{"id":85029,"date":"2021-02-15T11:28:49","date_gmt":"2021-02-15T16:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=85029"},"modified":"2021-02-15T11:28:49","modified_gmt":"2021-02-15T16:28:49","slug":"rapper-bow-wow-train-rikishi-wwe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/02\/15\/rapper-bow-wow-train-rikishi-wwe\/","title":{"rendered":"Bow Wow Set To Train With Rikishi To Become A Wrestler"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2018\/07\/08\/bad-bunny-and-his-profound-love-for-pro-wrestling\/\" target=\"_self\">Bad Bunny<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>currently having a major presence on WWE Television as part of an angle with\u00a0<strong>Damien Priest\u00a0<\/strong>it would seem that a fellow musician and WWE fans has been tempted to get in the game.\u00a0 A rapper by the name of Bow Wow has claimed on Twitter that he will be training with WWE Hall Of Famer\u00a0<strong>Rikishi<\/strong> to chase his dreams of being in the WWE.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I have officially decided to train with my boy <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheREALRIKISHI?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@TheREALRIKISHI<\/a> at his gym in California to get ready for the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@wwe<\/a> . LOCKED IN<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bow Wow (@smoss) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/smoss\/status\/1361304276962795523?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 15, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Rikishi is, of course, part of one of the most famous wrestling families in professional wrestling and he has made the move to a trainer for KnokX Pro Academy in California where he is the head trainer alongside Reno Anoa&#8217;i.\u00a0 Not only has Rikishi trained<strong> MLW\u00a0<\/strong>World Champion<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2020\/11\/29\/jacob-fatu-is-the-next-big-thing\/\" target=\"_self\">\u00a0<strong>Jacob Fatu\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>but he has also trained <strong>Miro (fka Rusev)\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Vanessa Borne<\/strong> so Bow Wow is in good company.<\/p>\n<p>Bow Wow has been throwing shots at WWE faction RETRIBUTION as well as Priest and Bad Bunny so he has some ready-made feuds should he make the jump to the WWE.\u00a0 Following the success of Bow Wow in the merchandising side of things it would be wise for WWE to keep working with more modern mainstream artists like Bow Wow, especially when they have a very public love of professional wrestling.<\/p>\n<p>[pickup_prop id=&#8221;4862&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. 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