The Rock explains how his recent WWE return came about.
On a recent edition of WWE SmackDown, The Rock would make his explosive return to the WWE to confront Austin Theory.
In the segment, The Rock would verbally eviscerate Theory, leading a round of “you are an asshole” chants that lasted quite a while, leading to Pat McAfee remarking that the show is only two hours.
Speaking on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, The Rock commented on his recent WWE return.
“Here’s the crazy thing about that. We were in Boulder, I was there for College Gameday, and I found out the night before that WWE was going to be in Denver, which is right up the road. I called my buddies at WWE, Nick Khan, and I said, ‘I heard SmackDown is here, can you confirm that?’ ‘It is.’ ‘Good, The Rock is coming to SmackDown.’ I went out there and it’s a really an incredible thing. I’ve been lucky over the years to entertain in a lot of different ways, but that kind of connection with the WWE audience, there’s nothing like it. My music, I went out there, they had no idea. You guys know how hard it is to keep a secret. It doesn’t exist. This was a full on secret. The people went nuts. 13,000 people sounded like 130,000 people. It was incredible. WWE audience is my family and I love them and it was incredible.
“There’s nothing like going to SmackDown, and laying the SmackDown on their candy asses all night long,”
The Rock
Before his return, the Rock would speak on The Pat McAfee show, where he discussed the rumored plan for him to face Roman Reigns at this years WrestleMania, while he also confirmed he has interest in competing at WrestleMania 40.
H/T to Fightful for transcription
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