NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal made his AEW-ring debut on Wednesday night, but he was not conscious when he and Jad Cargill defeated Cody Rhodes and Red Velvet in Dynamite: The Crossroads.
Shaq, 48, dominated Rhodes in the first half of the match, but “The American Nightmare” took revenge with a running crossbody. The move sent the two men out of the ring, hitting (and breaking) two tables.
Cargill ended up winning the mixed fight for the two powers with a Glam Slam. Meanwhile, O’Neal was still passed out in the rubble with an AEW doctor who was examining him.
O’Neal was placed on a stretcher during the commercial break and placed in an ambulance outside the amphitheater. However, when broadcaster Tony Schiavone opened the vehicle’s doors, Shaq was nowhere to be seen.