If the player is competing in a title match, the belt can be won via disqualification, going against the usual WWE rules. The game also features Raw and SmackDown referees in the game that the player can choose. A select few of these abilities returned for WWE '12 and WWE '13. Upon its release, the game was praised for an improved and more current roster. The Create an Entrance feature allows the player to use custom music tracks that have been ripped onto their Xbox's hard disk (although this feature is inaccessible when playing the game on the Xbox 360), synchronize two sets of pyrotechnics with taunts or poses, and create an entrance video featuring the player's character performing various wrestling moves. New match stipulations are included in the game: Hell in a Cell, TLC and Royal Rumble matches are available in Raw 2. There are also arenas based upon each WWE television show. The game features several arenas that WWE held events in during 20. Changing between face and heel can also be done through the options. In season mode, alignment cannot be changed, but players can change who likes or dislikes their wrestler through various options. Raw 2 also allows players to edit WWE's wrestlers into the way they want them to look similar to the N64 games WWF WrestleMania 2000 and WWF No Mercy. The alignments determine who the character's friends and enemies are in the career mode.

In Create a Superstar mode, users have the ability to choose their character's alignment type and whether he or she is to be a face or heel. It allows players to set up wrestlers, call others out from the locker room, form alliances, and hire managers. For the first time in the series, a season mode is included in the game.

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