Summary
- One Grand Theft Auto Online player dressed their character as the All Elite Wrestling star Darby Allin for Halloween.
- Other players applauded their effort and posted their own wrestler-inspired looks.
- AEW released its first console game, AEW Fight Forever, in June 2023.
One Grand Theft Auto Online player is going hardcore this Halloween by dressing their character up as All Elite Wrestling star Darby Allin. GTA Online launched in the fall of 2013 as the online multiplayer component of the massively successful Grand Theft Auto 5, allowing gamers around the world to create their own carnage in the virtual sandbox of Los Santos. Over the past decade or so, the game has been home to thrilling heists, daring stunt rallies, and even mock alien invasions.
Some of the fun of GTA Online comes from its character customization options, which allow players to dress their digital avatars any way they see fit. This has led to some impressive and humorous renditions of existing characters, like Spider-Man or Ellie from The Last of Us 2, and many find it funny to see these normally heroic characters engaging the kinds of criminal hijinks that Grand Theft Auto is infamous for. Since a fair amount of this mischief involves beating up other players or NPCs, it might not be too surprising to see real-life professional wrestlers being replicated as well.
A Reddit user named barbieshrimps is getting into the Halloween spirit by dressing their Grand Theft Auto Online character as AEW’s Darby Allin. As shown in a handful of posts on r/gtaonline and r/AEWOfficial, this digital version of The Roof of Doom recreates his signature skull-like face paint, short blond hair, and leather jacket. While it isn’t an exact recreation of Allin’s look, users on both forums have complimented barbieshrimps on their work, with a few even sharing their own GTA Online wrestler-inspired looks, including fellow AEW alumni “The Scapegoat” Jack Perry.
Grand Theft Auto Online Player Goes Hardcore as AEW’s Darby Allen
AEW and video games already have a strong connection, with in-ring performers like Kenny Omega being avid gamers and wrestlers like Samoa Joe making cameo appearances in titles like the upcoming Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii. Last year, AEW released its first console game, AEW Fight Forever, though it didn’t quite recreate the success of its rival WWE 2K series. Rumor has it that for its next video game attempt, AEW could be looking to replace former WWE 2K studio Yuke’s with a new developer entirely.
In the meantime, it seems like AEW wrestlers can appear in the most unlikely places, including the mean streets of GTA Online’s Los Santos. Darby Allin is known for his hardcore style of wrestling, so he might feel at home in the no-holds-barred, anything-goes world of Grand Theft Auto Online, a landscape that continues to draw in new players as the gaming world waits anxiously for Grand Theft Auto 6.
- Released
- October 1, 2013
- ESRB
- m
- Developer(s)
- Rockstar North
- Publisher(s)
- Rockstar Games
- Engine
- rockstar advanced game engine, euphoria
- Multiplayer
- Online Multiplayer
- Franchise
- Grand Theft Auto
Grand Theft Auto Online is a dynamic and persistent online world for SIXTEEN players that begins by sharing gameplay features, geography and mechanics with Grand Theft Auto V, but continues to expand and evolve with new content created by Rockstar Games and the Grand Theft Auto community.
Grand Theft Auto Online takes the fundamental Grand Theft Auto concepts of freedom, ambient activity and mission-based gameplay and makes them available to multiple players in a detailed and responsive online world. In GTA Online, players have the freedom to explore alone or with friends, work cooperatively to complete missions, come together to participate in activities and ambient events, or compete in traditional game modes with the larger community, all with the personality and refined mechanics of Grand Theft Auto V.
Players can invest in their character through customizing their appearance, improving their stats, owning customized vehicles, purchasing personal property, and taking part in missions, jobs and activities to earn reputation and cash to open up new opportunities to rise through the criminal ranks.
The world of Grand Theft Auto Online will constantly grow and change as new content is added, creating the first ever persistent and dynamic Grand Theft Auto game world. Access to Grand Theft Auto Online is free with every retail copy of Grand Theft Auto V.
