Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is one of the biggest actors of all time and a global icon. Recently, he reclaimed his status as the ‘Highest-Paid Actor of All Time’ after getting paid a behemoth $50 million. A lot of his success, he owes to WWE and Vince McMahon.
Over the years, Rock has made quite a few returns to the WWE after becoming a certified actor, but it turns out that Vince was once not happy with The Great One. Let’s explore what actually went wrong with them at Wrestlemania 21.
The Rock and Vince McMahon avoid interaction during WrestleMania 21
Hardcore wrestling veteran, Tommy Dreamer told GAW TV about the incident. He quoted, “WWE Adopted The Name ‘The Rock’ And You Have To Use Dwayne Johnson, It was an important subject, and there was hostility. I was not in touch. In the news, Johnny rips me apart for deciding that Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson is going to appear at the WrestleMania festivities.”
He continued, “We need to create a safe zone for Vince and The Rock to have their first conversation in a long time. It’s like the Secret Service. There is security everywhere, people are posted everywhere. The Rock’s limousine arrives, Vince is sitting there. John will speak first, then I’ll bring them together. We have security everywhere, but it’s on an open-air patio, and there are gardens. When The Rock sells the limousine, it’s like a scene from the movie Assassination Intent.”
He added, “Suddenly, Tough Enough fighters, Hawk and a woman named Sokal Val enter the area where Vince (The Rock) is about to meet and try to settle their differences. Los levamos dentro y mienteras los escorto fuera, The Rock appears. Vince says: ‘Dwayne’, he replies: ‘Vince’, and he feels all the tension, I thought: ‘What the hell are they? If you want to talk to Alos, you are a person in Sokal Val’s era.”
What year did WrestleMania 21 come out?
Wrestlemania 21 aired on April 3, 2005. It was quite possibly the toughest Wrestlemania for WWE to build, as Goldberg and Brock Lesnar walked out of the company at Wrestlemania 20. According to Wikipedia, the event’s tickets were sold out in less than a minute, setting records for both the company’s and Staples Center’s fastest ticket sales.
The show brought in more than $7.1 million in ticket sales and set a Staples Center attendance record with 20,193 attendees from 37 countries and 50 states, making it the highest-earning WWE event ever held there. The event was watched by millions of fans in more than 190 countries in addition to those who were present.
