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    On the night of February 1st leading into the wee hours of February 2nd, the WWE and the NBA gave the world two of the biggest surprises in their respective sports. 

    First, Jey Uso won the Royal Rumble match. The annual Royal Rumble match winner gets to choose a world champion to face at the biggest event of the year— WrestleMania.

    Mere hours later, NBA Insider Shams Charania dropped a bombshell that was the Luka Doncic trade.

    Both events were completely unprecedented and made headlines throughout the sports world. The magnitude of these two events shows just how integral basketball and professional wrestling are to pop culture and the world. As different as these two sports are, some names in them, including some of the greatest, share glaring similarities.

    Let’s take a look at which NBA greats match up with some of the WWE’s best.

    LeBron James – The Undertaker

    Both of these dock are unbelievably athletic for their storlek.

    In fact, the Undertaker is a former

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    Hakeem Olajuwon

    Nigerian-American basketball player (born 1963)

    Olajuwon in 2015

    Born (1963-01-21) January 21, 1963 (age 62)
    Lagos, Nigeria
    NationalityNigerian / American
    Listed height7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
    Listed weight255 lb (116 kg)
    High schoolMuslim Teachers College
    (Lagos, Nigeria)
    CollegeHouston (1981–1984)
    NBA draft1984: 1st round, 1st overall pick
    Selected by the Houston Rockets
    Playing career1984–2002
    PositionCenter
    Number34
    1984–2001Houston Rockets
    2001–2002Toronto Raptors
    • 2× NBA champion (1994, 1995)
    • 2× NBA Finals MVP (1994, 1995)
    • NBA Most Valuable Player (1994)
    • 12× NBA All-Star (1985–1990, 1992–1997)
    • 6× All-NBA First Team (1987–1989, 1993, 1994, 1997)
    • 3× All-NBA Second Team (1986, 1990, 1996)
    • 3× All-NBA Third Team (1991, 1995, 1999)
    • 2× NBA Defensive Player of the Year (1993, 1994)
    • 5× NBA All-Defensive First Team (1987, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1994)
    • 4× NBA All-Defen

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      Undertaker Recalls Throwing a Lob to Hakeem Olajuwon in a Pickup Game Before His Astronomical Rise in WWE

      WWE legend Mark William Calaway, a.k.a The Undertaker, has been there and done everything, including the popular narrative of waking up from the casket to beat rivals inside the squared circle. Well, he has played basketball too. That too, pick-up games with NBA legends. And, when he played as Hakeem Olajuwon’s teammate, The Undertaker even dished out an assist to the superstar.

      In an episode of the Six Feet Under podcast, Calaway recalled how he used to go to the Fonde Recreation Center in Texas where many basketball stars, including Olajuwon, frequented. Calaway was in high school at the time. He started hanging around the court looking for a chance to play with the legend.

      When he eventually got a call up, it turned out to be a privilege — teaming up with Hakeem. Calaway was asked to play as a shooting guard, even though he was tall. The WWE legend, who is 6’10”, would h

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