Characters playing characters? Wrestlers are an interesting form of entertainers as they’re playing characters almost all the time, with some of them being a little more over the top than others. Sometimes they’re playing amped up versions of themselves but others are playing a more over the top character who has little in common with who they play. Just to make it even wackier, let’s make it happen on Halloween! And tape it!

Thank goodness for video:

T-Rex, superheroes and a mummy battle in NXT Halloween Royal Rumble

On Saturday night, NXT held its annual Halloween Royal Rumble, a variety of NXT names dressed up as various characters and wrestled in a battle royal. Some of the costumes were your more traditional selections, such as EC3 as Batman and Rockstar Spud as Robin, though there were a few interesting choices such as Otis Dozovic as Mandy Rose. Some backstage comments from several of the entrants are also included, along with a celebrity cameo.

Opinion: This is the kind of thing that the main roster couldn’t pull off no matter how hard they tried. The problem with something like this in WWE would be commentary, which would be laughing so hard and being so over the top with the whole thing that it would stop being entertaining. Down in NXT, they understand the concept of “show, don’t tell” , and the event was able to be fun instead of being hammered into your head.

Which of these costumes was your favorite? Would you like to see this on TV? Let us know in the comments below.

Thomas Hall has been a wrestling fan for over thirty years and has seen over 50,000 wrestling matches. He has also been a wrestling reviewer since 2009 with over 5,000 full shows covered. You can find his work at kbwrestlingreviews.com, or check out his Amazon author page with 28 wrestling books. His latest book is the the Complete 2003 Smackdown Reviews.

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