WWE’s Zelina Vega rocks up to the Royal Rumble as Mortal Kombat’s Sindel

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This weekend, World Wrestling Entertainment held its Royal Rumble PPV from Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas. Highlights from the annual free-for-all included a shocking return by a beloved legend, a dominant performance from giant stack of meat Brock Lesnar, and this, another neat bit of cosplay from Zelina Vega.

Vega, (in what might be the greatest moment in pro-wrestling history since The Shockmaster fell through a wall), joined the Royal Rumble match at number 25, making her entrance decked out in beautiful garb stylised afterMortal Kombat’sevil empress, Queen Sindel. Proudly walking the aislein a robe reminiscent of Sindel’sMK 11look,Vega dropped the finery to reveal ring gear more reminiscent of the queen’s earlyappearances in the gory fighting game series.

Unfortunately for Vega, this gear didnotequip the star with the power of flight and, despite her best efforts, she was choked out and dumped ringside by former two-time NXT Champion Shayna Baszler, during a wild rampage that resulted in seven other eliminations.

This isn’t, of course, Vega’s first rodeo in the cosplay realm. At the 2019 Royal Rumble,Zelina entered the match wearing the garb of herStreet Fighternamesake.That same month, Vega also appeared at theMortal Kombat 11reveal event,this time dressed as Edenian assassin Jade.And previously Vega, alongside her charge Andrade “Cien” Almas, dressed asPokemon’sTeam Rocketfor a WWE promotional shoot.