Steal opponent's finishing move
After filling your special meter, hold [A] to do a heavy grapple to your opponent then press [L] + [R] + [A] + [B] to do your opponent's finishing move.
Steal the ref's finishing move
Use the following trick to perform the ref's own finisher on him. Target the ref by choosing him with the [C-stick]. Get ready for a special move by pressing [A] + [B] when you have a full meter. Get into a catched state with the ref and press [L] + [R] + [A] + [B]. Your character will now begin to perform the Pedigree on the ref, which is his default finisher.
Gain energy
Put your opponent into a submission hold, then use the [C-stick] and select "Drain".
Switch your submission
Use the following trick if you think your friend is cheating and watches what direction you press while you are in a submission sequence. First, pick a direction. After he picks his, switch it to a different direction. This should always work and will confuse your friend.
Quick K.O.s
Get your wrestler's strength up to level 10. Set one move to be Release German Suplex for a back grapple and one of your Irish Whip moves to be Leviathan Spine Buster. Your opponent will be knocked out in minute or two.
Put opponent through two tables with Jack Hammer
Go to the RAW arena (preferably in a Tables match). Get a table and go to top of the ramp. Get on the announcer's table. Set up the table horizontally across the announcer's table. Get an opponent on the table. Have your back to table you set up and do the Jack Hammer. If done correctly, your opponent should go through both tables.
Faster Legends
To do the 20 singles matches for Stone Cold, Mankind, and Bret Hart, do all twenty table matches. Go to the SmackDown! arena or a SmackDown! PPV Arena. Run to the table and hit a quick suplex or DDT to win the matches.
Defeating Kurt Angle
Build up submissions early to defeat Kurt Angle in his "Win By Submission Only" match. He is very difficult and will counter 50% of your attacks.
Handicap Table match: Easy win
Your first opponent is easy to defeat, as the is using tag team rules for handicap matching. You can take full advantage of this. Knock Orlando Jordan on the ground quickly, then run out of the ring, grab the table, then set it in the nearest turnbuckle away from Heidenrich. When OJ gets up (or you pick him up), whip him to the table. He should just crash into it, but not break it. Either slam him through it, or use a move like the Spear or Gore to put him through it.
Royal Rumble match: Easy throw out
Have two people in a Royal Rumble. As soon as another person enters, attempt to throw him or her out, then do a suplex. Then, have the other person hit you and the person that you are suplexing you should be fine, and the opponent should be out. Sometimes they will stand up and disappear.
Steel Cage Fatal 4-Way match: Easy win
Make your wrestler use the Stone Cold Stunner (found in the Stone Cold Steve Austin moves template that can be bought from the "WWEShopzone.com" selection at main menu under "Moves"), or use other lightning quick KO possible finisher. Make your wrestler the lightest possible superstar (150 pounds) and best suited for high flying moves. Use those high flying moves to your advantage. Your speed should be at least a 10, and if you raised your strength to a 10, you may be able to dish out heavy damage. Your speed is most important. You will need a speed of 10 to claim victory in the Fatal 4 Way Cage match. Using strength will only deal out damage, and you will need low weight, high speed, and tap [A] very fast in order to get out quickly. A controller with an auto-fire feature will improve your chances of winning this match. Note: If time expires you will be forced to replay the match; try to win it within the 30 mininute time limit.
Last Ride grapple
To get the Last Ride as a heavy grapple, buy The Undertaker template and add it to your wrestler. You will now have the Last Ride as a heavy grapple. You can also go back and edit other things afterward. It is very useful if you need a good move.
Chris Benoit: Tombstone Pile Driver
When you have an opponent in a catch state grapple, press [A] + [Left]. Chris Benoit will do a Tombstone Pile Diver Note: It is really a Twill Pile Diver but looks like a Tombstone Pile Diver.
Arenas
The only are arenas that you can unlock in story mode are as follows.
Backlash
Vengeance
Summerslam
Unforgiven
No Mercy
Survivor Series
Armageddon
Royal Rumble
No Way Out
Wrestlemania 22
The arenas you can buy are:
Judgment Day
Bad Blood
Great American Bash
Taboo Tuesday
Edit opponents moves
Use the following trick if you come up against a wrestler you cannot defeat in story mode. Exit story mode and go to the "WWE-shop.com" option. Purchase a Diva's move set. Go to "Create Superstar" and then "Customize". Go to the wrestler you could not defeat and set their move template as the Diva's moves that you just purchased. Their moves will now deliver very little damage to you, as Diva's are not very powerful. This will increase your chance of winning. To double this chance, set your opponent with no special moves, making it virtually impossible for them to finish you off.
Have titles when you start story mode
When you are going through story mode, win a title. Then, make a new game with a new wrestler. You will come out with that exact title, with the Raw or SmackDown championship.
Strongest created wrestler
To make the strongest created wrestler, raise all his dirty abilities to 10. Raise his strength abilities to 10. Set him as a dirty wrestler and give him all the dirty moves you can. When used, he will inflict major damage to his opponent.
Glitch: Perfect stats
Start a new story, then play as far as desired, but do not complete it. Save the game, distribute the experience points, save again, then exit. Go back into story mode. Choose "New" for your story, and select the same custom superstar you used. Your stats should remain the way you left them. A prompt stating that your selection is already being used in story mode will appear, and warn you that you will be deleting your current path. Choose "Yes", and you'll be back to the start in story mode, but will still keep your improved stats. Note: If the glitch does not work the way it should, you can do one of two things. The first is to copy your improved superstar, then enter the copy into story mode, choosing "New". Fight as far as desired, distribute the stats again, and save the game. Then, exit and go to Create A Wrestler mode again and copy the copy. Repeating this cycle is tedious, but assures you perfect stats. The second method is to enter Create A Wrestler mode, save the game, and go back into story mode.
Glitch: Christian: Missing logo
Play any match as or with Christian. Notice that there is no logo on his tights.
Glitch: HHH: Bad grammer
In story mode on the second to last event (confrontation), HHH will go to the ring. Instead of saying "If I were you" he will say "If were you" followed by the rest of the sentence.
Glitch: Steve Austin: Wrong home town
When you create a person in CAW, go to your hometown option. Go to the same superstar's location and look at Stone Cold's hometown which reads "Venice Beach, California". However Stone Cold lives in Victoria, Texas. For proof, select it and go to "Entrance". Try out any entrance (your own, template, superstars, divas ,or legends) and preview it. The announcer will say "Introducing the following, from Victoria, Texas..." Note: You have to first unlock Stone Cold to see this happen.
Glitch: Easy Fatal Four Way Cage match win
When you are in the Fatal Four Way match with Christian, Kane, and Shawn Micheals, after about four or five matches they will just stand still, even when you go to escape. They will not move unless you hit them.
Glitch: Break top of the cell with a submission
Have any wrestler with the "Anaconda Vice" move. Go to a Hell In A Cell match and go to the top of the cell. Do the "Anaconda Vice" in any of the four breakable cells. When your wrestler is choking his opponent, you will fall trough the cell. Sometimes when doing this, a wrestler may be laying in mid-air. Hit him with any move and he will be on the cell again.
Glitch: Television image
In the SmackDown part, look at the television. It will display Raw.
Glitch: Teddie looks the wrong way
Before your Triple Threat with Rene Durpee and Eddie, when Teddie is telling you that you are in a Triple Threat match he will look at Rene Durpee, and not you.
Glitch: Three Amigos
Use Eddie and make sure you have an arena with the announcer's table next to the stage. Get a special with Eddie and do the Three Amigos so that the opponent will get smashed though the table. Instead, you will be on the mat (floor) doing the Three Amigos animation, and the opponent will be on the table falling in the Three Amigos animation. On the third one, you and the opponent will fall through the announcer's table.
