weeks ago, suddenly but decisively, I decided to do this: I installed the "PS 2" emulator, found “Just Bring It”, and then “Shut Your Mouth”. After which I also decide to find an emulator for "PS 1" and download two “WWF SmackDown!” games. And I was very lucky to accidentally find out about the availability of a mod for the best wrestling game on "PS 1". These games stand the test of time and are played even now in a fun and interesting way, of course I take into account the two voiced parts of the series from "PS 2" as well.

Instant nostalgia trip: Hearing the 'WWF SmackDown!' theme at 0:00-0:24 & seeing the old introductory video, as well. Thank you, very much, 616Entertainment!...

SD2 Custom characters were a trip getting TLC match from Season mode and Hardcore Title 30mins of Hell mode was great!

The 'Where Bob?' part killed me. Take this like.

I don't know what's more impressive? The large library of wwe games that exist. Or the fact that you can remember every single thing that happened when you played 17 years ago👍. Your video definitely bring back memories ☺️ thx keep up the good work

I always love coming back to this retrospective, especially to watch the parts where you insert the clip where Stone Cold says "What?!" whenever you casually mention something absurd that's in the game. XD

I never unlocked Jeff Hardy’s other attire on Shut your mouth... *buys ps2 and shut your mouth* alright let’s go

I love how the swanton bomb off the fist missed horribly, and Jeff just bounced off the floor liked he died

As a kid the fact during the people’s elbow the elbow pad was removed and thrown into the crowd blew my mind!

>Smackdown SYM >picked DDP in story mode OH, MY BROTHER

I really loved the music in Just Bring It. Usually I'm not a fan of electronic music, but I just thought it was awesome. Whenever I hear it, it fills me full of nostalgia and makes me remember good times.

I was born in 1982 but I too experienced everything that you did, just at a different age level. Smackdown HCTP came out when I was 21 years old but I was a heavy gamer still at that age. I grew up with the original NES then SNES GENESIS SEGA CD PLAYSTATION 1 2 3 4 and now 5. Even though there is an 8 year age gap, Nostalgia remains the same. Very Well Done Video.

What are you talking about, that Stone Cold stunner looks awesome!

Man, I've never watched a RU-vid video over 30min up until now. It turned out I've spent countless hours with my friends playing SmackDown 2 back in the day. I honestly have forgotten which game exactly we used to play and your video refreshed my memory. Looking for a copy on eBay now as I still have a few consoles up in the loft.

Aw man I wasn't expecting the ending of this to hit me in the feels.

Guy said he didn’t miss an episode of Raw for years. ‘to..Mr. Ass, and that’s not even his name.’ HUH?? Lmfao

It’s not about wrestling. ITS ABOUT THE FRIENDS WE MADE ALONG THE WAY!!!

LOL at Big Boss man vs Paul Bearer I quit match

I agree I was obsessed with the belts. Loved how they displayed the pictures of the belts on the menu and you could actually control who holds what title. I couldnt stand wrestlers coming out with no belt even in a non title match.

That smackdown intro where HHH says "you're going to step into the ring, with the game!" Just sent me flying back to my childhood

Damn! Bro thank you so much for bringing me through my childhood again. WWF/WWE was my life & I swore I would go on Tough Enough one day & become a Superstar. The ending of this hit home for me as this is exactly how it went for myself. Thanks again man!

Yo, I have to say, I’m rewatching this and it just made me appreciate just how much better your delivery and editing has gotten these past couple years, not to say this is bad, by no means. But man you really have improved and it’s a joy to see. At the same time though, your genuine spirit has not been lost whatsoever and that’s admirable

billy guns name WAS Mr.Ass in 1999-2000

Climbing up on the the fist from Smackdown and doing diving headbutts was the funniest thing growing up

These games were my childhood. Thank you for this brother

Soooo many hours spent on Smackdown2 and HCTP. Great times.

What an awesome stroll down memory lane. Why can't we be kids forever 😭

That falling animation turned into the spin a rooni everytime lmao

Nostalgia is a word ppl throw around alot... But MAN let me tell YOU!!! Lol... You brought back childhood christmas mornings i completely forgot about lol

I might just buy a PS2 again just to play: - Here Comes The Pain - SvR 05 - SvR 06 (Edit) - or get the PS2 Emulator and download the ROMs ;)

I loved the rocks "over" selling of stone cold stunner. Everyone else would barely hop but he'd show why the move is so destructive. The only overselling I hated was hbk vs hogan. It looked funny but the shit was built up to be a rivalry.

I love how much of a fan of HIM you are! Love them! Thank you for the great video! I got so nostalgic watching this! This WAS my childhood. I wish I could just go back to these days and stay there forever.

To be fair, the commentary in Just Bring It! is light years ahead of the actual commentary we get in WWE these days.

Thanks bro I literally just got here comes the pain today for my ps2 lol