: Powerhouse, Technical, High-Flyer, Brawler, Dirty, Hardcore, Submission Specialist, and Showman.
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: The game expanded crowd fighting and backstage interactions, including the "weapon wheel" for selecting objects like barbed-wire 2x4s and flaming tables. The Roster: New Blood and Legends : The game expanded crowd fighting and backstage
: The roster included Hall of Famers like Stone Cold Steve Austin , The Rock , Bret Hart , and Rick Rude . Modes of Play Why WWE Smackdown Vs RAW 2008 Was Good! The ECW Invasion: A Retrospective on WWE SmackDown
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: A new analog-based system allowed players to apply varying pressure or attempt to escape more dynamically.