Former WWE Superstar Hornswoggle (real name Dylan Postl) recently shared a comical backstage story involving none other than Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, where their first proper interaction didn’t go quite as planned.
Speaking on Insight with Chris Van Vliet, Hornswoggle recalled being excited to meet The Rock backstage while dressed in a proper suit and ready to introduce himself as part of the WWE roster.
“So I am in a suit, a legit suit, not my leprechaun outfit, with my gear bag, and I’m gonna meet him behind the curtain as he comes through. In my mind, best friends—I see my buddy Dwayne come back through, oh boy, here we go!”
However, the exchange took a surprising and slightly embarrassing turn.
“I say, ‘Hey man, thank you so much for coming back… Good to meet you. My name is Dylan.’ He extends his arm out, goes, ‘Did you have a good time tonight, buddy?’ Taps me on the shoulder, leaves, and I go, ‘Oh no. He doesn’t realize I work here. I was on the show before that.’”
Hornswoggle then turned to Kofi Kingston for support, but things escalated quickly.
“I told Kofi, thinking he would have my back and support me. He supported me by texting 97 people immediately while driving… Within 30 seconds, I had so many people message me. ‘Rock thought you were a Make-A-Wish kid, huh?’”
The story made its way back to The Rock himself, who eventually confirmed the mix-up after being confronted by Big Show.
“Big Show called him out the next week about this… Rock goes, ‘No, yeah, I did, yeah, I did. I don’t watch the show.’ I approached him about it too. And he said yeah, Big Show already got on me about this.”
While it may have started off as an awkward moment, Hornswoggle now laughs at the situation, turning it into one of the most memorable anecdotes of his WWE career.
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