Editing WWE Raw

{{GameInfobox
|developer = Anchor Inc.
|publisher = THQ
|designer =
|engine =
|us_rel = {{Release|2002|February|11|US|Xbox}}<br>{{Release|2002|October|14|US|Microsoft Windows}}
|uk_rel = {{Release|2002|September|27|UK|Xbox}}<br>{{Release|2002|November|1|UK|Microsoft Windows}}
|jp_rel = {{Release|2002|October|3|JP|Xbox}}
|genre = Fighting, Wrestling
|features = Single-player, Multi-player
|ratings = ESRB-T
|platforms = Xbox, Microsoft Windows
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'''WWE Raw''' (also known as '''''WWF Raw''''') is a [[video game]] released on the [[Xbox]] [[video game console|console]] and the [[personal computer|PC]] by [[THQ]] in [[2002 in video games|2002]]. All copies of the PC port and later copies of the Xbox original were titled ''WWE Raw'' due to the [[World Wrestling Entertainment|World Wrestling Federation]]'s [[World Wide Fund for Nature#Abbreviation dispute|lawsuit]] with the [[World Wide Fund for Nature|World Wildlife Fund]], causing the former to change their name to WWE (although the in-game logos still carried the WWF logo). The game was succeeded on the Xbox by ''[[WWE Raw 2]]'' in [[2003 in video games|2003]].

==Overview==
Originally intended to be an Xbox launch game, numerous delays pushed back the game's release from November 2001 to February 2002. Due to a recent string of lawsuits directed towards the [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWF]] blaming the company for youth injuries, the game's blood effects were removed. In earlier builds of the game, wrestlers would bleed realistically from different body locations, and drip blood on the mat, which would remain there and darken to a brown color as time passed.

==Reception==
WWE RAW received generally mixed reviews. [[IGN]] praised the game giving it a 9.1 while other sites such as [[Gamespot]] gave it a 6.5 saying the lack of blood and the superstars hunched figure gave it more of a UFC feeling.

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