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Dwayne Johnson will have a "Rock the Promo" show on his new Youtube channel where people can send in wrestling-style promos to be judged by wrestling personalities. The show will be structured as a 32-person bracket competition.
Oddly enough, former WWE star Taz has been doing pretty much the exact same concept (minus the tournament aspect) since the launch of his daily CBS Radio series "The Taz Show", having callers doing "Wednesday Hump Day" promos which Taz would then judge.
Taz, as one might imagine, was not happy about this infringement on something he has been doing for a year:
My bro @TheRock straight up gimmick infringement on a weekly series i been doing for a YEAR on my show. #TheTazShow https://t.co/7J96pscolG
— TAZ (@OfficialTAZ) July 6, 2016
Been doing #humpdaypromos for ONE YEAR on #TheTazShow rules NEVER changed (45 sec promo). We all worked hard, now @TheRock doing it. Wow.
— TAZ (@OfficialTAZ) July 6, 2016
After a lot of fans began taking up for Taz being "hacked" by The Rock. Johnson eventually responded, at first telling Taz he could have contacted him instead of Tweeting. When Taz pointed out that he did indeed do that, Dwayne Johnson wrote:
@OfficialTAZ I had no idea you even had a radio show my man. Our show is just for the fans to have fun. No heat. This is silly. I'll text U
— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) July 7, 2016
Or, just proud/protective of my content. I have no "beef" with @TheRock but u should do your homework. #TheTazShow https://t.co/J1lHUzU9Pl
— TAZ (@OfficialTAZ) July 7, 2016
And TRUST ME, I am taking the high road. But I wil defend my show & EVERY person who has sent in a HDP for past year https://t.co/BCxEwoYDrY
— TAZ (@OfficialTAZ) July 6, 2016
Stay tuned to see how this shakes out, but Johnson was certainly getting roasted on Twitter by Taz Show listeners.
Full disclosure: I appear on The Taz Show every Tuesday.
Thanks to Steven Fernandes.
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