Tuface, Omawumi Team up with Wrestling champion, Ultimate Commander in Night of Legends
Oladunjoye Opeyemi
World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, Osita Offor, a.k.a De Ultimate Commander, is to defend his title against USA’s Bobby Lashley on December 6 at the Oriental Hotel in Lagos.
However,It is not going to be night of the mats-men alone as some heavyweights in the Nigerian music scene including Tuface Idibia and Omawumi have also been lined up to perform at the event tagged Night of Legends.
Speaking on his involvement in the wrestling show, Tuface said “the Night of Legends” organised by Aghalieaku Entertainment in collaboration with a music veteran, Tee Mac Itseli will be a turning point for professional wrestling in the country.
“Wrestling is a very wonderful sport and countries across the globe are making millions of dollars from it, so it will be a good thing if Nigeria could emulate these countries to make the money and enjoy the fun. We should promote the sport to the extent that Nigerians would be able to spend their weekends going to the stadium to watch wrestlers fight.”
Tee Mac said his involvement is because he believes that the event would expose Nigeria to the outside world. The night is going to be a battle of the legend, as Nigerians are going to experience what has never happened before in the history of wrestling in the country.
“It is going to be something that has never happened since the famous fight of Mohammed Ali’s Rumble in the jungle in Zaire in 1974”.
He also revealed that the fight would get global television coverage,“We have got a very special agreement with major television stations around the world that will transmit the event live. We want to do something nobody else has done with sports and music.”
Wrestlers expected to feature in the tag team fight include Marty Wright (The Boogyman), Anthony Mayweather (Crimson), Cliff Treiber (Domino), Troy Martin (The Franchise Shane Douglas), Jason Adams, David Njo Matike From Ghana, Jay Batista and Eric Milford.
Speaking on his readiness to defend his title, De Ultimate Commander said,“everybody knows that I have never lost any fight, so it is going to be a great motivation for me to have Nigerians watch me fight in the country. I will defend my championship belt against Bob Lashley”.
“I will be fighting for myself, the country and the entire African continent. I really look forward to seeing the President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan and the various members of the National Assembly sit among the audience to encourage and watch me beat Bobby.”
