How many times have we seen WWE growing up and got tricked into believing that the presented personalities of wrestlers on the screen are actually their real personalities? Yet, if Dale Earnhardt Jr. is to be believed, there could be some truth to that.

The NASCAR Hall of Famer recently went to a WWE event, and upon returning from it, he learned a few things about it upon experiencing it in front of his eyes.

One of those things was his observation of the switch some wrestlers turn on and off, including the Rock, Dwayne Johnson.

“There was one guy that came through that seemed to be in the character all the time, the great ones are. Like Ric Flair, wasn’t born Ric Flair, and he lives it every day, EVERY DAY! Wherever you go, when you meet that man, if you bumped into him…he is Ric Flair, he is on, he is never off,” Earnhardt Jr. described on his podcast recently.

“I think Stone Cold is the same way, even the Rock, to an extent…he seems like it.”

In fact, he even went on to say that the WWE wrestlers, some of them, are so into it that it consumes their real selves.

“I don’t know man, I think they also…they are in that moment, in that role so much, it becomes who they are,” he continued. “They just leave it on, instead of switching it off, they switch it off, and then eventually, man, they quit switching it off.”

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Dale Earnhardt Jr set to take part in an Iconic race in November

Ever since his retirement, Dale Earnhardt Jr. has made a point of taking part in one Xfinity race per year. However, this year, he’s broken his own rule as he took part in a race at North Wilkesboro Speedway last month.

And now, he’s set to race again, this time in the South Carolina 400 in November.

Speaking about this, Dale Jr. emphasized how grassroots racing is a big passion of his.

“I grew up competing at Florence and have been looking forward to taking the wheel there again against some of the best short-track racers in the world,” he said.

“Grassroots racing is a huge passion of mine and I’m honored to support the South Carolina 400.”

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