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WWE RAW
Developer	Anchor Inc.
Publisher	THQ
Released	USA February 11, 2002 UK September 27, 2002 JPN October 3, 2002 Windows USA October 14, 2002 UK November 1, 2002
Genre	Fighting, Wrestling
Mode(s)	Single player, multiplayer
Ratings	ESRB: Teen (T)
Platform(s)	Xbox, PC, Mobile Phone

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 WWF's lawsuit with the World Wildlife Fund, causing them to change their name to WWE. Although the in-game logos were still of WWF. The game was succeeded on the Xbox by WWE RAW 2 in 2003.

Originally stated to be an Xbox launch game, numerous delays pushed back the game 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. The PC version of this game can be modded. This means that it can be modified and updated to the players liking. The XBOX version can also be modified using Game Extractor but with more difficulty.

The game received mixed reviews. Some players praised the game for its fantastic graphics, which included detailed tattoos and hair, along with such features as attacking a wrestler during his/her entrance and stealing pieces of attire, such as Kurt Angle's gold medal.

However, a lot of players complained about the terrible wrestler animation (especially their walk), dysfunctional AI and fundamental flaws in the gameplay. One example of this is the confusing controls, the same button is used for pinning an opponent, taunting, climbing the turnbuckles and entering and exiting a ring. As a result, pinning an opponent near a turnbuckle proved to be a difficult task. Second example was the ease one could escape any grapple move attempt to the point that it becomes impossible to apply one, especially against the game's omniscient AI that can escape and counter at will. Also, the game was missing features that were included in previous WWF games and the sister SmackDown! series, including backstage areas and a Season Mode. Players also complained about the game having a very outdated roster from early 2001. Also fans were upset at the lack of match types, with there only being single and tag team matches.

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Modders have even found traces of some other wrestlers in the game other than the ones stated above. That included Chyna, Steven Richards, The Goodfather, Bull Buchanan and Dean Malenko. There are even traces of The Radicalz and Right To Censor as teams in the game. It is thought that some were removed to make the game seem more updated since the wrestlers had been released by the time of the game's release.

Match types in exhibition mode

• One vs One (Single Match)
• Two vs Two (Tag Team Match)
• Two vs Two Tornado (Tag Team Tornado)
• One vs One vs One (Triple Threat)
• One vs One vs One vs One (Fatal 4-way)
• One vs Two (Handicap Match)
• One vs Three (Handicap Match)

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