Shayna Baszler has thrown the gauntlet down and challenged Graham Norton over his mocking of Warhammer 40k- check it out!
Obviously, before we go further, she is in the WWE (an entertainer) and Graham is an actor, so this is probably all in good fun. Don’t take this too seriously!
Anyway, Shayna defended the honor of all 40k players after Graham laughed off Henry Cavill when talking about the hobby recently.
Let’s first look at her love and the recent promotion of Warhammer, then get into what just went down.
Her Love of Warhammer
If you haven’t been paying attention lately, Shayna Baszler has been bringing Warhammer 40k inspired costumes to the WWE and they’ve all been pretty awesome. She’s been pretty open about her love of Warhammer, and we are excited to see it!
This time, she took Cesaro with her all the way to Warhammer World to explore, as GW hosted them! If you love wrestling and Warhammer, the recent collaborations have been really cool and it’s also nice to see GW take such a good stance on this. Instead of getting mad that she’s been putting the costumes on, they really seem to be embracing it. The outfits didn’t stop there, however.
Even hitting the hashtag of Death to the False Emperor on the post here! It’s just the only way to go when you dress up as a true traitor legion. The good news is not only will she be doing more, but she also says she will be doing them in order!
Does that mean we could see 18 costumes (we know there is technically 20, don’t worry) over the course of the next yearish? Which would just be awesome! Now that her love is confirmed, let’s check out the segment that started it all.
What Started the Warhammer 40k ‘Challenge’
Shayna Baszler threw down a challenge from all of the Warhammer hobbyists out there to Graham Norton, and it feels just like a good WWE promo cut! While she was filming a feature for G4, she went on to say how great the community is and that Graham shouldn’t take the Warhammer Community so lightly.
If you haven’t seen the interview that this all stems from, the clip above Graham gives him a somewhat hard time for playing. At the 35 second mark, Graham even says that “He lets his nerd flag fly high,” which, there’s nothing wrong with that. Because at this point, if you talk about Warhammer on national television, you really are flying the nerd flag from the highest of banner poles, and we’re so happy he does!
When he explains the hobby further, Graham makes a little more fun of him and the crowd laughs at the idea of grown men playing with toys. At least Spidey stood up and asked for an invite! Anyway, we all already knew all this.
Now Shayna is also jumping to the defense of Warhammer 40k fans everywhere.
Shayna Baszler Challenged Graham Norton Over Warhammer 40k!
Do not defame our love of #warhammer40k!!! @WarComTeam https://t.co/UoGAupFho4
— Shayna Baszler (@QoSBaszler) December 10, 2021
She goes full WWE on this challenge and with three other wrestlers behind her, it’s quite menacing. Either way, this is pretty fun and we’ll have to see if Graham responds. Plus, it would be so much fun to see Graham and Shayna go at it in the ring. Also, more things like this will change the perception that Warhammer is played by normal people, and guess what? It is!
Between the WWE and Hollywood, Warhammer seems to quickly becoming more and more mainstream. Check out more articles on Warhammer going mainstream below!
- Actor Henry Cavill Confirms He’s a Warhammer hobbyist!
- Henry Cavill Proves He Listens to Warhammer 40k Fans
- WWE Superstars Storm Warhammer World!
- Spider-Man Just Asked Superman To Play Warhammer
- Shayna Baszler Challenges Graham Norton Over Warhammer 40k!
- Even The BBC Agrees With Henry Cavill’s Warhammer Love
- Henry Cavill Wants to Make a Warhammer 40k Movie & More
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