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THQ today has confirmed that there will be no less than three different special editions of their forthcoming installment of their yearly WWE grappling franchise, WWE Smackdown Vs Raw 2011.

The caveat of course is that each retailer will be carrying a unique special edition, the details of which can be found below:

Hit Man Special Edition
Available from GAME and GAMESTATION for the Xbox 360 or the PlayStation 3, includes the following items:
• WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2011 Videogame
• Bret “Hit Man” Hart: The Best There Is, The Best There Was, The Best There Ever Will Be” DVD
• Bret Hart Exclusive Art Card
• Bret Hart Exclusive Playable Character

Lord of Darkness Special Edition
Available from PLAY.COM for the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3, includes the following items:
• WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2011 Videogame
• WWE Unforgiven® 2007 DVD
• Undertaker® Exclusive Art Card
• “Ministry of Darkness” Exclusive Alternate Attire

Viper Special Edition
Available from TESCO for the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3, includes the following items:
• WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2011 Videogame
• WWE No Mercy® 2007 DVD
• Randy Orton® Exclusive Art Card
• Randy Orton Three-Pack of Alternate Attire Options (T-Shirt, Suit and Referee Uniform)

Depending on your character loyalty, your mileage will likely vary here, but for me the choice is simple; The Bret Hart edition is the way forward. Instead of merely offering alternative attire for existing wrestlers, the Bret Hart Edition actually gives you an entire new wrestler to use from day one in addition to the art card and wrestler specific DVD that you would recieve in the other editions.

New character > Costumes every time.

WWE Smackdown Vs Raw 2011 is due for release on October 29th on pretty much every major format, with the special editions detailed above only available for the 360 and PS3 versions of the game.

Credit goes to local Plymouth wrestler Richard Worsley for pointing this out.

Richard, as well as whole host of local wrestling talent can be seen in the forthcoming PWA: Xplosion wrestling event which takes place in Plymouth, UK on Friday November 19th.

Looks like it’ll be quite entertaining indeed.