NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal made his AEW debut on Wednesday night, but was unaware when he and Jad Cargill defeated Cody Rhodes and Red Velvet in Dynamite: crossroads.
Shaq, 48, dominated Rhodes in the first half of the match, but “The American Nightmare” took revenge with a running crossbody. The move sent both men out of the ring, hitting (and smashing) two tables.
Cargill eventually won the mix-tag match for the two power plants with a Glam Slam. Meanwhile, O’Neal was still in the rubble, with an AEW doctor checking on him.
O’Neal was placed on a stretcher during the commercial break and loaded onto an ambulance outside the amphitheater. However, when announcer Tony Schiavone opened the vehicle’s doors, Shaq was nowhere to be found.