
One Fall matches feature an in-ring referee and are contested under standard rules. One Fall, Brawl, and Tournament variations are available. In a One-on-One singles match, two wrestlers (one player versus the computer or two players) square off for a face-to-face bout.This will not work in the Royal Rumble match. Applying certain holds to opponents which have no stamina will result in them giving up.The match will then continue under Brawl rules. If the referee is knocked down too many times, he will walk out of the ring. However, the match can not end until the referee is able to count pin attempts or ring outs. But if the referee gets knocked down, these attacks will be enabled until he recovers. When the One Fall option is enabled, characters cannot perform chokes and eye gouges.In a Brawl mode the only way to win is by deflating the opponents' energy bars to zero, and there are no referees or any counts.Luna Vachon takes on Yokozuna in an Intergender match (Super NES version). Once an opponent's energy is low enough, a player can perform a wrestler's unique signature move. With more energy, they can perform moves with greater impact.

The game itself is arcade-like and involves a "tug-of-war" system in which, when the wrestlers lock-up, a meter appears above them and players must repeatedly press buttons to pull the energy away from the opponent's side to theirs.

Additionally, wrestlers differ in attributes of speed, strength, stamina, and weight. The game adds many moves not seen in the previous games, such as a DDT, a fallaway slam, and various types of suplexes. WWF RAW introduces differences between the characters in that they not only have their own signature moves, but differing move sets altogether (including new over-the-top "mega moves"). Unlike its predecessor, WWF RAW is multitap compatible.

Players can play either One-on-One, Tag Team, Bedlam, Survivor Series, Royal Rumble, or a Raw Endurance Match. It is the sequel to the WWF Royal Rumble game that was released in 1993, and is the final part of LJN's 16-bit WWF trilogy. WWF Raw is a professional wrestling video game based on the television show of the same name produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), released for the SNES, 32X, Mega Drive/Genesis, and Game Boy in late 1994 and early 1995 by Acclaim Entertainment.
