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Watch celebrity Street Fighter V tournament featuring Shaquille O’Neal next week

NBA Hall of Famer Shaquille O'Neal set to compete in Street Fighter V on ELeague.
NBA Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal set to compete in Street Fighter V on ELeague. (ELeague)

ELeague has announced a Street Fighter V Invitational “Celebrity Showdown” taking place Friday, April 28 on TBS.

NBA Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal, Grammy-winning musician and Daigo Umehara-slayer Lupe Fiasco, Super Bowl champion Reggie Bush, and pro wrestler Natalie Eva Marie will battle it out for a charity of their choice in a single elimination tournament.

The tournament will feature three matches total, with the contestants playing first round matches, and the winners competing in a final. The champion will take home the majority of a prize pool for their charity, with the rest of the competitors getting a portion for their respective charities.

Preview: The ELEAGUE Street Fighter V Invitational Celebrity Showdown from Turner Sports on Vimeo.

The competitors will represent the following charities:

Shaquille O’Neal – Odessa Chambliss Quality of Life Fund
Lupe Fiaso – M.U.R.A.L. (Magnifying Urban Realities and Affecting Lives)
Reggie Bush – 619 Charitable Fund
Natalie Eva Marie – American Cancer Society

Marie recently tweeted a tease of a Laura cosplay. If that is any indication of who she mains, she might be a favorite considering Laura is one of the best characters in the game in Season 2.

ELeague Street Fighter V Invitational Group B action will resume Friday, April 21, with Groups C and D picking up after the celebrity event on May 5 and May 12, respectively.

We ranked ELeague’s groups and successfully predicted Victor “Punk” Woodley and Yusuke Momochi as the finalists from Group A.


Michael Martin covers SFV and the FGC. Follow him on Twitter @Bizarro_Mike.