History VideoGame / WWEVideoGames

** [[MickFoley(Wrestling)]]'s famous "three faces"--Cactus Jack, Dude Love, and Mankind--feature in numerous games, either on their own or all at the same time depending on the game.
** In "Undisputed," [=2K24=]'s male MyRise, [[spoiler:Gabriel Slade insists that he and "Slade" are two different people. His given proof? He's clean-shaven while "Slade" has stubble. That's it. While he plays it entirely straight, neither the Dark Horse nor the commentators at ringside are buying it]].

* {{Jerkass}}: In [=RtW=] in 2011, everyone you talk to backstage (storylines aside) treats you like crap, merely asking you to leave them alone.

* JigglePhysics: Introduced in the later ''[=SmackDown=] vs. Raw'' games. It was ridiculously cartoon-ish looking and since 95% of the women have oversized breast implants, their boobs shouldn't move that much and thus, was eventually scrapped, before being brought back in ''2K15''.

* JumpScare: In Chapter 10 of WWE [=2K20=]'s Career Mode, Red is inside a broken down house complete with spider webs. The scene spins around her head and the player can briefly see flashes of Nikki Cross climbing the wall like Spider-Man. When she lands, before giving the player her PreAssKickingOneLiner, her head abruptly snaps to the side of her neck with NO warning.

* GameBreakingBug: The game sure likes to crash or glitch in the event you are winning however this can result in losing your save data or even all the content on your system, turning it into a XBOX or Playstation breaking bug. There is no way to recover or download again what was lost, it all has to be done again from scratch. As of ''2K18'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_LHtD8x7ys you still risk destroying your system playing this.]]

** Modern titles (starting from ''2K18'') have options for eyes in Create a Wrestler which look a whole lot like a [[Manga/Naruto Sharingan]] and options for [[Manga/DragonBall Super Saiyan hair]].

** ''2K17'' has you earn VC points based on how good a match is. Problem is the CPU is hell bent and determined to force you into the most boring match possible. Ever were it Lesnar vs [[{{Jobber}} Blake,]] on easy, cheating like crazy is old hat by now but now it comes with irish whipping you all day, using the same move over and over and over again, countering everything you can throw at it and not allowing you to counter or dodge any move, or even recover.
** How bad is it? GangUpOnTheHuman being in full effect is standard, but it gets taken up to eleven when even in the middle of a move during a triple threat or fatal four way your opponent will be attack: because the third or fourth man want to beat up on you. ''They're not content to stand back and let you get hurt, oh no, they have to be the ones to do it and will fight everyone else to do it.''

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** ''WWE 2K23'''s male [=MyRise=], ''The Lock'', has a major plotline where The Lock joins either Randy Orton or MVP and Gabriel Slade to form Evolution 2.0 or The Hurt Business 2.0 respectively, then [spoiler:get fired from WWE for accidentally injuring Shawn Michaels, work his way back up from the indies to WWE, then form his own faction to battle his former faction over the WWE Championship].

** ''WWE 2K23'''s male [=MyRise=], ''The Lock'', has a major plotline where The Lock joins either Randy Orton or MVP and Gabriel Slade to form Evolution 2.0 or The Hurt Business 2.0 respectively.

** ''Just Bring It'' marked the first time entrances actually showed the superstars walking to the ring. The first two games featured the superstars and divas miming their entrances infront of their titantrons.

* {{Manchild}}: Tre from ''2K20's'' [=MyCareer=] mode. At times it feels like his friend Red is almost like his babysitter, since she's constantly trying to talk him out of doing stupid things that will get him in trouble with the other wrestlers, not to mention he doesn't really mature at all throughout the story and remains Red's BumblingSidekick for over a decade.

** ''WWE 2K23'''s male [=MyRise=], ''The Lock'', has a major plot point where Th Lock joins either Randy Orton or MVP and Gabriel to form Evolution 2.0 or The Hurt Business 2.0 respectively.

** Early showcases (i.e Attitude Era and 30 Years of [=WrestleMania=] mode in ''WWE '13'' and ''WWE 2K14'') allows you to play some underwhelming matches like the [=WrestleMania=] 20 match between Wrestling/BrockLesnar and Wrestling/BillGoldberg or the [=WrestleMania=] 12 match between Wrestling/TheUndertaker and [[Wrestling/KevinNash Diesel]] and make them much more entertaining. Or worse, whatever you prefer.

** The highly bizarre DLC for ''WWE 2K20'' contains a myriad of strange universes with alternate versions of WWE Superstars (as they call them). A creepy universe where Wrestling/BrayWyatt has literal swamp monsters, a Cyberpunk world, a Film/MadMax "inspired" AfterTheEnd desert world where you have to wrestle for gas and water and matches set in the WebVideo/SouthpawRegionalWrestling universe.

* AmbiguousGender: ''Smackdown 2: Know Your Role'' and ''WWF/E Raw''' had a third gender as an option for create-a-wrestler mode called "???". Despite Chyna being eligible for every title in the game, her gender is classified as "Female" within her files.
* AnachronismStew: For ''WWE 2K23'''s DLC, Wrestling/WadeBarrett has his appearance from 2010, theme from late 2012, a titantron from 2013, and moves from his 2015 run as Bad News Barrett. Even better, the commentary constantly references the Bad News gimmick over anything else.

** In ''WWE '12'', Wrestling/ReyMysterio recalls a time where he and Wrestling/EddieGuerrero had a match on WCW Nitro. This is, of course, [[ExcusePlot an excuse]] to put Eddie Guerrero in the game when his death made that impossible to put into a contemporary story. However, one can't help to notice that instead of WCW era Rey Mysterio vs WCW era Eddie, it's modern day Rey Mysterio vs 2004 Eddie Guerrero.

** ''WWE '13's Attitude Era mode gives you an opportunity to play the 1998 Royal Rumble... with basically none of the competitors. Most of the wrestlers in that rumble are simply not in the game such as Wrestling/MarcMero, Wrestling/SteveBlackman, Savio Vega and Wrestling/JeffJarrett.

** In ''[=SmackDown=] vs Raw 2008'', if you're using a wrestler with the [=Powerhouse=] class, they have an ability called [=Rampage=], allowing them to go on a literally unstoppable rampage, being able to hit grapples with no way to reverse it.

* CombatSadomasochist: Anyone with the [=Hardcore=] class in ''WWE [=SmackDown=] vs Raw 2008''. In order to power themselves up, giving themselves a FinishingMove, they bust themselves open with a steel chair.

** A quite literal example happens in the ''WWE 2K17'' DLC [=Showcase=] match between Godfather and Papa Shango. Using his magical powers, Papa Shango can sometimes prevent you from reversing during the match, which causes a lot of trouble.

** Wrestling/TedDiBiase was playable in ''2K14'', but when he returned in ''2K16'' (and the two games following it), you could only use him as a manager. He later returned, fully playable in ''2K19'' (and the following three games).

** [[VideoGame/WWELegendsOfWrestlemania WWE Legends of WrestleMania]] is also this, being developed by Yuke's and being a companion title to ''[=SvR=] '09''.

** In '''WWE [=SmackDown=] vs Raw 2008'', one of the abilities for the Brawler class of wrestler is called Rampage, which allows them to become immune to most forms of damage for a limited time.

* MasterofAll: Wrestling/RomanReigns in ''WWE 2K23''. His stats are possibly the highest for any non-created character in the series history. His statline is 99, far outclassing everyone else on the roster. Considering his predicament when the game was made (having not been pinned for years at that time), it makes sense. Defeating him on the highest difficulty will give you an Achievement.

* ShockAndAwe: In ''WWE 2K20'', you can quite literally hit your opponent with an electric punch as one of your [=Payback=] attacks.

* SlidingScaleOfGameplayAndStoryIntegration: In The Lock's story in ''WWE 2K23'''s [=MyRise=] story, the attire you make for The Lock is not used (as the story is that he is given a new gimmick and name by management). For one of the side quests, you get to go back to your old promotion, PWJ, for that match you wear the attire that you picked.

* SpinningPiledriver: Can be created using Create a Finisher mode in ''[=SvR=] '09'', '''10'' and '''11'' (with '''11'' even having a top rope variation).

** Early showcases (i.e Attitude Era and 30 Years of [=WrestleMania=] mode in ''WWE '13'' and ''WWE 2K14'') allows you to play some underwhelming matches like the [=WrestleMania=] 20 match between Wrestling/BrockLesnar and Wrestling/BillGoldberg or the [=WrestleMania=] 12 match between Wrestling/TheUndertaker and [[Wrestling/KevinNash Diesel]] and make them much more entertaining. Or worse, whatever you prefer.

** The highly bizarre DLC for ''WWE 2K20'' contains a myriad of strange universes with alternate versions of WWE Superstars (as they call them). A creepy universe where Wrestling/BrayWyatt has literal swamp monsters, a Cyberpunk world, a Film/MadMax "inspired" AfterTheEnd desert world where you have to wrestle for gas and water and matches set in the WebVideo/SouthpawRegionalWrestling universe.

* AmbiguousGender: ''Smackdown 2: Know Your Role'' and ''WWF/E Raw''' had a third gender as an option for create-a-wrestler mode called "???". Despite Chyna being eligible for every title in the game, her gender is classified as "Female" within her files.
* AnachronismStew: For ''WWE 2K23'''s DLC, Wrestling/WadeBarrett has his appearance from 2010, theme from late 2012, a titantron from 2013, and moves from his 2015 run as Bad News Barrett. Even better, the commentary constantly references the Bad News gimmick over anything else.

** In ''WWE '12'', Wrestling/ReyMysterio recalls a time where he and Wrestling/EddieGuerrero had a match on WCW Nitro. This is, of course, [[ExcusePlot an excuse]] to put Eddie Guerrero in the game when his death made that impossible to put into a contemporary story. However, one can't help to notice that instead of WCW era Rey Mysterio vs WCW era Eddie, it's modern day Rey Mysterio vs 2004 Eddie Guerrero.

** ''WWE '13's Attitude Era mode gives you an opportunity to play the 1998 Royal Rumble... with basically none of the competitors. Most of the wrestlers in that rumble are simply not in the game such as Wrestling/MarcMero, Wrestling/SteveBlackman, Savio Vega and Wrestling/JeffJarrett.

** In ''[=SmackDown=] vs Raw 2008'', if you're using a wrestler with the [=Powerhouse=] class, they have an ability called [=Rampage=], allowing them to go on a literally unstoppable rampage, being able to hit grapples with no way to reverse it.

* CombatSadomasochist: Anyone with the [=Hardcore=] class in ''WWE [=SmackDown=] vs Raw 2008''. In order to power themselves up, giving themselves a FinishingMove, they bust themselves open with a steel chair.

** A quite literal example happens in the ''WWE 2K17'' DLC [=Showcase=] match between Godfather and Papa Shango. Using his magical powers, Papa Shango can sometimes prevent you from reversing during the match, which causes a lot of trouble.

** Wrestling/TedDiBiase was playable in ''2K14'', but when he returned in ''2K16'' (and the two games following it), you could only use him as a manager. He later returned, fully playable in ''2K19'' (and the following three games).

** [[VideoGame/WWELegendsOfWrestlemania WWE Legends of WrestleMania]] is also this, being developed by Yuke's and being a companion title to ''[=SvR=] '09''.

** In '''WWE [=SmackDown=] vs Raw 2008'', one of the abilities for the Brawler class of wrestler is called Rampage, which allows them to become immune to most forms of damage for a limited time.

* MasterofAll: Wrestling/RomanReigns in ''WWE 2K23''. His stats are possibly the highest for any non-created character in the series history. His statline is 99, far outclassing everyone else on the roster. Considering his predicament when the game was made (having not been pinned for years at that time), it makes sense. Defeating him on the highest difficulty will give you an Achievement.

* ShockAndAwe: In ''WWE 2K20'', you can quite literally hit your opponent with an electric punch as one of your [=Payback=] attacks.

* SlidingScaleOfGameplayAndStoryIntegration: In The Lock's story in ''WWE 2K23'''s [=MyRise=] story, the attire you make for The Lock is not used (as the story is that he is given a new gimmick and name by management). For one of the side quests, you get to go back to your old promotion, PWJ, for that match you wear the attire that you picked.

* SpinningPiledriver: Can be created using Create a Finisher mode in ''[=SvR=] '09'', '''10'' and '''11'' (with '''11'' even having a top rope variation).

* The ''[=SmackDown=] vs. Raw'' series (2004-2010); continuation of the THQ/Yuke's partnership. Originally cashing in on the brand warfare theme, it later became known for its GenreShift from arcade-like gameplay to simulation, becoming a yearly institution in the vein of the ''Madden NFL'' games. The series went multi-platform, appearing on the PSP with the release of ''[=SmackDown=] vs. Raw 2006'' and the Xbox 360, with the release of ''[=SmackDown=] vs. Raw 2007''. ''[=SmackDown=] vs. Raw 2008'' added the [=PS3=], Wii and DS to the list of platforms. The era was also known for suffering with CapcomSequelStagnation.

* The ''WWE 2K'' series (2013-); the result of THQ's bankruptcy and the pre-meditated selling of their WWE licence to Creator/TakeTwoInteractive. Published under the 2K Sports label, the series abandoned the Wii for ''2K14'' and made its way to Platform/PlayStation4, Platform/XboxOne and PC for ''2K15'' and the Platform/NintendoSwitch for ''2K18''[[note]]Though ''2K19'' did not get a Switch release[[/note]] whilst still developing for the Platform/PlayStation3 and Platform/{{Xbox 360}} until ''2K18''. Building upon the simulation style, Yuke's continued to develop the games with additional help from Visual Concepts.

** ''VideoGame/WWEAllStars'' (2011)[[note]][=PlayStation=]2, [=PlayStation=] 3, Xbox 360, Platform/{{Wii}}, [[Platform/PlayStationPortable PSP]], [[Platform/Nintendo3DS 3DS]][[/note]]

** ''WWF Attitude'' (1999)[[note]][=PlayStation=], N64, [[Platform/SegaDreamcast Dreamcast]], Platform/GameBoyColor[[/note]]

** ''[[VideoGame/WWELegendsOfWrestlemania WWE Legends of WrestleMania]]'' (2009)[[note]]Platform/PlayStation3, Platform/{{Xbox360}}, [[Platform/IOSGames [=iOS=]]][[/note]]

** ''WWE 2K Battlegrounds'' (2020)[[note]]Platform/Playstation4, Platform/XboxOne, Platform/NintendoSwitch, PC[[/note]]