“That Is Hard”: Hugh Jackman Had a New Found Respect for Dwayne Johnson After Meeting The Usos in 2014

WWE has always received flak for being scripted and not real. However, countless celebrities end up appreciating the organization once they grasp the brutality that superstars like Dwayne Johnson, John Cena, and several other stars went through in the ring. But what’s even more special is Hollywood actors who have attained global stardom compliment WWE superstars for their work. Recently, superstar Jey Uso mentioned Hugh Jackman once acknowledged the difficulties of working in WWE. 

Hugh Jackman acknowledged Dwayne Johnson

Jimmy and Jey Uso have dominated the tag team division for the last decade. The former tag team champions have never failed to entertain and have always put their bodies on the line to give the best action to the fans. There are other wrestlers as well who go through the same ordeal with the physical aspect of pro wrestling as well other areas like travelling, media appearances and doing promos in front of a live audience.

Now in a recent video posted by TNT Sports, Jey Uso mentioned his encounter with none other than Hollywood megastar Hugh Jackman in an 

In the sit-down interview hosted by popular interviewer Ariel Helwani, Jey Uso spoke about Jackman acknowledging how hard WWE is. 

He quoted: I met him uce, he came to RAW one time, he’s like hold up hold up, he goes you guys get your script that day; I am like yeah, and then you cut it in front of a live audience. I’m like yeah. In front of a live tv show? I’m like yeah. He goes that is hard. 

While the interview covers how gruesome and tiring WWE is, it pales to the hardships that superstars go through. 

Hugh Jackman’s respect comes from the fact that, while people nit-pick WWE for its realness, stars like Dwayne Johnson and John Cena still needed to put their bodies on the line day in and day out.

The Black Adam star has also discussed in the past how superstars need to rehearse their matches and work on their promos just hours before shows go on air. What’s more daunting is that they have to work almost 5 days a week, 365 days excluding media appearances.  

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For those unversed, Hugh Jackman was part of WWE as a guest star on two different occasions in 2011 and 2014, leaving fans stunned. 

Hugh Jackman’s past with WWE

Hugh Jackman’s respect and admiration for Johnson also come from his previous appearances. In both appearances, he clashed with two different superstars leaving a mark. While in 2011, when he showed up to promote his movie “Real Steel”, Jackman clashed with Dolph Ziggler in an exciting segment. 

He later sucker-punched Ziggler during his matchup with Zack Ryder, causing ‘The Show Off’ to lose the match.

In 2014, however, during the promotion of “Wolverine”, the tables turned as he teamed up with Ziggler to have an entertaining segment with Damien Sandow. The segment finished with Jackman giving a hip toss to Sandow.

Since then, several superstars have been wanting Hollywood superstars to show up inside the WWE ring. While that seems unlikely, celebrities who show up leave by respecting the company even more. 

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