WWE Smackdown vs RAW 2007 Special Edition

Wrestling and tin packaging. Name a more iconic duo from the mid-2000s. The WWE Smackdown vs RAW 2007 Special Edition on Xbox 360 came exclusively through GameStop in North America, housed in a medium-sized tin with a cardboard slip cover that gave it real shelf presence among a sea of standard plastic cases.

Inside the tin you'll find the game alongside a bonus DVD featuring a documentary on the history of the WWE and a paperback trivia book designed to test your wrestling knowledge. The trivia book is a wonderfully odd inclusion, the kind of physical bonus that has no modern equivalent. It's not DLC. It's not a code. It's a little paperback you can flip through while waiting for a match to load, or more likely, use to settle arguments with friends about WrestleMania results.

The tin packaging was a popular format for Xbox 360 special editions in 2006 and 2007, and the wrestling franchise leaned into it perfectly. That GameStop exclusivity means production numbers were inherently limited to what one retailer ordered, and the cardboard slip cover was usually the first casualty of shelf wear or careless storage. Complete copies with the slip cover, tin in good shape, DVD, and trivia book all present are getting harder to find. For wrestling fans who collected through the console wars era, this Special Edition captures a specific moment when the Smackdown vs RAW series was at its peak popularity and physical extras still meant something.