The Toxic History of WWE Online Game MODES! 

Hope you guys enjoyed this oneeee ❤️❤️ also sorry for the low quality footage for the older games. Hard to find HD clips from 2009😂.

"toxic" and "wrestling fandom" go hand in hand, and there is no debate about it.

It's gotten to the point in 2K22 where I just leave the lobby when a 100 overall dude joins. Not only do they use the same broken moves, but they ALWAYS use submissions late game because of how busted they are. Even when it's not set as a signature/finisher submissions in 2K22 are basically a "You win the game" card.

I never understood the wwe online community. There’s no tournament no contest but everyone acts like winning or losing was the end all be all for these games. I’m just trying to have fun

This video is so appealing to me. When I was 13 years old, I also loved SVR 09 like nothing else. All these glitches remind me so much of my childhood, it makes my heart swell, even though this game was so toxic. I can still remember when I waited several hours until my opponent finally released the referee from the chokehold glitch just to win that one match. I'm from Germany and we had a huge online community back then with random people from all over Germany.

They were all sweats that had the xxusernamexx format, the all wore a hoody, pants, and bandana with some goofy color scheme, and all used goofy create-a-finishers. This was my experience in 13 & 14

Trust me, I got called out for not spamming moves and using traditional tactics in an Elimination Chamber match without cheating. And plus, at least I made my created characters look decent.

That's one of the reasons I stick to single player content and not playing online, because I don't have time for this BS, in a wrestling game or any other game, in fact I prefer to stay with the classics or good games with a lot of single player content for the rest of my gaming life than dealing with this toxic idiots.

The saddest part is… most of them ARE Grown men

I'll just never understand what's so fun about cheating in any game. Taking the fun and challenging section away just confuses me

the freeze glitch was insane

I remember downloading one of those hacked movesets on WWE 13’s community creations and using it to create chaos in online matches 😂

Oh man, while a lot of this may have been a fun experience for many, I’m very glad, I didn’t play online during the 2000s. I can tell, I would’ve been mentally scarred had I played WWE games or ANY other game online with toxic people everywhere, 24/7. I’m glad I stayed offline with my cousins and brother with our multi tap.😂

The online glitches need to be no more, It's no fun. Most people wouldn't buy the next WWE game if this game and the servers are not fixed.

Omg, the amount of nostalgia this video gave me is astronomical. SvR 2010 - WWE'13 was my golden era of online in WWE games. Me and friend would spend all day playing tag matches online and going to war with the tryhards. The sheer amount of cheese tactics and freeze glitches were astounding.

Imagine he, the dude from France, the dude from Australia, and Cletus have a reunion

I am fully convinced its because its wrestling fans are arrested developed. They really let their intrusive thoughts win, instead of just learning the mechanics

I agree 100%. My goodness I've had some bad experiences online. Which just makes the actual good/great matches feel so much better. I remember whenever a hacker would be in the same match with me, I'd try my hardest to make sure they don't win. And usually I'd play Elimination Chamber matches so, I'd make sure they get eliminated so then the rest of the match could go without incident. Sometimes I'd manage it, sometimes I wouldn't but, gosh, it's so annoying when people hack to win in WWE games online. On 2K22, I've been generally lucky even if people still play cheaply and, I have encountered a hacker who would spam those Top of Cell moves even though it was a Chamber match. In general, there's so many horrible players online which makes the actual good ones that much better.

Running knees, headbutts and those dreaded turbo controllers. THQ made those controllers unplayable when '12 came out

What annoys me is you get nothing.. nothing for winning online yet you get some sweaty ass people using boring af cheating custom characters.. it's why I never play against custom wrestlers that ain't atleast wrestlers from other promotions

I remember my first experience of the original SvR's online mode. Every single time i had the match won, seconds before the referee counted to 3, they'd sign off. Then give the most bs excuses like "Oh, i had to go to the toilet"

Never forget the freeze tombstone in WWE 13, I remember it being so prolific everyone had at least one hacked caw as a counterpick for rematches. Strangely nostalgic for those simpler times tbh

Your the undisputed GOAT for this video. As someone that’s like the same age as you and that grew up playing these games like you did, this really brought me back big time like I played over 1200 online matches and I forgot about that invisible wrestler nonsense. I lost so many matches that year. To the point where even I joined the dark side and started making freeze finishers. So bad to the point where both wrestlers would freeze and no one could move lmao and I had to go back into creation. Very toxic online community that year

My first experience with online gaming was SvR and I vividly remember my first match ending with me taking a five star frog splash from RVD….from the fucking rafters. I stopped after that.

Tip of the day: avoid online at ALL TIMES! The community is crazy and it's a total zoo. At least you have fun at the zoo lol 😆. And boy did they swear 🤬.

I remember playing SVR 09 for Wii online and almost all the time it was against the most OP CAW EVER! I ended up not playing online that much

In wwe 2k22 I played online for the first time and played the elimination chamber and 2 peaple were teaming on everyone that came out 1 by 1 and doing glitches like unreversable stuff and taunt it’s so toxic

Honestly thought about playing online for the first time with 2k22 after playing Offline wrestling games for the past 15 years. You definitely talked me out of it.

I really did not want to laugh at the try hards taunting the crowd for hours spot but I had to admit that it was funny.

The only game I've ever played online was 2k16. All I'd ever face is the shittiest looking caws who always had WAY too many tattoos hiding behind the ring post doing quick taunts so it's either they build a finisher right out of the gate or I chase them, fail, and they commence in kicking the crap out of me. I just never had the energy to deal with this nonsense😭

I remember playing WWE2k19 and I was using a custom triple H and I swear to god I got loaded into a fatal 4 way with three 100 overalls and they said fuck it and intentionally jumped me the entire match😭

My first game online was SvR06. That's how I discovered about hacked moveset and every move was a finisher.

I have never related to a single RU-vid video more than this! I'm finally 30yrs old, and have been maining WWE games all my life as my "multiplayer tryhard" game. I remember all of this to the T. Once the PS4 era of WWE games rolled around, I too stopped playing it competitively. Was never the same and when I retired. I will leave with this as a painful reminder to how bad this games toxic community really is.. While I moved on with my life and got married, had kids.. I played 2K22 after so long playn offline, and recognized a username I hated from 2012 still glitching and cheesing.

The Good Ol' Days of SVR 07.... BEFORE it was Patched, you could Hit the Headbutt and your Next Move CANNOT be Reversed.. It might be Wack, but be ready to use it on your opponents or they'll probably use it Relentlessly on you. There's also the Women's Toe Kick..... So what if it looks Ridiculous? It's a Quick, Un-Telagraphed Strike that's Liable to Catch your Opponents Completely Off Guard. If you Like to Win a Lot by Submitting your Opponents, Not only did you give your Character Several Submission Attacks, but you also had an Effective Button Mashing Method in Order to Make them Submit Sooner.. There's a Good Chance you had your Share of Thumb/Finger Blisters too. If you make the Mistake of Joining a Triple Threat Lobby where 2 Asshat Friends Intend to Double Team you, you can either A.) Try to Skillfully Get the W (I've done it), or B.) IF/When that isn't Working, Attempt to get away so you can Jump over the Barrier Located on the Upper Right of your Screen.. Head Towards the Back and Climb the to the Top of the Scaffold.. Unless they Know the Ladder Glitch, they won't be able to get to you down, and Will be left with 2 Choices of their own.. Begrudgingly Fight Eachother Until one Pins the Other, (Resulting in one of THEM Taking the L), or Quit, LMAO. Don't Forget about the Barricade and Cell Glitches.. The Ones that allow you to Repeatedly Slam your Opponents against them Non Stop without having to Worry about being Reversed. Select a Special/Finisher that's Harder for your Opponent to Anticipate/Reverse, and can be Executed Very Easily. If you Played this Game Enough Online You'd Know that You could be the Type of Player that Plays Honest and Admirable, or Cheap and Dirty.. Whether you Beat the Breaks off your Opponent Super Fast, or are on your way to Winning a Hard Fought Battle, it Won't Matter.. YOU WILL 100% GET QUIT ON, and it'll happen A LOT.. You'll know because you see a Big WWE Logo Flash in front of Your Screen JUST as you're about to Secure the Win.. You'll then be returned to the Menu and Rewarded with Absolutely Nothing.. No, that was NEVER Fixed in 07.

That barricade freeze punch is like a 10 year anniversary special (until it got patched) from WWE 12 if you look it up, everyone had that one Undertaker punch and if you landed it right it would freeze you, and you’d gradually move into the crowd

Awesome video. I still remember the clan fights where everyone just spammed the same move that you couldn’t counter over and over again and ended up putting the match ”exposing” the opponent on RU-vid.

The count out match seems like an old tna match

This video is great, showing how awful and toxic WWE games lobbies can be, CAWs that try to be edgy and look cool but fail, use the same glitches, moves and stuff to try and get you to quit the game, man.. I never play wrestling games online because of this crap.

I’ll never forget my first time playing WWE online on WWE 12. I took my CAW I spent so much time on and my first singles match was against Randy Orton. 10 seconds into the match I watched him crawl in to the ring and suddenly I lost. I didn’t play online again until WWE 13 on insanely fun Elimination Chamber matches teaming with people

the Triple H knee is SVR2011 was everywhere. could not go a match without seeing it. Still some of the most fun ive ever had playing an online game

As a former top-100 player, I identify with everything you said. Feels like everyone sweats for no reason.

I will never forget this Elimination Chamber match in 2K14 where two wrestlers beat the shit out of each other. They were having a 5 star match while one guy was taunting to build up his finisher. Then he goes in and hits a finisher on one of them and pins him. The problem is pinning was always laggy, if you couldn't adjust to it then you were going to lose.

I remember, I played wwe 12 online and some random play as his created wrestler and all his move sets was all finishers I was GTFOH Fr Lmao

Some people have forgotten how to simply have fun, so sad.

I remember in wwe2k14 online when there was a roll up freeze pin glitch where it’s impossible to kick out of and a lot of people used it so much in chamber matches it was super annoying

Holy fuck man, I remember arguing with a lot of assholes on these games. I remember this one guy told me to die with my loved ones, lol Jesus these people needed to touch grass badly.

Not gonna lie. When Benoit died I was so mad I tore through online with Benoit in 07 online it did help me cope. It was annoying when people would use glitches

This is why I don’t EVER play the online modes on WWE games. I either play exhibition or anything EXCEPT the online modes. 2K22 was the first game I really wanted to try it, and I regreted it instantly. At some point, I wouldnt be surprised if they removed the online mode eventually lol.

Dude I remember my first online wwe experience. I believe it was WWE 13, I didn't know what the hell I was doing 🤣 loved the vid pav!

I'm so happy someone else feels the same way I do about the online wrestling game community

Thanks for the warning, I was actually thinking about trying online, it’s a good thing I found this video before I happened

another toxic thing is losing to submissions in a pin only match. terrible glitch still in 2k22

Still don’t know what an Ethernet cable is

To be fair, the positive areas of caw are small ( like people doing highlight reel shows / matches with character with good gimmicks ) they get overshadowed by the bad and toxic people with ugly caws

I’m so happy you mentioned SVR09, that was my first WWE game online and I remember how toxic it was especially the freeze and rolling into the rows glitches.

The Dr. Cube one is from a man of culture, even if it's a toxic player move the one you're doing

The wrestling online community is definitely the most toxic and sweatiest community ever! There was also a glitch in 08 in the character select screen. You could kick your opponent before the game started and they got replaced by an NPC, which was an easy online win

Great video as always, Pav. I used to play couch co-op with cousins back in the days of SvR but never cared for the online part of the games. I had heard of the freeze glitches that kept occurring game after game (for some reason) but not the rest of these glitches.

Bro your the same age as me and you be killing me with your funny sayings, the instrumental music, you’re good at commenting my dude. Keep it up. I haven’t watched wwe since 2008 but your short summaries to ppv and storylines keep me interested. Good work man

Almost everything in this video is true, I remember playing this game everyday with friends by myself like wow i think i even got to a glitched #1 rank on the leaderboards because i played it that much. You know what though? those were good times man. Great video

You know what man, I totally agree with this. It’s like a whole other world in wwe online where shit makes no sense. You got hackers that’ll just find an easy way out by using these stupid glitches and spams. This video right here just sums up as to why I don’t play wwe online modes anymore…

Damn, I remember being addicted to SVR 2009 - 2011 online, I would stay up literally all night playing with some random American guys and I would have my own Legacy stable with me using Orton and them using Rhodes and Dibiase and role playing like we were actually them XD Ahhh memories

Man I remember having a collective of online friends that I would dominate with online during the SVR 10-11 and WWE 12 days. Ahhh good toxic times….

WWE 2K19 online was my best experience with WWE Online. Always got 5 Star classics for the most part, and whenever I faced trolls, sometimes they be so bad it was easy to beat them, but if they were good and were exploiting, then I would just quickly quit and go try again for another match. Now the servers are down, and I am both relieved and sad.

11:20 I remember that glitch back from WWE'12 it's crazy that they never fixed that all these years later

Nice to see my video showcasing Priest vs JBL used 😅 Great video! Sadly it is still like this and that’s why most of the community is waiting on the AEW game and already gave up on 2k22

That fucking freeze finisher glitch and Triple H running knees haunt me. This video reminded me of how toxic those games were😭

Fortunately I never played the online mode all that much on those wrestling games so I never truly knew how bad it could be but I had the Call of Duty experience to get all the talk society in the world lol

Bro, you got me feeling nostalgic with those clips of SVR 2009 Dr. Cube

This video made me cry laughing, especially at the elimination chamber part.

I remember the pain of SvR 07 on 360 that made me hate playing online. Fast forward to 2K14 and nothing changed. Fast forward again to 2K22 and nothing changed. I love playing proper matches online but fuck trying to play pubs that shit will always be cringe

SVR 2010 online was cancer. I get Vietnam flashbacks every time I go online in 2k22

*As being someone who joined the online wwe/svr community from 2010-wwe14, this is hilarious to look back on because this was all so ridiculous.*

I will never forget my experience playing SVR 2010 Online. It was my regular Jeff Hardy with normal stats and Team Xtreme attire...vs a CAW that had every move as a finisher and spammed goldbergs corner spear. In horrible lag. WWE Games online are horrible fun

It don’t make sense why people think every game is a MLG Pro Tournament and they have to sweat 😂

For anyone that plays 2K22 online does the stomp glitch still happen where they can endlessly stomp you because that's why I stopped playing online I enjoyed playing against other players but once I realized they would just keep using that same move I got very tired of it very fast

Nice video finally someone made a video of the toxic wwe players on this game

i remember that out of 1000 of matches only 3 are "normal" with normal people

wwe svr 2009 was the most toxic glitchy game on xbox360 but man did i love it

The online servers were cool and very welled created and fixed up to 2004-2022. 2022 was the year that the servers were broken and continues to kick us out and continues cancelling the matches. The servers were absolute garbage and uncared about, is why someone like the Yuke and his team should completely step in and take complete control over making the WWE games so they can finally fix everything including the servers. 2K somehow got sued a few weeks ago for something.

I have one good memory of playing online. It was SvR 2010 and i made an edit to Matt Hardy that i thought looked pretty badass. It was black and red. I got into a triple threat match that wasn't too sweaty and nobody spamming moves over and over. It was a good old fashioned ass whooping i put on these 2 guys in a triple threat match! i remember them both talking to each other and the one kid said "Yo, what's going on with Matt Hardy?" And the other one said "I'm out" 😂 and they both quit. I'm so happy you made this video and made me remember that random time i had fun with the online. Because i hated it too. 😂

Thanks for using one of my clips (6:17) Don't not miss playing this game but good times were had as well.

I’ve been through and have seen a lot in my days playing wwe games online since svr 08 but what something I’ll never recover from is the cheesy ass pushing move in 11 that was so fast and spammable 😭 and to make it worse you could juggle someone using that move with your partner. That and the suicidal created finishers that would freeze you and the person you’re doing it to 😭 they were always on like 100x speed too

Hella facts bro and nothing has changed. Joined a elimination chamber matchup on 2K22 the other week after years of not touching online mode for the exact reasons you listed…. Big mistake 😑

Back rolling followed by the high knee. Never again. 😂. Community Creations during 10/11 was really something as well.

You forgot about the turbo controllers and the fast pin glitches lmaooo

You stay speaking str8 facts about dis wwe community and half of dem people in that video I know them personally

Only OG’s know that Xbox live and PSN from 06-2014 was literally a war zone 😂

This video is goated. I remember the good old times playing svr 09 and svr 10 online. Great memories🔥 also who remembers Sickly-Ability?😂😂

bruh at first I wasn't so sure how your reaction gon be afterall but I was highly intrigued to say the least and man, I gotta say you definitely share my opinion when it comes down to the WWE online gaming community, the literal gamebreaking flaws and sheer sweatyness of those fvcking tryhards lmfao even tho I started playing WWE games o0nline the first time in 2022 this year wit WWE 2K22 cuz I never like connected my PS2 to the internet ( :( ) I know exactly how you feel and coming back as a grown man after 10+ years to these games 'cause SmackDown! vs. RAW 2011 was also the last WWE game I played b4 this year :D great video my man, love your content, you know wuzzup man, I knew I couldn't be the only one thinking that it is absolutely horrible, a sheer test of your own inner strength, will and emotions every single goddamn FREAKIN' time and that there are sooooo many fvckin tryhards exploiting the dirtiest shit as if their lives depend on it or like it is some sort of esport or something haha

I played WWE since SVR 2006, I was about 7 or 8 years old since I discovered those games. And I must admit that one told us that I had online haha ​​and 2 that were my favorite games now at 23 years old and with a PS5I was able to enjoy the online world since 2k22 and I still love it Yes, it is as you say, you will find several fools who play with pure custome but you can play at their level or play in default Now it's fashionable to do low blow, for me there are no people with a worse resource than that, the end is that I really enjoy online The only one who uploads 2k online videos is smallafro and he is an example for me to follow on how to play a game That's why I will continue to give this game even with the reviews, bro, and well, what else to say is that I was surprised to see what this has been like for years immemorial. 😂

My first online experience was 13, boy was that an experience. Still very nostalgic for me, and is very nice to look back on, but bro that shit was so wild lmao

I remember when my friend first showed me one of them hacked movesets that allows you to fly into the air and chokeslam your opponent down to the floor. I jaw hit the floor when Chica from fnaf lift John cena up from the ring to the top of the hell in a cell and slam me onto the cell 🤣

That Headbutt Was A Problem Even Back In SvR2006. Def Remember Getting Spammed With That On The PS2 😂

Lol my first wwe game online experience was SvR2008 and the last was SvR2011, then I finally tried 2k22 and it still same shit, people abuse the hardest to block move or unblockable moves…also the best experience is to turn off custom superstars CaWs etc. Also those weirdos try so hard to win, cheating, breaking the game etc, but there is no scorebord or something, like really no reason to try so hard to win

That moment you see one of your friends PSN ids in the 2k22 section getting his ass beat using JBL....

Will never forget one of my last online matches. WWE2K17 and my opponent had a glitched HIAC superkick. Over and over and over again..total bummer.

Most of my experience that just made me avoid it all together, was you go into a match, it’s triple threat and your thinking it’s all fair, nope it’s secretly a handicap match

4:34 bro started doing a whole tekken death combo what the fuck?

The DX Demons in SVR 08 were the bane of my existence.