“She’s a wrestling bad a**”- When Dwayne Johnson had showered praise on former NXT Women’s Champion Shayna Baszler
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Dwayne Johnson and Shayna Baszler in WWE
Dwayne Johnson is known for his generosity towards people and his fellow wrestlers. Dwayne Johnson has gifted several things to his fans from time to time and surprised some of them on occasion. He recently gifted a luxury house to his cousin Tamina and praised her for being a single, hard-working mother of two daughters.
Dwayne Johnson has occasionally lauded many of WWE’s current performers on social media. He has commended superstars such as Kevin Owens, Happy Corbin, Cody Rhodes, Dolph Ziggler and others for their in-ring efforts and dedication to the company. Not long ago “The Rock” turned to Twitter to applaud Cody Rhodes and Seth Rollins’ epic fight at Hell in a Cell.
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Dwayne Johnson had revealed to be impressed with the talent in Shayna Baszler
Former MMA Fighter Shayna Baszler has been signed to WWE since 2017. Baszler has been a 2-time NXT Women’s Champion and 2-time Women’s Tag Team Champion with Nia Jax. She holds the record for the record for the longest reign as an NXT Women’s Champion. Shayna has been a standout in the ring, having eliminated eight female wrestlers in the Royal Rumble 2021, the most by a female wrestler in that battle.
Back in December 2021, A person on Twitter had tagged Dwayne Johnson and asked everyone else who their favorite wrestler was, and one user responded with Shayna Baszler as his favorite wrestler. Since Johnson was tagged in the post, He had replied saying that he adores Shayna too and that she is an exceptional wrestler, who was trained by wrestling legend Billy R. He continued and had said that Billy R had wrestled with his Granddad, the legendary Chief Maivia. The Rock was amazed by how life was connected.
“I co-sign I love Shayna too!!! She’s a wrestling bad ass and trained by a legit wrestling bad ass OG (Billy R) who used to wrestle with my granddad, the great High Chief Maivia. Life is crazy and so connected”
Dwayne Johnson is gearing up for his film’s release this July, “The Rock” will be seen as Black Adam in the movie of same name. Black Adam is a big budget movie with around $185-200 million as its budget. Johnson had been interested in the character since 2007. It has also been speculated that Johnson’s Black Adam character may appear with Henry Cavill’s Superman together in a future project. Black Adam is a superhero movie and is a DC Comics character. The movie is slated to release in October 2022.
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