AV's Halloween Countdown: 26 Days- WWE Smackdown! 2002 Halloween episode

Just about every TV show has special holiday episodes, and the WWE is no exception. Though this episode of Smackdown! from Halloween 2002 had everything from a costume party with John Cena dressed as Vanilla Ice, the Boogie Man eating worms (that wasn't for Halloween...he did it on every appearance), and a Divas Trick or Treat match in which the Divas wore Halloween costumes and wrestled in chocolate milk...ick...



...sorry.

Anyway, in spite of all of that, a lot of nightmares were started with one particular instance of borderline pseudo-incest between former WCW president-turned-WWE Raw GM Eric Bischoff and Vince McMahon's daughter, Stephanie. Eric wore a "Vince McMahon" costume, and at the time, Stephanie had just gotten married to HHH in real life. (Their TV nuptials ended in earlier that year.) For WWE fans who hated what Bischoff did during the Monday Night Wars, including giving away spoilers of WWE programming during WCW broadcasts, this was almost like Dracula claiming a victim. For the rest, there was the uncomfortable notion that ERIC DRESSED LIKE VINCE TO TRY AND SEDUCE STEPHANIE!!! 


Er...Happy Halloween?