WWE SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain (known as Exciting Pro Wrestling 5 in Japan) is a professional wrestling video game developed by Yuke's and published by THQ for PlayStation 2 in North America on October 27 2003. It is the sequel to WWE SmackDown! Shut Your Mouth the fifth and last game in the WWE SmackDown! series based on World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Here Comes the Pain received "generally favorable" reviews from critics and "universal acclaim" from users. The game would be succeeded by WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw in 2004.