The reason for the alternate theme music is that for a short period of time in 2003 WWE lost the licencse to use them, they are not public domain songs, they come from a production library. The Hardys had their theme replaced in Shut Your Mouth, Raw 2, and Crush Hour. Booker T had his theme replaced in Crush Hour, WrestleMania X8 and XIX, and on the dvd of Judgment Day 2003. To prevent this from happening again WWE bought out those two songs to own them like they do their in-house music and the songs have been discontinued from their respective production libraries, Extreme Music and Kosinus Music.
I'm not sure the reason why, but Booker and the Hardy's also had different songs in Wrestlemania X8, The Hardys had had a different theme in Smackdown SYM and Matt had a different theme in Wrestlemania 19
Jamie M Bookers is also production music, there are just some tweaks they made to it, like the ‘can you dig it’ part. Which shows up in this game then changes once the original production music plays. The game devs just didn’t want to pay for the production library , they are not free to use, you have to buy the license for it too
i know im randomly asking but does someone know a method to log back into an instagram account..? I was stupid lost the password. I love any help you can give me
I've tried many times over the last few years to get into this game, but I just don't like it. The only thing I ever find myself enjoying about Crush Hour is Kane running the grill in the intro. Great video, Ian. It's great to see the continued success of the channel. You deserve it brother. Keep it coming.
@@616Entertainment Walking away is the best thing you can do. Now when I hear about whats going on in WWE through things like the wrestling observer I just think... phew, thank god I'm not watching this shite
Booker T's theme "Rap Sheet" isn't a Jim Johnston theme, and was always listed separately in the end credits of other games along with other non-Johnston songs. Look at the original SD v R credits. Its listed as "Courtesy of Associated Music Production LLC." So Crush Hour must not have bothered to get permission to use it.
The 12 /13 year old me loved this game I think I might have beaten the season mode with everyone my favorite two people to use was Undertaker and Brock Lesnar
I remember renting this game at my local Hollywood Video. After renting it and loving it, I bought it next door at a game shop called Game Crazy. Me and my friends put so many hours in this game and I loved the OP Brock Lesnar car. Good memories and honestly forgot about this game.
Ah yes, HIM playing in the background, the nostalgic memories of a fun game and a great era in wrestling, and the shit you do and say that always makes me laugh. Forever my favorite person and channel on youtube. DanDan for life!! ✊✊🔥🔥
WWE actually DID call it Hell in THE Cell. Just one time and one time only. The 6-Man Armageddon Cell with Austin, Rock, Taker, Rikishi, HHH, and Angle. For some reason was called Hell in the Cell in the match screen. It's literally the only time that it has happened to my recollection.
I absolutely love this channel. I love nostalgic WWE games and the fact that you have instrumental HIM music makes it straight up perfect. I never thought i'd meet another HIM fanatic who loves wrestling AND video games.
The ending still cracks me up. Lmao even I knew this game sucked when I was little, but I didn't give a shit cause it was a blast with my cousins. We'd swap games between this, and day of reckoning for hours on hours, pulling all nighters sometimes. Another quality video, keep up the great work!
The Hardy's theme is not public domain, it's production music, ie, anyone can use it if you're willing to PAY the licensing fee (which is why probably wasn't included). As far as the booker T theme goes...who the hell knows why, probably the same reason.
“THE NUMBERS DON’T LIE!” - Scott Steiner The comparison to this game’s plot to modern WWE network and overall dominance is really interesting. I never played this one but it seems like a decent enough way to kill some time. As for Booker and the Hardy’s themes, I don’t know why they wouldn’t be included. They showed up in many other games at the time. Booker’s theme may have originated as a Turner owned piece of music (since a lot of WCW themes were just recycled Turner Network songs) but I’m not 100% sure of anything aside from I BELIEVE it’s called “Rap Sheet” originally. As always, another really solid entry into the strange land of obscure wrestling titles. Really interested in the next one!
Thanks, Cap. And yea, it's a decent way to kill time. Nothing to write home about, but it's odd and fun. After I get through these comments, ya know I'm heading over to check out that Warrior review.
100%, dude. My favorite band. I'm covered in HIM tattoos, and if you want to check it out, there's a video on the channel of my detailing my collection!
Still love this game to this day. Twisted metal with WWE which is cool to me. Love the fitting cars for everyone and the good roster Also digging that Wings of a Butterfly in the background 😆 Love this series. Keep up the good work. Hope you cover probably my favorite game Def Jam FFNY
This game and that time in WWE and video games was so fun for middle school me. I loved this game. I played the shit out of this game. I unlocked everyone and nearly got the belt for everyone; I was insane and still am. This was a surprising release and I remember being at EB Games and picking it up. I was waiting for the upcoming yearly WWE PS2 game but was shocked that there was something already available months ahead and at a cheaper price than usual. WWE was really doing things outside the box at the time. Crush Hour and this destruction derby, WrestleMania XIX on GameCube had a Revenge Mode which took wrestling outside the ring; a very unique and memorable story mode, WWE released a CD called WWE Originals where Superstars and Divas sang their own songs. Even on TV, they were playing the knockoff themes for a little bit. Ric Flair had a different theme at the time too. It kind of bugged me because I was and am a big fan of entrance themes and many of these new replacements sounded like a downgrade to me. The controls felt good to me. One very useful thing is mastering drifting, probably with using the R buttons. With that you can run circles around people and maneuver around any stage with ease. Like any driving game, it takes some practice. I haven't played the game in 20 years, maybe one of these days I'll fire it back up but for now I'm happy to watch these videos to bring back some memories.
3 y later - STILL rewatching this - STILL one of my top fav jams just under Revenge, No Mercy, WM2000, and WWE 2K14 - even tho i cant remember if custom soundtrack feature was last in 13 or 2k14... 14 for wrestlemania showcase tho for sure
Excellent video as always! Like you, I've not consumed any recent WWE media in a long, long time (heck, I haven't even booted up one of the games in over a decade), but I love your retrospectives. I picked up Crush Hour when our local Blockbuster Video had its massive going out of business sale, where any previously-rented PS2 games were $3. You're right about the controls being crap, but I got a solid $20 worth of fun out of that $3 disc, so I can't really complain. It was certainly no Twisted Metal Black, but if I wanted to play TMB, I'd put in TMB. :) Crush Hour was from the last real era in console gaming where "that's so crazy it just might work!" ideas got the green light. You still see the occasional oddity released today, especially in the PC market, but nobody would do a bizarre hybrid licensed crossover like this in 2019. :)
This is a great comment. And fuck yea, dude. Getting your money's worth is always the goal. It's definitely a little easier when it only ran you $3, hahha.
I might be one of the few people who genuinely enjoyed this game. It's by no means the greatest of games out there, but I got my money's worth. I remember Brock Lesnar and Stone Cold being the best characters imo.
Man awesome review sir I do love me some WWE Crushhour I remember getting it when it first came out I think you did an excellent review and appreciate this.
It’s funny, wwe viewers are going down but wrestling content has grown to become incredibly easy to find and watch. There’s so many shows just on UA-cam. And man, that Ps2 memory card brought back so many memories
Dude I never put two and two together. We had some friends in common FB and it totally turns out you work at the one shop I go into every week. Small world
There will be more, don't worry. It's funny, I got a comment a few weeks ago from someone saying that those segments are 'so cringe' that they had to turn the video off. I was like okay, dude.
Good shit as always, pal. Seriously, this game was a guilty pleasure back in the day. I knew it was a C tier game when it was being sold for $29.99 at my local Sam Goody just days after it's release. It was just bad but I had some fun unlocking all the characters and their vehicles. Taker's bike with the coffin lids for armor was my favorite as was the Hardy Boys shaggin wagons with the ladders. The special moves could have been more unique. Don't remember any of them standing out.
Well this was a wrestling-esque game that has escaped me. I was playing the Smackdown games. R.I.P. to vehicular combat games. Vigilante 8 was awesomeness
I fucking enjoyed the shit out of this game. Spent my school holidays playing it from top to bottom. If only the soundtrack had wings of a butterfly on it too 😬 Twisted metal didn't really blow up in my country. So we didn't really know anything better than crush hour haha. I enjoyed this because it reminded me of vigilante 8 on the ps1
@@616Entertainment all the way from South Africa 🤣 Currently melting from summer heat haha. Recently played through fight night champion on the PS3, I enjoyed the previous fight night titles. At least this one allowed me to have HIM as entrance and menu music haha 🤘
Hey, I loved this game and I kid you not it felt like I blinked and it was over... Nothing like a HIM outro, speaking of music... Booker Ts music was always a sticky thing, cause remember when he was Sting's mystery partner in TNA, it was wishy-washy as well... So yeah, I enjoyed this one... Couldn't unlock anything due to but having a memory card but was fun playing the WWE version of Twisted Metal...Trust me, your not missing much and from all the news outlets you could get caught up quickly...walk away for awhile again and get caught up just like that (snap)... So yeah this went on due awhile, take care... Private Mustard of the DanDan Army is outta here 🤘
Yea, I keep up with the goings on, I just don't want to watch the shows all the time because of how much of it I don't like. That and the Saudi Arabia ties. Very bad taste in my mouth, ya know? Much love, Private Mustard.
Twisted metal & wrestling? I passed on this when it came out. It actually looks really fun. Great vid as always and I can't wait for your next vid. Keep up the great work 616.
WWE Crush Hour 03/31/2004 last saved. Bruh that is fn amazing that you still have old save files from your PS2 that dates back 15 years ago. I also played the hell out of Crush Hour as well, but I eventually ended up trading in the game along with most of my other PS2 games once the PS3 console released, I deeply regret it to this day, I should have held on to my PS2 and memory cards.
Man all the rest of my PS2 library went away. I sold all the games. I always made a point to keep my console and memory cards, though. Something about those old files, I couldn't bring myself to let them go!
Holy shit I watched this whole damn series and just now got the pun for the name of the retrospective series and its fucking brilliant. (Also love the H.I.M. music!)
Bookers music is another song the WWE didn't own, it was used in the kids in the hall series and a few commercials before it was used as his theme in WCW. They have to credit it the same way they credit white wolf for the gangrel license.
@@616Entertainment If you get a chance here is a few links ua-cam.com/video/l-CtKIo7olM/v-deo.html www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/466udw/til_that_booker_ts_theme_originated_in_a_skit_on/
Fun watching the video. Glad you have such positive memories of some of the modes and sounds like you had fun with it. We would have loved for it to be even better, but it had plenty of challenges. For the different arenas we were looking for different modes that we could adapt. And things were more distinct in my original design, a lot of what made the game feel like wrestling was forced out by management. I started with mechanics that were meant to feel like contemporary wrestling matches with the ebb and flow as you get beat up, build up your special meter and turn things around. But a lot of that uniqueness got ground away by management/THQ feedback that kept pushing it more and more to just be like Twisted Metal. So it goes.
I remember playing this game and loving it. What still blows my mind is that Kevin Nash can only be unlocked via cheat code. Games today don’t do that anymore
616Entertainment I remember seeing the cheat code online and doing it myself and it worked. As far as I know there is no other method to play as big sexy. From what I remember nothing about him stood out besides the method itself
2003 was a strange year for wrestling indeed. I remember going to EB Games, looking at the back of the box of this game, and putting it back on the shelf. lol
I will continue to defend this game til the day I die. Admittedly I've never played nor cared to play a twisted metal game so maybe that's why I feel the way I do about this game. To me crush hour is great. With a few exceptions wrestling games get stale fast. This 1 just doesn't to me. I love blowing someone up and hearing my guy taunt them on the screen. "You think you can mess with Brock Lesnar" "Rob-Van-Dam I'm cool like that" "Woooooo" "I'll make you famous". Ou get the point. I also love JR's commentary "Rob Van Dam just grabbed the twisty rockets". This game delivers what every game should strive for and that's entertainment. It's plot is so absurd it's hilarious, it has most of our favorite entrance themes at the time, and the commentary and taunts I already mentioned. This game is still 1 of my all time favs and I never get bored with it. I look forward to the Showdown review. I'll never forget pre ordering to get my exclusive Andre the giant action figure from GameStop and legends of wrestling tshirt. Plus the warrior teasing a return to the ring and the payoff being this game and it being unfinished filled with glitches due to acclaim going into bankruptcy but I'll save that for my comment on that video. I do hope you mention legends 1 and 2 at least. 2 was super cool with Jimmy Hart allowing the license to the theme music he owned and the shoot interview footage unlockables for some of the wrestlers
Great comment, I appreciate you taking the time. And yea, don't worry, I will touch on Legends 1 and 2. Showdown is the main event of the series, and I never intended to cover the whole thing, so let's swing for the fuckin fences, hahaha.
This was a great video-as always! I remember getting this game when I was younger and being pissed when I loaded it up and saw it was CAR GAME.... I had no idea it wasn’t a “wrestling” game when i bought it. Come to think of it, I never played it again actually. It was just that ONE time when I first bought it... Your video makes me wish I played it... Seems like it could have been a fun alternative to the other WWE games in the line up.
@@616Entertainment yeah. As a pre teen, I loved comics and wrestling. Those were my two mains before i found the story in wrestling hard to follow and i discovered DC rebooted with The New 52.
Booker T's theme song is also public domain stock music. I'm not sure of the origins, but I've alao heard the song used in a sketch on The Kids In The Hall where they advertised some cologne
Wow i never knew this game existed, thanks awesome video bro a remastered new version of this game might be good for business with all the new technology & graphics in today's world
Man I forgot all about this game lol Can’t wait for LoW vids!!! I loved those games even though they were kinda clunky. Can’t wait to see your take on it
Twisted Metal Black was my jam. Car combat is a niche genre, but I wouldn't mind a modern followup to this, along the lines of Wreckfest, which is new and awesome. Imagine vehicles for Becky Lynch or Bray Wyatt
I appreciate wings of a butterfly in the background and this game was my childhood whenever me and my cousin would go to our grandparents house they’d bring their GameCube and my grandparents would let us rent one movie/game at the video rental store I would always pick crush hour and I always sucked at it but I loved it 2003 brings back so many good memories
I don't know about the network, but I was rewatching old DVD rips of WWE ppvs from 2001-3 and Booker's music is DEFINITELY different. It's not the same as this version either, it's an entirely different one.
Can't argue the quality of NXT and retro stuff. I watched a lot of NXT years ago, right around the time Joe showed up. I really, really enjoyed it. Thanks for watching!
Hey, Showdown Legends of Wrestling comes out a day after my mom’s birthday. Anyways, lovely review as always, Ian. I never got to play the game for myself, but from what I’ve seen bits and pieces over the years, it didn’t seem half bad at all.
The reason for the alternate theme music is that for a short period of time in 2003 WWE lost the licencse to use them,
they are not public domain songs, they come from a production library.
The Hardys had their theme replaced in Shut Your Mouth, Raw 2, and Crush Hour.
Booker T had his theme replaced in Crush Hour, WrestleMania X8 and XIX, and on the dvd of Judgment Day 2003.
To prevent this from happening again WWE bought out those two songs to own them like they do their in-house music and the songs have been discontinued from their respective production libraries, Extreme Music and Kosinus Music.
Excellent, excellent detective work. This may be the final answer.
That probably explains why I heard the Hardys theme during an episode of Drawn Together.
The Hardy’s didn’t have there theme in wrestlemania x8
I'm guessing this is only WWE game made in 2003 that features Jeff Hardy
Damn, you might be right about that.
I remember playing this on GameCube!
Nostalgia.
Tons of nostalgia, big time!
As a kid, I hated this game
I'm not sure the reason why, but Booker and the Hardy's also had different songs in Wrestlemania X8, The Hardys had had a different theme in Smackdown SYM and Matt had a different theme in Wrestlemania 19
Jamie M Bookers is also production music, there are just some tweaks they made to it, like the ‘can you dig it’ part. Which shows up in this game then changes once the original production music plays. The game devs just didn’t want to pay for the production library , they are not free to use, you have to buy the license for it too
It was such a strange time.
Awesome Conversation ⬆️
@@jamiem2494 and in 2018 i heard the hardys theme on Nickelodeon
Licensing issues
Should've made an XFL game 😂
I think that's called NFL Blitz. (lol)
We might just get one sometime in the coming years 😂
i know im randomly asking but does someone know a method to log back into an instagram account..?
I was stupid lost the password. I love any help you can give me
@Jacob Sergio Instablaster =)
Yeah have a "creepy, sneaky referee in to women's locker room" mode lol typical cringy Vince of the early 2000s
I've tried many times over the last few years to get into this game, but I just don't like it. The only thing I ever find myself enjoying about Crush Hour is Kane running the grill in the intro.
Great video, Ian. It's great to see the continued success of the channel. You deserve it brother. Keep it coming.
Thanks brudda, I appreciate it big time. And yea, it makes sense why you didn't get super into it. ....It's not very good, lol.
I love Crush Hour because it is the same vein of Twisted Metal.
Yea, big time.
I feel you on current wwe I haven't watched a full episode of raw,smackdown, nxt, etc in a very long time
See? You're doing it right. Wrestling fans who continue to watch and continue to complain are the WORST. If you don't like it, walk away.
@@616Entertainment Walking away is the best thing you can do. Now when I hear about whats going on in WWE through things like the wrestling observer I just think... phew, thank god I'm not watching this shite
@@616Entertainment I'll watch NXT with no problem
NXT is amazing
@@616Entertainment If you don't wanna watch, don't, but don't complain and ruin it for us that enjoy it
Booker T's theme "Rap Sheet" isn't a Jim Johnston theme, and was always listed separately in the end credits of other games along with other non-Johnston songs. Look at the original SD v R credits. Its listed as "Courtesy of Associated Music Production LLC." So Crush Hour must not have bothered to get permission to use it.
Hm, great detective work. I'm getting all sorts of great info in the comments.
The 12 /13 year old me loved this game I think I might have beaten the season mode with everyone my favorite two people to use was Undertaker and Brock Lesnar
We were the same, haha
Sweet outro song choice! Man this game looked pretty rough, but excellent review!
Highly appreciated, Kyle. Thank you!
I remember renting this game at my local Hollywood Video. After renting it and loving it, I bought it next door at a game shop called Game Crazy. Me and my friends put so many hours in this game and I loved the OP Brock Lesnar car. Good memories and honestly forgot about this game.
I'm glad you found the video. Gotta love those old memories.
Makes me happy to hear, we definitely had folks who liked it. :)
Ah yes, HIM playing in the background, the nostalgic memories of a fun game and a great era in wrestling, and the shit you do and say that always makes me laugh. Forever my favorite person and channel on youtube. DanDan for life!! ✊✊🔥🔥
Comments like these make my day, dude. Thank you!
WWE actually DID call it Hell in THE Cell. Just one time and one time only.
The 6-Man Armageddon Cell with Austin, Rock, Taker, Rikishi, HHH, and Angle. For some reason was called Hell in the Cell in the match screen. It's literally the only time that it has happened to my recollection.
Wow, how you remember that, I'll never know.
@@616Entertainment I not only watched it recently, but coincidentally, WrestleLamia mentioned it in a video not too long ago.
It was the most recent of the name that we'd heard when we made the game.
I absolutely love this channel. I love nostalgic WWE games and the fact that you have instrumental HIM music makes it straight up perfect. I never thought i'd meet another HIM fanatic who loves wrestling AND video games.
The ending still cracks me up. Lmao even I knew this game sucked when I was little, but I didn't give a shit cause it was a blast with my cousins. We'd swap games between this, and day of reckoning for hours on hours, pulling all nighters sometimes. Another quality video, keep up the great work!
Dude, those were the days!
This channel is fkin awesome, thanks for delivering a quality video every time
Thank you very much, Joseph. I'll always do my best for you guys.
The Hardy's theme is not public domain, it's production music, ie, anyone can use it if you're willing to PAY the licensing fee (which is why probably wasn't included). As far as the booker T theme goes...who the hell knows why, probably the same reason.
I've got so many stories and theories on this, super interesting situation.
This game was actually pretty fun especially with a friend
Agreed!
defintely was
Good times friends
“THE NUMBERS DON’T LIE!” - Scott Steiner
The comparison to this game’s plot to modern WWE network and overall dominance is really interesting. I never played this one but it seems like a decent enough way to kill some time.
As for Booker and the Hardy’s themes, I don’t know why they wouldn’t be included. They showed up in many other games at the time. Booker’s theme may have originated as a Turner owned piece of music (since a lot of WCW themes were just recycled Turner Network songs) but I’m not 100% sure of anything aside from I BELIEVE it’s called “Rap Sheet” originally.
As always, another really solid entry into the strange land of obscure wrestling titles. Really interested in the next one!
Thanks, Cap. And yea, it's a decent way to kill time. Nothing to write home about, but it's odd and fun. After I get through these comments, ya know I'm heading over to check out that Warrior review.
“The hell in a cell is a cage with a roof. Pyramids are cubes, they are not even the right shape”
Hahahaha, glad you liked that.
I remembered that Vince said the term *"Hell in the Cell"* before others said it properly.
Funny how the boss was the one to fuck it up, lol
@@616Entertainment Yeah, Did you see the fun facts I tweeted?
Huge fan of the HIM background music! Good Choice!!
Funeral of Hearts/Wings of a Butterfly /Beyond Redemption and ending on Ode to Solitude. Great song choices!!
100%, dude. My favorite band. I'm covered in HIM tattoos, and if you want to check it out, there's a video on the channel of my detailing my collection!
616Entertainment I’ll check it out! Huge fan of your channel!
I never had the opportunity to play this game. Kind of glad I didn't. Seems like road rage ready to happen lol
People get their rage from different places, but a game like this could be one of them.
Still love this game to this day. Twisted metal with WWE which is cool to me. Love the fitting cars for everyone and the good roster
Also digging that Wings of a Butterfly in the background 😆
Love this series. Keep up the good work. Hope you cover probably my favorite game Def Jam FFNY
Glad you liked the video. Stick around, plenty more to come!
This game and that time in WWE and video games was so fun for middle school me. I loved this game. I played the shit out of this game. I unlocked everyone and nearly got the belt for everyone; I was insane and still am.
This was a surprising release and I remember being at EB Games and picking it up. I was waiting for the upcoming yearly WWE PS2 game but was shocked that there was something already available months ahead and at a cheaper price than usual. WWE was really doing things outside the box at the time. Crush Hour and this destruction derby, WrestleMania XIX on GameCube had a Revenge Mode which took wrestling outside the ring; a very unique and memorable story mode, WWE released a CD called WWE Originals where Superstars and Divas sang their own songs. Even on TV, they were playing the knockoff themes for a little bit. Ric Flair had a different theme at the time too. It kind of bugged me because I was and am a big fan of entrance themes and many of these new replacements sounded like a downgrade to me.
The controls felt good to me. One very useful thing is mastering drifting, probably with using the R buttons. With that you can run circles around people and maneuver around any stage with ease. Like any driving game, it takes some practice.
I haven't played the game in 20 years, maybe one of these days I'll fire it back up but for now I'm happy to watch these videos to bring back some memories.
3 y later - STILL rewatching this - STILL one of my top fav jams just under Revenge, No Mercy, WM2000, and WWE 2K14 - even tho i cant remember if custom soundtrack feature was last in 13 or 2k14... 14 for wrestlemania showcase tho for sure
Excellent video as always! Like you, I've not consumed any recent WWE media in a long, long time (heck, I haven't even booted up one of the games in over a decade), but I love your retrospectives. I picked up Crush Hour when our local Blockbuster Video had its massive going out of business sale, where any previously-rented PS2 games were $3. You're right about the controls being crap, but I got a solid $20 worth of fun out of that $3 disc, so I can't really complain. It was certainly no Twisted Metal Black, but if I wanted to play TMB, I'd put in TMB. :)
Crush Hour was from the last real era in console gaming where "that's so crazy it just might work!" ideas got the green light. You still see the occasional oddity released today, especially in the PC market, but nobody would do a bizarre hybrid licensed crossover like this in 2019. :)
This is a great comment. And fuck yea, dude. Getting your money's worth is always the goal. It's definitely a little easier when it only ran you $3, hahha.
In 05 I rented this game from movie gallery when I was 9. 5 bucks for 5 days. Needless to say i had to beg my mom to buy it.
Five bucks for five days isn't too bad of a deal for this one, haha.
I might be one of the few people who genuinely enjoyed this game. It's by no means the greatest of games out there, but I got my money's worth. I remember Brock Lesnar and Stone Cold being the best characters imo.
I agree with you about getting your money's worth. Fun is what you make it, ya know?
Man awesome review sir I do love me some WWE Crushhour I remember getting it when it first came out I think you did an excellent review and appreciate this.
I appreciate you talking the time to watch!
This is one of those games that you outgrow because the standards for gaming have drastically increased 😂
"We can't expect cars to pick each other up and throw them over the top rope" I mean you could if the game had...TRUCKASAURUS
OH SHIT.
Yes FINALLY, I thought this was coming out last week!!!!! But finally!!!!!!!
Hope it lived up to the hype!
616Entertainment I can’t wait until you start going over the more obscure wrestling games
Yay! What a great surprise to start my morning!
Hell yea, Brad. Glad you liked it!
It’s funny, wwe viewers are going down but wrestling content has grown to become incredibly easy to find and watch. There’s so many shows just on UA-cam. And man, that Ps2 memory card brought back so many memories
It's funny, right? Their product sucks so we make our own, hahaha.
@@616Entertainment It only sucks in your opinion
The angry version of you yelling at yourself is always the best part of you vids dude
Props for the Battlebots reference. Loved it as a little kid, love it still as an adult. It’s an engineer’s wet dream.
Duuuuude. Battlebots was THE coolest shit.
Gezz, creativity is truly wild back then, imagine someone comes and pitches a battle royale online game with WWE theme today!
Can you imagine?
This Game Was Soooo Fire!!
Hahahah, it was definitely something.
Cool vid, and that's pretty cool that you put some H.I.M. in the background 😄
I'm covered in HIM tattoos. True 'til death. =)
I loved this game growing up. This and Monster Truck always came out for a hour game every other day.
I love it.
Dude I never put two and two together. We had some friends in common FB and it totally turns out you work at the one shop I go into every week. Small world
Ha! Say hi next time you come in. Small world indeed.
Love the deep voice commentary guy you have on there. Die laughing every time I see him. Need more of him. Great vid!
There will be more, don't worry. It's funny, I got a comment a few weeks ago from someone saying that those segments are 'so cringe' that they had to turn the video off. I was like okay, dude.
to be fair - this game was dope on gamecube.
Good shit as always, pal. Seriously, this game was a guilty pleasure back in the day. I knew it was a C tier game when it was being sold for $29.99 at my local Sam Goody just days after it's release. It was just bad but I had some fun unlocking all the characters and their vehicles. Taker's bike with the coffin lids for armor was my favorite as was the Hardy Boys shaggin wagons with the ladders. The special moves could have been more unique. Don't remember any of them standing out.
None of the special moves are anything outside of "big boom make you explode" lol. So shitty on that end, hahaha
Funny, Booker T's theme is public domain stock music too. There's actually a sketch from an episode of Kids in the Hall that uses it.
That's why it's so weird!
11:59 Edge looks like Tales from the Crypt lmfao
HA!
You gotta play this with your friends or brother for my situation ! Imagine if they had this online. This would go crazy ! 🤯
Well this was a wrestling-esque game that has escaped me. I was playing the Smackdown games.
R.I.P. to vehicular combat games. Vigilante 8 was awesomeness
Dude Vigilante 8 was the shit.
R o h njpw and aaa where not massive in 2093 but still about
Booker T's theme was also production music and WWE lost the rights to it for a bit during the 2000's. It not featured in a few games from that time.
I've heard it was because it sampled many licensed, original songs, too.
I fucking enjoyed the shit out of this game.
Spent my school holidays playing it from top to bottom.
If only the soundtrack had wings of a butterfly on it too 😬
Twisted metal didn't really blow up in my country. So we didn't really know anything better than crush hour haha.
I enjoyed this because it reminded me of vigilante 8 on the ps1
I would have loved some HIM on the soundtrack, hahaha. What country are you from?
@@616Entertainment all the way from South Africa 🤣
Currently melting from summer heat haha.
Recently played through fight night champion on the PS3, I enjoyed the previous fight night titles. At least this one allowed me to have HIM as entrance and menu music haha 🤘
Hey, I loved this game and I kid you not it felt like I blinked and it was over... Nothing like a HIM outro, speaking of music... Booker Ts music was always a sticky thing, cause remember when he was Sting's mystery partner in TNA, it was wishy-washy as well... So yeah, I enjoyed this one... Couldn't unlock anything due to but having a memory card but was fun playing the WWE version of Twisted Metal...Trust me, your not missing much and from all the news outlets you could get caught up quickly...walk away for awhile again and get caught up just like that (snap)... So yeah this went on due awhile, take care... Private Mustard of the DanDan Army is outta here 🤘
Yea, I keep up with the goings on, I just don't want to watch the shows all the time because of how much of it I don't like. That and the Saudi Arabia ties. Very bad taste in my mouth, ya know? Much love, Private Mustard.
You just gave me mad Mendela Effect vibes. I always thought it was Hell in the cell. *Mind Blown*
HA! I don't think you're alone in that.
Twisted metal & wrestling? I passed on this when it came out. It actually looks really fun. Great vid as always and I can't wait for your next vid. Keep up the great work 616.
Thank you, my friend!
It kinda is despite getting repetitive on the voice acting and commentary
WWE Crush Hour 03/31/2004 last saved. Bruh that is fn amazing that you still have old save files from your PS2 that dates back 15 years ago. I also played the hell out of Crush Hour as well, but I eventually ended up trading in the game along with most of my other PS2 games once the PS3 console released, I deeply regret it to this day, I should have held on to my PS2 and memory cards.
Man all the rest of my PS2 library went away. I sold all the games. I always made a point to keep my console and memory cards, though. Something about those old files, I couldn't bring myself to let them go!
Holy shit I watched this whole damn series and just now got the pun for the name of the retrospective series and its fucking brilliant.
(Also love the H.I.M. music!)
Hahahaha, it takes some people a while to get it. And I'm glad you like me slipping HIM into my videos. You'll get that pretty often around here.
Bookers music is another song the WWE didn't own, it was used in the kids in the hall series and a few commercials before it was used as his theme in WCW. They have to credit it the same way they credit white wolf for the gangrel license.
I've heard a few theories now, all different and all interesting.
@@616Entertainment If you get a chance here is a few links
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www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/466udw/til_that_booker_ts_theme_originated_in_a_skit_on/
Fun watching the video. Glad you have such positive memories of some of the modes and sounds like you had fun with it. We would have loved for it to be even better, but it had plenty of challenges. For the different arenas we were looking for different modes that we could adapt. And things were more distinct in my original design, a lot of what made the game feel like wrestling was forced out by management. I started with mechanics that were meant to feel like contemporary wrestling matches with the ebb and flow as you get beat up, build up your special meter and turn things around. But a lot of that uniqueness got ground away by management/THQ feedback that kept pushing it more and more to just be like Twisted Metal. So it goes.
I remember playing this game and loving it. What still blows my mind is that Kevin Nash can only be unlocked via cheat code. Games today don’t do that anymore
Is that true? I don't remember if that's accurate or not, hahaha.
616Entertainment I remember seeing the cheat code online and doing it myself and it worked. As far as I know there is no other method to play as big sexy. From what I remember nothing about him stood out besides the method itself
Thank you so much for doing this video series. 🙏
Thank YOU for watching.
2003 was a strange year for wrestling indeed.
I remember going to EB Games, looking at the back of the box of this game, and putting it back on the shelf. lol
Hahahahaha. The inner dialogue in that moment. "Hm. What's this? ..... Okay." *sets it down*
@@616Entertainment Exactly hehe
OH man, Crush Hour lol this game was so weird. Was like twisted metal but wrestling
100%!
I will continue to defend this game til the day I die.
Admittedly I've never played nor cared to play a twisted metal game so maybe that's why I feel the way I do about this game.
To me crush hour is great. With a few exceptions wrestling games get stale fast. This 1 just doesn't to me.
I love blowing someone up and hearing my guy taunt them on the screen. "You think you can mess with Brock Lesnar" "Rob-Van-Dam I'm cool like that" "Woooooo" "I'll make you famous". Ou get the point.
I also love JR's commentary "Rob Van Dam just grabbed the twisty rockets".
This game delivers what every game should strive for and that's entertainment. It's plot is so absurd it's hilarious, it has most of our favorite entrance themes at the time, and the commentary and taunts I already mentioned.
This game is still 1 of my all time favs and I never get bored with it.
I look forward to the Showdown review. I'll never forget pre ordering to get my exclusive Andre the giant action figure from GameStop and legends of wrestling tshirt. Plus the warrior teasing a return to the ring and the payoff being this game and it being unfinished filled with glitches due to acclaim going into bankruptcy but I'll save that for my comment on that video. I do hope you mention legends 1 and 2 at least. 2 was super cool with Jimmy Hart allowing the license to the theme music he owned and the shoot interview footage unlockables for some of the wrestlers
Great comment, I appreciate you taking the time. And yea, don't worry, I will touch on Legends 1 and 2. Showdown is the main event of the series, and I never intended to cover the whole thing, so let's swing for the fuckin fences, hahaha.
This was a great video-as always! I remember getting this game when I was younger and being pissed when I loaded it up and saw it was CAR GAME.... I had no idea it wasn’t a “wrestling” game when i bought it. Come to think of it, I never played it again actually. It was just that ONE time when I first bought it... Your video makes me wish I played it... Seems like it could have been a fun alternative to the other WWE games in the line up.
I love that. Just the idea of turning it on and going "what the fuck is this?!" hahahaha. Thanks for watching!
I never said this earlier, but thanks Ian. You got me back into loving modern classic wrestling
Glad to hear that, Jared. =)
@@616Entertainment yeah. As a pre teen, I loved comics and wrestling. Those were my two mains before i found the story in wrestling hard to follow and i discovered DC rebooted with The New 52.
Hey I joined the patreon today DanDan. I'm playing Android Assault on Sega CD tonight.
Thank you, DanDan! And oh shit, you're going deep into that library.
Crush Hour may have been weird but at least we still had variety back then, we haven't had a non-main series wwe game on consoles since 2011
I'm with you, dude. I love the variety.
Booker T's theme song is also public domain stock music. I'm not sure of the origins, but I've alao heard the song used in a sketch on The Kids In The Hall where they advertised some cologne
See now I'm hearing that it's stock music, but someone else showed me proof that it has sampled 3 other famous songs. I don't know what to believe!
Production themes are public domain, they have to be licensed $$$$. Many games in the area had those issues.
Never played this, but man Road Rash was my jam! Great vid as always bud.
Thanks, my dude!
Wow i never knew this game existed, thanks awesome video bro a remastered new version of this game might be good for business with all the new technology & graphics in today's world
Thanks for watching! It's funny how many comments I get on EVERY video I do saying "we need a remaster!"
Man I forgot all about this game lol
Can’t wait for LoW vids!!! I loved those games even though they were kinda clunky. Can’t wait to see your take on it
I'm glad you're excited. Plenty of fun stuff on the way.
Twisted Metal Black was my jam. Car combat is a niche genre, but I wouldn't mind a modern followup to this, along the lines of Wreckfest, which is new and awesome. Imagine vehicles for Becky Lynch or Bray Wyatt
I'll watch Becky Lynch do anything, man. lol
Hey there! I was just wondering if you were gonna bring this series back and if so, can you review either WWE Day of Reckoning 1 or 2? Thanks!
Triangle X Squared O? Yea, Season 2 is happening.
Also Trish Stratus had a generic theme I think along with Booker T & The Hardys
You are correct!
Yep, at 2003, her theme is the Lil Kim one.
I appreciate wings of a butterfly in the background and this game was my childhood whenever me and my cousin would go to our grandparents house they’d bring their GameCube and my grandparents would let us rent one movie/game at the video rental store I would always pick crush hour and I always sucked at it but I loved it 2003 brings back so many good memories
The memories are one of the best parts. =) And yea, every piece of background music in this video is a HIM song. Glad you noticed.
616Entertainment we can thank bam
As soon as you mentioned blowing Vince's car...
I just knew what was coming next....
Is that Funeral of Hearts By HIM I hear in the background? 4 minutes in I had to pause and ask. Nice touch!
Yes indeed. Every piece of background music in this video is a HIM song. Glad you noticed!
I unironically love this game. I think it's awesome fun
I love this.
I still remember the cheat code to unlock everything in this game by heart, from when I was a kid. (Square, L2, R2, Circle, Square, L1, L1, L2)
Daaaaamn that's big time!
I don't know about the network, but I was rewatching old DVD rips of WWE ppvs from 2001-3 and Booker's music is DEFINITELY different. It's not the same as this version either, it's an entirely different one.
Woah, I have even more to look into now.
That was Booker t song for a little when he was on raw a little after the invasion story line. But then he went back to his classic. Harlem heat song.
Hm. I don't know if that's true. He used the original Harlem Heat song before 2003 in WWE for sure.
I played this game only once on the PS2 when it came out, and I didn't know what the hell I was doing.
Hahahaha, it definitely has a learning curve.
yessir lets get it damn you already got 54 thousand subscribers it seemed like you had only 13 thousand two months ago good shit bro
The growth has been crazy. Thanks for being here!
Nice job on the ending speech, Ian. You’re right on everything. Wwe’s pg era is crap, but the wwe network with its retro content, and NXT are amazing.
Can't argue the quality of NXT and retro stuff. I watched a lot of NXT years ago, right around the time Joe showed up. I really, really enjoyed it. Thanks for watching!
NXT is amazing indeed. All I watch from WWE. Ill read the results of RAW or SD
Your nostalgia blinds you
@@616Entertainment So you just stopped watching it?
1:12 my God the signs for the WWE Network were there even back in the early 2000's
Hahahaha, good eye.
@@616Entertainment I try but The McMahon's are a crafty bunch
One of my favorite games all time but people do not talk about it at all anymore, it was fun tho
People not talking about it is exactly why I'm talking about it. Hope you appreciated the coverage!
Please do Rumble Roses soon.... because no matter how weird that is, I personally enjoy it. Fanservice aside, ofc.
It's on my shelf. Stick around!
I thought this was when Booker was using his own rap song from the WWE Originals CD but that wouldn't be until '04.
Yea, the timelines don't add up.
Man that CD sucked...it's the one where kurt angle rap's and reveal's his leather fasination.
Crush Hour AND H.I.M in the background? A man of culture
Someone who noticed? ...Another person of culture. =)
Lol you had me dying with that hulk hogan sounding angry fan. Please do more of that in the future! 😂
People seem to enjoy my characters, lol. I'll see what I can do.
Showdown: Legends of Wrestling is next! Dude, I still have that game. In fact, I have all 3 LoW games
My brother had legends of wrestlemania once
It's going to be a good time, man.
@@616Entertainment LOW was the last game to have owen hart. That was cool
@@SuperMarioPlush2006 to date. We may see him soon. Maybe
I loved this in my childhood on my nephews GameCube. Then got it for ps2
Hey, Showdown Legends of Wrestling comes out a day after my mom’s birthday. Anyways, lovely review as always, Ian. I never got to play the game for myself, but from what I’ve seen bits and pieces over the years, it didn’t seem half bad at all.
Thank you, my friend! I don't know how I missed this comment before. I appreciate you. =)
Hell yes it’s here been waiting for this one thank you Ian you da man
Thanks for watching, my friend!
Will you cover the PSX Nippon wrestling games??
I don't really have any experience or access to them, do I doubt it.
I think this is actually one of the few games Jeff Hardy is actually in I fear the same goes for Matt now that I think about it for a second
Whooo ! Good morning Ian thanks for some entertainment.have a great Monday!
You too, Gino! I appreciate it.
I have this game on the GameCube and loved this game and still play it to date along with wrestlemania 19 those two games were some my favorite games
WMXIX is so, so good.