Jason Kelce’s professional soccer profession is finished. His podcast profession is prospering. And perhaps, simply perhaps, his professional wrestling profession is getting began.
WWE’s greatest annual occasion is WrestleMania, and this weekend, WrestleMania XL is happening over two nights at Lincoln Monetary Area in Philadelphia. Many followers anticipated that the occasion would function some Philadelphia sports activities taste (reigning NBA MVP Joel Embiid is a large WWE fan).
Followers acquired that taste in the course of the third match of Night time 1 on Saturday, as Jason Kelce and Lane Johnson have been part of the present and helped resolve the results of a match. The 2 offensive linemen have been influential within the end result of a tag-team match that includes WWE Corridor of Famer Rey Mysterio and his associate Andrade towards Santos Escobar and Dominik Mysterio, Rey’s son who competed towards his father finally 12 months’s occasion.
As Dominik Mysterio tried to make use of a ringside chair towards his opponents Saturday, two massive masked males bodily prevented the try. Johnson, an offensive sort out for Philadelphia and the bigger of the 2 at 6 foot 6 and 325 kilos, ripped the chair from Dominik’s palms, whereas Kelce, lately retired after 13 seasons taking part in heart with the Eagles, threw him into the ring submit, which finally led to a win for Rey and Andrade.
PHILLY STRONG.@JasonKelce & @LaneJohnson65 simply destroyed @DomMysterio35 at #WrestleMania XL! pic.twitter.com/k2xZdODDHA
— WWE (@WWE) April 7, 2024
After the match, Kelce and Johnson took off their masks — to resounding cheers from the gang — and celebrated with the victors. Kelce, at 6 foot 3 and almost 300 kilos, even climbed the turnbuckle and let loose a scream for the gang, a well-recognized sight at Lincoln Monetary Area for Eagles followers.
NFL followers might keep in mind a video of Kelce in an analogous luchador masks celebrating after his brother, Travis, received Tremendous Bowl LVIII with the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs in February.
jason is hilarious, kylie let him have at present 😭 pic.twitter.com/5HFrc6oNW0
— sarah (@tayvischarm) February 12, 2024
NFL stars previous and current aren’t any strangers to WWE. San Francisco 49ers tight finish George Kittle has popped up at occasions occasionally. He additionally was proven within the WrestleMania XL crowd. Moreover, throughout his temporary first retirement, Rob Gronkowski hosted WrestleMania 36 in 2020. New York Giants legend Lawrence Taylor’s involvement is likely to be the perfect instance of gamers concerned within the present. In 1995, the Corridor of Fame linebacker essential evented WrestleMania XI, defeating Bam Bam Bigelow.
Kelce and Johnson have been a part of the offensive line that helped the Eagles win Tremendous Bowl LII, defeating the New England Patriots in Minneapolis.
(Picture of Rey Mysterio and Jason Kelce: Tim Nwachukwu / Getty Pictures)
