‘They Weren’t Talking’: Dwayne Johnson’s Era-Defining Move to Hollywood Created Animosity Between Vince McMahon and The Rock

Arguably one of the greatest names in pro wrestling history, with $800 million worth Dwayne Johnson has reached the epitome of the entertainment industry. From being a top name in WWE to joining Hollywood and becoming one of the most well-known stars in the world, The Rock has defined his legacy. However, after joining the movie industry, Dwayne Johnson would start having issues with Vince McMahon.

While The Rock was soaring to the top while making movies, he was also having issues regarding his name with WWE. ECW legend Tommy Dreamer recently opened up about this, and how Vince McMahon tried to resolve the issue between them.

How did Vince McMahon try to resolve the issue between him and Dwayne Johnson?

ECW legend Tommy Dreamer recently spoke on GAW TV, and addressed this issue from around 18 years ago. He would speak on how Johnson was having issues with WWE taking ownership of the name, ‘The Rock’. This led to him having serious trouble with McMahon, and the WWE Chairman once took a major step to resolve their animosity.

He said, ” I’m working in WWE Talent Relations. It’s WrestleMania L.A. so 2005, 2006. Don’t know exactly which one it was. Rock and Vince McMahon are not talking. They haven’t spoken because remember, the WWE, it took ownership of the name ‘The Rock’ and he had to go to Dwayne Johnson. It was a big deal and there was animosity and they haven’t spoken.”

Dreamer further said, ” We get word, Johnny (Laurinaitis) pulls us aside, that one, Dwayne The Rock Johnson is showing up at the WrestleMania party and we have to set up this secure area for Vince and The Rock to have their first conversation in a while. It’s like secret service, it’s outside. There’s people positioned everywhere. The Rock’s limo pulls up, Vince is sitting there .”

However, as luck would have it, their scheduled interaction would be interrupted by two budding Tough Enough wrestlers. Dreamer claimed that the situation went haywire, and they had to escort the two wrestlers out of the arena, while McMahon and Johnson talked.

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While, the two legends spoke amongst themselves, and sorted their issue, it was all thanks to Dreamer, who stopped an interruption from two budding wrestlers.

How did Tommy Dreamer stop two budding wrestlers from gate-crashing The Rock and Vince McMahon’s meeting?

Speaking further on the podcast, Dreamer would bring up the moment, when just minutes before the high-profile meeting, two budding wrestlers from Tough Enough would gate-crash the meeting scene and had to be then escorted out.

He said, ” All of a sudden, the wrestler from Tough Enough, Hawk (Younkins) and one, SoCal Val, walk into the area where Vince is getting ready to meet, to try to squash the beef.”

However, after the two wrestlers were escorted out, the scheduled meeting went ahead as planned. However, it was filled with severe tension. Eventually, things would get sorted out, and the two would come back on good terms.

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