BROKEN NEWS: WRESTLEMANIA 27 THROWN INTO CHAOS AS ROCK CALLS MCMAHON THIS MORNING, PULLS OUT OF SUNDAY'S BIG SHOW
Apr 1, 2011 - 4:38:20 AM
BY KYLE STEVENS, PWPOTATO REPORTER
The Rock called Vince McMahon today at 12:01 a.m. ET time and broke the news to him that he won't be at WrestleMania after all.
He explained to McMahon it was all just a publicity stunt that went further than he anticipated. We have obtained details on the conversation, details provided to us by a confidant of Vince McMahon whom quickly turned around and called PWPotato to tell us the full details.
The Rock told McMahon that he was crazy to believe he'd actually show up at WrestleMania. He said he was having so much fun with how excited everyone was getting that he even went so far last week as to say he'd wrestle again. He thought that would be the time when everyone realized he was just messing with them.
Rock told McMahon he has a movie shoot starting this weekend in Vancouver. He said the idea that he would actually work with John Cena after all of those nasty things Cena said about him a few years ago is ludicrous. He said he came back merely to destroy Cena's reputation and humiliate him with some hard-hitting promos. He told McMahon he couldn't believe he actually let him say those things about Cena on the air. He figured the scripts he submitted would lead to WWE putting up a fuss, at which point Rock would give a "take it or leave it" edict. But everyone let him say anything he wanted about Cena, so he went with it. He said he started to feel bad for Cena so he let up a little on Monday this week and let him give him an Attitude Adjustment. He told McMahon to just tell WWE fans that he was too injured by the Attitude Adjustment to be at WrestleMania. He took a dig at McMahon, saying at least someone in that company should sell something longer than a day.
McMahon tried to threaten Rock with a lawsuit, but The Rock told McMahon the only contracts he signed, he signed "Duane 'The Rock' Johnson," and his name is Dwayne Johnson, and besides, WWE didn't grant him the legal right to use the name "The Rock" anyway, so he can't actually sign contracts using that name.
WWE producers have been contacted already in the early a.m. hours and told they need to reedit Smackdown immediately, inserting Justin Bieber as the new guest host. They are also trying to find out if the special effects and make-up person who did Miz's skull cap and make-up is available Sunday so Miz can show up at the arena and be filmed getting attacked by John Cena. Then they'll just say Rock was so beaten up by Cena, he left the arena crying. They hope fans don't notice it was Miz dressed up as Rock.
MAJOR UPDATE TO ORIGINAL STORY ABOVE: We have just been informed that Rock called McMahon back at 2:45 a.m. laughing uproariously. Our source says he told McMahon it was just an April Fool's joke and he, of course, plans to be at WrestleMania as scheduled. McMahon gathered himself and told Rock he figured it was just a obvious April Fool's Joke and he was kidding about the lawsuits threats and all that. "You almost got me!" McMahon laughed, but then told Rock he needed to get back to sleep.
In reality, McMahon hadn't been sleeping. He spent two hours trying to do damage control between Rock's original call and the one revealing it was an April Fool's praink. McMahon immediately hung up with Rock and called off the reediting of the Smackdown broadcast tonight, although the tired crew had already showed up and drank "5 Hour Energy" and ton of coffees, so they're not getting any sleep tonight no matter what. McMahon is also frantically trying to get Michael Cole and John Cena to delete several posts on Twitter. Cole called Rock a "f----t" and Cena made comments about Rock's mixed race, small endowment, and early favors he gave male executives to get his first push. TMZ is all over this and has images ready to post.
Special thanks to Vince Russo, Vince McMahon, The Shockmaster, Dan Quayle, The Hardys, Poopy Jokes, and Big Egos and Blowhards Everywhere.
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