Fired WWE star Jinder Mahal has revealed the Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson gave him a huge hint on his wrestling future earlier this year.
The Rock made an explosive return to WWE screens to usher in 2024, facing off against Mahal on an episode of Monday Night Raw.
The Canadian-born former WWE Champion has revealed the unique build-up to the segment with the Hollywood megastar, and the ‘easter egg’ Johnson left him on his voicemail.
Since their shown-down in the ring, Mahal went on to face Seth Rollins in an ultimately unsuccessful challenge for the World Heavyweight Championship.
Barely used since then, powerhouse Mahal was recently let go by WWE, bringing an end to his second stint with the company after eight years.
By contrast, Rock went on to join the board of WWE parent company TKO, and make a sensational return to the ring as an active wrestler at WrestleMania XL.
The long-term storyline with The Bloodline and Cody Rhodes featured some of the most epic, expletive-ridden and bloodied moments in recent company history.
Following his WWE departure, Mahal has admitted Johnson gave him a huge tip as to what was to come following their January clash by leaving a voicemail message.
Speaking to Chris Van Vliet, he also outlined how accommodating the Moana star had been in the build-up.
“I met him at his hotel and [former WWE writer and Rock’s business partner] Brian Gewirtz was there,” he explained. He wrote an awesome promo.
“When he sent it to me, I was like, ‘Can we say this? Yeah? Okay!’ I guess for Rock anything goes!
“He just said ‘have fun, let’s do it!’
“He was excited to work with me and I was obviously excited to work with him.
“He’s just a class act, The Rock is amazing. For him to give me that moment, and especially Brian to tell me, ‘We’ve got time, don’t rush’.
“I was actually short-changing myself, saying like: ‘Maybe I’ll walk and talk to the ring’, and he said, “No no no, enjoy it, have a full entrance, get some heat’.
“We were allotted 20 minutes, which is amazing. It was an awesome experience.”
On Johnson giving him a heads up on what was to follow in the weeks and months that followed, Mahal added: “He actually kind of left a bit of an easter egg.
“He sent me a voice note, like, ‘Thank you, appreciate working with you, I’ll be seeing a lot more of you around now that I’m doing things all across the board with WWE’.
“All across the board. It didn’t click in. After a few days later, then it did, I was like, ‘That’s what he meant by doing things all across the board’.”
Johnson battled in a 45-minute match at WrestleMania, with Head of Creative Paul ‘Triple H’ Levesque saying there are more big things to come from the People’s Champ.
Mahal will sadly not be around to see those latest exploits first hand after was one of a number of wrestlers axed by WWE over the last week.
The former top champ tops a list that reportedly includes former NXT star Cameron Grimes, Veer Mahaan, Sanga, Xia Li, Xyon Quinn and Von Wagner.
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