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{{Short description|2001 professional wrestling video game}}
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{{Infobox video game
| title = WWF SmackDown! Just Bring It
| image = WWFSmackDownJustBringIt.jpg
| caption = NTSC cover art featuring [[Spike Dudley]], [[Kurt Angle]], [[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]], and [[Triple H]].
| developer = [[Yuke's]]
| publisher = {{vgrelease|WW|[[THQ]]|JP|[[Yuke's]]}}
| series = ''[[WWE 2K|SmackDown!]]''
| platforms = [[PlayStation 2]]
| released = {{Video game release|EU|November 16, 2001|NA|November 19, 2001<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 14, 2002 |title=PR - 11/19/01 - THQ SHIPS WWF SMACKDOWN! JUST BRING IT FOR PLAYSTATION 2 |url=http://www.thq.com/Corporate/PressReleases/press-369.asp |access-date=March 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020814053242/http://www.thq.com/Corporate/PressReleases/press-369.asp |archive-date=August 14, 2002 }}</ref>|JP|January 24, 2002}}
| genre = [[Sports game|Sports]]
| modes = [[Single player video game|Single-player]], [[Multiplayer video game|multiplayer]]
}}

'''''WWF SmackDown! Just Bring It''''', known in Japan as {{nihongo|'''''Exciting Pro Wrestling 3'''''|エキサイティングプロレス3|Ekisaitingu Puro Resu 3}}, is a [[professional wrestling]] video game developed by [[Yuke's]], and published by [[THQ]] for [[PlayStation 2]], and was released in November 2001. It is the third game in the ''[[WWE 2K|WWF SmackDown!]]'' series, based on the [[WWE|World Wrestling Federation]] (WWF. now WWE) [[professional wrestling promotion]], the sequel to ''[[WWF SmackDown! 2: Know Your Role]]'', the first game in the series to be released on the PlayStation 2 console, and the last game in the series to be released under the "WWF" name.<ref>{{cite web |author=IGN staff |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/04/26/thq-confirms-smackdown-name |title=THQ Confirms SmackDown Name |website=IGN |publisher=Ziff Davis |date=April 26, 2001 |access-date=February 11, 2015 |archive-date=August 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827051948/http://www.ign.com/articles/2001/04/26/thq-confirms-smackdown-name |url-status=live }}</ref> 

The game was succeeded the following year by ''[[WWE SmackDown! Shut Your Mouth]],'' which was released in October 2002.<ref>{{cite web |author=IGN staff |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/05/18/e3-2001-wwf-smackdown-just-bring-it-first-impressions |title=E3 2001: WWF SmackDown! "Just Bring It!" First Impressions |website=IGN |publisher=Ziff Davis |date=May 18, 2001 |access-date=February 11, 2015 |archive-date=February 6, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180206100339/http://www.ign.com/articles/2001/05/18/e3-2001-wwf-smackdown-just-bring-it-first-impressions |url-status=live }}</ref> 

==Gameplay==
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This was the first game in the ''SmackDown!'' series to feature play-by-play commentary, with [[Michael Cole (wrestling)|Michael Cole]] and [[Tazz]] featured as the announcers. One improvement in this game is the appearance of six-man tag team matches, as well as six-man and eight-man battle royals. This would be the only game in the series in which players were allowed to have eight players on the screen at once until the release of ''[[WWE 2K18]]''. Additionally, this was the first game of the series to give each wrestler two different finishing moves, as well as the first game to allow editing of the in-game wrestlers' move sets. ''Just Bring It'' was also the first game in the series to feature authentic, complete ring entrances. The game features several venues from 2000 and 2001, including the arena for ''[[WWE Raw|Raw Is War]]'' and both the original and new arenas for ''[[WWE SmackDown|SmackDown!]]'' (Ovaltron, including the ''[[Sunday Night Heat]]'' version, and the Fist stages). However, all pay-per-view arenas (except for [[WrestleMania X-Seven]] and [[Insurrextion (2001)|Insurrextion]]) utilize the same arena with different logos on the ring mat, with the arena being based on the design of [[WrestleMania 2000]].

The game's roster was criticised at the time for being heavily outdated, as it was finalized very early in WWF's [[The Invasion (professional wrestling)|Invasion]] angle and prior to the emergence of several former ECW and WCW wrestlers. Whilst [[William Regal]], [[Raven (wrestler)|Raven]], [[Rhyno]], [[Tajiri (wrestler)|Tajiri]], [[Spike Dudley]], [[Jerry Lynn]] and [[Molly Holly]] were all new additions to the game, several stars who had become more prominent on WWF television, such as [[Rob Van Dam]], [[Booker T (wrestler)|Booker T]], [[Diamond Dallas Page]], [[Gregory Helms|The Hurricane]], [[Lance Storm]] and [[Mike Awesome]] were not included, which was also reflected by the inclusion of [[Fully Loaded (2000)|Fully Loaded 2000]] as one of the featured pay-per-view mats instead of [[WWF Invasion|Invasion]]. In addition to these, [[Limp Bizkit]] vocalist [[Fred Durst]] appears in the game as an agreement with the WWF and THQ which allowed their song "[[Rollin' (Limp Bizkit song)|Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)]]" to be included as [[The Undertaker]]'s then-theme music (it is one of his few game appearances, he also appears in ''[[WWF Raw (2002 video game)|WWF Raw]]'' for the Xbox). This is also the only WWF game in which [[Jerry Lynn]] appears, as he would be gone from the company within five months of its release. This is also the first WWF game to not feature [[Joanie Laurer|Chyna]] due to her departure after [[Judgment Day 2001|Judgment Day]] months earlier.

A new gameplay addition is the reversal system. ''Just Bring It'' utilizes a counter-attack mechanic system that allows almost every move to be countered, as well as allowing some counter-attacks (such as punches) to be re-countered.<ref>{{cite web |title=Strategy - Guide for WWF SmackDown: Just Bring It! on PlayStation 2 (PS2) (24081) |url=http://www.cheatcodes.com/guide/strategy-wwf-smackdown-just-bring-it-ps2-24081/ |website=[[CheatCodes.com]] |access-date=August 29, 2020 |archive-date=February 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200225211923/http://www.cheatcodes.com/guide/strategy-wwf-smackdown-just-bring-it-ps2-24081/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Game modes===
Rather than the Season Modes presented in the previous ''SmackDown!'' games, ''Just Bring It'' instead has a Story Mode. The player is given more control over their wrestler's activities, such as having the ability to choose which WWF title to go after.<ref>{{cite web |last=Fujita |first=Mark "Hopsing Lee" |url=https://www.ign.com/wikis/wwf-smackdown-just-bring-it/Season |title=Guides: WWF Smackdown: Just Bring It! (Season) |website=IGN |date=December 31, 2001 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071005061449/http://guides.ign.com/guides/15128/page_48.html |archive-date=October 5, 2007 |url-status=live |access-date=February 11, 2015}}</ref> Throughout Story Mode, the player is able to attain unlockables, including additional superstars, arenas, and match types.<ref>{{cite web |last=Fujita |first=Mark "Hopsing Lee" |url=https://www.ign.com/wikis/wwf-smackdown-just-bring-it/Secrets |title=Guides: WWF Smackdown: Just Bring It! (Secrets) |website=IGN |date=December 31, 2001 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070822003213/http://guides.ign.com/guides/15128/page_49.html |archive-date=August 22, 2007 |url-status=live |access-date=February 11, 2015}}</ref>

==Release==
The game ended up selling more than 400,000 units in North America, for which it was added to the [[List of Sony Greatest Hits games|Sony Greatest Hits collection]] for the PlayStation 2 in October 2002, and became THQ's second Greatest Hits game, only bested by ''[[Red Faction]]''.<ref>{{cite web |author=IGN staff |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2002/10/17/smackdown-makes-greatest-hits-list |title=SmackDown Makes Greatest Hits List |website=IGN |publisher=Ziff Davis |date=October 17, 2002 |access-date=February 11, 2015 |archive-date=February 12, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150212023909/http://www.ign.com/articles/2002/10/17/smackdown-makes-greatest-hits-list |url-status=live }}</ref> However, when the game was re-released, it was renamed to ''WWE SmackDown! Just Bring It'' because of the World Wrestling Federation's recently lost [[WWF trademark dispute|court battle]] with the [[World Wide Fund for Nature|World Wildlife Fund]], following which the World Wrestling Federation was renamed to the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE),<ref>{{cite web |last=Perry |first=Douglass C. |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2002/05/06/wwf-is-now-wwe |title=WWF Is Now WWE |website=IGN |publisher=Ziff Davis |date=May 6, 2002 |access-date=February 11, 2015}}</ref> although in-game branding was not changed.

==Reception==
{{Video game reviews
| MC = 76/100<ref name=MC>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/wwf-smackdown-just-bring-it/critic-reviews/?platform=playstation-2 |title=WWF SmackDown! Just Bring It for PlayStation 2 Reviews |website=[[Metacritic]] |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |access-date=November 1, 2023 |archive-date=February 15, 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250215141831/https://www.metacritic.com/game/wwf-smackdown-just-bring-it/critic-reviews/?platform=playstation-2 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| Allgame = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Racer |first=Scott |url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=32911&tab=review |title=WWF SmackDown! Just Bring It - Review |website=[[AllGame]] |publisher=[[All Media Network]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141115160454/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=32911&tab=review |archive-date=November 15, 2014 |url-status=dead |access-date=February 11, 2015}}</ref>
| EGM = 7.67/10<ref>{{cite magazine |author=EGM staff |title=WWF SmackDown! Just Bring It |magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]] |publisher=Ziff Davis |issue=150 |date=January 2002 |page=221}}</ref>
| EuroG = 7/10<ref name=eurog>{{cite web |last=Bramwell |first=Tom |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/r_wwfsmackdown_ps2 |title=WWF Smackdown : Just Bring it! [sic] |website=[[Eurogamer]] |publisher=[[Gamer Network]] |date=December 15, 2001 |access-date=February 11, 2015 |archive-date=February 12, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150212014631/http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/r_wwfsmackdown_ps2 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| Fam = 29/40<ref name=fam>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=9244&redirect=no |title=エキサイティングプロレス3 [PS2] |language=ja |magazine=[[Famitsu]] |publisher=[[Enterbrain]] |access-date=April 13, 2020}}</ref>
| GI = 8/10<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Leeper |first=Justin |url=http://www.gameinformer.com/Games/Review/200112/R03.0804.1640.29640.htm |title=WWF SmackDown! Just Bring It |magazine=[[Game Informer]] |publisher=[[GameStop|FuncoLand]] |issue=104 |date=December 2001 |page=90 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915050240/http://www.gameinformer.com/Games/Review/200112/R03.0804.1640.29640.htm |archive-date=September 15, 2008 |url-status=dead |access-date=February 11, 2015}}</ref>
| GamePro = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |author=The D-Pad Destroyer |url=http://gamepro.com/sony/ps2/games/reviews/18463.shtml |title=WWF SmackDown: Just Bring It Review for PS2 on GamePro.com |magazine=[[GamePro]] |publisher=[[International Data Group|IDG Entertainment]] |date=November 26, 2001 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050209101451/http://gamepro.com/sony/ps2/games/reviews/18463.shtml |archive-date=February 9, 2005 |url-status=dead |access-date=February 11, 2015}}</ref>
| GameRev = B+<ref>{{cite web |last=Nash |first=Joe |url=https://www.gamerevolution.com/review/33543-wwf-smackdown-just-bring-it-review |title=WWF Smackdown: Just Bring It! [sic] Review |website=[[GameRevolution]] |publisher=[[CraveOnline]] |date=January 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150212024244/http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/wwf-smackdown-just-bring-it |archive-date=February 12, 2015 |url-status=live |access-date=February 11, 2015}}</ref>
| GSpot = 8.1/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Villoria |first=Gerald |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/wwf-smackdown-just-bring-it-review/1900-2824631/ |title=WWF SmackDown! Just Bring It Review |website=[[GameSpot]] |date=November 14, 2001 |access-date=February 11, 2015 |archive-date=July 14, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150714024035/http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/wwf-smackdown-just-bring-it-review/1900-2824631/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
| GSpy = 85%<ref>{{cite web |last=Fudge |first=James |url=http://www.planetps2.com/features/reviews/2001/smackdown/ |title=WWF Smackdown! Just Bring It |website=[[GameSpy|PlanetPS2]] |publisher=IGN Entertainment |date=December 11, 2001 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011215062609/http://www.planetps2.com/features/reviews/2001/smackdown/ |archive-date=December 15, 2001 |url-status=dead |access-date=February 11, 2015}}</ref>
| GameZone = 8/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Valentino |first=Nick |url=http://ps2.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r18188.htm |title=WWF SmackDown! Just Bring It Review - PlayStation 2 |website=GameZone |date=December 11, 2001 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080106035133/http://ps2.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r18188.htm |archive-date=January 6, 2008 |url-status=dead |access-date=February 11, 2015}}</ref>
| IGN = 7.8/10<ref name="autogenerated2001">{{cite web |last=Smith |first=David |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/11/20/wwf-smackdown-just-bring-it |title=WWF SmackDown! Just Bring It |website=[[IGN]] |publisher=[[Ziff Davis]] |date=November 19, 2001 |access-date=February 11, 2015 |archive-date=August 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827052324/http://www.ign.com/articles/2001/11/20/wwf-smackdown-just-bring-it |url-status=live }}</ref>
| NGen = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name=NGen>{{cite magazine |last=Whitta |first=Gary |authorlink=Gary Whitta |url=https://archive.org/details/NextGen85Jan2002/page/n83/mode/2up |title=WWF Smackdown: Just Bring it |magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]] |publisher=[[Future US|Imagine Media]] |issue=85 |date=January 2002 |page=82 |access-date=April 13, 2020}}</ref>
| OPM = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |title=WWF SmackDown! Just Bring It |magazine=[[Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine]] |publisher=Ziff Davis |issue=52 |date=January 2002 |page=142}}</ref>
| rev1 = ''[[BBC Sport]]''
| rev1Score = 87%<ref>{{cite web |last=Gibbon |first=David |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/funny_old_game/1689469.stm |title=Let's play: WWF SmackDown! [Just Bring It] |website=[[BBC Sport]] |publisher=[[BBC]] |date=January 22, 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011204015528/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport/hi/english/funny_old_game/newsid_1689000/1689469.stm |archive-date=December 4, 2001 |url-status=live |access-date=February 11, 2015}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Maxim (magazine)|Maxim]]''
| rev2Score = 8/10<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Boyce |first=Ryan |url=http://www.maximonline.com/entertainment/reviews/review_games_1965.html |title=WWF SmackDown! Just Bring It |magazine=[[Maxim (magazine)|Maxim]] |publisher=[[Biglari Holdings]] |date=November 14, 2001 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011210173945/http://www.maximonline.com/entertainment/reviews/review_games_1965.html |archive-date=December 10, 2001 |url-status=dead |access-date=February 11, 2015}}</ref>
}}

The game received "generally favorable reviews" according to video game [[review aggregator]] [[Metacritic]].<ref name=MC/> However, the game's in-game commentary has been criticized for being disjointed and repetitive, with noticeable pauses when calling wrestler or move names.<ref name="eurog"/><ref name="autogenerated2001"/> [[Gary Whitta]] of ''[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]'' was positive to the game despite acknowledging its flaws.<ref name=NGen/> In Japan, ''[[Famitsu]]'' gave it a score of 29 out of 40.<ref name=fam/>

It received a "Platinum" sales award from the [[The Association for UK Interactive Entertainment|Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association]] (ELSPA),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elspa.com/?i=3944 |title=ELSPA Sales Awards: Platinum |work=[[The Association for UK Interactive Entertainment|Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090515224703/http://www.elspa.com/?i=3944 |archive-date=May 15, 2009 |url-status=dead |access-date=September 28, 2017}}</ref> indicating sales of at least 300,000 copies in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web |last=Caoili |first=Eric |url=https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/112220/ELSPA_Wii_Fit_Mario_Kart_Reach_Diamond_Status_In_UK.php |title=ELSPA: Wii Fit, Mario Kart Reach Diamond Status In UK |website=[[Gamasutra]] |publisher=[[UBM plc]] |date=November 26, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918063107/https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/112220/ELSPA_Wii_Fit_Mario_Kart_Reach_Diamond_Status_In_UK.php |archive-date=September 18, 2017 |url-status=dead |access-date=September 28, 2017}}</ref>
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==See also==
{{Portal|Video games}}
* [[List of licensed wrestling video games]]
* [[List of fighting games]]
* [[List of video games in the WWE 2K Games series]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{notelist}}

==External links==
* {{MobyGames|/wwf-smackdown-just-bring-it}}

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