AEW has seen many top celebrity stars appear on its shows from Snoop Dogg and Kevin Smith to Rosario Dawson, but the wrestling company's chairman recently revealed who the best celebrity has been so far.
Tony Khan recently did an interview with Josh Martinez of Z100 New York where he discussed some of the celebrity guests that he's managed to get in on the action, and he said that there was definitely a standout - Shaquille O'Neal.
“So we’ve had big names from MMA, big names from sports like Mike Tyson and Shaquille O’Neal. You know, we’ve probably never had a better guest in AEW than Shaq," he said.
"He was so great on every level with us and you know, not just a hard worker and put in a great wrestling match, but also backstage the most humble person we’ve ever had in the history of the company in terms of coming in.
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Khan went on to explain that one of the great things about Shaquille O'Neal that made him one of the best guests was that he was incredibly humble backstage.
“He went around and thanked every wrestler and it was unbelievable to all these pro wrestlers to have Shaq coming up to them and saying nice things, but also saying ‘ you know, I did my best out there. I hope I didn’t embarrass anybody. I just want to make pro wrestling look good. Because I like wrestling.’
“To hear that from Shaq of all people, one of the biggest sports stars of all time, one of the greatest athletes ever, that was so cool. And we’ve had great entertainers come into AEW including Snoop Dogg and many others. So I always love having crossover opportunities to get big stars in.”
Shaquille O'Neal has wrestled for both WWE and AEW. He was in the 2016 Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal Match for WWE, and he teamed up with Jade Cargill against Cody Rhodes and Red Velvet in AEW.