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NBA free agent Enes Kanter Freedom says he has offer to begin pro wrestling career

Posted on by Ian Carey

Current NBA free agent and former WWE 24/7 Champion Enes Kanter Freedom says he has an offer on the table to begin his wrestling career but didn’t say where from.

The 6’10” basketball player is currently focused on his NBA career, however. He was waived by the Houston Rockets last month.

Freedom spoke to Let’s Hang Live during the SEC Championship game on Sunday and was asked about a future in wrestling. 

“I already have an offer. I’m just trying to figure out what is going to happen with this basketball thing,” Kanter responded when asked about a possible in-ring career. “Obviously, I’m 29 and I want to play another like seven years in this league. I’m just going to figure out my basketball career first and then see what’s going to happen but I already have an offer, it’s just I’m not taking it right now. I love basketball, I don’t want to quit basketball.” 

Freedom won and lost the WWE 24/7 title on the September 9, 2019, episode of Raw from Madison Square Garden. After pinning R-Truth to win the title, Freedom revealed he was wearing a Boston Celtics jersey. He had recently signed with the team after being waived by the New York Knicks that February. As the crowd booed, R-Truth rolled him up and won the title back.

In May of 2020, Freedom told Stadium’s Shams Charania that he has an offer from WWE that he plans to accept when his basketball career is over. 

Freedom’s wrestling training with “Diamond” Dallas Page was also the subject of a short documentary produced by The Score in 2019. 

WWE Main Event results: IIconics in action, 24/7 title segment

Posted on by James Cox

The Big Takeaway —

With the show taped before Raw at Madison Square Garden, it had a different feel this week. The IIconics returned to Main Event to quickly see off the team of Sarah Logan & Dana Brooke, while Boston Celtics center Enes Kanter, who had been billed as a mystery guest, won and then lost the 24/7 Championship to R-Truth.

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The IIconics defeated Sarah Logan & Dana Brooke (2:24)

The IIconics haven’t been on Main Event since back in April. They came out and cut a pre-match promo, claiming that Logan and Brooke had no chance to make a name for themselves against them. The fans weren’t much into it at all.

Logan and Brooke have been feuding for months on this show, including the match that had to be stopped due to Brooke suffering a facial injury. But here they teamed up with zero explanation for the viewer. And while they were good together, it was a short-lived deal. 

After some brief back and forth, Kay nailed Brooke from behind so that Royce could pick her up and put her in the wheelbarrow position. Kay then used a punt kick to the head and covered Brooke for the win. 

Enes Kanter, R-Truth WWE 24/7 title segment 

It was only a matter of time before the 24/7 title became a part of this show. The wrestlers who swap it each week have about the same status as the talent who wrestle on Main Event. But its position on the show took away an opportunity for some talent to have an actual match.

They had announced a mystery guest before the break and we returned to Charly Caruso in the ring. She introduced Enes Kanter, who received a very mixed reaction given that he’s currently a Boston Celtic.

Before he could speak, R-Truth came out holding his title. He skipped, danced, and hugged Kanter. As he was talking about how they were friends, Kanter face-palmed Truth, quickly covered him, and a ref dived in to count the pin.

Kanter posed with the title, unzipping his tracksuit top to reveal his Celtics jersey. But before long, Truth rolled him up from behind and regained the title. 

Before Kanter could do much about it, Truth was off and running because Drake Maverick, Curt Hawkins, Zack Ryder, No Way Jose, and others were chasing him off into the crowd.

It was nice to see something different on Main Event. But given that it was their return to MSG, I’d think this is more of a one-off than a sign of things to come.

VIDEO: NBA player Enes Kanter wins and loses WWE 24/7 title

Posted on by Joseph Currier

NBA player and professional wrestling fan Enes Kanter both won and lost the 24/7 Championship prior to tonight’s episode of Raw at Madison Square Garden.

Before Raw went on the air, WWE filmed an angle where Kanter was going to be interviewed in the ring by Charly Caruso. He was interrupted by R-Truth as the interview started. Kanter ended up knocking down R-Truth and pinning him to win the title.

Kanter then revealed that he was wearing his Boston Celtics jersey. R-Truth rolled up Kanter to win the title back.

Kanter signed with the Celtics this offseason. In 2017, he was traded to the New York Knicks and played for the team until being waived this February.

Kanter is the second non-wrestler to hold the 24/7 title. FOX Sports host Rob Stone also briefly had a 24/7 title reign, winning it from R-Truth and immediately dropping it to Elias last month.

Video of Kanter winning and losing the title is available to watch below:

WWE also posted video of Kanter talking about the segment and being told to stay away from the 24/7 title by Drake Maverick: