{"id":116457,"date":"2022-10-20T16:00:32","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T20:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=116457"},"modified":"2022-10-20T16:00:32","modified_gmt":"2022-10-20T20:00:32","slug":"adebayo-akinfenwa-wrestling-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2022\/10\/20\/adebayo-akinfenwa-wrestling-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"Cult UK Footballer Adebayo Akinfenwa To Make Wrestling Debut\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Cult UK footballer <strong>Adebayo Akinfenwa<\/strong> will make his professional wrestling debut on <strong>PROGRESS Wrestling&#8217;s <em>Wrestling Witch Face &#8211; Trick or Treat?<\/em><\/strong> show. <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8220;The Beast&#8221; Akinfenwa will accompany <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/04\/18\/aew-the-factory-perfect-launching-point-anthony-ogogo-nick-comoroto\/\" target=\"_self\">Anthony Ogogo<\/a><\/strong> to the ring for his grudge match against <strong>Malik<\/strong> on Sunday, October 23.\u00a0 <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Akinfenwa has long been tipped for a move to professional wrestling. He declared himself for the 2020 <strong>WWE<\/strong> draft. This got the attention of <strong>Drew McIntyre<\/strong>. Here are some of the craziest facts about &#8220;Beast Mode&#8221; Adebayo Akinfenwa.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Akinfenwa to Make Wrestling Debut<\/h2>\n<p><a id=\"4v_djbe-QCFMgccGEiuW0g\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1398506323\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'4v_djbe-QCFMgccGEiuW0g',sig:'8cLPpWQjWIeRKioXQbg6TG-z5uEHEZ4Z6k-ErM_r6BY=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1398506323',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Akinfenwa is Stronger Than Brock Lesner and Braun Strowman<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Something that helped solidify Akinfenwa as a cult hero was when he was rated as the strongest player in the video game <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ea.com\/games\/fifa\/fifa-21\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>FIFA 21<\/em><\/a>. Akinfenwa was rated a staggering 97 for strength. <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><strong>Braun Strowman<\/strong> has the highest strength rating of 95 on WWE 2K 22. Pathetic. And one would think <strong>Brock Lesner<\/strong> was big tough and strong. Think again. &#8220;The Beast Incarnate&#8221; has a measly 90 for strength.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Strong, sure. But not &#8220;Beast Mode&#8221; 97 strong.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">He Trained Sheamus\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">What? Sounds crazy, I know, but Akinfenwa did hit the gym with <strong>Sheamus<\/strong>. Akinfenwa helped get the Celtic Warrior in fighting shape when he was in the United Kingdom in September. Sheamus was gearing up for his <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2022\/08\/30\/gunther-sheamus-clash-at-the-castle\/\" target=\"_self\">WWE Intercontinental Championship match against <strong>Gunther<\/strong><\/a> at <strong><em>Clash at the Castle<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sheamus enters Beast Mode with Adebayo Akinfenwa ahead of WWE Clash at the Castle\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HjRTAqmNO0Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">He&#8217;s a Legend Despite Never Making it to Premier League<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Akinfenwa first turned heads because of his massive 17-stone frame, making him a lot bigger than your typical footballer. &#8220;Beast Mode&#8221; used his power to get the better of defenders and net 213 goals in his 742 games. He spent a large portion of his career at Wycombe Wanderers and never made it to the top division in English football The Premier League.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>He Ate His Own Twin<\/h3>\n<p>Akinfenwa responded to football pundit Ian Holloway&#8217;s claim that he ate his twin by actually eating his twin. Honestly, just watch the video below. Bizarre. Funny. Creative.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ade Akinfenwa responds to Ian Holloway&#39;s claim he had a twin and ate him&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5ZhCTcyVFm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/5ZhCTcyVFm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Paddy Power (@paddypower) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/paddypower\/status\/733578237003980800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 20, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>Stay tuned to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a> for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cult UK footballer Adebayo Akinfenwa will make his professional wrestling debut on PROGRESS Wrestling&#8217;s Wrestling Witch Face &#8211; Trick or Treat? show. &#8220;The Beast&#8221; Akinfenwa will accompany Anthony Ogogo to the ring for his grudge match against Malik on Sunday, October 23.\u00a0 Akinfenwa has long been tipped for a move to professional wrestling. 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