The Big Show faces off with Shaquille O' Neal at the Andre the Giant Memorial Royal Rumble at WrestleMania 32. (Photo : YouTube/WWE)
The rivalry between NBA legend Shaquille O' Neal and WWE superstar Big Show has reached a new peak on the road to their matchup at WrestleMania. The Big Show has notably been appearing less frequently on WWE shows for the past couple of months, and for good reason. He has shown his amazing body transformation through a series of photos and videos, in addition to taunting O' Neal with them as well.
In the Big Show's latest post, he shows off his impressive progress with a caption mocking O' Neal. At 45 years of age, the Big Show knows that his career as a professional wrestler will not much longer, according to Give Me Sport. This is why he would want one of his last matches in the WWE promotion to be in "the grandest stage of them all," whilst he is in the best shape of his life since his wrestling debut back in 1995.
.@Shaq! Karaoke? Doughnuts? You better get serious. All roads lead to @WrestleMania. The only giant! pic.twitter.com/5uX4EUyXVF
— Big Show (@WWETheBigShow) February 9, 2017
O' Neal has answered back with a few exercise-related posts of his own directed at the Big Show, but they do not just stack up. Recently, O' Neal has starred in an advertisement for Oreo cookies and posted videos of himself lip-syncing on social media. On the other hand, the Big Show has been spending countless hours at the gym since last year.
It would be interesting to see what kind of shape these two sporting giants will be in come time for their clash at the Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida. Even though O' Neal has not spent as much time as the Big Show in the gym; this is not a reason to rule him out as the potential winner of the match at WrestleMania 33. O' Neal is still one of the world's greatest athletes and standing at 7'1" does not hurt much either.
The feud between O' Neal and the Big Show began way back in 2009, but it seems neither has lost respect for their competitor. "Shaq is a world-renowned athlete and he's also a big fan. He's going to train and learn [and] I think a lot people are going to be surprised," the Big Show told Sun Sport in an exclusive interview.
Watch the Big Show face off against fellow WWE big man Braun Strowman in the video below:
