Ranking The Best Wrestling Video Game For Each Major Console

PlayStation gamers had already got their own slice of wrestling brilliance with 2000's WWF SmackDown!, but it's WWF SmackDown! 2: Know Your Role which stands out as the best wrestling release to hit the original PlayStation console.

That first WWF SmackDown! was fantastic, yet Know Your Role was just, well, better in every possible way. From little things, like giving wrestlers full entrances rather than just a video wall backdrop, to major changes in game mechanics, Know Your Role was a complete home run.

Delving deeper into an original story mode than its predecessor, WWF SmackDown! 2 also won favour with gamers by having a detailed Create-A-Superstar that allowed players to tinker with more than just pre-set heads, upper torsos, and lower torsos.

By the time all was said and done, WWF SmackDown! 2: Know Your Role sold a ridiculous 3.2 million units across the globe - making it the best-selling combat sports game to be released solely on one system.

While PS gamers had their mind blown with that first SmackDown and its follow-up, sandwiched between these releases was a game that had N64 fans purring with delight...