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Before Jason Kelce’s Wrestlemania Debut, Kylie Kelce Shares Exciting Moment With Olympians at Iowa vs U-Conn.

Published 04/07/2024, 4:24 AM EDT

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The Iowa vs. Connecticut clash became more exciting last night with distinguished personalities appearing in the audience. The foremost among them being Jason Kelce’s wife Kylie Kelce, and Olympians Rennae Stubbs and Summer Sanders. The retired Philadelphia Eagles Center’s wife took to her social media account to share the thrilling moments from the game.

March Madness is in full swing in Ohio city, Cleveland. Iowa State shone brightly in the NCAA Final Four game on Friday night, receiving the win against Connecticut with a 71-69 score in the game. This basketball game also marked the most-watched basketball game ever with the highest number of viewers of 14.2 million aired on ESPN.

Taking to her official IG handle, Kylie cherished her fun memories from the Iowa vs U-Conn. basketball match. She expressed her contentment sitting next to the Olympians Summer Sanders and Rennae Stubbs by reposting the former competitive swimmer Summer’s post, with the caption, “Still trying to keep my cool about getting to sit next to these two legends last night!”  

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Originally, Olympic champion Summer Sanders took to her official Instagram handle to share some glimpses of the Iowa vs UConn basketball game. In the post, she expressed her gratitude to her cherished seatmate Kylie with the caption, “What a night! Thank you @kykelce for being such an awesome seat mate!.” She also thanked her pal Jill Ellis, the president of San Diego Wave FC, mentioning in the post “@jillellis_ ….can’t wait to act like 12 year olds again with you.”

Besides that, Summer congratulated the NCAA basketball teams by writing “And to @iowawbb and @gamecockwbb CONGRATS on making it to the National Championship Game!” She also praised the NFL Designer Kristin Juszczyk’s adorable outfits at Iowa vs. UConn Clash, she wrote further “And @kristinjuszczyk we ♥️ your style! #basketball #sports #marchmadness.”

However, recently retired Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce could not join his wife, Kylie Kelce at the Iowa vs U-Conn. battle due to his Wrestlemania debut scheduled to be held on April 6, Saturday.

Jason Kelce’s transition to wrestling sensation

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Despite achieving a lot in his NFL 13 years career, Jason Kelce has astonished his fans with his WWE debut on April 6 in Philadelphia. Former Eagles All-Pro center Jason Kelce and his teammate and Eagles offensive tackle Lane Johnson both teamed up to aid  WWE Hall of Famer Rey Mysterio and Mexican wrestler, Andrade at Lincoln Financial Field.

Jason Kelce’s Super Bowl Connection With Rey Mysterio Behind WrestleMania XL Appearance Against Dominik

Both Kelce and Johnson, entered into the wrestling match wearing an Eagles mask and displayed their dominance protecting Rey Mysterio and Andrade, as they garnered the triumph over Dominik Mysterio and Santos Escobar. This is not the first time when the amazing duo of Jason and Lane joined forces to support WWE wrestlers. They used to protect the backside of their quarterback. And during the WWE match, they dazzled brightly, as Dominik snatched up a chair to use against his father, Rey, but Kelce and Johnson took the chair away from Dominik, and they threw him back into the ring.

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Shivangi Agrawal is an Olympic Sports writer at EssentiallySports who specializes in NCAA wrestling and swimming. She stepped into ES with 7 years of journalistic experience, having worked with prominent media entities like Network 18, where she worked as a Senior Copy Editor. With her coverage of icons like Kayla Miracle and A.
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