5 Greatest Retro Wrestling Video Games

#3. WWF Smackdown 2: Know Your Role (PS1)

Sony's 3rd WWF outing after WWF Attitude and the first WWF Smackdown

Sony would go on to license over twenty WWF/WWE affiliated games after the original success of WWF Attitude. What Attitude and the original WWF Smackdown games started, Smackdown 2: Know Your Role perfected. Increased numbers of wrestlers, match types and an enhanced story mode make this game a great pick up and play title, while still being simple enough for any age of wrestling fan. Even today it's a lot of fun, and not just for the nostalgia aspect, either.

New additions to the roster such as Kurt Angle, The Dudley Boyz and Eddie Guerrero gave gamers over 60 playable characters, even being able to play as Stephanie McMahon. There were a variety of matches, such as Fatal 4 Ways, Ladder matches and Hardcore weapon matches. PS1 graphics haven't aged particularly well, with characters looking blocky and rigid, but the hours of fun had with taking a freshly created wrestler from rookie through to the WWF championship more than make up for it.