
A new powerful version of the Irish whip has been included, giving more offense to the opponent, but at the price of draining more stamina. Each character also has a Clean/Dirty grapple category and a Submission grapple category, bringing the total number of grapples to five. Each character has choice of three out of seven grapples: Power, Speed, Technical, Brawler, Martial Arts, Luchadore, and Old School.

Grapples have been vastly improved, with each character having more specialized grapple types than the previous game's unchangeable group of four grapples. Also included is a new Hardcore attribute, allowing those rated high to inflict more damage to their opponent with weapons.

Each character also has a new stamina attribute, meaning those with a low stamina rating will tire out more easily. However, this is an optional feature and can be easily removed in the game's options menu. The player must regenerate their stamina bar to prevent becoming completely exhausted and unable to perform. The player also has to keep an eye on their stamina bar, which drains as the wrestler fights the more elaborate the offense, the more tired the wrestler will be. If they choose to fight dirty, he/she will be portrayed as a heel. If the player chooses their wrestler to fight clean, he/she will be portrayed as a face. Gameplay Match gameplay Ī new momentum bar was introduced to determine the flow of the match, replacing the old clean/ dirty and SmackDown! meters. The game was succeeded by WWE SmackDown vs. A steelbook version of the game was released exclusively in Australia. Raw 2006 went on to become best selling game for the PlayStation 2 console out of the entire series.

The game sees the additions of the new Buried Alive and Fulfill Your Fantasy matches, and the inclusion of two new modes in General Manager and Create-An-Entrance.

The main focus of 2006 is to bring more realism and authenticity to the series with many new features, breaking away from the arcade-like gameplay of earlier installments. Raw series that was PlayStation exclusive. Raw 2006 was also the first game in the series to be released on PlayStation Portable and the last game in the SmackDown!/SmackDown! vs. Raw video game series based on the professional wrestling promotion World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), and is the successor to the 2004 game of the same name. Raw 2006, subtitled Exciting Pro Wrestling 7 in Japan, is a professional wrestling video game and developed by Yuke's that was released on the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable by THQ in 2005.
