In other news, we here at LOL, Wresslin' wish to warm the cockles of your heart with another heartwarming tale of our perfect friendship. However, this is no ordinary story. No, this is our secret origin! Picture if you will Washington, DC in September of 2003 (Hey! That rhymes! We're going to be the next Bubba Sparxx!).
The two Laugh Twins began talking about their mutual love of professional wrestling when all of a sudden Adam remarked "Hey, ever been to the Hippodrome?" Matt being a senior scoffed at the sophomoric Adam and said "Pfft..maybe when I was a freshman, kid." Undeterred, Adam responds "Oh...they have the old WWF arcade game there." Matt ran so fast he left a dust silhouette of himself there which Adam continued talking to for five seconds. Adam then joined Matt at the arcade cabinet where the two of them promptly deposited five dollars each into the machine and had a grand old time. The two left that machine, knowing that this was only the beginning. A firm handshake and the rest was history.
The End....or only the beginning?
Beyond any sentimental aspects, WWF Wrestlefest is a landmark achievement in arcade video games. It offers, not one, but two (!!!) modes of play: Royal Rumble and Tag Team Title Tournament. It has fantastic, cartoon like graphics, sound clips, finishing moves, entrances, tight controls which are also very simple, and a kick-ass roster. Let's look at this roster:
That's Mr. Perfect behind the "W" Anyway, as we said, there are two modes. The Royal Rumble is exactly as it says it is. You take your wrestler and you have to outlast all the other wrestlers. You do this by either throwing your opponent out of the ring (which is impossible in this game) or making him pin/submit. What's real cool is that you can double and triple pin your opponent. Although Royal Rumble sounds more glamorous then Tag Title Tourney, the truth is, the tag team aspect is the real draw of Wrestlefest.
In Tag Title Tourney, you choose two wrestlers (or just Demolition) and form a team. You work your way up the ranks and eventually take on the Legion of Doom for the belts. However, you wrestle all kinds of exciting matches.
Just a mass of arms and legs 
So maybe they didn't have a whole lot of "getting up" animations. Additionally, the LoD cut promos on you with Mean Gene looking on!
"Animal, what are your favorite recipes for squash?" Tag Title Tourney also does not have the same time constraints that Royal Rumble has. It's pretty much impossible to win the Rumble on one quarter, but the clock resets with each tag match, assuming you win.
The reason for the phrase "dynamic duo"
Did you see that amazing run to tag team gold? The third match was a CAGE MATCH! In a 1991 arcade game?! True, the cage bears no actual gameplay change, but it's a cage! The old school blue bar one! How cool is that?!It should be noted that the Laugh Twins, just prior to Matt's departure from university via graduation, were given the chance to purchase the arcade cabinet which forged their friendship like hardened steel. There is a little dispute over the exact price, each having suppressed the memory of passing on the deal, but both agree that it was no more than $400. That's right - four bills for a full-sized stand-up arcade cabinet of WWF Wrestlefest which, being at this particular institution of higher learning, can at worst be described as "gently used" (we were probably the only ones to play the damn thing).
We're stupid.
If you ever have the pleasure of finding one of these at your local pizza parlor or dentist's office, we encourage to lay a little money down and help Jake Roberts recapture a bit of that old glory.
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