Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson took a shot at himself all through his extremely expected go back to the WWE.
“If The Rock had to guess why you’re so angry, it’s probably because nobody likes you and you’re not funny” Johnson, 51, stated to Jinder Mahal all through WWE Uncooked on Monday, January 1. “As a matter of fact, if you were one of The Rock’s movies, you would probably be Baywatch.”
Mahal, 37, quipped he “thankfully” by no means watched the film because it premiered in 2017. However his declaration didn’t faze Johnson.
“Well nobody else did, either,” the actor retorted. “Shut your mouth when The Rock is talking to you!”
As the gang cheered for Johnson’s comeback, he mellowed out and reputedly broke his wrestler personality.
“Wait, I’m sorry. You actually didn’t see Baywatch?” he requested Mahal flippantly sooner than giving him an opportunity to reply. “It doesn’t matter if you didn’t see Baywatch!”
Johnson’s go back to the WWE comes just about twenty years after he left the hoop to pursue a movie occupation. Since his WWE go out, Johnson has made a reputation for himself as an actor and snagged roles in numerous star-studded movies, together with Baywatch.
Johnson starred within the movie adaptation of the long-lasting sequence along Zac Efron, Priyanka Chopra-Jonas and Alexandra Daddario. The film was once a flop on the field workplace and wasn’t successful with critics incomes a whopping 17 p.c on Rotten Tomatoes. The previous wrestler took to social media to make mild of the unhealthy evaluations on the time.
“Yay positive upticks 😂 Fans LOVE the movie,” he wrote by means of X (previously Twitter) in Might 2017. “Critics HATE it. What a glaring disconnect. People just want to laugh & have fun.”
The next 12 months, Johnson persevered to have a excellent humorousness in regards to the film as he accredited a Razzie, which honors the worst performances and initiatives.
“I am also excited because I was just informed that I, too, am bringing home the gold tonight. No, not an Oscar — maybe one day. But a Razzie,” Johnson stated in a March 2018 video shared by means of X. “Here’s the cool thing. The movie was so bad that they actually had to create another category.”
That 12 months, Johnson was once bestowed the “S–t Sandwich” award, which he graciously accredited.
“The new category is a movie so rotten you eventually fell in love with it. I’m not kidding, which means the s–t sandwich you’ve been eating is so bad that you eventually started to like it,” he defined. “Look, we made Baywatch with the best of intentions, it didn’t work out like that, but I humbly and graciously accept my Razzie.”