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Big Show confirms Wrestlemania match vs. Shaquille O'Neal

At the ESPY's last month, seven-time world heavyweight and 11-time tag-team WWE champion The Big Show (Paul Wight) challenged four-time NBA champion Shaquille O'Neal to a match at next year's Wrestlemania. O'Neal asked Wight "You sure you want to do that?" and Wight responded "Sure! I don't have much time left, I'd rather have some fun with you."

(Wight is set to retire in the near future and has been open that within the next 18 months he'll step away after a 21-year career that began with his introduction in WCW as "The Giant.")

It was a fun video, but given that it was at the ESPY's, you couldn't tell whether it was for real or not, despite being promoted by the official WWE social media and YouTube accounts.