Well, I still haven’t seen what the Milwaukee Bucks Giannis Antetekounmpo did with the WWE championship strap Triple H sent his team for winning the NBA title earlier this summer. But now I know what he did with an AEW belt in front of thousands of very happy Wisconsinites.
Tony Khan brought the Greek Freak out after Dynamite ended (AEW is still taping Rampage and probably a bunch of Dark and Dark: Elevation material in UWM Panther Arena tonight). He made Khan look very not tall...
GIANNIS IS IN THE BUILDING! THE CHAMP IS HERE! @Giannis_An34 @AEW pic.twitter.com/vH1ObCOS3M
— Josh Albrecht (@OnAirJosh) August 26, 2021
... and made the crowd lose their minds. A crowd that had already lost their minds for CM Punk about an hour earlier. As you can see at the end of the second video below, he also gave Bucks’ fans a mini-heart attack when he slipped off the apron getting out of the ring.
Huge pop at AEW taping tonight with an unannounced appearance by Bucks superstar (and new Brewers owner) Giannis Antetekounmpo. pic.twitter.com/v0M2qMO7OS
— Todd Rosiak (@Todd_Rosiak) August 26, 2021
In case you’re wondering why Giannis wasn’t at the Brewers game tonight pic.twitter.com/bsAycImRaa
— Bart Winkler (@WinksThinks) August 26, 2021
You’ve got to give the people what they want. Tonight, Milwaukee got the Best in the World, and their MVP.