As in televised WWE and previous WWE games, players engage in both unarmed (punching, throwing, slamming, kicking, stomping or elbowing) and armed (with a baseball bat, steel chair or even sledgehammer) violence with their opponents. Violence is met with realistic reactions and characters may also bleed after sustained beatings. Live action footage is also included and shows famous fights between WWE superstars, which can at times be very bloody.