10 Things You Learn Binge Watching Every WWE SmackDown From 2008
6. SmackDown’s Halloween Costumes Are Must See
Well, bah gawd. This is heinous. With God as my witness he is broken in half. Screw you to hell, Triple H. You son of a bitch. Austin! Austin! Austin! Sorry, got too deep in the weeds with the JR-isms there, but what else is there to say about the above snapshot other than hyperbolic banter?!
That still is taken from the Halloween episode of SmackDown on 31 October 2008. Jim Ross was a sailor, Tazz was in camo, and that was just for starters. Genuinely, if everyone's being totally honest about it, this entry really only exists to share the picture above. Your day simply wouldn't have been complete without seeing it.
Feel better? Good.
Seriously though, check how thrilled those guys were. You can just tell they’re both thinking, ‘Screw this!’. Someone had to pick out that JR costume as a rib. Man looks like he's filled with bath time bubbles and has been perched on the side of the tub staring at tiles for weeks without use.
Unfortunately, no-one thought to make any invisibility jokes at Tazz's expense throughout the broadcast. Ross could've quipped that he'd clearly come dressed as John Cena, 'because we can't see you'. Oh, the hilarity that would've ensued.
It's worth noting that the Halloween SmackDown that year featured The Undertaker vs. Chavo Guerrero in a 'Casket Match'. Yep, sailor Ross and GI Bro version of Tazz had to sit there dressed like that and call one of Undertaker's trademark bouts. How anyone managed to keep a straight face is amazing.