“Ball is in His Court”: WWE Acting CCO Triple H Reaches Tries to Recruit Former Lakers Star to WWE
As the interim CCO of WWE, Triple H is actively recruiting. Even one NBA player is being invited to enter the ring by him. Dwight Howard, former Lakers star, has been extended an open offer to join the business.
NBA champion Dwight Howard made a big impression at the WWE’s pre-SummerSlam auditions, and he’s continued to tease us on social media about a potential wrestling career. The self-described “Shogun King of the Shadows” is now a prospective contender to join WWE.
Dwight is still an NBA free agent even if he hasn’t yet formally joined WWE. Howard discussed his perspective on joining a whole new area in an interview at his Nashville tryout.
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Former Lakers star Dwight Howard offered a WWE contract
“I think the ball is in his court. It’s a funny thing, Dwight, in the conversations we had, was like, ‘You know, I really want to do this. I’m serious, I really want to do this.’ But we hear that a lot and there’s a difference between saying I want to do this and putting in the grind and doing the work to get there. [He] came by our tryouts in Nashville, was incredibly entertaining, jumping in promos by himself and then with others. Incredibly entertaining, really driven to want to do this,” Triple H said.
The former Lakers star looks the part, too, standing at a sculpted 265 pounds and 6-foot-10 in height. The NBA player meets the requirements to be a professional wrestler. Triple H, however, thinks that Howard’s declaration of his ambition to become a WWE superstar is insufficient since much more effort needs to be done.
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