LeBron James is on a little media mini tour this summer and recently sat down with Allyson Shontell of Business Insider. In the interview we get down to the reason behind the Ultimate Warrior t-shirt Bron wore after his Cavs came back from a 3-1 deficit to beat the Warriors for the NBA title. LeBron said:
Well, it’s funny because my wife bought [it earlier]. She asked me who my favorite wrestlers of all time were, and I told her Sting, “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, Ultimate Warrior, The Undertaker, and Ric Flair. Those are some of my favorite guys ever from growing up.
So, one day I get home from practice, and there are these T-shirts laying in my bedroom, and my wife purchased them from a store. I packed them all throughout the playoffs. And the shirt that I had on to come home in, I wore in Vegas, and my teammates sprayed me with Champagne. It got soaking wet, so I had to throw it in the trash, and the only other shirt I had in my bag was my Ultimate Warrior T-shirt.
Sounds reasonable enough to me. Sometimes we want to make something out of nothing and look for conspiracy theories to spice up a story or narrative. But maybe this was just a lucky coincidence and we were fortunate enough to witness this unintentional comedic moment. Maybe he just really likes wrestling. Maybe?