What happens when the camp of professional wrestling clashes with giant, surreal Japanese monster movies in a ringed arena?
Enter Kaiju Big Battel, a live-action tournament-style performance event, where costumed characters with playful names like Steam Powered Tentacle Boulder and Uchu Chu the Space Bug duke it out on a paper-maché landscape.
The hybrid of American pro-wrestling with the geeky weirdness of Japanese monster movies has steadily built a cult-like following, that attracts the masses eager for a romp and some good ol' fashioned lowbrow fun.
The next Big Battel showdown kicks off Feb. 9 in New York City, at Webster for an event dubbed the "New York Blackout."
