Pat McAfee mentions AEW while trolling fans at WWE World

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Pat McAfee & Randy Orton on April 3 WWE SmackDown.

Heading into WrestleMania, Pat McAfee tried to get some more heat on himself by trolling fans at WWE World.

A screen displayed at the convention on Friday teased that a “huge surprise” would be happening. But when the countdown clock ran out, McAfee’s show started playing. He called the attendees “dumb marks” for thinking there was actually going to be a big surprise like a star from AEW crossing over into WWE.

“Surprise, nerds,” McAfee yelled. “The surprise that you thought was maybe going to be your favorite wrestler of all time. Maybe somebody from AEW was going to sign with WWE at WrestleMania and you marks were going to get zipper burn all over yourself. Instead, well, well, well, Pat McAfee is smarter than all of you dumb marks yet again.”

McAfee was not in Las Vegas yet but told everyone he would be by SmackDown tonight, continuing to insult the fans by saying that he could already smell them from where he was.

The build to WrestleMania 42 took a turn two weeks ago when McAfee returned to WWE programming and aligned with Randy Orton. Playing a heel, McAfee has promised to save the business by helping to get Orton elevated back to the top of the card. He will be in Orton’s corner for the main event of WrestleMania 42 night one this Saturday, where Orton is challenging Cody Rhodes for the Undisputed WWE Championship.

While there’s been backlash from fans over McAfee’s inclusion in the WrestleMania build, Paul “Triple H” Levesque told ESPN today that he believes it’s a good thing that McAfee has people talking about WrestleMania.

McAfee has promised to leave WWE forever if Orton does not win on Saturday.

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Joseph Currier
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