Raw (WWE brand)
Raw is a brand of the U.S. based professional wrestling promotion WWE. The brand was first established on March 25, 2002, with a draft on "Monday Night Raw" and went into effect one week later on April 1. The brand split was discontinued in August 2011, but was brought back in July 2016. Wrestlers assigned to the Raw brand wrestle predominantly on the "Raw" television program as well as "Main Event", the seasonal "Mixed Match Challenge", and Raw branded or co-branded pay-per-view events and WWE Network events. During the first brand split, they also competed on "Heat" and on "ECW" under a talent exchange program.
WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008
The game is the ninth edition of the long-running "WWE SmackDown vs. Raw" (later renamed to simply "WWE") video game series based on the professional wrestling promotion World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It is the sequel to 2006's "WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2007", succeeded by "WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009" in 2008. It is the first WWE game to include the promotion's ECW brand. It is also the first WWE game to be available for all seventh generation video game consoles.