Back in the day, World Championship Wrestling used to run an annual October pay-per-view show called Halloween Havoc, which was automatically my favorite because (1) it’s just a cool sounding name, and (2) my birthday is October 30, so I’ve always had a serious affinity for the night everyone gets dressed up and goes out collecting candy.
In the dozen years the promotion held the event, it never landed on October 31, but this weekend, the UFC does what professional wrestling promoters never did, as for the first time in the company’s history, there will be fisticuffs inside the Octagon on Halloween.