Here you find the full list of all the Match Types included in WWE SmackDown!: Here Comes The Pain, categorized as they appear in the game.
The new additions compared to the previous entry in the series are marked with a NEW badge.
Single Match
- No Manager
- No Manager vs w/Manager
- w/Manager vs w/Manager
Tag Match (2 on 2)
- Normal Tag
- Tornado Tag
- Tag vs Tag w/ Manager
- Tag w/Manager vs Tag w/Manager
6-Man Tag
- Normal 6-Man Tag
- Tornado 6-Man Tag
Survival
- Triple Threat Match
- Fatal 4-Way Match
- 4-Man Battle Royal
- 5-Man Battle Royal
- 6-Man Battle Royal
Handicap Match
- One on Two
- One on Tag
- One on Three
Hardcore Match
- Single (1 on 1)
- Tornado Tag
- Tornado 6-Man Tag
- Triple Threat Tornado Tag
- Triple Threat
- Fatal 4 Way
- Time Limit
The Hardcore Match features the ability to take the fight backstage.
Royal Rumble
- 30 Participants (6 Players)
Main Events
- 3 Stages of Hell
- Single (1 on 1) - choose 3 match types to use in a 2 out of 3 falls contest
- Bra & Panties NEW
- Single (1 on 1) - Divas only
- Cage Match
- Single (1 on 1)
- Tornado Tag
- Triple Threat
- Fatal 4-Way
- Single Pin & Give Up
- Triple Threat Pin & Give Up
- Fatal 4-Way Pin & Give Up
- Elimination Chamber NEW
- 6-Man Elimination Chamber Match
- Elimination Tag
- Normal Tag
- Tornado Tag
- Normal 6-Man Tag
- Tornado 6-Man Tag
- Table Tornado Tag NEW
- Table Tornado 6-Man Tag
- Captain Fall Tornado 6-Man Tag
- First Blood NEW
- Single (1 on 1)
- Hell in a Cell
- Single (1 on 1)
- Tornado Tag
- Triple Threat
- Fatal 4-Way
- Armageddon Hell in a Cell (6-man)
- Iron Man Match
- Single (1 on 1)
- Ladder Match
- Single (1 on 1)
- Tornado Tag
- Triple Threat Tornado Tag
- Triple Threat
- Fatal 4-Way
- Last Man Standing Match
- Single (1 on 1)
- Lumberjack Match
- Single (1 on 1)
- Slobber Knocker
- Time Limit
- No Time Limit
- Slobber Knocker Anywhere
- Special Referee
- One Referee - Single (1 on 1)
- One Referee - Tag Match
- One Referee - Iron Man
- Two Referees - Single (1 on 1)
- Two Referees - Tag Match
- Two Referees - Iron Man
- Submission
- Single (1 on 1)
- Ultimate Submission
- Table Match
- Single (1 on 1)
- Tornado Tag
- Triple Threat
- Fatal 4-Way
- Tornado 6-Man Tag
- TLC Match
- Single (1 on 1)
- Tornado Tag
- Triple Threat
- Fatal 4-Way
- Title Single (1 on 1)
- Title Tornado Tag
- Title Triple Threat
- Title Fatal 4-Way
Note: The "I Quit" Match and King Of The Ring Tournament mode have been removed compared to previous games. Also, it's no longer possible to play Special Referee in Falls Count Anywhere variants or Hell In A Cell variants.