John Cena calls Haaland, and other times soccer and WWE met،
It doesn't happen often, but the very different worlds of soccer and professional wrestling collided this week after Manchester City striker Erling Haaland teamed up with wrestler and actor John Cena for a lighthearted skit aimed to promote the Premier League club's upcoming pre-season tour.
Fresh off an extremely revealing comedic appearance at the Oscars, Cena was again at his jovial best as he called Haaland from Florida, posing as the Norwegian's secret super fan while wearing a replica shirt and scarf from City, a long blonde wig and sipping a sip from a glass of milk (which happens to be one of Haaland's favorite drinks.)
The duo opened with an obligatory gag about not being able to see each other (a reference to Cena's wrestling gimmick) before revealing details of City's 2024-25 summer tour of the United States, which will stop in New York and Orlando among other destinations. .
You can't see me?! @ErlingHaaland takes a call from her secret super fan, @JohnCena. pic.twitter.com/tcgRK69CQa
-Manchester City (@ManCity) March 19, 2024
While there hasn't been much overlap between the world of professional soccer and wrestling in the past, there are certainly a few notable instances where Jose Mourinho and Wayne Rooney have made special appearances on broadcasts of the WWE in recent years.
Rooney did a convincing job of holding his ground and then slapping British wrestler Wade Barrett across the face during a live show in Manchester in 2015.
Mourinho was teased while sitting in the crowd for an event in 2007 when Shane McMahon spotted the then Chelsea manager in the audience and began roasting the Portuguese manager as a hail of Boos echoed through the arena.
José Mourinho in WWE is one of the most random crossovers of all time so far. pic.twitter.com/wd3GTDz9tf
– Blue Season News (@YourBlueSeason) September 23, 2022
In 2019, Mexican striker Raúl Jiménez was on hand to personally welcome his compatriot and wrestler Sin Cara to the Wolves training ground after celebrating a goal by donning the lucha libre the star's signature mask.
List for apoyar a los @Wolves 🐺 my great friend Raul Jimenez ❗️ #TodosSomosSinCara pic.twitter.com/mkVtCBTTBU
– CintaDeOro (@CintaDeOro) May 3, 2019
How can we not mention former Werder Bremen and Germany goalkeeper Tim Weise, who retired from football in 2016 to become a professional wrestler, making his WWE debut shortly after.
Congratulations on your first @WWE victory @Tim_Wiese! You really do justice to this nickname “The Machine”! 💪💪💪👏👏👏 #WWEMunich pic.twitter.com/LvoUUSdIPd
– English Bundesliga (@Bundesliga_EN) November 3, 2016
And who could forget in 2020 when WWE legend and West Ham United supporter Triple H urged Declan Rice to stay at the club in order to “build a legacy and become a hero”. This obviously didn't work.
