{"id":5843,"date":"2019-10-06T16:04:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-06T16:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/ng\/?p=5843"},"modified":"2019-10-06T16:04:00","modified_gmt":"2019-10-06T16:04:00","slug":"trending-globally-lagos-born-7ft-3-inches-giant-wrestler-jordan-omogbein-takes-over-wwe-in-america-25year-old-signed-mouth-watering-deal-beats-competitors-to-surrender-in-nxt-debut-in-world-wres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/trending-globally-lagos-born-7ft-3-inches-giant-wrestler-jordan-omogbein-takes-over-wwe-in-america-25year-old-signed-mouth-watering-deal-beats-competitors-to-surrender-in-nxt-debut-in-world-wres\/","title":{"rendered":"TRENDING GLOBALLY: Lagos-born 7ft 3 inches giant Wrestler, JORDAN OMOGBEIN takes over WWE in America&#8230;25year old signed mouth-watering deal, beats competitors to surrender in NXT *Debut in World Wrestling Entertainment in a Two-On-One Handicap match *earlier a  college basketball player for the University of South Florida and for Morgan State University * After his Nigerian family migrated to the United States, he attended and graduated from Atlantic Shores Christian Academy in Chesapeake, Virginia *Met basketball legend Hakeem Olajuwan during the USF Bull&#8217;s team trip to Houston, Texas,  played center position for the Morgan State Bears from 2014-2015  BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU\/AMERICAN FOREIGN BUREAU CHIEF"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/jordan-wwe-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5844\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/jordan-wwe-5-1024x761.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5845\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/jordan-wwe-2-1024x574.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5846\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/jordan-wwe-3-1024x593.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5847\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/jordan-wwe-4-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5848\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/jordan-wwe-6-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5849\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/jordan-wwe-6-1.jpg 360w, https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/jordan-wwe-6-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/jordan-wwe-6-1-330x220.jpg 330w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>TRENDING\nGLOBALLY:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lagos-born\n7ft 3 inches giant Wrestler, JORDAN OMOGBEIN takes over WWE in\nAmerica<\/strong><strong>&#8230;25year\nold s<\/strong><strong>igned\nmouth-watering deal, <\/strong><strong>beats\ncompetitors to surrender in <\/strong><strong>NXT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>*Debut\nin World\nWrestling Entertainment in\na Two-On-One Handicap match<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>*earlier\na  college basketball player for the University\nof South Florida and for Morgan State University<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>*\nAfter his Nigerian family migrated to the\nUnited States, he attended and graduated from Atlantic Shores\nChristian Academy in Chesapeake, Virginia<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>*Met\nbasketball\nlegend Hakeem Olajuwan during the USF Bull&#8217;s team trip to Houston,\nTexas,  played center position for the Morgan State Bears from\n2014-2015 <\/strong>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>BY\nGEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU\/AMERICAN FOREIGN BUREAU CHIEF<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n<strong>HE\nIS THE GLORY OF NIGERIA. HIS NAME IS JORDAN OMOGBEIN born to Nigerian\nimmigrant parents in Lagos. This 7feet 3 inches giant Nigerian\nprofessional wrestler has just signed a multimillion dollar deal with\nWorld Wrestling Entertainment, WWE in America where he debut in a\nTwo-On-One Handicap match recently and beat his competitors to\nstupor. <\/strong>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>After\nthe family&#8217;s migration to United States from 2014-2015,  Omogbehin\nattended and graduated from Atlantic Shores Christian Academy in\nChesapeake, Virginia. Through high school, he played basketball and\ncontinued in the sport after choosing to attend University of South\nFlorida (USF) from 2012-2014. While in USF, Omogbehin played center\nposition. Then, he reportedly claimed to have met basketball legend\nHakeem Olajuwan during the USF Bull&#8217;s team trip to Houston, Texas in\n2014. Omogbehin also played basketball at Morgan State University in\nBaltimore, Maryland after transferring from USF. He played center\nposition for the Morgan State Bears. <\/strong>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZO6Kenkqi7c\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>This\n25-year old is a Nigerian professional wrestler, currently signed to\nWWE where he performs on the NXT\nbrand\nunder his real name. Prior to becoming a professional wrestler,\nOmogbehin was a college basketball player for the University of South\nFlorida and for Morgan State University. His college basketball\ncareer spanned from 2012 to 2015. During October 2018, Omogbehin was\nannounced as signed to train for the WWE. <\/strong>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\n<strong>World\nWrestling Entertainment \/ WWE (2018-present)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\n<strong>It\nwas reported <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/prowrestling.fandom.com\/wiki\/October_17\"><strong>October\n17<\/strong><\/a><strong>,\n2018, that WWE signed a total of seven athletes to train at the <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/prowrestling.fandom.com\/wiki\/WWE_Performance_Center\"><strong>WWE\nPerformance Center<\/strong><\/a><strong>.\nThat was when Omogbehin was signed.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\n<strong>NXT\n(2019)<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>\n<strong>In\n2019, Omogbehin made his in-ring debut during a <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/prowrestling.fandom.com\/wiki\/NXT_House_Show_(July_18,_19%27)\"><strong>July\n18 house show<\/strong><\/a><strong>,\ndefeating team 3.0 in a Two-On-One Handicap match.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TRENDING GLOBALLY: Lagos-born 7ft 3 inches giant Wrestler, JORDAN OMOGBEIN takes over WWE in America&#8230;25year old signed mouth-watering deal, beats competitors to surrender in NXT *Debut in World Wrestling Entertainment in a Two-On-One Handicap match *earlier a college basketball player for the University of South Florida and for Morgan State University * After his Nigerian [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5844,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[112],"tags":[129,130],"class_list":{"0":"post-5843","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-africa","9":"tag-nigeria-2"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5843\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}