I enjoyed Smackdown 1, despite how ugly looking it was.  The load times on Smackdown 2 had gotten so much worse though, that I found it to be virtually unplayable.  It had more features, but the constant load screens just completely sucked the fun out of playing a game.

You don't own the game when it's digital? What if I write a manuscript, apply copyright protection to it and keep it saved only on drives, I don't own my own work because there's no physical copy? Yes, I can print it whenever, but the principle is the same. If you purchase a digital product; you own it regardless of whether there's a physical copy, or are you telling me that I don't own my purchased Windows 8 license since there's no disc? My Netflix and HBO accounts aren't mine? The money in my account and not in my wallet is not mine? It's a rather ridiculous suggestion.

Besides; physical media doesn't live forever, both discs and carts have limited lifespan. I remember in the old days with floppy discs, they had terrible durability. Physical copies can also scratch or break in various ways, need manual insertion and storage, changing, and still usually require some form of install.

I mean come on. For Christ sakes you're basically plugging in the data directly into the motherboard. You just can't copy that speed from optical disc. Carts without a doubt.

Wrestlemania 2000 and No Mercy will forever be the greatest wrestling games of all time. There is no further discussion needed. 

Shit I still remember playing WcW/NWO Revenge and WCW/NWO world tour while Nitro sat in its jewel case unloved.

Certainly Reddit is no actual evidence.

I did have more free time to look stuff up and found this iFixit breakdown that also mentions that this is a software issue.

Blu-Ray drives that can play DVD/CD have two laser assemblies.  One for Blu-Ray and one for DVD/CD.  The PS4 also has both of these laser assemblies.  We know this from actually looking at the laser lenses inside the drive and the fact that it can play DVDs.

It also appears thre are newer single laser assemblies that can do both red and blue lasers.  I think this is what the PS4 slim and PS4 pro are using.

It's not a consensus. My picks would have to be Smackdown vs. Raw and Smackdown: Here Comes the Pain.

There is a 97% consensus on how No Mercy is the greatest wrestling game of all time. Smackdown was little to no skill and all meaningless showy animations. I guess it was enjoyable for the single player mode but when you have four friends over screaming at each other in a tornado tag; hands down No Mercy.

97% consensus? Where'd you conduct this poll? And you can have 6-man tornado tag in SD.

The 97% number is a well known fact regarding the unquestionable love No Mercy holds. 

Also fun fact, no one who had a playstation had 5 friends to play a 6 man tornado tag match with so it didn't matter. however everyone who had No Mercy had always more than enough people willing to come and play the Single Greatest Wrestling Title EVER!

Continue to question these truths and you'll make the list!

This is where digital gets interesting.  It's very convenient, but as a retro gamer, I don't want to be stuck with no game if the hardware dies or the servers are shut down, etc. etc.  Physical media doesn't last forever...but I have had 0 of ~100 cartridges die on me except for the second hand ones that were mistreated by their previous owners.  In fact, I've even only had a couple of disc issues, and both of those were second hand too (but I admit my DVDs and CDs are giving me a handful of problems, probably in the 1-2% range.)

If someone would create an iTunes-like experience for digital (that spans multiple generations of consoles - like my TG16 R-Type can be transferred from Wii to Wii U to Switch), I'd totally go for that.

When someone creates a Netflix-like experience for digital (probably where Nintendo's going with Switch), I'll think about it.  I prefer collecting but if the price:games ratio is right, who knows?

For me, it's: 1. Carts 2. Discs 3. Digital - but digital could easily be 2 or maybe even 1 with the right platform behind it.