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Shaq-backed NRG Signs Super Smash Con Winner Nairo

What do you think of NRG's latest pickup?

  • Happy

    Votes: 28 30.1%

  • Sad

    Votes: 1 1.1%

  • Angry

    Votes: 2 2.2%

  • Underwhelmed

    Votes: 4 4.3%

  • Indifferent

    Votes: 15 16.1%

  • HYPED!

    Votes: 43 46.2%
  • Total voters
    93


A week after leaving previous sponsor Team Liquid, Nairoby "Nairo" Quezada has been announced to be joining the NRG organization as its first Super Smash Bros for Wii U player. This comes after his recent victory at Super Smash Con 2016 last August 14.


"I feel amazing," Nairo tells Smashboards. "The potential with NRG has me so excited. I've talked with Andy Miller, NRG's Chairman, and I just felt so comfortable and right at home. The plans we have in the works have me hyped."


Placed second on the Panda Global Rank, Nairo is considered to be one of Smash Wii U's top contenders. Among his feats include winning the aforementioned Super Smash Con 2016 and being the first person to eliminate former Evolution champion Gonzalo "TSM | ZeRo" Barrios. Aside from this, he is one of the most popular Smash streamers on Twitch according to metrics.

For the uninitiated, NRG is a multi-game eSports organization backed by big names such as the Sacramento Kings' Andrew Miller and former NBA star Shaquille O'Neal. Formerly just a League of Legends LCS team, recent developments have had them expanding to other titles like Overwatch.

Nairo also told Smashboards that he thanks his fans, dubbed 'Naifus', for their overwhelming support:
Big shoutouts to the Naifu Nation, my amazing fans who don't stop supporting me. Even when it looks rough, I'm shown overwhelming love that motivates me to not stop fighting. I didn't win Smash Con, We won it. We won it and shoved it in the faces of everyone who kept sleeping on me. And now the NRG family joins with the Naifu Nation. We can't lose!
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