MOVE over Hulk Hogan, there’s a new wrestler in town – Hulk HENDRY!
Cristiano Ronaldo might have claims at being the best there is, the best there was and may well consider himself the best there ever will be.
But that didn’t matter to Jack Hendry as the ex-Celtic and Dundee strongman got to grips with the Al- Nassr hitman.
The pair joined the Million Dollar Men of the the Saudi Arabian football this year.
And the WWE are in town this very weekend for the ‘Crown Jewel’ pay-per-view event in Riyadh.
But the football duo got into the spirit of things a few days early with their own touchline tangle during the sides’ King Cup of Champions clash on Tuesday.
The pair scrapped over possession of a ball that had long since gone out of play!
Hendry – playing for Steven Gerrard’s Al Ettifaq slid in brilliantly to deny the Portuguese frontman and clear the danger for a throw-in.
But as he rose to his feet he scooped Ronaldo up on his shoulders then attempted to grab him – TWICE.
The fleet-footed forward evaded his attempts to tie up though and Hendry even started to play on after the moment of Ronny wrestling.
It was called back and it went to a judges’ decision – and the ref awarded a throw-in to the ten men of Al-Nassr.
The numbers were soon levelled up six minutes later when Ali Hazizi was red carded with a minute of regular time still to play.
And Sadio Mane struck to eliminate Gerrard’s team from the last 16 with an extra-time winner.
Mane had scored the last time the sides met back in August – but the league clash went in Gerrard’s favour with a 2-1 win – and a winner from ex-Celtic star Moussa Dembele.
But the scrap between Ronaldo and ‘Hulk‘ Hendry could be considered a draw – with a rematch in the pipeline.
They could lock up again next month when the sides clash on December 22 in the Pro league.
But before then it’s the turn of the ‘real’ wrestlers of the WWE to tussle in the country’s capital.
There’s no sign of Hendry v Ronaldo on the card – but there is a Scotsman on the bill with Drew McIntyre challenging heavyweight champion Seth Rollins for the belt.
