The games were originally published by THQ and developed by Yuke's. The premise of the series is to emulate the sport of professional wrestling, specifically that of WWE.
Raw and WWE, is a series of professional wrestling sports simulation video games that launched in 2000. WWE 2K, formerly released as WWF/E SmackDown!, SmackDown vs. Visual Concepts (Supporting developers: 2013–2018 Sole developer: 2019–present)