{"id":70680,"date":"2020-06-16T17:55:05","date_gmt":"2020-06-16T21:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/?p=70680"},"modified":"2020-06-16T17:55:05","modified_gmt":"2020-06-16T21:55:05","slug":"jordan-omogbehin-wwes-giant-ninja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2020\/06\/16\/jordan-omogbehin-wwes-giant-ninja\/","title":{"rendered":"Jordan Omogbehin: WWE&#8217;s Giant Ninja"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In one of the more polarizing aspects of Sunday night&#8217;s cinematic match between <strong>The Street Profits<\/strong> and <strong>Viking Raiders<\/strong> at <em><strong>WWE Backlash<\/strong><\/em> was the inclusion of a stable of ninjas lead by <strong>Akira Tozawa<\/strong>. And while fans online seemed divided on the segment as a whole &#8211; with many either loving it or hating it &#8211; one thing that had piqued interest was the identity of the <strong>Giant Ninja<\/strong> who acted as Tozawa&#8217;s enforcer. What originally seemed like a one-off as part of the match, Tozawa and his ninjas &#8211; with Giant Ninja in tow &#8211; returned again on Monday night&#8217;s episode of <em><strong>Raw<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/VikingProfits?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#VikingProfits<\/a> &#8230; now might be the time to RUN. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WWEBacklash?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WWEBacklash<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/x74Hepf1dx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/x74Hepf1dx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWEUniverse\/status\/1272333707609812999?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 15, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The large man underneath the ninja garb is WWE Performance Center recruit <strong>Jordan Omogbehin<\/strong>, a 7&#8217;3&#8243; behemoth who joined the Performance Center as part of the October class of 2018. Born in Lagos, Nigeria, and raised in Chesapeake, Virginia, Omogbehin played college basketball in the US, beginning with the <strong>University of South Florida (USF)<\/strong> <strong>Bulls<\/strong> in Tampa from 2012-2014 before transferring to the <strong>Morgan State University (MSU)<\/strong> <strong>Bears<\/strong> in Baltimore, Maryland for the 2014-2015 season.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-70683\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/06\/5dc68b7bf82d6c86381fc7ede42971c5-e1592343601640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"334\"><\/p>\n<p>In October of 2018, Jordan Omogbehin was announced as part of WWE&#8217;s new class of recruits at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida, where he began training to become a WWE Superstar. He began working NXT Live Events in July of 2019, debuting in Lakeland, Florida to defeat <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2020\/04\/27\/everrise-raw\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Ever-rise<\/strong><\/a> in a 2-on-1 Handicap Match. He would next win a 15-man battle royal in August and go on to pick up wins over <strong>Cezar Bonini<\/strong> and <strong>Kona Reeves<\/strong>. He last appeared on an NXT Live Event this past February in Fort Pierce, Florida, teaming with <strong>Bronson Reed<\/strong> (formerly Jonah Rock) in victory over <strong>Tehuti Miles<\/strong> and the recently released <strong>Aleksander Jaksic<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jordan Omogbehin, a Nigerian-born former college basketball player who stands a legit 7&#39;3&quot;, made his debut at an NXT house show last night. He looks like an absolute monster. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tjyRyw54pJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/tjyRyw54pJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SI Wrestling (@SI_wrestling) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SI_wrestling\/status\/1152215421585645568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 19, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>He debuted on Sunday night at\u00a0<em>WWE Backlash\u00a0<\/em>as Akira Tozawa&#8217;s Giant Ninja enforcer, returning again on Monday to continue Tozawa&#8217;s battle against both the Street Profits and Viking Raiders, but the two\u00a0<em>Raw\u00a0<\/em>tag teams found their own giant to even the odds, bringing out a returning <strong>Big Show<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BIG NINJA&#8230;meet @WWETheBigShow!<\/p>\n<p>The VIKING PROFITS brought backup on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WWERaw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WWERaw<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/i974zuomro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/i974zuomro<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1272694947762835459?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 16, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>While its unlikely Jordan Omogbehin will remain a &#8220;Giant Ninja&#8221; for long, it was a fun way to get the future monster onto WWE television for the time being. Although the appearance of Akira Tozawa next to his Giant Ninja brought back memories to an old WCW gimmick that saw manager <strong>Sonny Onoo<\/strong> with his own <strong>Giant Super Ninja<\/strong> in 1996 (portrayed by Ron Reis, better known as <strong>Reece<\/strong> from <strong>Raven<\/strong>&#8216;s <strong>Flock<\/strong> or the infamous <strong>Yeti<\/strong>).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_70686\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-70686\" style=\"width: 445px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-70686\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/06\/tumblr_pc0212cVrM1rg89a6o1_1280-e1592344288667.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"445\" height=\"500\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-70686\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: WWE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">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.\u00a0 Watch WWE programming with Raw on Monday (USA Network, 8pm EST), NXT on Wednesday (USA Network, 8pm EST), and SmackDown on Friday (FOX, 8pm EST). You can check out an almost unlimited array of WWE and NXT content on the <a href=\"https:\/\/watch.wwe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WWE Network<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In one of the more polarizing aspects of Sunday night&#8217;s cinematic match between The Street Profits and Viking Raiders at WWE Backlash was the inclusion of a stable of ninjas lead by Akira Tozawa. 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