The world was pretty stunned when Hollywood nice guy Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson dropped that persona and fired shots at his ‘candy ass’ co-stars in Fast 8.
The former pro-wrestling superstar took to Instagram to put certain colleagues on blast as being unprofessional, with the rumour mill quickly throwing Vin Diesel’s name into the mix.
Vin promptly replied and the feud seemed legit – except now an ‘insider’ has suggested fans have actually fallen for a massive media ploy…
An insider told the Daily Mail that the beef is not all that it seems, but don’t feel too downhearted – we may get a bizarre WWE match out of it.
The ‘insider’ is quoted as saying:
They are playing a huge prank, and it’s all for publicity.
The Rock convinced Vin to amp up the drama between them so they could turn it into a WWE match to help promote the April 2017 release of Fast 8.
WWE love celebrity involvement at their biggest show of the year and WrestleMania 33 falls on April 2 next year – a mere 12 days before the release of Fast 8, so this could be legit.
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The prospect has been met by mixed feelings from wrestling fans…
The polarity of the internet summed up neatly in two tweets there…
Meanwhile, there are no prizes for guessing who we’d expect to win any potential match between the ‘People’s Champ’ and Riddick.
