(Republican Senate News) – Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, mega movie star and former professional wrestler, has come out and made it clear he was very impressed to see the level of support former President Donald Trump received from fans of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. For those that aren’t into combat sports, the UFC is the top tier league for professional mixed martial arts fighters and is absolutely huge all over the world.
According to an article published by The Western Journal, Johnson, along with World Wrestling Entertainment President Nick Khan, joined Fox News at the New York Stock Exchange for an interview, which is when The Rock made his comments about the former president.
“The action star talked about his elevation to the board of TKO Group Holdings, a sports and entertainment media company that owns, broadcasts and promotes both UFC and WWE following their merger in September. After the announcement that Johnson was joining the board, rumors swirled that he would get back in the WWE ring for the first time since his appearance at Wrestlemania 32 in 2016,” the piece said.
“It’s a very big moment for me personally, big moment for my family, big moment for us, I think, for Nick and I as partners with TKO too as well,” he went on to tell Fox News host Will Cain. “It was a big announcement joining the board and some of the other things showcasing the power of what that could be, especially in the business that I love and that I know that Nick loves in this world of WWE and professional wrestling.”
Johnson then spoke about his own ambition, he is always looking out for new opportunities that are bigger and better, keeping himself hungry, never satisfied.
“We talked about this idea that you never arrive, and I think a lot of us are wired in that way, whether it’s really vocal or internal. But this idea that, I don’t know if I’m really satisfied, you’ve reached the North Star, you finally get there and you think, ‘Hey, I’m on top of the mountain, this is great — I think there’s more mountain.’ And you look around and you think there’s more to do,” he stated during the interview.
Later during the segment, Johnson appeared to be a bit warmer toward Trump than he has been in the past, noting how much support Trump gets from UFC fans whenever he attends a live event.
Massive crowd at UFC Miami chants “U-S-A” after Trump greets crowd 🇺🇸
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) April 9, 2023
Cain then asked Khan whether or not that popularity carried over into the WWE, especially with Trump’s past involvement with professional wrestling.
“Donald Trump, he has a long history with WWE,” the host remarked. “What does it mean that both the WWE audience and the UFC audience seem to have such an appreciation or celebration of Donald Trump?”
“In a non-reply to Cain’s question, Khan said the WWE has sellout crowds in both red and blue states and isn’t ‘focused’ on politics,” the article divulged. And that is probably a smart move. If you watch WWE, you’ll notice fairly quickly there isn’t much in the way of a political agenda being promoted in their storylines.
“If politicians are fans of our product, they’re welcome,” he asserted.
The Rock took a different approach to the question. Rather than avoid the topic of politics, he noted Trump’s popularity.
“How about that ovation he gets when he comes out?” Johnson declared, smiling.
“This is the same Dwayne Johnson who gave a full-throated endorsement to Democrats Joe Biden and Kamala Harris during the 2020 presidential election. Since then, he has tried to shift back toward the political center,” the report pointed out.
In fact, during a recent interview with legendary podcast host Joe Rogan, Johnson commented that he has conservative and liberal friends. Maybe he’s a bit more open to the idea of a Trump presidency after experiencing three horrific years of Joe Biden?
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