Despite the reaction to Mandy Rose and Alba Fyre’s attempt at a cinematic match, it doesn’t look like they will become common place in NXT.
Mandy Rose vs Alba Fyre was a match of two halves, with the first part of the match taking place inside a haunted house before returning to the NXT arena for the culmination of the match.
Speaking on the NXT Halloween Havoc post-show media call, Shawn Michaels was asked about NXT going the cinematic route for the bout.
“That’s one of those situations where, the team here, our creative team, and the studio guys in Stamford do an absolutely fantastic job. That’s people starting at about 8 at night and going until 3:45 in the morning. Mandy, Alba, Jacy, Gigi and about 20 other people working their tails off in the middle of the night. It is different than anything I’ve ever done, but Halloween Havoc…that’s not something I see us doing a lot, but at Halloween Havoc, it feels like it works. Everybody understands we do that to a certain point and the rest comes into the building. I don’t think that’s something we would do on a regular basis by any chance, but when you have a thematic show like Halloween Havoc, and we’ve done them in the past, it feels like it’s been an NXT thing with Halloween Havoc and we wanted to continue with that idea. It seemed to be the perfect match to do it with,”
Shawn Michaels on Halloween Havoc Post Show Media Call
NXT has used cinematic styles matches in the past with Halloween Havoc, including with Dexter Lumis and Cameron Grimes in 2020 when the two faced off in a Haunted House of Terror match.
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