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This subway Royal Rumble looks totally normal to New York commuters

James Dator
James Dator has been covering a wide range of sports for SB Nation for over a decade, with a special focus on the NFL.

You know New York has become desensitized to weirdness when a group of guys can hold a Royal Rumble on the subway and nobody bats an eye.

The concept is actually something I could totally see WWE doing. Wrestlers fight in between stops, and if someone is thrown off the train onto a platform they’re eliminated.

Let’s be real: The wrestling isn’t very good, the costumes are meh — but the concept is what’s kind of great with this. I’m all for anyone who isn’t afraid to make a fool out themselves in front of strangers, and the fact that literally nobody on the subway cares is just the icing on the cake and makes this even better.

It’s worth watching once to see what they do, then again — just concentrating on the commuters.

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