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| The Rock Brings Star Power (and a Flamethrower!) to Wrestlemania 32 |
And that's absolutely what the People's Champion did, authoritative his admirable access just afore capital accident of the black to the acclaim of added than 100,00 admirers in Arlington, Texas, on Sunday.
Initially alone branch down the access -- accompanied by the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders and armed with a flamethrower, no beneath -- to advertise the WWE accident actualization almanac of 101,763 berserk fans. Many of those at the amphitheater included celebrities like Dennis Miller, Mike Epps and O'Shea Jackson, as able-bodied as affluence of athletes, including an unsurprising amount of Cowboys players, such as Dez Bryant, Tyron Smith, Darren McFadden and Brandon Carr.
Things wouldn't about-face out so simple for The Rock. Alas, things in pro angry rarely do.
The Baywatch brilliant was challenged by Bray Wyatt, a chilling New Orleans doomsday band leader. (Say what you will about wrestling, but you'll never be able to blazon that book about the Super Bowl.) The Rock heckled Wyatt and his "Cracker Barrel loving" goons, saying, "Your parents are absolutely related, and you attending like you've been breast agriculture back you were 26!" Then he declared that they wouldn't "have a Wrestlemania fight… [they'd] accept a Wrestlemania match." One affecting cull of his breakaway pants later, The Rock appear that he was in abounding accessory and accessible to go.
Still outnumbered, addition abruptness acknowledgment came to Rock's rescue: John Cena (yes, he was that guy in Trainwreck), who has been alone by injuries. The two beatific the bad guys active and airish triumphantly for the fans.
The Rock wasn't the alone A-lister in Dallas for the event. Shaquille O'Neal fabricated a abruptness actualization as an aspirant in the Andre The Behemothic Memorial Action Royale, a affray of dozens of competitors angry for a bays committed to everyone's admired Princess Bride giant. Given his 7"1' height, Shaq was absolutely a accepted adversary to win, but he was chock-full in a accumulation accomplishment and eliminated.
Who knew that Aaron Carter's classic, "That's How I Exhausted Shaq," would get a new ballad at Wrestlemania?
Rapper Snoop Dogg, the celebrity aspirant of this year's WWE Hall of Fame, accompanied his cousin, fan admired Sasha Banks, to the ring, assuming her affair song, "Sky's the Limit," to advertising the army for the Women's Championship match.
The brilliant of CW's Arrow Stephen Amell had a foreground row seat, but backward in the audience. His about-face in the ring endure summer may accept been abundant for the superhero archer, but he did at atomic get to yield a photo backstage with Nikki Bella.
Wrestlemania is the better night of the year in pro wrestling, and this year delivered some above moments. Continued time underused and underrated ring veteran, Zack Ryder, won the Intercontinental Championship in a car blast of a 6-man ladder match, area the aboriginal Superstar to ascend the ladder and affirmation the appellation wins. His affecting in-ring anniversary with his ancestor set the clip for a big night.
The above appearance burglary top stars of the Women's Division had a above night, as it was appear at the alpha of the appearance that the groan-inducing butterfly-shaped "Divas Championship," a antique absolutely out of footfall with today's crop of changeable competitors, was replaced by the WWE Women's Championship. Two years ago, it would accept been harder to accept that pro angry would be arena aught for women's appulse in entertainment, but pro wrestlers Becky Lynch, Charlotte, and 'The Boss' Sasha Banks just fabricated us believers. Ultimately, it was Charlotte who was reigned champ of the Women's Appellation bout afterwards the epic, history-making battle.
Once the pyro smoke austere at the end of the night, new champions Zack Ryder and Charlotte were abutting in the winners amphitheater by Chris Jericho, who acquired a win over nemesis AJ Styles; the awful League of Nations defeated a unicorn horn-wearing, trombone arena leash of The New Day; The Undertaker baffled WWE Owner Vince McMahon's son, Shane; and newcomer Baron Corbin had a big aboriginal night as the champ of the Andre The Behemothic Memorial Action Royale.
The Rock's cousin, Roman Reigns, bankrupt the appearance as the anew minted WWE World Heavyweight Champion, accepting exhausted up his battling and boss, Triple H, in a acutely underwhelming match.
At the end of the night, The Rock took to Instagram to acknowledge Dallas WWE admirers for getting such accommodating hosts.
No amount what he does, The Rock consistently wins! Kind of like that time he and his Baywatch co-star, Zac Efron, gushed over anniversary added to ET
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