WWE RAW (video game)

WWE Raw (also known as WWF Raw) is a video game released on the Xbox console and the PC by THQ in 2002. All copies of the PC port and later copies of the Xbox original were titled WWE Raw due to the World Wrestling Federation's lawsuit with the World Wildlife Fund, causing the former to change their name to WWE (although the in-game logos still carried the WWF logo). The game was succeeded on the Xbox by WWE RAW 2 in 2003.
==Overview==
Originally intended to be an Xbox launch game, numerous delays pushed back the game's release from November 2001 to February 2002. Due to a recent string of lawsuits directed towards the WWF blaming the company for youth injuries, the game's blood effects were removed. In earlier builds of the game, wrestlers would bleed realistically from different body locations, and drip blood on the mat, which would remain there and darken to a brown color as time passed. In Japan a Limited Edition was released with a T-Shirt and a Undertaker figure
==Roster==
*Al Snow
*Albert
*The Big Show
*Billy Gunn
*Bradshaw
*Bubba Ray Dudley
*Chris Benoit
*Chris Jericho
*Christian
*Crash Holly
*D-Von Dudley
*Eddie Guerrero
*Edge
*Faarooq
*Fred Durst(Unlockable)
*Funaki
*Haku
*Hardcore Holly
*Ivory
*Jeff Hardy
*Justin Credible
*K-Kwik
*Kane
*Kurt Angle
*Lita
*Matt Hardy
*Molly Holly
*Perry Saturn
*Raven
*Rhyno
*Rikishi
*The Rock
*Shane McMahon(Unlockable)
*Spike Dudley
*Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley(Unlockable)
*Steve Blackman
*"Stone Cold" Steve Austin
*Tajiri
*TAKA Michinoku
*Tazz
*Test
*Triple H
*Trish Stratus
*The Undertaker
*Vince McMahon
*William Regal
*X-Pac
=== Stables ===
* APA
* The Dudleys
* Edge & Christian
* The Hollys
* Kaientai
* The McMahons
* The Radicals
* Team Xtreme
* T&A
* X-Factor
== Trivia ==
* This is the only WWE video game in the Xbox series not to have Batista, Booker T, Jazz, Randy Orton, Ric Flair, Rob Van Dam, or Shawn Michaels as playable characters.
==Reception==
WWE RAW received generally mixed reviews. IGN praised the game giving it a 9.1 while other sites such as GameSpot gave it a 6.5 saying the lack of blood and the superstars' hunched figure gave it more of a UFC feeling.
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