Meet 31-year-old Nigerian wrestler who wears traditional agbada to the ring

Meet 31-year-old Nigerian wrestler who wears traditional agbada to the ring

- Babatunde Aiyegbusi is a Nigerian wrestler who rocks Yoruba agbada to the ring

- The 31-year-old started his career in football before he moved to WWE

- Aiyegbusi made his professional WWE debut in September 2016

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Football is known as the most followed and watched sporting activity on earth considering the joy it gives many viewers in many parts of the world.

There are many people who prefer watching football based on the players they like seeing, while some will always stay connected to the round leather game because of some players.

A player like Cristiano Ronaldo has been able to woo many football followers, lovers and pundits to be following all Juventus matches just because they will have the chance to see the Portugal international.

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Even legendary goalkeeper Buffon recently made it clear that Cristiano Ronaldo was one of the reasons that made him return to Juventus.

It also applies to the Spanish La Liga where many cannot do without watching Barcelona games because of Argentine football star Lionel Messi.

However, there are other sporting events that people also follow in many parts of the world as the likes of Tennis, Badminton, Boxing, Wrestling, Judo, Motor Sports and so on also have their fans.

In Nigeria for example, there are many fans who follow boxing just because of the likes of Floyd Mayweather, Tyson Fury, Mike Tyson and Anthony Joshua.

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Anthony Joshua particularly has lured many Nigerians to start following the game of boxing since he became world champion where he defeated Andy Ruiz twice.

But talking about the game of wrestling, it has limited followers in Nigeria for now as it cannot be compared to that of football and boxing.

Years back, Nigerians used to watch wrestling very well most especially during the time the likes of Undertaker, Ultimate Warrior, John Cena, Chris Jericho, and Hulk Hogan.

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Babatunde Aiyegbusi is a Nigerian wrestler who is currently shining in the game as he rocks agbada to the ring many times he wants to fight.

He was born to a Nigerian father and Polish mother, but grew up in America and actually started his career as a footballer before moving to WWE. The 6ft 10in Babatunde Aiyegbusi was a former NFL man.

The 31-year-old is currently performing in the WWE developmental territory and he could also make Nigerians to start following him if he impresses like the likes of Anthony Joshua.

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In other news, it has been revealed that the prominent fact of 50 Cent surviving nine gunshots was made possible by a Ghanaian surgeon by name Dr Moses DeGraft-Johnson.

According to Omgvoice.com who compiled a news report, the long time secret was made public by Lawyer William Bubsey, who is currently representing Dr Moses in his 52-count Federal indictment for committing $23 million insurance fraud.

It was made known at the court that when 50 Cent was fired nine different shots at close range with a 9mm handgun, the Ghanaian surgeon was the doctor that saved him from joining the dead.

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