Fifteen years ago Abule Abadi-Fitzgerald was watching Triple H in the wrestling ring with his brothers in Nigeria. This week Triple H is the one watching Abule’s moves in the wrestling ring. The former Kentucky defensive lineman still can’t believe it.
“This is unexpected,” Abule laughed in a lengthy conversation with KSR Wednesday night. Even after sending the Instagram message from the WWE to his family, it still has not completely sunk in that he’s competing to become a professional wrestler.
Abadi-Fitzgerald is one of 45 current and former college athletes trying out for the WWE in Frisco, Tx.