The Young Bucks gift AEW title belts to Inside the NBA hosts
AEW was promoted on Inside the NBA last night.
During Tuesday night’s broadcast on TNT, hosts Charles Barkley, Shaquille O’Neal, Kenny Smith, Ernie Johnson, and Draymond Green received AEW World Championship replica belts on-air following an ad for Wednesday’s Dynamite. The NBA on TNT social media accounts would later credit The Young Bucks with having gifted the belts to the crew.
The hosts also received “exclusive championship sneaker belts” which the Bucks have been marketing along with their new signature Reebok pumps.
Footage of the segment is available below.
O’Neal, who said more than once he would wear the title belt to a Hookah bar later that night, wrestled once for AEW in 2021. He teamed with Jade Cargill and defeated the team of Cody Rhodes and Red Velvet on the March 3 Dynamite that year. O’Neal participated in WWE’s Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal in 2016 as well.
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