Search for Africa’s next WWE superstar berths in Lagos

General Manager, Showmax Nigeria, Opeoluwa Filani (left); Executive Head, Marketing, MultiChoice Nigeria, Tope Oshunkeye; Nigerian WWE Superstar, Omos; WWE Head of Talent Operations and Strategy, James Kimball; Nigerian WWE Superstar, Apollo Crews and Head of Marketing and Commercial, SuperSport, Rendani Ramovha at “The Search for Africa’s Next WWE Superstar” Press Conference in Lagos… yesterday.

World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), in conjunction with its Sub-Saharan Africa broadcast partner, SuperSport, has announced a continent-wide talent search to find Africa’s next WWE Superstar.

The campaign was announced, yesterday, in Lagos, which is the host city for a multi-day tryout scheduled for February 2023.

“The Search for Africa’s Next WWE Superstar” is now open to Nigerians and citizens of other African countries. Submissions will be accepted till December 18, an official said yesterday.

Interested candidates are to submit a video highlighting their potential to become a WWE Superstar. Successful applicants will be invited to participate in the Lagos tryout in February 2023.

A select number of tryout participants will then be awarded an all-expenses-paid experience to continue their tryout journey alongside current and prospective WWE Superstars ahead of WrestleMania 39 in Los Angeles in April 2023.

A full-time WWE developmental contract may be offered to the top-performing participants who will then begin their new career at the world-class WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.

“Africa is a focal point of our renewed global talent recruitment strategy and this initiative in Lagos will launch what we envision becoming a year-round, multi-country effort to cultivate relationships and identify talent that will resonate