The Rock Thought Hornswoggle Was A Make-A-Wish Kid

When The Rock returned to WWE in 2011 following a multi-year absence, it was clear to some that he hadn't exactly kept up with the product in the interim.

This included then-WWE star Hornswoggle who, despite having been a featured act on weekly WWE television for the past five years, The Great One mistook for a Make-A-Wish kid.

Recalling his comical initial interaction with The Rock during a recent appearance on Insight with Chris Van Vliet, Hornswoggle said:

"So I am in a suit, a legit suit, not my leprechaun outfit, with my gear bag, and I'm gonna meet him behind the curtain as he comes through. In my mind, best friends, I see my buddy Dwayne come back through, oh boy here we go! I say, 'Hey man, thank you so much for coming back. Thanks for what you're gonna do for WrestleMania and what you're gonna do for the company, and just glad to have you back. Good to meet you. My name is Dylan'. He extends his arm out, goes, 'Did you have a good time tonight buddy?' Taps me on the shoulder, leaves, and I go, Oh no. He doesn't realise I work here. I was on the show before that.

"I told Kofi, thinking he would have my back and support me. He supported me by texting 97 people immediately while driving because he couldn't wait on it. Within 30 seconds, I had so many people message me. 'Rock thought you were a Make-A-Wish kid, huh?' Big Show called him out the next week about this, because it got to Big Show. Rock goes, 'No, yeah, I did, yeah, I did. I don't watch the show'. I approached him about it too. And he said yeah, Big Show already got on me about this".

Hornswoggle is currently signed to a WWE Legends deal. Last December, he detailed his physical condition after undergoing two back surgeries in three years.

H/T Fightful

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