During an appearance at Sportico’s Invest in Sports: New York event held at NASDAQ’s headquarters, Khan was asked which athlete or celebrity from outside wrestling he would most like to see in AEW. Without hesitation, Khan named Shaq.
“For me, the best person we had and I would love for him to come back any time, would be Shaq,” Khan said. “Shaq’s 1-0, but then he’s been away from AEW. He disappeared out of the ambulance in 2021 and we haven’t seen him since. So I would love to get Shaq back in the ring. He’s gotta be one of the all-time greatest stars ever in basketball, and he’s undefeated in AEW.”
O’Neal’s AEW match took place on the March 3, 2021, episode of AEW Dynamite. He teamed with the debuting Jade Cargill in a mixed tag match to defeat Cody Rhodes and Red Velvet. During the match, O’Neal was taken away from ringside on a stretcher after going through a table. However, he disappeared from an ambulance in a later backstage segment.
