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3->''CWA: Capcom Wrestling Association - The world's largest among the bunch of wrestling associations which mushroomed in 1980's. With its legendary champion disappearing, CWA is going to host a world tournament called "CWA Crush Carnival." Use your tactics and techniques to beat out terrifying contestants.''
4-->Game description from the FM Towns version.
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6''Saturday Night Slam Masters'' (''Muscle Bomber: The Body Explosion'' [[MarketBasedTitle in Japan]]) is a [[WrestlingGame wrestling]]/[[FightingGame fighting game]] released by Creator/{{Capcom}} in 1993 for the UsefulNotes/{{arcade|Game}}s. The original game is a typical wrestling game set on the viewpoint used by fighting games, with the winning conditions being either a 3-count pin, 20 seconds ring out or forcing the opponent to give up. The story revolves around the [[{{Face}} CWA]] (Capcom Wrestling Association), which was formed by 8 different wrestling groups all led by Victor Ortega. When Ortega suddenly vanishes, the group falls into chaos and the [[{{Heel}} BWA]] (Blood Wrestling Association) takes advantage. A tournament is started to find the new chief of the CWA. The game itself has no actual story, and the endings are just the winning character bragging about his victory.
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8The original has a roster of 10 wrestlers, almost all of which have [[DubNameChange different names]] and backstories in the Japanese version. They are presented English name first:
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10* '''Biff "The Rockin' Russkie" Slamkovich''' (Aleksey Zalazof): An Ukrainian wrestler from a bureaucratic family who trains under [[VideoGame/FinalFight Mike Haggar]]. He hates when people don't take wrestling seriously. [[VideoGame/StreetFighterIII Alex]] bears more than a passing resemblance to him.
11* '''Gunloc "The Loose Cannon"''' (Lucky Colt): American wrestler very popular with the crowd. He trains alongside Biff with Haggar, and has the bad habit of hitting on Jessica whenever he can, gaining the hatred of Jessica's boyfriend [[VideoGame/FinalFight Cody]]. The English localization threw in hints about him being related to a certain ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' character, which were picked up by ''VideoGame/StreetFighterTheMovie'', where the {{cyborg}} character Blade is revealed to be him, as well as [[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Guile's]] brother (rather than being hinted about it).
12* '''The Great Oni''' (Mysterious Budo): A flashy and speedy wrestler from Japan, which excites the crowd with his style. He's got a rivalry with El Stingray due to their fast and flashy styles.
13* '''Titanic Tim "The Battle Axe"''' (Titan the Great): An English wrestler who uses his large size to intimidate his opponent. He's acquaintances with [[VideoGame/StreetFighterI Birdie]] and at times they formed a tag team nicknamed "500 Trillon Power."
14* '''El Stingray "The Heartbreaker"''' (El Stinger): Mexican [[MaskedLuchador masked luchador]] with a highly flashy and acrobatic style, which he's very proud of.
15* '''[[VideoGame/FinalFight Mike "The Uncivil Servant" Haggar]]''' (Mike "Macho" Haggar): Everyone's favorite Metro City mayor, in his pre-elections wrestling career (changed in the English version as being ''post-mayoral'' career; Haggar comes out of retirement to show all the young punks in the CWA what a real wrestler is).
16* '''Alexander "the Grater"''' (Sheep the Royal): Hailing from Australia, a former rugby player who moved to America and gained notoriety for being way too violent. After being kicked out of football, he turned to pro wrestling.
17* '''King Rasta "Mon"''' ("Missing IQ" Gomes): Hailing from the Dominican Republic, Rasta Mon lived peacefully among monkeys until he was found and his abilities tested, which led to him joining pro wrestling. He has a monkey buddy, Freak, which serves as his ''manager''.
18* '''Jumbo "Flap" Jack''' (Kimala the Bouncer): A wrestler from Chicago and TheDragon to Scorpion. He enjoys seeing blood dripping from his victims. Before joining Scorpion he worked first as a bouncer and later as a wrestler's bodyguard, in both cases losing his job after getting a ''bit'' too violent.
19* '''The Scorpion''' (The Astro): The mysterious leader of the BWA, whose past is unknown. The closest the game has to a BigBad.
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21An UpdatedRerelease titled ''Muscle Bomber Duo'' was released exclusively for the arcades, which focuses solely on the 2-on-2 Team Battle Royale mode, adding new moves to each wrestler and finally allowing [[MirrorMatch same character selection for all four players]], followed by console ports of the original game on the [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem Super NES]] and [[UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis Genesis]]. Finally, a sequel was released, also exclusive to the arcades, under the name ''Ring of Destruction - Slam Masters II'' (''Super Muscle Bomber: The International Blowout'' in Japan), which ditched the wrestling mechanics for a pure 2D versus fighting game experience (in other words, it featured round-based matches and victory by K.O.), [[HandWave under the excuse]] of Scorpion changing the rules. Outside that, the game follows the same non-plot as before, now with Ortega coming out of retirement to hold the final bout for the championship. The ten original wrestlers are joined by four new ones:
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23* '''Victor Ortega''': Legendary undefeated champion of the CWA, who retired after [[BloodKnight finding no one able to beat him]]. A non-playable character in the first game who is shown during the attract sequence and in the game's best ending, he is brought out of retirement to join the playable roster in the sequel.
24* '''Rip Saber''': A Canadian BWA wrestler and former military, which uses [[CombatPragmatist any means necessary to attain victory]].
25* '''The Wraith''': An Indian wrestler with a ghastly appearance, who fights using his long fingernails and a nest of snakes hidden within his clothes.
26* '''Black Widow''': Hailing from Germany, she's the only female wrestler, albeit [[SweetPollyOliver she's actually hiding that fact]] (she uses a masculine voice in-game and all, and her ending has her ditching the act).
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28!!This game provides examples of:
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30* EightiesHair: Jumbo Flapjack sports a mohawk and certain promotional art (such as the poster above) shows that Titanic Tim did at one point, too. Tim now has a kind of pompadour mullet.
31* {{Acrofatic}}: Jumbo Flapjack is very quick, agile, and flexible (look at the height on that punt!) despite being utterly enormous. This is also true of Alexander to a lesser degree.
32* AllThereInTheManual: [[http://www.gamengai.com/bn_inf.php?id=986 The Japanese flyer]] for the original ''Muscle Bomber'' gives out extensive backstories for all the playable wrestlers and as well as some of the non-player characters (including Harry Hicks, the referee). Naturally, in typical Capcom fashion, the backstories in the English version of the game are not exactly consistent.
33* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Green-skinned Wraith, though he's meant to look like TheUndead.
34* AmazonianBeauty: Black Widow, [[http://www.vgmuseum.com/end/arcade/f/rod2bla.htm especially out of uniform.]]
35* AmplifiedAnimalAptitude: Rasta Mon's monkey Freak is said to have a basic understanding of human language. Then again, he's also Rasta Mon's ''manager''.
36%%* ArachnidAppearanceAndAttire: Black Widow.
37* ArtisticLicenseGeography: Biff's in-game profile puts his hometown as "Kiev, Russia". It's likely that Capcom sticking with making Zangief's nationality as Soviet throughout the ''Street Fighter II'' series even after 1991 led to the confusion.
38* AscendedExtra: Ortega started out as just a story-only character, but became the [[FinalBoss final boss]] of the third game.
39* AscendedMeme: The localized backstory claims that Gunloc is Guile's brother. In Blade's ending in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterTheMovie'', Blade is secretly infiltrating M. Bison's organization and turns out to be Guile's brother Gunloc. The Shadaloo Combat Research Institute profile on the ''Street Fighter V Character Encyclopedia'' website has a profile for Blade as a Shadaloo agent, but does not give further details.
40%% * BaldOfEvil: Jumbo Flapjack and Alexander. [Removed as both characters have hair and neither seems to be balding.]
41%%* BeardOfEvil: Jumbo Flapjack and Alexander.
42* BerserkButton: Titanic Tim hates being called a "disco reject"; apparently he hears that a lot, might be the headband.
43%%* BloodKnight: Ortega.
44* BoringButPractical: Gunloc and Biff's Sunset Splash special is a simple roll-through shoulder throw, but it does a lot of damage.
45* BreathWeapon: Jumbo Flapjack breathes fire and poison mist.
46%%* TheBrute: Alexander and Jumbo Flapjack.
47* TheCameo:
48** At times, [[VideoGame/FinalFight Jessica]] would appear and enter the ring to cheer with her father in his victory pose.
49** Ryu, Chun-Li, and E. Honda can be seen in the audience in the first game.
50** Balrog (the boxer, that is) and Zangief each appear in the background of a stage in ''Slam Masters II'' -- namely, in their hometowns of Las Vegas and Moscow, respectively.
51** In return, Jumbo Flapjack and Biff Slamkovich appear in Ken's stage in ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha Street Fighter Alpha 2]]'', along a bunch of other "Capcom universe guests" for his then girlfriend Eliza's birthday party.
52* CanadaEh: Jumbo "Flap" Jack, who is from Chicago in ''Muscle Bomber'', is characterized as a Canadian in ''Slam Master''. He's always talking about felling logs, and even says "eh?" in his quotes. This would result in the Canadian wrestler Rip Saber in ''Super Muscle Bomber'' being changed to Australian in ''Ring of Destruction'', although his stage is still set in Calgary in both versions of the game.
53* CaptainErsatz: With the notable exceptions of Haggar, Gunloc and Biff, every Slam Masters/Muscle Bomber character had a real life {{expy}} or [[CompositeCharacter a combination]] of a real live grappler and a Street Fighter charcter (physically or stylistically):
54** Ortega = Wrestling/HulkHogan
55** El Stingray = [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizmark Lizmark]]
56** The Scorpion = [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinieblas Tinieblas]]
57** Alexander the Grater = [[Wrestling/{{Vader}} Big Van Vader]]
58** Black Widow (unmasked) = [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariko_Yoshida Mariko Yoshida]]
59** Great Oni = Wrestling/TheGreatMuta
60** King Rasta Mon = Wrestling/BruiserBrody [[JustForFun/XMeetsY meets]] [[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Blanka]]
61** Jumbo Flapjack = [[Wrestling/JohnTenta Earthquake]] [[JustForFun/XMeetsY meets]] Wrestling/{{Kamala}} (this one is particularly unsubtle, as his Japanese name is K''i''mala, the same spelling Kamala used in his early career and Japan)
62** Rip Saber = Wrestling/OwenHart
63** Titanic Tim = Wrestling/GiantBaba (wearing Wrestling/HaystacksCalhoun's costume) meets Music/TinyTim
64** The Wraith = Wrestling/TheUndertaker meets Dhaslim.
65* CombatPragmatist:
66** Rip Saber, reflected in his movelist in which he employs things such as ''[[ThrowDownTheBomblet hand grenades]]'' to fight.
67** Jumbo Flapjack will choke out opponents with his wrist tape and breathes mist.
68** King Rasta Mon and the Wraith both ''bite'' opponents in some of their grapples.
69* ColorCodedMultiplayer: Every player character in Team Battle Royal is given a fixed character palette rather than using their default one they used in the Single Match. This would become convenient in the ''Duo'' revision, which allows for same character selection for multiple players.
70** Player 1 - Red
71** Player 2 - Blue
72** Player 3 - Yellow
73** Player 4 - Green
74* ComicBookTime: The Japanese backstory sets the series before the events of ''Final Fight'' and based on Haggar's age difference between both games, the original ''Muscle Bomber'' is supposed to be set in 1983 (six years before ''Final Fight''). However, the games never actually make any attempt to make it look like they're set in TheEighties (particularly Aleksey Zalazof is established to be from the ''former'' Soviet Union and the game uses the current tricolor flag of Russia instead of the red and yellow Soviet one). [[http://flyers.arcade-museum.com/?page=flyer&db=videodb&id=1843&image=4 The Japanese flyer]] for ''Super Muscle Bomber'' actually establishes that the game is set in 1994.
75* {{Contortionist}}: Wraith, on top of his size and supernatural powers, is also supremely flexible. On a more realistic level, Black Widow is able to bend in a lot of unusual ways to deliver some unique attacks.
76* DubNameChange: As seen above, all of the wrestlers in the first game except Haggar (who merely got a different nickname).
77* DumbMuscle: King Rasta Mon, or as his Japanese name puts it, "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Missing IQ.]]" Jumbo Flapjack doesn't seem like the brightest, either.
78* {{Expy}}: Jumbo Flapjack is basically Zangief with a sun-and-moon motif and also from [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Mr. Heart]]. Gunloc, King Rasta and Rip Saber share several traits with Guile, Blanka and Rolento, respectively and Titanic Tim is basically a British [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Raoh]] who looks a bit like Thunder Hawk.
79* FaceHeelTurn: Ortega does this for being the final boss in ''Ring of Destruction''.
80%%* FatBastard: Jumbo Flapjack and Alexander.
81* FinalBoss: Scorpion at first, Ortega in the third game.
82* FinishingMove: Each character has both a signature and hidden finisher.
83* {{Fanservice}}: Aside from all of the macho men (for the ladies and maybe some guys), there's also [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGK8ljGbfhA#t=15m57s Black Widow's reveal.]] [[MaleGaze It shouldn't come as a surprise that]] [[TheSmurfettePrinciple the only female of the cast]] [[InstantCostumeChange sheds her concealing disguise to reveal]] [[MsFanservice herself]] [[{{Stripperiffic}} wearing nothing more than a]] {{leotard|OfPower}} cut to resemble [[ChainmailBikini a training bra and thong]]. All this while delivering the same laugh used for her victory pose, only it's lilting and much closer to a NoblewomansLaugh without the vocal modulation.
84%% The original video linked to above (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS_12ODyoqU#t=8m55) was privated.
85* FragileSpeedster: El Stingray.
86* GarbageWrestler: Rip Saber utilizes foreign objects such as shovels and ''hand grenades'' in his special moves.
87* GenreShift: The original ''Slam Masters'' was a typical 2D wrestling game with limited depth movement in which players were required to pin their opponents to win a match. ''Slam Masters II'' on the other hand plays like a typical 2D fighting game with multiple attack buttons, a single-fighting plane, victory by K.O., and a round-based format.
88* TheGiant:
89** Titanic Tim, officially standing over 7'9". His bio lists his style as "Giant Wrestling", which means he mostly fights by being really huge. He has a bit of trouble with projectiles in ''Ring of Destruction''.
90** The Wraith is 7'2", taller than everyone except Titanic Tim, though his fighting style is based on contortion and supernatural powers.
91** Jumbo Flapjack probably also counts by virtue of his girth, but at a listed height of 6'7" he's also pretty tall. He doesn't ''fight'' like much like a giant, though his super grapple is a classic big man move, the giant swing.
92%% * GuestFighter: Haggar could be considered one, considering that he originally comes from ''VideoGame/FinalFight'' and that both games share a universe with each other.
93* {{Heel}}: The four BWO members: Jumbo Flapjack, Rip Saber, The Wraith, and The Scorpion. The only explicit heel in the CWA is Alexander the Grater.
94* HeroicBuild: ''[[WorldOfMuscleMen Everyone]]''. Not for nothing the art is done by the co-author of ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'', Tetsuo Hara.
95* HoaxHogan: Victor Ortega in ''Ring of Destruction: Slam Masters II'' is the FinalBoss, although he appears as a non-playable in the previous games (most notably on the opening demo and in the [=1CC=] ending). The Capcom Wrestling Association's original founder and owner who had also doubled as its first undefeated and undisputed champion. Even when he's more based on Wrestling/SuperstarBillyGraham (Wrestling/HulkHogan's mentor and trainer), Ortega has some of Hogan's mannerisms and poses.
96* HuskyRusskie: Biff is actually an {{inver|tedTrope}}sion, being a [[JackOfAllStats more balanced]] character and not even the tallest.
97* ImpactSilhouette: Ending a round in ''Ring of Destruction'' with a wrestler's special throw will create one with the opponent.
98* ImpossibleHourglassFigure: Black Widow.
99%%* InevitableTournament
100* InSeriesNickname: All wrestlers are given nicknames in their bios. Also, certain tag teams in ''Duo'' are recognized by the computer and given a specific nickname, like Biff and Gunloc being the "Hyper Cannons."
101%%* JackOfAllStats: Biff Slamkovich.
102* JapaneseRanguage: Calgary is mislabeled as "Calgaly" in both ''Saturday Night Slam Masters'' and ''Ring of Destruction''.
103* KidAppealCharacter: El Stingray was technically this for being the shortest wrestler, standing at 5'6". He's an ankle biter.
104* LatinLover: In one of his losing quotes, El Stingray bemoans that his ladies won't stand for his beautiful face being so mangled.
105* LightningBruiser:
106** Jumbo Flapjack is quite agile for a man of his size.
107** Ortega is also a particularly fine example of this trope. While he's not fat like Jumbo, he is still easily one of the largest and heaviest men in the game, but has movement speeds on par with speedsters like Oni, Stingray and Scorpion.
108* LongSongShortScene: Each wrestler has a [[{{Leitmotif}} full entrance theme]] about a minute and a half long, but only about 5 seconds of it ever plays in ''Slam Masters'' and ''Duo'', and only about 3 seconds in ''Ring of Destruction''. Players do get to hear a lot more of each character's respective theme upon clearing Arcade Mode with them, however.
109* LostInTranslation: Converting Jumbo Flapjack's bio to imperial measurements loses a minor joke. He's 6'7" and 441 lbs. In metric, he's 200 cm and 200 kg.
110* MarketBasedTitle: Strangely enough, the second game (''Muscle Bomber Duo'') kept the original ''Muscle Bomber'' name for its World version, while the third (''Super Muscle Bomber: The International Blowout'') is localized as ''Ring of Destruction: Slam Masters '''II'''''.
111* MaskedLuchador: El Stingray and Scorpion.
112* MightyGlacier: A few, Titanic Tim being the most prominent.
113* MirrorMatch:
114** Absent in the first arcade game, but added in the Genesis version, where each character has four palettes that are selected depending on which button of the standard Genesis controller the player uses to pick their character. The standard palette for each character is selected by pressing the B button.
115** In ''Muscle Bomber Duo'' and ''Ring of Destruction'', a player character's color palette are fixed by control panel (unlike in the ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' series, in which their determined by which button is pushed to choose the character). Because of this, Player 2 in ''Ring of Destruction'' always uses the character's alternate palette no matter what and all the players use alternate palettes in ''Muscle Bomber Duo'' to make it easier to distinguish everyone since all the matches are 2-on-2.
116* MissionPackSequel: ''Muscle Bomber Duo'' is this to the original ''Slam Masters''.
117* MovesetClone: Biff and Gunloc have nearly-identical movesets, though uniquely enough for this trope most of their shared moves have different inputs between them. They also have unique projectile attacks and stock grapples. This is {{justified|Trope}} as both were training partners and rivals.
118* MultipleEndings[=/=]{{Cliffhanger}}: In the first game, simply beating the game has your character challenged at the championship ceremony by three unnamed wrestlers who, judging by their attire, have formed a PowerStable. Beat the game without continuing, and instead you are challenged by a returning Victor Ortega. Either way, you don't get to play, or even see, the fight; instead, the game ends as the new challenger(s) climb into the ring, with the phrase "The next battle begins..."
119* MusclesAreMeaningless: There is no system regarding strength vs. weight, so El Stingray can lift Jumbo Flapjack as easily as he can lift The Great Oni.
120%%* MysteriousPast[=/=]ShroudedInMyth: The Scorpion.
121* NewWorkRecycledGraphics: In the Japanese game only. The "Super" in ''Super Muscle Bomber'' is the same one used in ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Super Street Fighter II]]''.
122* NonPlayerCharacter: The game's referee, Harry Hicks. He's even graced with his own bio. Also Jessica, as well as Ortega in the first game only.
123* OddlyNamedSequel2ElectricBoogaloo: The names of the English versions are all over the place.
124* PartsUnknown: Scorpion and Victor Ortega have unknown hometowns.
125* PragmaticAdaptation: All of the characters' and backstories were changed in translation in the overseas version of the first game. The setting was even changed from being set before ''VideoGame/FinalFight'' to being set afterward.
126* {{Prequel}}: To ''VideoGame/FinalFight'' (in the Japanese version at least).
127* ProducePelting: The crowd in Scorpion's stage in ''Ring of Destruction'' throw garbage at the winner.
128%%* ProfessionalWrestling
129* ProWrestlingIsReal: Not that it would really matter, you wouldn't want them breaking the fourth wall in the middle of a show would you? And a management sim doesn't scream "put quarters in me".
130* RaceLift: Half of the characters from the original ''Muscle Bomber'' had their nationalities changed during the conversion to ''Slam Masters'' and even those that kept their nationalities still had their hometowns changed.
131** Zalazof is from Moscow, while Slamkovich is from Kiev
132** Lucky Colt is from Miami Beach, while Gunlock is from Slam Town
133** Mysterious Budo is from Kamakura, while the Great Oni is from Osaka
134** Titan the Great is from Wigan, while Titanic Tim is from London
135** Sheep the Royale is from Melbourne, Australia, while Alexander the Grater is from Kentucky, USA
136** "Missing IQ" Gomes is from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, while King Rasta "Mon" is from Venice Beach, California
137** Kimala the Bouncer is from Chicago, USA, while Jumbo "Flap" Jack is from Yellow Knife, Canada
138** Haggar and Stinger/Stingray are the only ones to have the same hometown in both regions, while Astro/Scorpion is always kept unknown
139** Rip Saber is from Calgary, Canada in ''Super Muscle Bomber'' and from Sydney Australia in ''Ring of Destruction''
140* RaisedByWolves: King Rasta Mon was raised by monkeys.
141* RatedMForManly: The vibe alone should make it obvious but if that's not enough, the artwork and character design for the game is done by Tetsuo Hara, the mangaka for ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar''.
142%%* RetiredBadass: Ortega.
143* TheRival: Oni and Stingray have a rivalry over their flashy styles, while Gunloc and Biff are both rivals and training partners.
144%%* SamusIsAGirl[=/=]SweetPollyOliver: Black Widow.
145* SharedUniverse: By virtue of the fact that [[VideoGame/FinalFight Mike Haggar]] is a playable character and various ''Street Fighter II'' characters (such as Chun-Li, Honda, Zangief, and Balrog) can be seen in the backgrounds of certain stages.
146* ShockAndAwe: Scorpion can somehow generate lightning, thought he's only seen using it the intro and his taunt.
147* ShoutOut[=/=]ContinuityNod:
148** In Hugo's ending in ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterIII Street Fighter III 2nd Impact]]'', his opponents in a tag team match are presented as either Biff and Gunloc or Black Widow and Haggar.
149** Biff Slamkovich mentions a "[[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Comrade Zangief]]" in his losing quote.
150** Haggar's LimitBreak in ''VideoGame/NamcoXCapcom'' is named after this series.
151** In the CreativeClosingCredits of Capcom's [[RolePlayingGame RPG]] game ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireII'', a group of bouncer {{Mini Boss}}es are given names. Which ones? Kimala (Flapjack), Gomes (Rasta Mon), Titan (Tim), Sheep (Alexander), and "Astoro" ([[SpellMyNameWithAnS mangled Astro]], a.k.a. The Scorpion).
152** The logo for ''Super Muscle Bomber'', the Japanese version of ''Ring of Destruction'', uses the same font to spell "SUPER" that was used for the ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Super Street Fighter II]]'' logo. The ''SUPER'' word sprite also appears whenever a successive special throw is performed right after a taunt.
153** In a non-''Franchise/StreetFighter'' example, Titanic Tim and Birdie's tag team name, "500 Trillion Power" is a reference to the tag team of Wrestling/HulkHogan and Wrestling/RandySavage, also known as The Megapowers.
154*** It could also be a reference to the ''Manga/{{Kinnikuman}}'' tag team of Buffaloman and Ramenman/Mongolman, who were the 10 Million Powers.
155** In another ''Manga/{{Kinnikuman}}'' reference, El Stingray's Atomic Diver special is directly inspired by Kinnikuman Mariposa's Fake Muscle Revenger, complete with his pose on impact.
156** In the English localization, Gunloc was hinted to be a relative of Guile, even though no such relation was ever alluded to in the Japanese version. This relation was brought up again in the arcade version of ''VideoGame/StreetFighterTheMovie'', where Gunloc turns out to be the alter ego of the renegade Shadaloo soldier Blade.
157** In ''Super Muscle Bomber'', Astro quotes one of Souther's lines from ''Hokuto no Ken'' in his win quote.
158--->俺の体に流れるは帝王の血!! だれも俺を倒すことはできないのだッ!! (Within this body flows the blood of an emperor! No one can defeat me!)
159** In ''VideoGame/StreetFighterV'', various characters from this game are active fighters on CWA, like Alex, Birdie and Zangief. Also, after Black Widow, it's stated women are now allowed on CWA, seen from the same game that [[VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha R. Mika]], Nadeshiko (Mika's partner) and Laura are also part of the fights in their Story Mode in ''SFV''. Additionally, Widow is responsible for a CareerEndingInjury suffered by Mika's trainer, Yoko Harmageddon.
160** According to [[VideoGame/StreetFighterIV El Fuerte]]'s Japanese ''SFV'' profile, he and El Stingray were trained under the same teacher, Meteorito Jr.
161* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Black Widow is the only female character, a fact that isn't even [[SweetPollyOliver revealed]] until the player clears the game with her.
162%%* SNKBoss:
163%%** The Scorpion.
164%%** Ortega definitely qualifies as well. [[AsskickingLeadsToLeadership He was the champion for so long for a reason, you know.]]
165* SongsInTheKeyOfPanic: Much like ''Street Fighter II'' before it, the stage BGM will speed up and become much more frantic in ''Ring of Destruction'' when one player's health is low during match point.
166* SpectacularSpinning: Several techniques, Haggar being the best known example with his Spinning Clothesline and SpinningPiledriver.
167* StatuesqueStunner: Out of all the women in Capcom fighting games, Black Widow was the largest for a long time, dwarfing a majority of them at 6'6" (198cm), 209lbs (95kg). It wouldn't be until [[VideoGame/StreetFighter6 Marisa]] came along nearly ''thirty'' years later that she'd be dethroned, and only then by a small margin. [[note]]Marisa's height is given as 6'8"/203cm.[[/note]] And judging by Widow's ending, at least 60% of that height is in her legs.
168* StoutStrength: Jumbo Flapjack definitely fits this trope, and so does Alexander to a lesser extent.
169* TagTeam: One of the play modes, made the central focus in ''Muscle Bomber Duo''.
170* TitleDrop: At least in the original version, as it's the InSeriesNickname of Ortega ("Master of Muscle Bomber").
171%%* WalkingShirtlessScene: Most characters.
172* WildChild: King Rasta Mon's backstory describes him living like an animal in the mountainous forests of the Dominican Republic well into adulthood until he was discovered by civilized people.
173* WildSamoan: Rasta is from an Atlantic island rather than a Pacific one, but otherwise, he's a perfect example of the trope, fighting with bites and headbutts and running around with a monkey.
174* WrestlingGame: Only applies to the original game and ''Duo''. ''Slam Masters II'' is really more of a competitive fighting game with wrestling gimmicks.
175* WrestlingMonster: The Wraith. Yikes.

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