In a recent interview, Hornswoggle shared a funny anecdote about his initial encounter with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. The Hollywood star made a mistaken assumption about Hornswoggle’s identity during their first interaction.

Hornswoggle recounted the story, explaining he was wearing a suit and carrying his gear bag, ready to meet “The Rock” backstage. “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 he we go!” Hornswoggle said. “I say, ‘Hey man, thank you so much for coming 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 realize I work here. I was on the show before that.”

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‘Rock thought you were a Make-A-Wish kid, huh?’

The comical misunderstanding quickly became a locker room story. “I told Kofi, thinking he would have my back and support me. He supported me by texting 97 people promptly while driving… Within 30 seconds, I had so many people message me. ‘Rock thought you were a make-A-Wish kid, huh?'”

“The Rock” himself later acknowledged the error.”Big Show called him out the next week about this… 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.”