• Omos’ New Business Is Outselling Celebrities
In his TMZ Sports interview, WWE Superstar Omos opened up about his surprising new business venture – a fragrance line that’s already outselling other celebrity brands.
The Nigerian Giant has released his debut cologne, “Eber”, created in collaboration with renowned fragrance designer George Zaharoff. The scent’s name comes from Omos’ Yoruba heritage, meaning “the beginning.”
Zaharoff revealed that Omos sold more bottles in four days than any other celebrity line did in six months, describing it as a “global fragrance that works anywhere in the world.”
Omos said he spent nearly a year developing the ambery, woody fragrance, inspired by a 2021 WWE trip to Saudi Arabia where he discovered oud incense, a scent that “put him in a trance” and sparked his passion for perfumery.
“I’ve always been into fragrances. My father collected them when I was young. After that Saudi trip, I fell in love with the craft,” Omos explained.
He credited his wife for helping refine the final product. “She hates 80% of my collection, so her input mattered,” he laughed.
The product’s early success has stunned even Omos, who said, “It’s a dream come true. To have a piece of me in a bottle that people love means everything.”
• WWE Hall Of Famer Says The Buried Alive Match Was A Horrible Idea: “I was so freaking blown up”
This month marked the 29th anniversary of the first-ever Buried Alive match between The Undertaker and Mankind, which took place at the WWF In Your House pay-per-view on October 20, 1996. The unique match, which ended with The Undertaker being buried under a pile of dirt, has remained one of WWF/E’s most talked-about gimmick matches for decades.
Speaking on Something To Wrestle, JBL, who was part of the show that night and appeared at the end to help Mankind, looked back on the match and didn’t hold back on his thoughts.
Here’s what the WWE Hall of Famer said:
“I mean, this was a horrible idea. The whole thing was freaking preposterous. No, it’s the power of The Undertaker 100%. It worked because of The Undertaker. I mean, the burial guy alive, and you see that hand coming up at the end, that place went crazy.
I was there, and you think, okay, no one’s going to believe you’re actually burying a guy alive. The fans were in shock and horror about this. They thought we were burying him alive. As crazy as that sounds, they thought we were putting a human being in the dirt and burying him alive. I was worried a fan might try to jump the rail.
The worst thing was we tried to bury them with f**king shovels. I mean, watch the tape – we didn’t get a foot of dirt in that grave. Crush is so blown up at one point, he’s standing on his shovel and yelling at the crowd. We had no chance of filling up that grave. We didn’t even get enough dirt in there to hardly cover up the casket or whatever the hell it was.
After this, they used a backhoe to fill the grave because they realized trying to get a bunch of old wrestlers to fill up a grave in a few minutes at the end of a pay-per-view just wasn’t happening. It was a horrible idea. I was so freaking blown up.”
• Former WWE Champion Opens Up About His Frustrations With Triple H’s Booking
In an interview with Inside The Ropes, Jinder Mahal spoke openly about the difference between working under Vince McMahon and Triple H, and how it ultimately led to his WWE departure.
Jinder said that during Vince’s tenure, he was consistently booked and featured on television, even if not always in top storylines. “Whether I was WWE Champion or doing the 24/7 stuff, I was always on something,” he said. But when Triple H took over creative, things changed drastically.
“For the first time in my career, I wasn’t being used,” Mahal admitted, revealing that weeks would pass without being booked for TV. While he appreciated still being paid, it was frustrating to sit at home, knowing that inactivity could lead to a release, which it eventually did.
Jinder also confessed he never built the same relationship with Triple H that he had with Vince. Part of that, he said, was his own fault for not pitching enough ideas. Still, when he did, they often went unused.
He revealed he once pitched a “militarized Maharaja” faction with Authors of Pain, complete with tank vignettes and new gear, as well as an earlier pairing with Indus Sher. Neither concept fully materialized.
Looking back, Jinder took the experience in stride, acknowledging that every regime change creates winners and losers. “Some benefited more from Vince, some from Hunter. It’s all part of the business,” he said.
