(Philadelphia) He scanned the Arizona crowd who came to see the most imposing of heavyweights, whether we measured the impact at the counters or the size of the tattooed muscles.
The Rock then released the insults.
“The Rock did a little digging and this is what he found. It’s the truth. It is a fact. The American city where the most cocaine and methamphetamines are consumed is Phoenix. »
The crowd seemed to love the affront. It was only then that he insulted those he was going to face at WrestleMania this weekend in Philadelphia.
Outside of the ring, Dwayne Johnson has an image as a good guy as opposed to a bad guy, lathering up his movies, his tequila, his men’s grooming products, his football league.
Domains that do not require spitting venom at rivals. But in front of the WWE cameras, Johnson knows that a thug image from Hollywood drives sales to the highest level.
“I feel like everyone wants to be the good guy or the good girl. Everyone wants to be hailed as a hero. It’s great and it’s natural, Johnson said.
“But in my career, I’ve also realized that when you can be a fantastic villain, it’s something where you have to go all out. »
The Rock is one of the main figures on the first of two nights of WrestleMania. Lincoln Financial Field, home of the Eagles, will welcome more than 70,000 fervent supporters on Saturday and Sunday.
From the start, WrestleMania was designed to be different.
Mr. T and Mohammed Ali helped fill Madison Square Garden in 1985, and the “Showcase of the Immortals” quickly became the Super Bowl of entertainment.
As WrestleMania 40 approaches, the show has never looked more grandiose.
The Rock and Hulk Hogan are names that have gone far beyond the boundaries of the ring. We can also think of John Cena, Randy Savage or Ric Flair. Dave Bautista was a champion at WrestleMania long before he was a Guardian of the Galaxy.
This week, while discussing how much a two-month injury absence has affected him mentally, Joel Embiid sported a jersey with the slogan that DX made famous, “Suck It.”
Next year, Raw will begin to be broadcast on Netflix, via a deal worth more than five billion. A sum that even the “Million Dollar Man” Ted DiBiase would envy.
Let’s finish with John Kruk, former star of the Phillies, who became an analyst of their games on TV. You’d think the fall classic would glue him to his screen every year.
But when the fight is in town, he has other priorities, as he told Kofi Kingston on TV recently.
“If the Phillies don’t make the World Series and wrestling is on the schedule, my choice is wrestling,” Kruk said.