Mat Mania – The Prowrestling Network
Japanese arcade flyer | |
| Developer(s) | Technōs Japan |
|---|---|
| Publisher(s) | Taito Atari Corporation Hamster Corporation (NS, PS4) |
| Platform(s) | Arcade, Atari 7800 |
| Release | ArcadeAtari 7800 1990 |
| Genre(s) | Sports (professional wrestling) |
| Mode(s) | Multiplayer |
Mat Mania, known in Japan as Exciting Hour: The ProWrestling Network or simply Exciting Hour, is a Japanese wrestling arcade video game developed by Technōs Japan and published by Taito in 1985. It is a spiritual successor to the 1983 arcade game Tag-Team Wrestling, also developed by Technōs Japan, but published by Data East. The arcade game was a commercial success in Japan and North America, becoming the highest-grossing arcade conversion kit of 1986 in the United States.
An updated arcade version with a two-player competitive mode was released in 1986 as Mania Challenge. Atari Corporation published an Atari 7800 port in 1990 which includes features of both games and lacks others. Mat Mania was re-released for the PlayStation 4 as part of the Arcade Archives collection in 2015 and the Nintendo Switch in 2019.