Brittney Griner Towers Over Former WWE World Heavyweight Champion in Rare Picture

Archie Blade
|Published Oct 26, 2022 04:30PM UTC

"Brittney Griner trade was only for political points": Comedian Andrew Schultz questioned the motive behind WNBA star's prisoner swap for Russian arms dealer — Sep 7, 2014; Phoenix, AZ, USA; Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner (42) reacts following the game against the Chicago Sky during game one of the WNBA Finals at US Airways Center. The Mercury defeated the Sky 83-62. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports

US Women’s basketball star Brittney Griner towers over former WWE World Heavyweight Champion in a rare unearthed picture.

The WWE is known to many as the land of giants or at least used to be. In recent years however, the trend has buckled with several normal sized stars taking over the promotion on the back of their skills inside the ring and on the microphone.

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That couldn’t be more apparent when WNBA star Brittney Griner was pictured with a former WWE Champion. The 6-foot-8 center looked massive in the picture in comparison to the man who was once atop the mountain of a wrestling promotion created in the image of what Vince McMahon thinks a wrestling superstar should look like.

Brittney Griner towers over former WWE World Heavyweight Champion in rare picture

Brittney Griner attended a Phoenix Suns game back in 2015 where she met none other than former WWE Champion and now AEW Superstar Bryan Danielson. The two clicked a picture together with Griner looking massive in comparison to the wrestler.

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It doesn’t help that Bryan isn’t the tallest man to have ever laced a wrestling boot. What he lacks in height however, he more than makes up for it with his abilities between the ropes.

Danielson wasn’t the only Griner posed with. She also met with the Bella twins at the same game.

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Griner has also met WWE Hall of Famer Mark Henry in the past.

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Brittney Griner’s nine-year jail term upheld by Russian court

Griner was arrested on 17^th February in Russia for possession of and smuggling cannabis oil. She was sentenced to nine years in prison and her appeal has been rejected by a Russian court.

Reports suggest that Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout – known as the Merchant of Death, could be transferred to Russian authorities in exchange for the WNBA star.

Griner’s agent, Lindsay Colas, believes that her client is being used as a political pawn by Russia, whose relations with the US suffered after they invaded Ukraine earlier this year.

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Archie Blade

Archie is a WWE and UFC Editor/Author at the SportsRush. Like most combat sports enthusiasts, his passion for watching people fight began with WWE when he witnessed a young Brock Lesnar massacre Hulk Hogan back in 2002. This very passion soon branched out to boxing and mixed martial arts. Over the years he fell in love with the theatrics that preceded the bell and the poetic carnage that followed after. Each bruise a story to tell, each wound a song of struggle, his greatest desire is to be there to witness it all. His favorite wrestler is Shawn Michaels and he believes that GSP is the greatest to ever step foot inside the octagon. Apart from wrestling, he is also fond of poetry and music.