The Miz: The Rock Called To Praise Me After My Impression Of Him Before WrestleMania 27

On the March 14, 2011 episode of WWE Raw, The Miz imitated The Rock, building toward his WrestleMania 27 match against John Cena. Rock was serving as the guest host of WrestleMania 27 and in the middle of battling with Cena.

Appearing on Games with Names with Julian Edelman, Miz recalled the segment, and Rock calling him after his impression.

The week before (WrestleMania), I dressed up as The Rock. I remember going to Vince (McMahon) going, ‘This isn’t going to work. No one is going to believe I’m The Rock. I don’t look like The Rock. I have blue eyes. I’m not bald. I’m not a 6’7” Samoan.’ He’s like, ‘They’ll believe.’ ‘It’s not going to work.’ ‘We’ll put a bald cap on you.’ I’m still 6’5”. I’m built, but I’m not built. I ended up putting on a t-shirt, and The Rock’s music hits. The crowd goes nuts. In my head backstage, I’m going, ‘This is going to be horrible.’ As I’m about to walk out, Vince is ging, ‘Wait!’ I hear the crowd start to come down. ‘Now.’ I walk out and did the best Rock impression I possibly could. As I’m walking out, there is another eruption, bigger than the one before. ‘How is this working? Do they not know that I’m not the Rock?’ I take the sunglasses off and they pop again. ‘This is unbelievable.’ As I’m walking down, they start realizing it’s me, and the pop goes into a huge chorus of boos, which is exactly what we wanted. I beat up John Cena, cut a promo on Rock, fans, Cena, and we are ready for WrestleMania.

“That day, I flew back to LA and I got a voicemail from The Rock. “That’s how you do it. That’s how you step up to the plate and hit a home run.’ He does not have to do this. He’s the Rock.”

Miz was victorious in the main event of WrestleMania 27, though he doesn’t remember the match as he suffered a concussion.

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