The WrestleMania XL Kick Off was a big stop on the road to WrestleMania as it set up the main events for both nights of WrestleMania XL.
It appeared as if The Rock and Roman Reigns would main event WrestleMania XL, but Royal Rumble winner Cody Rhodes interrupted and said it was his decision to make, and that he choosing to face Reigns. In the end, The Rock slapped Rhodes to bring a halt to the event.
After the event was over, Jackie Redmond caught up with Triple H to try to make sense of things. They were interrupted by The Rock, who told Triple H to fix it.
“When we had the WrestleMania kickoff in Vegas last year, the show’s happening and I was there just to do some backstage reports and interviews and stuff and the shows like half over. My boss comes up to me and is like, ‘Hey, I think at the end you’re going to interview Hunter, you’re gonna interview Paul at the end of this when this is over. I think he’s gonna come out, do a quick interview just about how everything went.’ I’m like, okay. He’s kind of like, ‘Just put a bow on the event, get his thoughts.’ It was our first one, it was our first press kickoff event so to speak with the crowd and everything. I was like, okay, easy peasy, no big deal. I had no idea that The Rock was going to interrupt said interview, that legitimate did not know. I was literally just interviewing Hunter. Obviously things happened at the end of the press that I had to ask Hunter about, which I did. I knew I was doing all of that but I had no idea that would happen and I literally, if you watch the clip, everyone’s like, ‘Oh my gosh, Jackie sold that so good.’ I didn’t sell shit. I didn’t sell nothing. That’s me reacting in real time to The Rock dropping F bombs on our show and me being like, ‘What is going on right now?’ That was a true and genuine in the moment reaction. I don’t know if people will believe that, but that’s the truth," Redmond recalled while speaking to Gabby LaSpisa on Gabby AF.
In the end, Cody teamed with Seth Rollins to face Reigns & Rock on night one of WrestleMania XL. Reigns would defend his Undisputed WWE Universal Championship against Rhodes on night one.
Elsewhere during the interview, Redmond commented on Samantha Irvin's departure from WWE. You can find her full comments by clicking here.
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