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The New Day Presents Hawaii Walk-On with Scholarship at WWE Show in Honolulu

Of course they made him dance for it. 

Dan Gartland

The New Day Presents Hawaii Walk-On with Scholarship at WWE Show in Honolulu
The New Day Presents Hawaii Walk-On with Scholarship at WWE Show in Honolulu /

The best sub-genre of college sports video is the walk-on scholarship surprise, where hard-working student-athletes learn they will have less debt upon graduation.

Michigan basketball got the cops involved, ECU’s coach surprised his player’s mom at work and Minnesota’s P.J. Fleck employed a T-shirt cannon and a kid from a local hospital. 

Because they’re all awesome it’s tough to say whether one is better than the other, but Hawaii quarterback Hunter Hughes getting his scholly from WWE’s The New Day is pretty great. 

So let me get this straight. Hughes now gets his schooling covered, got to hang out in the ring with WWE stars and lives in Hawaii? He’s living the life. 

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Dan Gartland
DAN GARTLAND

Dan Gartland is the writer and editor of Sports Illustrated’s flagship daily newsletter, SI:AM, covering everything an educated sports fan needs to know. He joined the SI staff in 2014, having previously been published on Deadspin and Slate. Gartland, a graduate of Fordham University, is a former Sports Jeopardy! champion (Season 1, Episode 5).

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