{"id":656575,"date":"2026-03-13T19:34:52","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T19:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/656575\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T19:34:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T19:34:52","slug":"wwes-penta-fires-up-crowd-at-san-antonio-spurs-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/656575\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE&#8217;s Penta Fires Up Crowd At San Antonio Spurs Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WWE Intercontinental Champion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlezone.com\/tag\/penta\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Penta<\/a> made a surprise appearance far from the wrestling ring \u2014 but the reaction from the crowd sounded like something straight out of a packed arena.<\/p>\n<p>The high-energy moment took place during a San Antonio Spurs home game, where the masked superstar stepped into the spotlight as part of the team\u2019s pregame festivities. <\/p>\n<p>While the appearance wasn\u2019t inside a squared circle, it still had the feel of a big-match entrance.<\/p>\n<p>Penta Hypes Spurs Fans During Pregame Drum Tradition<\/p>\n<p>Penta attended the game at the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio and took part in one of the Spurs\u2019 signature pregame traditions.<\/p>\n<p>During the ceremony, Penta grabbed the drumsticks and helped fire up the crowd by beating the large drum used to energize fans before tipoff. The Spurs later shared a video of the moment on social media (<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/spurs\/status\/2032265891086282958\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">X<\/a>), posting a clip of the Intercontinental Champion leading the arena\u2019s hype routine.<\/p>\n<p>The team captioned the video simply: \u201c@PENTAELZEROM on the pregame drum.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For Penta, the appearance served more than one purpose. The visit also helped promote the upcoming episode of WWE RAW, scheduled for the following week.<\/p>\n<p>The timing of the appearance also comes during a strong moment in Penta\u2019s WWE run. The masked star recently captured the WWE Intercontinental Championship on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlezone.com\/news\/1622528-wwe-raw-results-tonight-review-grades-card-mar-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 2, 2026, episode of RAW<\/a> by defeating Dominik Mysterio.<\/p>\n<p>Since arriving in WWE in 2025, Penta has quickly built momentum with his \u201cCero Miedo\u201d philosophy \u2014 a mindset that translates to \u201czero fear.\u201d Judging by the way he handled the drum in front of a loud NBA crowd, that confidence travels just as well outside the ring.<\/p>\n<p>Penta is currently in the midst of his first singles championship reign in WWE and has continued positioning himself as a fighting champion.<\/p>\n<p>Whether he\u2019s delivering a Penta Driver in the ring or pounding a drum in front of thousands of basketball fans, one thing seems clear \u2014 when Penta shows up, the noise usually follows.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlezone.com\/news\/1625296-released-wwe-star-house-of-glory-debut\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Released WWE Star Set for House of Glory Debut<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WWE Intercontinental Champion Penta made a surprise appearance far from the wrestling ring \u2014 but the reaction from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":656576,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3797],"tags":[7,6,84590,969,474,4075,4074,534,2999],"class_list":["post-656575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio-spurs","tag-basketball","tag-nba","tag-penta","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-spurs","tag-sanantonio","tag-sanantoniospurs","tag-spurs","tag-wwe"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116223550498828575","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=656575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656575\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/656576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=656575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=656575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=656575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}