A live rendition of his debut studio album Lace Up hit Invincible at WrestleMania 28 by Machine Gun Kelly was followed up by heavy boos. The rock-rap star was alongside Dean Ester right before the heavily-touted ‘Once in a Lifetime’ John Cena vs. The Rock match.
Kelly, towards the end, went out of his way to paint the Black Adam star as one of the biggest egos while calling his then-opponent Cena an underdog. Hearing that from the rapper, the crowd went ballistic. Speaking about how that came about, MGK told Adrian Hernandez that he was totally caught off guard by the hostile reaction.
The Grammy-nominated multi-platinum artist admitted that he wasn’t aware of Mania 28 host city Miami being The Rock‘s hometown. In hindsight, that incognizance of the 34-year-old drew the ire of over 80,000 people in attendance at the Sun Life Stadium. An incident like that helped Kelly brace himself to don a thick-skin attitude in such a setting, as he alluded to during the interview.
Moreover, the rapper’s prophecy of Cena’s thumping triumph over Rock that night didn’t come true. I did was not know that Miami was The Rock’s hometown so when I went out there and was like dogging The Rock and everyone started booing, I was like, ‘What did I do? ’ MGK via interview with Adrian HernandezAfter half an hour of oh-so-close falls, The Great One slammed John into the mat to earn the three count, courtesy of the Rock Bottom.
But that wasn’t their only dance. In fact, the very next year at WrestleMania, The Cenation Leader got his lick back on Dwayne Johnson. It felt like a passing-of-the-torch moment after Cena ousted Rock for the WWE Championship.
RELATED“Bring me back in the Marvel Universe,” 27-year-old WWE star recalls his cameo in Spider-Man Homecoming; hints at future return to franchiseIn its aftermath, The People’s Champ announced injuries that he endured during the match. He had tore his abdominal and adductor tendons off his pelvis. It even affected his Hollywood commitments, delaying the shoot for Hercules that Rock was slated to film immediately after WrestleMania 29.
Did MGK run into trouble with Randy Orton at SummerSlam 2024? It turns out that badmouthing about The Rock wasn’t the only time MGK got on the wrong side of the WWE fans. Earlier this year, the Cleveland-based rapper made an on-screen appearance at SummerSlam.
MGK and Randy Orton [via- Variety and WWE]He accompanied Logan Paul to the ring. A few days after the event, Gun Kelly joined Paul on his IMPAULSIVE podcast. During the conversation, the musician claimed of getting into a heated backstage confrontation with Randy Orton.
Fightful released a detailed report about the alleged incident. RELATEDWWE officially announces the date and venue for Elimination Chamber 2025The outlet was told by WWE staff members and talent that they didn’t hear about that until MGK actually revealed it on Paul’s podcast. Also, neither of the camera footage could verify if anything had transpired between Orton and MGK.
