ELEAGUE’s Celeb Showdown v2

Turner and IMG lined up plans for the second annual ELEAGUE Street Fighter V Invitational 2018 Celebrity Showdown this weekend, with the charity tournament carried on Friday at 11p on TBS. This year’s crew of celebs will include Shaquille O’Neal, World Series Champion Jimmy Rollins, NBA veteran Baron Davis and former professional wrestler Natalie Eva Marie playing for their charities, with O’Neal supporting the Odessa Chambliss Quality of Life Fund, Rollins playing for The Jimmy Rollins Family Foundation, Davis on behalf of The Drew League and Marie for A21.

The single-elimination tournament consists of two first-round matches and a winner’s match (three matches total). Analysts Steve “Tasty Steve” Scott, Zhi “Zhieeep” Liang Chew, Stephen “Sajam” Lyon and Reepal “Rip” Parbhoo serve as game coaches for the celebrities, with Josh Gray as the emcee.

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