>>16437476for me, it's the original, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009. i was getting a little burnt out by '09, so i played it the least of the 4, but the addition of Create-a-Finisher was fuckin' awesome. the first game will always have a special place in my heart cause it was what really made me fuck with wrestling. as a kid it can be difficult to follow a 6 month long program airing across multiple shows and PPV's, but playing SvR you could experience a whole angle at your own pace. really helped endear me toward the sport and inspired me to put more effort into catching the weekly shows.
plus they could just do wild shit in the story mode that wouldn't fly on TV. like the legendary "Candice Michelle with the genderswap wand" angle, or Undertaker zombifying other wrestlers. lol