Smackdown! VS RAW 2007

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I don't give a shit who's in it... I just want lightubes.

[marksbros6]

Actually, in addition to my earlier post: Three letters

E-C-W, E-C-W!

With all the hype about it it would be fantastic if it made it into the game as a third brand. Imagine the storylines: ECW one Night Stand (you could be challenged to an EXTREME Match in front of the ECW crowd). Or be drafted or invited to join ECW as it 'Goes Global' in storyline mode. In addition you could control ECW in GM Mode (imagine you and a couple of mates choosing a brand each and going head to head).

(anyone else getting deja-vu seeing RVD with the WWE/ECW title after playing the ECW storyline in the 2006 version?)

Unfortunatly SD games have a history of dissappointing us in this respect, as I recall they missed out on being able to include the invasion storyline for that year, and it always seems like some hot storyline or Wrestler or team gets left out: MNM, Animal & Heidenreich's LOD (well I'd have liked them, there are bugger all Teams on the 2006 version). Hopefully, with the games 'roster cut-off' being around Summerslam IIRC, then they have time to fit ECW into the game. The early screenshots seem to indicate that they are prepared for an extreme element for the gameplay (what with all the weapon shots and suicide dives!).

What does anyone else think?

[TAFKA Castroneves]

Well I'd stick 25 from each roster, and then ten legends. I wouldn't make it with the ECW split either, just stick with what happens from before - possibly have some ECW guys as unlockable characters if the ECW split happens in season mode. With that here's my roster:

RAW - Wrestlers

Big Show

Carlito

Charlie Haas

Chris Masters

Edge

Eugene

Goldust

Gene Snitsky

John Cena

Johnny (Spirit Squad)

Kane

Kenny (Spirit Squad)

Mick Foley

Mickie James

Mikey (Spirit Squad)

Mitch (Spirit Squad)

Nicky (Spirit Squad)

Ric Flair

Rob Van Dam

Shawn Michaels

Shelton Benjamin

Triple H

Trish Stratus

Umaga

Victoria

RAW - Non-Playabe Managers

Armando Alejandro Estrada

Jonathan Coachman

Lita

Mr. McMahon

Shane McMahon

Smackdown - Wrestlers

Batista

Boogeyman

Booker T

Brian Kendrick

Chris Benoit

Finlay

Gregory Helms

Jake

Joey Mercury

Johnny Nitro

John "Bradshaw" Layfield

Jesse

Ken Kennedy

Kurt Angle

Lashley

Mark Henry

Matt Hardy

Paul Burchill

Psicosis

Rey Mysterio

Super Crazy

Tatanka

the Great Khali

the Undertaker

William Regal

Smackdown - Non-Playable Managers

Daivari

Jillian

Melina

Sharmell

Theodore Long

Legends Roster

Bret "the Hitman" Hart

Earthquake

Eddie Guerrero

Jerry "the King" Lawler

Hulk Hogan

Stone Cold Steve Austin

The Rock

+ 3 More, not sure who >_>

[The Kraig]

Everyone under contract, including development. Why can't they just do that?

But if I have to choose the roster, it would be this (ignoring your 60-person limit):

Unlockable:

Vince McMahon

Shane McMahon

The Rock

Steve Austin

Chris Benoit

John Bradshaw Layfield

Arn Anderson

Brooklyn Brawler

Dean Malenko

Dusty Rhodes

Ricky Steamboat

Ted Dibiase

Roddy Piper

Jimmy Snuka

Hulk Hogan

Harley Race

Greg Valentine

RAW:

Beth Phoenix

Candice Michelle

Carlito

Charlie Haas

Chris Masters

Edge

Eugene

Gene Snitsky

Harry Smith

Jerry Lawler

John Cena

Johnny

Johnny Nitro

Kane

Kenny

Lance Cade

Lita

Matt Striker

Maria

Melina

Mick Foley

Mickie James

Mikey

Mitch

Nicky

Randy Orton

Ric Flair

Robbie McAllister

Rob Conway

Rory McAllister

Shawn Michaels

Shelton Benjamin

Torrie Wilson

Trevor Murdoch

Triple H

Trish Stratus

Umaga

Val Venis

Victoria

Viscera

SmackDown!:

Ashley Massaro

Batista

Bobby Lashley

Booker T

Brian Kendrick

Chavo Guerrero

Daivari

Finlay

Funaki

Gregory Helms

Gunner Scott

Jake Gymini

Jesse Gymini

Jamie Noble

Jillian Hall

Joey Mercury

Ken Kennedy

Kid Kash

Kristal

Mark Henry

Matt Hardy

Michelle McCool

Paul Burchill

Paul London

Psicosis

Rey Mysterio

Scotty 2 Hotty

Simon Dean

Super Crazy

Sylvan

Tatanka

The Boogeyman

The Great Khali

The Undertaker

Vito

William Regal

Cameos:

Armando Alejandro Estrada

Jim Ross

Jonathan Coachman

Lilian Garcia

Todd Grisham

Hardcore Holly

Josh Matthews

Michael Cole

Sharmell

Finlay's Leprechaun

The Miz

Teddy Long

Tony Chimel

All the referees.

Pre-Mades In CAW:

Kurt Angle

Rob Van Dam

Test

Shannon Moore

Yang

Little Guido

Sabu

The Big Show

Chuck Palumbo

Johnny Parisi

Rene Dupree

The Bashams

Nick Dinsmore

ECW should get it's own game.

[Ash J. Williams]

I don't care who they put in, as long as they have

Brian Kendrick, Paul London, Paul Birchill, Finlay, The Spirit Squad, William Regal, Sabu, Balls Mahoney, The Sandman, Terry Funk(~!) and Tommy Dreamer.

Legends:

1. Owen Hart

2. Bret Hart

3. Ricky Steamboat

4. Roddy Piper

5. Hulk Hogan (WWF Version)

6. Cactus Jack (ECW Version)

7. Brittish Bulldog

8. Dean Malenko

9. Brian Pillman

[Sweet Clyde]

I won't do a main RAW/SD list , just the main guys plus the Haas/Finlays/Burchill/MNM/Hardy etc.

Legends

Bret

Bulldogs

LoD

Earthquake

Yoko

Perfect

Rock

Austin

Cactus

M$M

Steamboat

Eddie (four outfits- Latino Heat/Black Tiger/WCW Greasy mullet/Los Gringos locos)

ECW

Paul

RVD

Sabu

Funk

Sandman

Dreamer

Beulah

Fonzie

Very wishfull thinking on that though

[tristy]

ECW shouldn't have it's own game this early. There's only like, 13 members of ECW at the moment. No thanks. In reality, ECW is really only a brand extension, so I'd just add in the extra ECW wrestlers to SDVRAW.

All I ask is that the Zombie & Macho Libre be added. Please.

[Guest LdE1986]

Wasn't the title of the game supposed to be changed to WWE vs ECW 2007 or something like that?? I wanna see every wrestler that has ever stepped foot in a WWF/E ring in the game and I wanna see old angles and storylines plus new ones and even some random ones that have never been seen before. The bad part is I probably won't ever get to see it actually happen

[King Ellis]

ECW shouldn't have it's own game this early. There's only like, 13 members of ECW at the moment. No thanks. In reality, ECW is really only a brand extension, so I'd just add in the extra ECW wrestlers to SDVRAW.

All I ask is that the Zombie & Macho Libre be added. Please.

Add in the angry fan from Kelly's Exposé and i'm buying it.

[The Dork Knight]

Here's my list of Legends I'd love to see included...

Earthquake

Roddy Piper

Hulk Hogan - As one character with alternate costumes (80's/nWo/Red & Yellow Revival)

Eddie Guerrero

The Legion of Doom

Steve Austin

The Rock

The British Bulldogs

Bret Hart

Jake Roberts

Jim Duggan

Kamala

Mr. Perfect

[Notorious P.O.T]

Most of the wrestlers from 06, except the ones who were released and these guys..

Umaga

Mark Henry

The Great Khali

Mr. Kennedy

Lashley

Gregory Helms

Burchill

MNM

Matt Hardy

Spirit Squad

And as far as legends go..

Eddie Guerrero (R.I.P)

The Rock

Steve Austin

Bret Hart

Owen Hart (R.I.P)

Hulk Hogan (3 Different Attires)

Mick Foley (4 Different Attires - Mankind, Dude Love, Cactus Jack and Regular)

Roddy Piper

Andre The Giant (R.I.P)

Edited July 12, 2006 by Notorious P.O.T

[andrethegiantstopfan]

LEGENDS

Legends I would like to see in the game: (grouped but in no particular order)

Definitely:

> Demolition (Ax, Smash and Crush)

They would look good on the next gen systems and plus they were a great mega-popular tag team in the late 1980s.

> Andre The Giant

Has to be in there, full stop. World Class Legend. RIP.

> Jake Roberts (Where you can actually unlock him without having to buy a PSP or cheating)

Don't know about you but I felt cheated when I found out I'd need to buy a PSP to unlock him, he should come back this year.

> The Hart Foundation (Bret, Owen and/or Jim Neidhart)

It's good to have Bret but at the beginning of his career he was a tag team wrestler, so he should have one of his tag team partners in here.

> Hulk Hogan (same attires as in 06)

I don't like him too much but he ruled the 80s.

> Ted DiBiase

The Million Dollar Man was a great heel, should definitely been in there albeit his third appearance if he does.

> Mick Foley (Mankind/Cactus Jack/Dude Love attires)

Can you imagine Cactus Jack spreading pins all around the ring floor? Or Mick Foley donning the dreaded sock? Or Dude Love dancing his way down to the ring? I can... It'd be great. The attires he wore would also have potential to look a lot better.

> Rick Rude

Rude was one of the most charasmatic people on the roster.. should make his legend debut this year.

> Eddie Guerrero

They should definitely put Guerrero on here as a legend this year as a mark of respect to the great who left too soon.

> Mr. Perfect

I'm surprised he hasn't been on already, very talented wrestler and charasmatic, would be a good character to have on the game.

OTHERS

Could be Good:

Razor Ramon

Yokozuna

Jim Duggan

Chris Jericho

Roddy Piper

The Ultimate Warrior

Jerry Lawler

Dusty Rhodes

King Kong Bundy

The Rock

Randy Savage

Steve Austin

Unlikely:

Animal

Hawk

Kevin Nash

X-Pac

Bob Backlund

And a legend arena - WrestleMania 1 I say, with the proper retro blue ring.

Hell, there are sooooo many!

I think about 5-15 of these would be good, although I doubt there will be that many legends this year.

Old School Undertaker and Masked Kane should be second attires for Kane and Undertaker (like with Kane last year), Triple H could even have a Hunter Hearst Helmsley attire.

I think they should bring back the Attire system like in Shut Your Mouth, where almost every wrestler had at least two different attires to choose from. And also, just off the subject, there should be WAY more backstage areas, having one or two is pathetic and even the original SmackDown! had four.

Oh, and lots, lots more weapons that don't disappear after using them four times.

Edited July 23, 2006 by andrethegiantstopfan

[Timmoru Suzuki]

Just read a report on IGN.

Money in the Bank will feature in the game, as well as improved ladder match options - the ability to lean a ladder against an other (think Shelton running up one), the ability to sandwich an opponent in-between a ladder and a couple of ladder upgrades. They've changed the way you actually win the ladder match, but the new way sounds crap.

They have upgraded table matches though. Not sure on the upgrades, but the ability to double stack tables is good.

Oh and Johnny Nitro is confirmed!

Report Here

[J.Vengeance]

SmackDown PS3 Smacked Down

Only one next-generation version coming in 2006... and it isn't for Sony's system.

by Jeremy Dunham

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July 24, 2006 - There was quite a bit of drama for wrestling fans this weekend, and it wasn't in regards to the Great American Bash pay-per-view that took place yesterday afternoon.

Late Saturday, a number of German SmackDown fans had noticed that the PlayStation 3 logo and game tab had been removed from the official WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2007 website for both the North American and German-language versions (though it had remained intact on the UK web-space). Talk on THQ's official German forum began to discuss the issue at a quickening pace, to the point where THQ's own Max Stellar addressed the issue in the primary thread:

"The backdrop for this is that the PlayStation version was going to be finished substantially later than the other versions," Stellar said. "The development team would rather concentrate its resources on the other three platforms."

Triple H, a possible PS3 fan, strangles 360 nut John Cena in anger over the game's cancellation news.

Not too long after this statement, the entire thread was removed. No other mention of the game from a THQ official was made for the rest of the weekend.

However, early this morning, THQ's European offices issue an official statement and corroborated both Stellar's statements and PS3 wrestling fan's concerns:

"The next installment in our perennial SmackDown franchise is slated for release across multiple game systems this holiday," the statement began. "The highly anticipated WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2007 is scheduled to ship for Xbox 360, PSP and PlayStation 2 in November. Consistent with our goal of delivering the highest quality content across all next-gen platforms, we have decided to postpone the debut of the SmackDown series on PlayStation 3 until the holiday 2007 timeframe."

IGN could not reach North American THQ representatives as we went to press.

[MalaCloudy Black]

oh well..

[Dan]

Fred Durst better be in it.

[The Kraig]

*pats 360*

[Verder]

Hillbilly Jim, Jerry Lynn, the A.P.A and Goldust are all that you need. But since I have nothing to do right now, a.k.a I have time, I'll list some guys that I'd seriously like to have included. There's no order for these whatsoever:

-Jerry Lynn (Well, yeah...)

-Dean Malenko

-Razor Ramon or Scott Hall

-ONLY ONE Hogan, and that's the nWo version

-Matt Hardy, c'mon

-Umaga

-Burchill

-Owen Hart

-Mr. Perfect (They did a T-shirt for him this year, why not to include him?)

-Rick Rude (Same as above)

-80's Ric Flair with a long blonde hair

-Mick Foley as Mick Foley, Cactus Jack and Dude Love

-Eddie. 100% sure he will be there, he's so easy to add in.

[Timmoru Suzuki]

Can I ask why Jerry Lynn would be a legend on a WWE game? Unless they added ECW legends, and even then I wouldn't see Lynn being added at all.

So long as the roster contains as much of the active roster as possible, then I dont really mind. I hardly played as the legends anyway.

[Verder]

Can I ask why Jerry Lynn would be a legend on a WWE game? Unless they added ECW legends, and even then I wouldn't see Lynn being added at all.