Johnson feels it’ll be smooth sailings between Ari Emanuel and Vince McMahon.
Following WrestleMania 39, it was announced that Endeavor reached an agreement with WWE to acquire the company. The deal has not been formally finalized.
As a part of the agreement, WWE and UFC are merging to form a $21 billion sports and entertainment company.
Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson was asked about the merger during his appearance on CNBC’s Squawk on the Street. He’s excited about it and sees smooth sailings ahead for Vince McMahon and Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel. Johnson mentioned that he recently ‘connected’ with Vince.
There’s been some big deals in the wrestling space (he laughed). Yes, we can talk about that in a second. I just connected with Vince the other day.
I see smooth sailing with those guys (Ari Emanuel & Vince McMahon). They’ve known each other for a very, very long time. We all have as a matter of fact and I see smooth sailing with this. This has been a long time coming. When you think about where Vince started, I often talk about my seven bucks moment and how I had seven bucks in my pocket when I was cut from the Canadian Football League, Vince had his seven bucks moment as well when he leveraged every dollar he had for the very first WrestleMania. Years later, he creates this merger with Ari that’s in the billions of dollars… When I say ‘smooth sailing’, I mean, these guys are adamant on creating an incredible conglomerate that’s gonna entertain the masses and I think between WWE, UFC, Bull Riding and probably some of the other things that are coming down the pike, I’m excited about this merger.
On the POST Wrestling YouTube channel, there’s a chat with LightShed’s Brandon Ross about the merger.
If the quote in this article is used, please credit CNBC Squawk on the Street with an H/T to POST Wrestling for the transcription.
