10 Completely UNHINGED Moments From WWE Video Games

2. Those Endings! (WrestleMania: The Arcade Game)

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What do you remember about the WWF's answer to Mortal Kombat? WrestleMania: The Arcade Game had ghouls flying out of The Undertaker's hands and more silliness than one could stomach, but it was a button-mashing good time in the arcades with friends. The same went for ports to home consoles after the fact.

Now, let's discuss what was going on with the endings. Yes, all of them. They’re horrendously graphic considering the cartoony nature of fed programming in the mid-90s. If you win the WWF Title, then text screens explain what happened to your wrestler next. You are not prepared for any of this.

Here's a rundown: Shawn Michaels celebrates by having sex with multiple women inside the ring, Yokozuna causes the entire United States economy to collapse, Razor Ramon becomes homeless then opens a pawn shop in Chile (?!), Doink The Clown leads an elephant stampede crushing the crowd, and Bam Bam Bigelow…sets fire to the entire arena, thus killing everyone inside. OK then. Was any of this really necessary?

At least they tried, but JESUS!

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