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The first brand split occurred from 2002 to 2011, while the ongoing second began in 2016. WWE currently promotes four brands. The two main brands, referred to as the main roster, are Raw and SmackDown. NXT, WWE's third brand, was launched in 2010 and has served as WWE's developmental territory since 2012.
The 2K Sports logo for the WWE series The WWE series (currently branded as WWE 2K ; and formerly known as SmackDown!, SmackDown vs. Raw, or simply WWE) is a series of professional wrestling video games based on the American professional wrestling promotion WWE. The series was originally published by THQ until 2013, when Take-Two Interactive's 2K Sports took over. From 2000 to 2018, the series ...
WrestleMania X8 was the last WrestleMania held before the introduction of the brand extension on March 25, which split the roster between the Raw and SmackDown! brands, where wrestlers were exclusively assigned to perform. [24]
Just Bring It, characters were not divided into brands. In 2002, the WWE split its roster into two brands of wrestling, called Raw and SmackDown!, which were named after WWE's television shows. [34] The WWE Brand Extension was first featured in WWE SmackDown! Shut Your Mouth. [35]
During the first brand split (2002–2011), SmackDown wrestlers also competed on an exclusive supplementary show, Velocity, and on ECW under a talent exchange program with the former ECW brand, while during the second brand split (2016–present), the brand's wrestlers have appeared in the interbrand Mixed Match Challenge, Worlds Collide, and ...
The WWE Draft logo used from October 2019 to April 2023. The WWE Draft is a process used by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE to refresh its rosters between the Raw and SmackDown brands (2002–2011; 2016–present) when a brand extension is in effect.
Tazz was a SmackDown commentator from February 2001 to November 2001, from April 2002 to June 2006, and from August 2008 to April 2009. In March 2002, WWE underwent the "brand extension", [12] a process in which WWE divided itself into two branches. [12] The two divisions, Raw and SmackDown!, would compete against each other.
Notable areas are a New York City Subway stop named SmackDown! Station, Times Square, and The World. The game features several arenas based on the various pay-per-views held by WWE in 2001 and 2002. There are also arenas based on each WWE television show. In certain arenas, players could make their wrestlers scale the TitanTron and jump off of it.