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''Saturday Night Slam Masters'' (''Muscle Bomber: The Body Explosion'' [[Market-Based Title|in Japan]]) is a [[Wrestling Game]]-slash-[[Fighting Game]] released by [[Capcom (Creator)|Capcom]] in 1993 for the [[Arcade Game|arcades]]. The original game is a typical [[Wrestling Game]] set on the viewpoint used by [[Fighting Game|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.
 
There are 10 original characters, almost all of which have [[Dub Name Change|Dub Name Changes]]. They are presented English name first:
 
* '''Alexander the Grater''' (''Sheep the Royal''): Hailing from Autralia, a former Rubgy player who moved to America and gained notoriety for being way too violent. After being kicked out of Football, he turned to pro wrestling.
* '''Biff Slamkovich''' (''Aleksey Salazof''): A Russian wrestler from a bureaucratic family who trains under [[Final Fight (Video Game)|Mike Haggar]]. He hates when people don't take wrestling seriously. [[Street Fighter III (Video Game)|Alex]] bears more than a passing resemblance to him.
* '''El Stingray''' (''El Stinger''): Mexican [[Masked Luchador]] with a highly flashy and acrobatic style, which he's very proud of.
* '''Gunloc''' (''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 [[Final Fight (Video Game)|Cody]]. The English localization threw in hints about him being related to a certain [[Street Fighter (Franchise)|Street Fighter]], which were picked up by ''[[Street Fighter the Movie (Video Game)|Street Fighter the Movie]]'', where the [[Cyborg]] character Blade is revealed to be him, as well as [[Street Fighter II (Video Game)|Guile's]] brother (rather than being hinted about it).
* '''Jumbo Flapjack''' (''Kimala the Bouncer''): A BWA wrestler from Chicago and [[The Dragon]] 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.
* '''King Rasta Mon''' (''"Missing IQ" Gomez''): 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''.
* '''[[Final Fight (Video Game)|Mike "Macho" Haggar]]''': Everyone's favourite Metro City Mayor, in his pre-elections wrestling career (changed in English as being ''post-mayoral'' career; Haggar comes out of retirement to show all the young punks in the CWA what a real wrestler is).
* '''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.
* '''The Scorpion''' (''The Astro''): The mysterious leader of the BWA, whose past is unknown. The closest the game has to a [[Big Bad]].
* '''Titanic Tim''' (''Titan the Great''): An English wrestler who uses his large size to intimitade his opponent. He's acquaintances with [[Street Fighter (Videovideo Gamegame)|Birdie]] and at times they formed a tag team nicknamed "500 Trillon Power."
 
Following ports for the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] and [[Sega Genesis|Mega Drive]], an [[Updated Rerelease]] titled ''Muscle Bomber Duo'' was released in arcades, focusing on the tag team mode of the original. Finally, a third game was released 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 [[Fighting Game]] experience (in other words, it featured round-based matches and victory by K.O.), [[Hand Wave|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. 4 new wrestlers are joined by the 10 originals:
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* [[Breath Weapon]]: Jumbo Flapjack.
* [[The Brute]]: Alexander and Jumbo Flapjack.
* [[The Cameo]]: Jumbo Flapjack and Biff Slamkovich appear in Ken's stage in ''[[Street Fighter Alpha (Video Game)|Street Fighter Alpha]] 2'', along a bunch of other "Capcom universe guests" for his wife (then-girlfriend) Eliza's birthday party.
** At times, [[Final Fight (Video Game)|Jessica]] would appear and enter the ring to cheer with her father in his victory pose.
* [[Captain Ersatz]]: Several. Victor Ortega = [[Hulk Hogan (Wrestling)|Hulk Hogan]], El Stingray = Lizmark, The Scorpion = Tinieblas, Alexander the Grater = Big Van Vader, Great Oni = Great Kabuki, etc.
* [[Combat Pragmatist]]: Rip Saber, reflected in his movelist in which he employs things such as ''[[Throw Down the Bomblet|hand grenades]]'' to fight.
** Jumbo Flapjack will choke out opponents with his wrist tape and he breathes mist.
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** '''{{color|blue|Player 3}}'''
** '''{{color|green|Player 4}}'''
* [[Dumb Muscle]]: King Rasta Mon, or as his Japanese game puts it, "[[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|Missing IQ.]]"
* [[Canada, Eh?]]: Rip Saber.
* [[Dub Name Change]]: As seen above, all of the wrestlers in the first game except Haggar.
* [[Everything's Better Withwith Spinning]]: Several techniques, Haggar being the best known example with his Spinning Clothesline and [[Spinning Piledriver]].
* [[Fat Bastard]]: Jumbo Flapjack and Alexander.
* [[Final Boss]]: Scorpion at first, Ortega in the third game.
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* [[Fragile Speedster]]: El Stingray.
* [[Garbage Wrestler]]: Rip Saber utilizes foreign objects such as shovels and hand grenades in his special moves.
* [[Genre Shift]]: The original ''Slam Masters'' was a belt scroll-style wrestling game in which players were required to pin their opponents to win a match. ''Slam Masters II'' on the other hand plays like a ''[[Street Fighter II (Video Game)|Street Fighter II]]'' clone with multiple attack buttons, a completely 2D playing field, victory by KO, and a round-based format.
* [[The Giant]]: Titanic Tim, officially standing over 7'9".
* [[Hair of Gold]]: Biff and Ortega.
* [[Heroic Build]]: ''Everyone''. Not for nothing the art is done by the author of ''[[Fist of the North Star (Manga)|Fist of the North Star]]'', Tetsuo Hara.
* [[Husky Russkie]]: Biff is actually an [[Inverted Trope|inversion]], being a [[Jack of All Stats|more balanced]] character and not even the tallest.
* [[Impossible Hourglass Figure]]: Black Widow.
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* [[Mirror Match]]: Absent in the first arcade game.
** 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.
** In ''Muscle Bomber Duo'' and ''Ring of Destruction'', the characters' color palette are automatically assigned depending on the player selecting the character (unlike in the ''[[Street Fighter (Franchise)|Street Fighter]]'' series, in which players get to choose their palette). 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.
* [[Mission Pack Sequel]]: ''Muscle Bomber Duo'' is this to the original ''Slam Masters''.
* [[Multiple Endings]]/[[Cliff Hanger]]: 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 [[Power Stable]]. 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..."
* [[Mysterious Past]]/[[Shrouded in Myth]]: The Scorpion.
* [[Name's the Same]]: The Scorpion isn't a ''[[Mortal Kombat (Franchise)|Mortal Kombat]]'' ninja, though.
* [[Non-Player Character]]: 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.
* [[Oddly-Named Sequel 2: Electric Boogaloo]]: The names of the English versions are all over the place.
* [[Pragmatic Adaptation]]: 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 ''[[Final Fight (Video Game)|Final Fight]]'' to being set afterward.
* [[Prequel]]: To ''[[Final Fight (Video Game)|Final Fight]]'' (in the Japanese version at least).
* [[Professional Wrestling]]
* [[Pro Wrestling Is Real]]
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* [[Ryu and Ken]]: Biff and Gunloc have similar techniques, and are differentiated by their grappling moves. This is [[Justified Trope]] in-story the same way, by both being training partners and rivals.
* [[Samus Is a Girl]]/[[Sweet Polly Oliver]]: [[It Was His Sled|Black Widow]].
* [[Shared Universe]]: By virtue of the fact that [[Final Fight (Video Game)|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.
* [[Shock and Awe]]: Scorpion can somehow generate lightning, thought he's only seen using it the intro and his taunt.
* [[Shout-Out]]/[[Continuity Nod]]: In Hugo's ending in ''[[Street Fighter III (Video Game)|Street Fighter III]]: 2nd Impact'', his opponents in a Tag Team match are presented as either Biff and Gunloc or Black Widow and Haggar.
** Biff Slamkovich mentions a "[[Street Fighter II (Video Game)|Comrade Zangief]]" in his losing quote.
** Haggar's [[Limit Break]] in ''[[Namco X Capcom (Video Game)|Namco X Capcom]]'' is named after this series.
** In the [[Creative Closing Credits]] of Capcom's [[RPG]] game ''[[Breath of Fire II (Video Game)|Breath of Fire II]]'', a group of bouncer [[Mini Boss|Mini Bosses]] are given names. Which ones? Kimala (Flapjack), Gomes (Rasta Mon), Titan (Tim), Sheep (Alexander), and "Astoro" ([[Spell My Name Withwith an "S"|mangled Astro]], a.k.a. The Scorpion).
** The logo for ''Super Muscle Bomber'', the Japanese version of ''Ring of Destruction'', uses the same fonts to spell "SUPER" that was previously used for the ''Super [[Street Fighter II (Video Game)|Street Fighter II]]'' logo. The ''SUPER'' word sprite also appears whenever a successive special throw is performed right after a taunt.
* [[The Smurfette Principle]]: Black Widow is the only female character.
* [[Statuesque Stunner]]: Out of all the women in Capcom fighting games, Black Widow is the largest, dwarfing them all at 6'6", 209lbs. Judging by her ending, at least 60% of that height [[She's Got Legs|is in her legs]].
* [[Suspiciously Similar Song|Suspiciously Similar Songs]]:
** The player select music sounds is a combination of the chorus from Sister Sledge's song "We Are Family" and the intro riff from Heart's "Barracuda."
** Biff's entrance theme started like the stage clear theme from ''[[Axelay (Video Game)|Axelay]]''.
** Alexander the Grater's entrance song had a section similar to that of the verses in Metallica's "Blackened."
** The New York stage music has a hint of Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer."
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