Arnold Schwarzenegger has always had a great relationship with the WWE. He has made several appearances on the show and has even been a part of some segments.
However, the Austrian Oak never had a match in WWE or in any wrestling promotion. Surprisingly, once in 1996, he faced a WWE giant and even beat him.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger has done many memorable movies in his Hollywood career after retiring from bodybuilding in 1980. One of those memorable movies is the 1996 comedy film ‘Jingle All the Way’.
In this movie, Arnie faced WWE legend, Big Show in a scene. It was in the scene when The Governator goes one-on-one with the Santa’s in a Santa SmackDown. The former WWE Champion was the giant Santa who faced Schwarzenegger.
Big Show who weighed around 500 lbs, wrestled as The Giant in WCW back in 1996 came to face Arnie, when he beat other Santa’s. Both the legends got a chance to land a kayfabe punch on each other in the 30 seconds odd role.
Moreover, it can be easily said that Arnold Schwarzenegger never faced a WWE superstar in WWE, but had a little brawl in his movies.
A couple of years later, the actor appeared in an episode on SmackDown. There he had a brawl with Triple H during that night’s main event to help Stone Cold Steve Austin. Moreover, he also had a small segment with The Rock backstage.
Arnold Schwarzenegger had warned The Rock about the jabronis in the Hollywood
While Arnie appeared on an episode of SmackDown in 1999, he met The Rock backstage. This was the time when The Great One was far from thinking to enter Hollywood. However, irrespective of that, Schwarzenegger had alerted Dwayne Johnson about a few jabronis in Hollywood.
The Terminator said to The Rock, “I can smell what you’re cooking Rock, I can tell you that. By the way….there a lot of Jabronis in Hollywood too.”
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Johnson replied, “Hasta la Vista” on Schwarzenegger’s statement. The Rock has met ample ‘Jabronis’ during the initial days of his Hollywood career. Johnson was told to lose weight, change his style and also forget about his relationship with wrestling and WWE to move forward in Hollywood.
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The Rock has always had a fighting spirit, and he stayed himself during his initial days in Hollywood. Ultimately, a few years later, DJ became the top actor worldwide and is one of the stars who have a dual fanbase.