Shaquille O’Neal is set to perform in his first competitive wrestling match for All Elite Wrestling this week.
The 7-foot-1 basketball Hall of Famer …
Shaquille O’Neal is set to perform in his first competitive wrestling match for All Elite Wrestling this week. The 7-foot-1 basketball Hall of Famer gets his chance to dish out retribution — maybe a slam, a side headlock or a clothesline — and he discussed his confidence ahead of the big day. “Oh, I’m winning,” O’Neal said. “Guaranteed.” O’Neal says he’s a lifelong wrestling fan and ripped off a list of favorite wrestlers from Tony Atlas and Junkyard Dog to Andre the Giant and Brock Lesnar. O’Neal is teaming up with Jade Cargill in a mixed tag to take on Cody Rhodes and Red Velvet at Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, Florida, on Wednesday’s episode of “Dynamite.” The seeds for a feud were set up last November when Cargill appeared on “Dynamite” and trash-talked Rhodes that O’Neal was the real giant-killer of pro wrestling. O’Neal responded on “Inside the NBA” and told Rhodes to name the place. “I’m the type, I can never back down from a challenge,” O’Neal told The Associated Press.
