One match involving a former NBA champion that was hinted to happen at WrestleMania years ago was never made reality and Kofi Kingston is still upset about it.
Years ago, there were talks about a potential match between The Big Show and Shaquille O?Neal at WWE?s biggest show of the year, but the closest anyone got to see it was a brief encounter the two had at WrestleMania 32 in the Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal.
Talking on ?The New Day: Feel The Power? podcast, Kingston said he is mad the match never happened because a lot of time was spent on building up to that encounter.
?Yes, I am. So mad. I wanted to see it because they?ve been building it for years. There was something, I don?t know if it was an article or an actual video, but Big Show was talking trash and talking about how, ?I?m in the best fighting shape of my life. I lost 50 pounds and Shaq?s gained 500.? It was so Big Show, so matter of fact, just jerk and Shaq never responded so I don?t know what happened. I would have loved to have seen that,? Kingston said.
Big E shared his thoughts on the match that never happened, saying he would only watch it because of the possibility of it being a complete trainwreck.
?I don?t know man. I feel like, and no disrespect to the Big Show, who is one of the greatest big men of all time, but the only reason I would wanna see this is if it?s a trainwreck. That?s what I want to see. If it just went off the rails, that?s the only reason I want to see it, but if you?re expecting a clinic, I don?t know about that,? Big E said.
You can check out Kingston and Big E's comments in the video at this link and you can listen to the podcast at this link.