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Pat McAfee’s “Big Night Aht” Was A Bust: Sports Shows Need To Stop Putting Oz “The Mentalist” On

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Published10 Apr 2025

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Pat McAfee Show, Pat McAfee, ESPN

Last night, Pat McAfee had a live show at the PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, PA.

It drew over 12,000 fans and had some big guest stars.

Stars like Jelly Roll, Snoop Dogg, Wiz Khalifa, Ben Roethlisberger, Paul Skenes, Sidney Crosby, WWE’s Jey Uso, and more appeared.

There were tons of giveaways and donations to charities at the event.

Kudos to Pat McAfee for donating a lot of money to charities in Pittsburgh and giving a few lucky fans in the audience a lot of money.

Despite the giveaways and some big names, the show was a bust and lasted way too long.

It was supposed to begin at 8 PM EST but was delayed to 8:30 PM EST. The show went on for three and a half hours. It was way too long.

Pat McAfee’s “Big Night Aht” Was A Bust

The show did not get off to the right foot as it was delayed by half an hour to start.

While telling a story about controversies he faced, Pat McAfee announced to the audience that Aaron Rodgers was not in attendance, which drew a loud boo.

One segment had sumo wrestling that dragged way too long and did not go over well.

It felt completely disorganized and just dragged.

The only positive to it was that someone in the audience won $250,000. Other than that, this was unnecessary and just a complete waste of time.

Comedian Shane Gillis was the referee for the sumo match, and while he was a bit funny, he even said he didn’t know what was going on or what he was supposed to do.

The segment, much like the entire show, felt very unorganized.

WWE’s Jey Uso is a big star in the wrestling world, but for the venue Pat McAfee had, he was not the best choice to appear. Jey does not have great mic skills outside of his catchphrase “yeet”. He didn’t do a good job talking. McAfee should have tried to get someone like CM Punk, who is more well-known and can talk well, to appear. Jey is not a big name for people outside of WWE fans to know who he is.

The worst part of the show was Oz “The Mentalist”.

Sports Shows Need To Stop Putting Oz “The Mentalist” On

While there were a lot of negatives about the show. Rodgers not showing up, the unorganized sumo wrestling match, and just how long the show went on for, nothing was as bad as Oz “The Mentalist”.

The replies to the post on X showing Oz were mostly negative.

Not only was Oz awful, but he botched his segment.

Many people in the replies pointed to the fact that he botched it.

He also got boo’d when he called TJ Watt his brother’s name JJ.

After Jelly Roll got the crowd hyped after a superb performance, Oz ruined the night. The crowd was dead during his segment, and the show had a difficult time recovering.

For some odd reason, sports shows/networks continue to put Oz on TV, and this needs to stop ASAP. Pat McAfee’s “Big Night Aht” proved Oz should not be on sports TV.

Positives About McAfee’s “Big Night Aht”

It is only fair to share some positives about the show and not just all the negatives, which there were many.

One positive was all the money raised for charities and giveaways to the fans.

McAfee deserves a lot of credit for this.

Another positive is that McAfee somehow managed to get over 12,000 people in attendance on a Wednesday night in April in Pittsburgh, PA. This shows his popularity.

Jelly Roll did a great job on the show. McAfee and Jelly Roll each donated $50,000 to the Foundation of HOPE organization in Pittsburgh. Kudos to both.

Having Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa perform was fairly cool.

Getting three of the biggest sports stars in Pittsburgh, Ben Roethlisberger, Sidney Crosby, and Paul Skenes, to appear was also cool.

Overall, the show had some highs and lows. If Pat McAfee ever does this again, it needs to be better organized and not run for three and a half hours.