Back to the Top News Newsfeed

SummerSlam and grand slams: How baseball is more like wrestling than you realize

NEW YORK — After Wrestlemania, the biggest event of the year in WWE is SummerSlam, which takes place Sunday night in Brooklyn. As part of the buildup, wrestlers Enzo Amore, Big Cass, Charlotte, Mark Henry and Big Show were in the Bronx on Tuesday, wearing customized jerseys and caps as they got a look at Yankee Stadium.

“Growing up in North Jersey, I was a huge Yankees fan,” Amore told Sporting News. “Got a family full of Yankees fans, die hard. I grew up a huge fan of Derek Jeter. Nonetheless, I’ve probably over the last 10 years lost touch with the current affairs of baseball.