{"id":165820,"date":"2023-09-15T19:32:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-16T00:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=165820"},"modified":"2023-09-15T19:32:01","modified_gmt":"2023-09-16T00:32:01","slug":"the-rock-makes-unadvertised-appearance-live-on-smackdown-with-pat-mcafee-and-austin-theory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2023\/09\/15\/the-rock-makes-unadvertised-appearance-live-on-smackdown-with-pat-mcafee-and-austin-theory\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rock makes unadvertised appearance live on Smackdown with Pat McAfee and Austin Theory"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2458963441\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>&#8220;The Rock&#8221; Dwayne Johnson made an unadvertised surprised appearance on WWE Smackdown on Fox tonight. He interrupted a back-and-forth with sports talk host and part-time WWE personality Pat McAfee and WWE wrestler Austin Theory.<\/p>\n<p>Rock and Theory went back and forth verbally. Theory eventually punched Rock as Rock was threatening to attack him. Rock fired back with a spinebuster and a People&#8217;s Elbow. Rock then invited McAfee to land a People&#8217;s Elbow. McAfee landed it on Theory also.<\/p>\n<p>Rock <a href=\"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2023\/09\/15\/the-rock-was-locked-to-face-roman-reigns-at-wrestlemania-39-open-to-having-the-match-at-wrestlemania-40-video-included\/\">appeared on Pat McAfee&#8217;s talk show earlier<\/a> in the day and talked about how at one point he believed he was locked in to be Roman Reigns&#8217;s opponent at WrestleMania 39. PWTorch sources indicate Cody Rhodes was actually the only person ever locked in as Reigns&#8217;s opponent, although it&#8217;s possible Vince McMahon and Rock had a talk at an earlier time that gave Rock the impression that was the plan.<\/p>\n<p>The Rock last wrestled at WrestleMania 32, beating Erick Rowan in an unadvertised match that only lasted a few seconds. His last advertised match was ten years ago at WrestleMania 29 in 2013 when he lost the WWE Title to John Cena.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>RECOMMENDED NEXT: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2023\/09\/15\/wwe-staff-being-laid-off-today-after-tko-ownership-change-becomes-official-potential-roster-cuts-still-to-come\/\">WWE staff being laid off today after TKO ownership change becomes official, potential roster cuts still to come<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>OR CHECK THIS OUT AT PROWRESTLING.NET: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2023\/09\/15\/the-rock-was-locked-to-face-roman-reigns-at-wrestlemania-39-open-to-having-the-match-at-wrestlemania-40-video-included\/\">The Rock was \u201clocked\u201d to face Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 39, open to having the match at WrestleMania 40 (video included)<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">THE MOST ELECTRIFYING MOVE IN ALL OF ENTERTAINMENT<\/p>\n<p>A People&#39;s Elbow from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheRock?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheRock<\/a> AND <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PatMcAfeeShow?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PatMcAfeeShow<\/a>!!!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SmackDown?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SmackDown<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5mOQPETZrF\">pic.twitter.com\/5mOQPETZrF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1702841008453497048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 16, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-meta\">\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-1793406818\"><div id=\"pwtor-2728874538\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>&#8220;The Rock&#8221; Dwayne Johnson made an unadvertised surprised appearance on WWE Smackdown on Fox tonight. 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