Check out behind-the-scenes footage of the work that went into creating "WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game" in 1994.
New footage of Shawn Michaels posing and doing over 30 minutes of motion capture work to be digitized into the 1995 video game has been released by the YouTube channel associated with the hit documentary "Insert Coin." That documentary is all about Midway games and the creation of such as NBA Jam and Mortal Kombat.
While you cannot hear any sound from Shawn Michaels in the video, you can see several of the moves that did make it into the game, as well as footage of Shawn Michaels pretending to be teetering on the top rope and begging off from would-be attackers.
There is also footage captured of Shawn Michaels his entrance gear, which can be seen on most platforms right before you face Shawn. One item featured in the video that is not featured in the game is the WWE Intercontinental Title belt. Shawn takes photos with the belt, both in and out of his entrance gear. He even raised it as though he had just won a match.
Even though there's no championship belt held up high when you beat the game with HBK, he is attacked by a crowd of lustful women and does decide to go into politics. Yes, "WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game" does not have traditional endings, rather there are several screens of text that describe what happens after each wrestler conquers the gauntlet.
Below, you can read Shawn Michaels' ending:
Shawn strutted around the ring arrogantly for several minutes, flexing and chewing his gum with an obnoxious smirk on his face. He had always bragged that he was the greatest thing to Grace the world wrestling federation, and now he has finally proven it. The ladies in the audience reached out their arms to him and screamed his Name. With that, Shawn thought he’d be cute by teasing them with a little hip action. The ladies, in an uncontrollable lust-crazed frenzy, stampeded the ring like cattle, trying to get hold of him. Shawn scrambled to escape the clutches of the horde, but to no avail. They quickly cornered him and proceeded to ravage him, mercilessly. When they were through, Shawn was left lying motionless, sans his clothing and some hair, yet with a big ol’ grin stamped on his face. He loved the attention, and more so, he loved the women. His craving for attention and multiple women led him to leave wrestling and become a politician, where he could get his fill of both.
"WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game" was released for Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis, Sega 32X, Sega Saturn, PC, and the Sony PlayStation.
The game was succeeded by "WWF In Your House" in 1996. WWE recently released footage of several stars performing motion capture for that video game. Learn more here.
