WWE Smackdown superstar Zelina Vega is known for her wrestling ability, but also has been known to pull off some incredible cosplays. Vega has cosplayed as a number of iconic video game characters, and shared her love for the gaming community on many occasions.Vega has cosplayed as characters fromMortal Kombat,Overwatch,Apex Legends, andPokemon.
The WWE wrestler is constantly coming up with new cosplays to share on social media, recently showing off a series of cosplays of iconic characters, includingBatmanvillain Poison Ivy,League of Legendscharacter Jinx, andStarlight from the HBO seriesThe Boys. Vega recently finished her gallery with two characters fromPokemon.
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Vega shared cosplays of both Nurse Joy and Mr. Mime on Instagram to her 1.1 million followers. Her Nurse Joy cosplay is complete with the medical cross hat and Nurse Joy’s signature pink looped pigtails. Vega pulls off the Mr. Mime cosplay with blue hair to match and gloves that feature the pink fingertip details. While they may not be the most popular members of the franchise, Zelina Vega definitely represented thePokemoncharacters well.
It is not the first time that Vega has cosplayed asPokemoncharacters. The wrestler has cosplayed asPokemon Sword and ShieldGym Leader Nessa, and has cosplayed with her WWE tag team partner as Team Rocket members Jesse and James.
Before the WWE issued restrictions on WWE talents' third-party partnerships, Zelina Vega spent a good amount of time streaming herself playing video games, interacting with fans, and talking about wrestling on her Twitch channel, which has now seemingly been taken over by a relative. Before the WWE restrictions, Vega appeared in cosplay for a few of her streams, recently dressing up asGlaceon while playingPokemon SwordandShield. Although Vega may not be able to stream video games on Twitch, the WWE wrestler is still sharing her impressive cosplays with her fans.
While Vega mostly shows off her cosplays on social media, they have also been featured in WWE shows. Vega has made appearances on WWE PPV’s dressed as iconic video game characters. During her Royal Rumble debut, Vega entered the ring dressed asMortal Kombat’s Sindel, and laterappeared at SummerSlam in anOverwatchoutfit.
Zelina Vega’s cosplays have captured the attention of many video game and WWE fans, but have also caught the attention of video game developers.Apex Legendswriter Tom Casiello shared that the characterLoba was inspired by WWE wrestlers like Zelina Vega. After her recentPokemoncosplays, Vega likely has fans waiting to see who she dresses as next.
