{"id":714378,"date":"2026-04-20T03:06:50","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T03:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/714378\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T03:06:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T03:06:50","slug":"george-kittle-creates-viral-moment-with-tyrese-haliburton-at-wrestlemania-42","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/714378\/","title":{"rendered":"George Kittle creates viral moment with Tyrese Haliburton at WrestleMania 42"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first night of WrestleMania 42 took place last Saturday, bringing together major names from across sport and entertainment inside Allegiant Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Among those in attendance were multiple high-profile athletes, with NFL and NBA stars mixing with celebrities from other fields throughout the show.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Two of those figures quickly stood out, as Tyrese Haliburton and George Kittle combined for one of the night\u2019s most memorable moments.<\/p>\n<p>George Kittle steals spotlight with viral WrestleMania moment<\/p>\n<p>San Francisco 49ers tight end Kittle and Haliburton, the Indiana Pacers\u2019 star guard, were both shown on screen during the event in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>As Haliburton prepared to take a sip of his beer, Kittle intercepted the drink and downed it in one gulp, sending the crowd into a frenzy.<\/p>\n<p>The moment became one of the highlights outside the ring, reflecting the crossover appeal of the WWE show.<\/p>\n<p>Other celebrities in attendance endorsed WrestleMania\u2019s appeal, such as Detroit Lions running back Jahmyr Gibbs, ESPN analyst Stephen A Smith and KATSEYE\u2019s Sophia Laforteza.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Moment comes amid scrutiny on Tyrese Haliburton<img alt=\"Photo by Jared C. Tilton\/Getty Images\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/16851a3f89080b330a34e47f814e606e.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo by Jared C. Tilton\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>While the scene was light-hearted, it comes during a curious period for Haliburton.<\/p>\n<p>He is currently working his way back from an Achilles rupture that ruled him out for the entire season.<\/p>\n<p>That recovery process has drawn criticism, with some pointing to his recent form, as he had evidently gained some weight during that span.<\/p>\n<p>Kittle\u2019s playful moment may have been harmless, but it has just added to the attention surrounding Haliburton\u2019s form as he looks to return to full fitness.<\/p>\n<p>Read more:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The first night of WrestleMania 42 took place last Saturday, bringing together major names from across sport and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":714379,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3774],"tags":[7,2019,21739,568,113,126,3866,25094,6,114,1959,2603,278,89041],"class_list":{"0":"post-714378","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-indiana-pacers","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-detroit-lions","10":"tag-george-kittle","11":"tag-getty-images","12":"tag-indiana","13":"tag-indiana-pacers","14":"tag-indianapacers","15":"tag-jahmyr-gibbs","16":"tag-nba","17":"tag-pacers","18":"tag-san-francisco-49ers","19":"tag-stephen-a-smith","20":"tag-tyrese-haliburton","21":"tag-wrestlemania"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116434833018888608","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714378","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=714378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714378\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/714379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=714378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=714378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=714378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}