Cam Skattebo isn’t one to back down from a fight — whether he’s healthy or not.
The Giants’ rookie running back stood his ground after receiving backlash for participating in a ringside fracas during a WWE event at Madison Square Garden on Monday night, while recovering from a season-ending ankle injury.
Skattebo, sitting ringside for John Cena’s final “Monday Night Raw” appearance, led fellow Giants teammates and comedian Andrew Schulz into a shoving match with The Judgment Day faction during the show.
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While the segment induced a clamoring ovation from the Garden crowd, it raised some concerns among the Giants faithful — who watched Skattebo participate in a scripted confrontation while rehabbing from the dislocated ankle and fractured fibula he suffered in Week 8.
Skattebo wasn’t concerned by the outrage, saying he was simply enjoying himself during a difficult recovery process.
“Aye, honestly if you don’t like that I’m having a good time while dealing with a tough time, then just go ahead and unfollow and casually move on,” he wrote in a post to X on Tuesday afternoon.
“I’m not able to play football and have the fun I’ve been having my whole life so I am doing things outside the box trying to find stuff to keep me happy,” he added. “Enjoy the rest of y’all’s week and just don’t talk about me if you ain’t got nothing nice to say.”
Dominik Mysterio, JD McDonagh and Finn Balor of The Judgment Day crashed a ringside interview with Schulz — promoting his new Netflix special — after they lost to Cena, Sheamus and Rey Mysterio in a six-man tag match.
Dominik Mysterio snatched the mic and taunted Schulz, as well as the Big Blue members sitting behind him — centering his verbal attack on the fan-favorite running back.
“The only good thing that’s coming out of New York City is standing right in front of you,” Mysterio said. “The only champion New York has seen in … can you count, Cam? How many years? He don’t know. He can’t count.”
Mysterio shoved the comedian, then Skattebo — ditching his scooter for the first time publicly — popped up to his feet and pushed McDonagh to the ground.
Chaos ensued over the barricade with Skattebo’s teammates, including fellow rookie Abdul Carter, joining the action to push back and forth with Judgment Day until the skirmish got broken up.
Skattebo remained standing the whole time and even stuck his tongue out as the faction retreated.
The Giants weren’t the only NFL squad at the Garden on Monday night, as members of the Philadelphia Eagles — against whom Skattebo got hurt — were also in attendance for Cena’s last dance at the World’s Most Famous Arena.
They were greeted with a chorus of boos.
Perhaps Skattebo would have received a more positive reaction from fans had he gotten into it with the Eagles’ “Big Dom” instead of “Dirty Dom.”
[Notigroup Newsroom in collaboration with other media outlets, with information from the following sources]
