5 most iconic moments from Shaquille O'Neal's entertainment career

#3 Shaq the wrestler

WWE wrestler Ric Flair, former NBA player Shaquille O'Neal and WWE Diva Charlotte attend the 2016 ESPYS at Microsoft Theater on July 13, 2016 in Los Angeles, California.

Shaquille O'Neal made his professional wrestling debut on TNT's All Elite Wrestling (AEW) on March 3, 2021. He paired up with former NBA player Jade Cargill in a tag-team match against Cody Rhodes and the Red Velvet.

Shaq's outing in professional wrestling was a memorable one as he pulled off a powerbomb move in the second round, picking up Rhodes and slamming him on the mat. While Cargill helped the duo win the match-up, Shaq laid unconscious after a cross-body slam across the commentators' table outside the ring from Rhodes. Shaquille O'Neal was later attended to by a doctor and rushed out in an ambulance.

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#2 Shaq takes on Hollywood

Host, Miami Heat basketball player Shaquille O'Neal (R) and actor Adrien Brody are seen onstage at the 2nd Annual Rollin' 24 Deep: GM All-Car Showdown held at Paramount Pictures on July 12, 2005 in Hollywood, California.

Shaquille O'Neal has almost done it all. He took on Hollywood for the first time in 1992, in a movie titled, Blue Chips. It was the story of a basketball coach who is in dire need of a win at all cost, Shaq starred as one of the star basketball players in the movie. The movie also starred his future teammate Penny Hardaway.

In the mid-nineties, the former Lakers big man headlined two Hollywood movies, Steel and the infamous Kazaam. Both films had a terrible outing at the Box office. While Steel was a DC Comic superhero production, Kazaam was the story of a Genie that raps, who was stuck in a boombox but was later released with the help of a young boy. Kazaam was both a joke and a source of reference to Shaquille O'Neal's talent.

He also made cameo appearances at some other titles, including some Adam Sandler movies, Scary Movie 4 and started in the hit basketball movie Uncle Drew, which starred Kyrie Irving.

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#1 Shaq Goes Platinum

2 Chainz and Shaquille O'Neal speak onstage during the 2019 NBA Awards presented by Kia on TNT at Barker Hangar on June 24, 2019 in Santa Monica, California.

Amongst the numerous things Shaquille O'Neal partook in the entertainment world, he was most successful in the music industry. The NBA All-Star sold over a million copies of his album debut, Shaq Diesel, earning him a RIAA platinum certification on March 21, 1994. The album made it to the Billboard charts, peaking at No. 25 on the Billboard 200 chart and No. 10 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop albums chart.

Following the success of his debut project, Shaquille O'Neal released three other albums in the following years, Shaq Fu: Da Return, You Can't Stop The Reign and Respect. They all made it to the Billboard charts also, with Shaq Fu peaking at No. 67 on the Billboard 200, and No. 19 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, Can't Stop The Reign (No. 58 on Billboard 200 and No. 21 on Billboard Top R&B/Hip-hop albums) and Respect (No. 82 and No. 8 respectively).

Five of his songs also made it to the Billboard Hot 100 list, which is the most recognized chart list for singles.