JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – They’re both comedy legends who have been around for decades. We’re talking about Danny Devito and Kevin Nealon. Devito has been a TV and movie icon since the early 1980’s, originally gaining fame on the TV show Taxi. And Nealon became famous doing skits and “Weekend Update” on Saturday Night Live in the 1980’s and 1990’s.
Well fast forward to 2026 (we’re getting to the Jacksonville connection soon) and Nealon challenges Devito to a wrestling match on X (formerly Twitter):
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I challenge Danny DeVito to a match in the WWE or AEW
— Kevin Nealon (@kevin_nealon) April 26, 2026
AEW is All Elite Wrestling based in Jacksonville and owned by the son of Jaguars owner Shad Khan, Tony Khan.
Well Tony Khan noticed the post and responded to Nealon. First with a meme about his old famous “Hans & Franz” skit from SNL, then with a message: “Then you guys are in”.
Do you guys own these outfits? #AEWDynamite#AEWCollision pic.twitter.com/CGE7KYnE1q
— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) April 26, 2026
AEW is headquartered in Jacksonville and has weekly TV shows on TBS, TNT and MAX.
It’s unclear how legitimate this will be as Nealon is 72 and Devito is 81 but that doesn’t mean they couldn’t be involved in some sort of “match”. For instance President Trump had involvement at a WWE WrestleMania in 2007 in a managerial role.
We will be watching if the younger Khan can make this happen for the Jacksonville-based wrestling organization.
In case you didn’t know we have our own pro wrestling website & TV show Going Ringside that interviews the biggest wrestling & fighting stars every week. You can catch it on our YouTube channel or every Tuesday night at 7:30 on CW 17 in Jacksonville.