
Included with the release of WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008, in order for players to force a superstar to submit, they had to tap buttons to move a marker towards the end of the meter labeled "Submit", and the only way for opponents to escape was for them to move the meter towards "Escape".

For example, the player could place their opponent in a suplex grappling position and then either perform a normal suplex or an inverted suplex slam. When WWE SmackDown vs Raw 2007 was released, new game mechanics were introduced, in which a new control scheme altered the grappling system of the game, called "Ultimate Control moves." Unlike the previous games, where the player pressed two buttons to perform a grapple or an attack, players were able to place their opponents into a grapple position and then choose to perform a move by moving the directional buttons of their system's controller. RAW 2007 came out in 2006, THQ introduced the HD Era to the Xbox 360 and PS3. The Smackdown vs RAW games and the WWE show would work its way to a modern era (PG Era) during the release of Smackdown vs RAW 2010. The Smackdown vs RAW game series started during the Ruthless Agression Era of the TV series WWE.
