Babatunde Aiyegbusi


Babatunde Łukasz Aiyegbusi is a Polish-Nigerian professional wrestler and former American football player currently signed with WWE, where he is performing in their developmental territory NXT. He previously played for a number of teams in the Polish American Football League, and had a stint with the Minnesota Vikings during the 2015 preseason.

Early life and football career

Born to a Polish mother and a Nigerian father, Babatunde began playing American football in 2005 as an offensive lineman. He played in the Polish American Football League for The Crew Wrocław, Giants Wrocław and Warsaw Eagles and in the German Football League for Dresden Monarchs. In 2015, Ayegbusi was signed by Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League and he participated in their preseason program, playing three preseason games before being released as part of roster cuts prior to the 2015 NFL season.

Professional wrestling career

On 12 April 2016, Babatunde joined the WWE Performance Center as part of a new class of recruits. He made his professional wrestling debut at a NXT house show in Orlando, Florida on 30 September 2016, competing in a battle royal. In April 2018, Babatunde started to accompany Lio Rush to the ring at NXT live events until Rush was called up to the main roster as part of 205 Live. Babatunde made his televised debut on April 27 at the Greatest Royal Rumble, entering the match as the 37th entrant and being eliminated by Braun Strowman.
On May 10, 2019, Babatunde made his Evolve debut at Evolve 127, defeating Adrian Alanis.