The following is the full list of the Abilities included in SmackDown vs. Raw 2009, with detailed descriptions and how to obtain each ability in Career Mode for Created Superstars. Each character can have up to 6 abilities.
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Blood Shed
- Description: Allows you to bust yourself open when holding a chair by pressing Y (Xbox 360) or Triangle (PS3). This will give you full momentum and temporarily give you full health.
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How to obtain in Career Mode: You and your opponents have to bleed ten times each.
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Cage Match
- Description: Allows you to use special attacks during cage matches whilst climbing the cage or standing at the top of one. This ability is passive.
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How to obtain in Career Mode: Win any Cage Match in under 60 seconds by escaping the cage (rather than a pin or submission).
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Dirty Pin
- Description: Allows you to pin an opponent with increased leverage, making it harder for your opponent to kick out and essentially removes rope breaks. Automatically activates when you pin an opponent near the ropes.
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How to obtain in Career Mode: Get a five-star match rating against three different opponents who already have Dirty Pin
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Durability
- Description: Allows you to slightly recover your health if you sustain red damage. Press and hold Y (Xbox 360) or Triangle (PS3) to activate this. Note that when you're healing, you're not moving, so don't do it unless your opponents are down.
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How to obtain in Career Mode: Win a match against an opponent who is rated 20 points above your overall score, but only after having at least one body part in orange health.
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Evasive Dodge
- Description: Hold either trigger and use the left stick to make your wrestler roll in the indicated direction. Good for keeping an opponent guessing.
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How to obtain in Career Mode: Win any special type of match (Ladder, Cage, etc.) against two different opponents.
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Fan Favorite
- Description: This allows you to do a special taunt if your momentum is full. Simply press the D-pad in any direction, and your taunt will start lowering the opponent's momentum. This will last until your full momentum wears off, or until you execute your finisher.
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How to obtain in Career Mode: Successfully taunt ten times in one match.
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Hammer Throw
- Description: Allows you to do a strong Irish Whip by holding B (Xbox 360) or Circle (PS3). This will send the target over the top rope entirely rather than just flinging him into the ropes.
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How to obtain in Career Mode: Earn any ability within your first ten matches in Career Mode, then whip an opponent into the corner ten times in a single match.
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Kip-Up
- Description: Similar to Bloodshed, this will fill your momentum and temporarily max out your health. To use it, press Y (Xbox 360) or Triangle (PS3) after being knocked down. You can only use it once.
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How to obtain in Career Mode: Win six different titles
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K.O.
- Description: Increases the chance you can knock out an opponent with any knockout-capable attack. This ability is passive.
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How to obtain in Career Mode: Get a five-star match rating against each of the four competitors in any title path
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Ladder Match
- Description: Allows you to use special attacks during ladder matches and slightly increases your speed of pulling down an item. This ability is passive.
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How to obtain in Career Mode: Get a five-star match rating in a Ladder Match against either Jeff Hardy or Matt Hardy.
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Lock Pick
- Description: Allows you to immediately break a submission hold at the cost of a lot of momentum. Can only be used twice in a match, so save it when you're in red damage and would risk tapping out.
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How to obtain in Career Mode: Survive the Walls of Jericho in any match against Chris Jericho.
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Move Theft
- Description: Allows you to steal an opponent's finisher or signature move, provided you are in the same situation as he is. To use it, press Right Bumper + Y (Xbox 360) or R1 + Triangle (PS3) to activate it. Note that you do not necessarily need full momentum like the game implies; you just have to be in the proper position with either a stored Signature move or full momentum if you want to steal the finisher.
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How to obtain in Career Mode: Beat twenty different opponents.
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Object
- Description: Allows you to grabble while holding a weapon. This causes great damage and, for chairs, does not decrease the life of the weapon.
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How to obtain in Career Mode: Use 50 successful weapon attacks in any number of matches.
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Outside Dives
- Description: Allows you to do a dive attack from inside the ring to ringside by running toward the ropes, then hitting toward + strike.
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How to obtain in Career Mode: Successfully land 25 attacks from the top rope in any number of matches.
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Possum Pin
- Description: Allows you to reverse a pin attempt and pin your opponent instead. This ability is passive, provided you correctly time hitting the reversal button for your opponent's pin attempt.
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How to obtain in Career Mode: Beat three wrestlers who already have Possum Pin.
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Referee Shield
- Description: Press and hold A (Xbox 360) or X (PS3) to grab the ref and throw him at an opponent. Succeeding in this will knock them both down.
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How to obtain in Career Mode: Lose five times by DQ, then win a championship against a clean superstar.
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Resiliency
- Description: Increases the chance you'll kick out of a pin, effectively increasing your health. This ability is passive.
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How to obtain in Career Mode: Kick out a pin at a two-count when you have at least two body parts registering red damage.
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Springboard
- Description: Allows you to bounce off the ropes and come back elbow-first against an opponent who is also in the ring. Simply press the left stick toward the ropes and press strike to do it.
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How to obtain in Career Mode: Win the Cruiserweight Title.
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Steal Taunt
- Description: Steal the opponent's taunt by holding Right Bumper (Xbox 360) or R1 (PS3) and hitting any direction on the D-pad.
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How to obtain in Career Mode: Stop your opponent from stealing your taunt five times.
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Submission
- Description: This allows opponents to tap out when in a submission hold. Note that without this ability you'll never have an opponent tap unless a submission is set for your wrestler's finisher! This ability is passive.
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How to obtain in Career Mode: Attempt seven struggle submissions in one match, then win the match via any method.
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Table Match
- Description: Allows you to stack two tables on each other. You can then put an opponent on the top table and drive him through both, giving maximum damage.
- How to obtain in Career Mode: Put opponents through a total of 40 tables in any number of matches. The announcers' tables do count.
