10 Interesting Facts About WWE's Neville

By Andrew Pollard /

8. Has Fought Akebono

Remember Akebono, the sumo wrestler who Big Show went up against at Wrestlemania 21? Well he followed up his 2005 Mania appearance with a full transition into the professional wrestling industry. Whereas a match against Big Show was a true meeting of two goliaths, Akebono€™s subsequent in-ring career has often seen the 6€™8€ monster tower over his opponents. One such opponent was Neville, who was then going by the name of PAC. As part of Dragon Gate€™s World-1 group, PAC would step into the ring with Akebono, Don Fujiii and Masaaki Mochizuki in 2009 at several points. Given how Vince McMahon reportedly sees Neville as a smaller underdog figure, his time in the ring with the likes of Akebono should do him well ahead of stepping into the ring with some of WWE€™s larger talent.