Pocket Gamer: WWE SmackDown Vs Raw 2009 Review

It's easy to make fun of WWE wrestling and all of its off-shoots, with its oily men in questionable attire hamming it up for a few thousand whooping rednecks. It's easy, and it's also incredibly fun. But take a step back and look at the elements that make up the WWE experience.

The appeal is very much centred on stylised violence, where athletically gifted men can leap ten feet to the floor and smack their heads on an iron railing and still recover to rejoin the mayhem. It's about breaks from the action to watch poorly delivered, predictable scenes where wafer thin plots are acted out unconvincingly. And it's about the flashing lights and fireworks that accompany the major showdowns.