WWE Name Didn’t Know The Rock Was Going To Join Memorable Segment

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WWE Raw backstage interviewer Jackie Redmond has recalled an off-script moment with The Rock ahead of WrestleMania 40.

After Cody Rhodes seemingly stepped aside after winning the 2024 Men’s Royal Rumble Match, it appeared as if The Rock would face Roman Reigns in the main event of WrestleMania 40.

However, Rhodes declared himself the man who would challenge Reigns for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship at the WrestleMania XL Kickoff.

At the end of the event, The Rock slapped Rhodes in response. After the event was over, Jackie Redmond caught up with Triple H to try to make sense of things, but “The Final Boss” interrupted and told Triple H to fix this.

Speaking with Gabby LaSpisa on Gabby AF, Jackie Redmond recalled the off-script moment with The Rock. She said:

“When we had the WrestleMania kickoff in Vegas last year, the show’s happening and I was there just to do some backstage reports and interviews and stuff and the shows like half over.”

“My boss comes up to me and is like, ‘Hey, I think at the end you’re going to interview Hunter, you’re gonna interview Paul at the end of this when this is over. I think he’s gonna come out, do a quick interview just about how everything went.’”

“I’m like, okay. He’s kind of like, ‘Just put a bow on the event, get his thoughts.’ It was our first one, it was our first press kickoff event so to speak with the crowd and everything.”

“I was like, okay, easy peasy, no big deal. I had no idea that The Rock was going to interrupt said interview, that legitimate did not know. I was literally just interviewing Hunter.”

“Obviously things happened at the end of the press that I had to ask Hunter about, which I did. I knew I was doing all of that but I had no idea that would happen and I literally, if you watch the clip, everyone’s like, ‘Oh my gosh, Jackie sold that so good.’ I didn’t sell s**t.”

“I didn’t sell nothing. That’s me reacting in real time to The Rock dropping F bombs on our show and me being like, ‘What is going on right now?’”

“That was a true and genuine in the moment reaction. I don’t know if people will believe that, but that’s the truth,” 

The Rock went on to team with Roman Reigns in a win over Cody Rhodes and Seth Rollins in the main event of WrestleMania XL Night One. However, Rhodes defeated Reigns to win the Undisputed WWE Universal Title in the main event of Night Two.

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