The Miz comments on Shane McMahon, Snoop Dogg segment at WWE WrestleMania 39
If there is a celebrity that Miz trusts, it’s Snoop Dogg.
Miz and Snoop hosted WWE WrestleMania 39 together and Snoop brought out surprise opponents for Miz on both nights. After Pat McAfee defeated The Miz on night one, Snoop brought out Shane McMahon to wrestle Miz on night two. However, shortly after getting in the ring, McMahon tore both his quads doing a leap frog, leading to Miz and Snoop Dogg having to improvise what to do next.
Snoop Dogg ended up sucker punching Miz, giving him his version of The People’s Elbow, and pinning him to end, and arguably save, the segment.
Miz was a guest on The Rich Eisen Show recently and addressed what happened, saying he was trying to tell the back to send someone else out before Snoop punched him.
“I know when he goes down, I’m like, ‘All right, he’s injured.’ The camera’s going to be on me because we don’t like showing real injuries on there. So, the red light is on me. Now, I have to basically relay to a referee kind of what to do to the truck.“
“I was telling the referee, I was like, “Hey, hey, play someone’s music. I don’t care whose music it is. Hit the finisher. Have Snoop Dogg hit me with a hit me with a Snoop Dogg elbow.’ And so all of a sudden I turn around and Snoop Dogg sucker punches me. And I’m like, ‘That’s even better.'”
“And by the way, Snoop Dogg isn’t a professional wrestler. He doesn’t do this for a living, but he’s the consummate pro. I mean, if there is a celebrity that I would trust to do something like that that has no prior training, it is Snoop Dogg.”
Evidently, Maryse thought the segment played out exactly as planned.
“I remember going back and talking to my wife and she was like, ‘Wow, I thought that was that all was supposed to happen,'” Miz added.
The Miz’s appearance on The Rich Eisen Show is available below:
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