Babatunde Aiyegbusi appears to have found his calling in the ring. The Polish big man, who caught the attention of the Vikings in 2015, is in line to be WWE's next superstar.
The 6-foot-10, 350-pounder was signed by the Vikings after a 2015 summer workout in the United States and spent the preseason on the roster as an offensive lineman. However, the experiment failed and he was released before the regular season.
Aiyegbusi reappeared in headlines seven months later as part of the WWE's new class of recruits.
After a year of training at the WWE Performance Center, Aiyegbusi has established his identity as the "giant" that can move like a "wide receiver."
Aiyegbusi was spotlighted in a recent WWE feature titled "Meet Babatunde Aiyegbusi, the giant of the WWE Performance Center." The video description says, "[He] used to smash skills on the football field. Now, the Polish powerhouse is ready to bruise opponents on a new stage, the wrestling ring."
Aiyegbusi explains in the video, "I did all kind of sports … Sports all my life. When you have full equipment on your body, when you go full speed and hit someone in the face, believe me you're going to feel it and he will feel it. That was my job to hit people in faces, so now I'm just doing it differently."
"Wrestling is not huge in Poland. I'll be the person to bring WWE to Poland to make it huge. Believe me."
Aiyegbusi said what makes him different than other recruits is that he is bigger, stronger and faster. His coaches agree.
