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Sami Zayn: WWE WrestleMania 38 match with Johnny Knoxville ‘one of my all time favorites’

Posted on by Ethan Renner

Sami Zayn says that his WrestleMania 38 anything goes match against Johnny Knoxville is “as good as it gets” and one of his “all time favorites.”

Zayn posted his thoughts on the Knoxville match today on social media. 

“My Wrestlemania match against Johnny Knoxville is one of my all time favorites. Definitely one of the matches I’m most proud of. I’ve had a lot of great matches in my career, I’d put this up with any of them. Anyone who saw this match will remember it. That’s as good as it gets.”

Knoxville defeated Zayn in a slapstick brawl that featured cameos from Jackass’s Party Boy and Wee Man, pinning Zayn as he was stuck in a giant mousetrap. 

Knoxville responded to Zayn’s sentiments in an Instagram comment: 

“I hate to say anything nice so I won’t. So suck it Sami!!”

Knoxville and Zayn’s feud began in the build to the 2022 Royal Rumble. Knoxville “qualified” for the match by throwing Zayn over the top rope on SmackDown, then Zayn eliminated Knoxville from the Rumble match. 

The feud continued with Zayn crashing Knoxville’s Jackass Forever movie premiere, and being ejected from the event by security. The feud culminated in the WrestleMania bout.

WWE’s Sami Zayn booted from ‘Jackass Forever’ premiere after Johnny Knoxville confrontation

Posted on by Josh Nason

After their most recent altercation at Saturday’s WWE Royal Rumble, Sami Zayn crashed the Jackass Forever premiere in Hollywood, CA, Tuesday and was escorted out following a confrontation with Johnny Knoxville and the rest of his crew.

In the clip above, Zayn was telling a reporter that he eliminated Knoxville in the men’s Rumble match before Knoxville and his castmates walked up to confront him. Eventually, Knoxville got Zayn to leave by using a cattle prod.

Knoxville first started this angle with Zayn by declaring for the men’s Rumble on January 1st. He then qualified later in the month by dumping Zayn over the top rope after Zayn had defeated Rick Boogs in a match on SmackDown.

In the Rumble match, Knoxville entered at number nine and was eventually eliminated by Zayn.

The continuation of the rivalry indicates some kind of high profile match between them in the future, possibly for WrestleMania 38 in Dallas, Texas.

VIDEO: WWE’s Brock Lesnar slams Wee Man through a restaurant table

Posted on by Ethan Renner

WWE Champion Brock Lesnar was seen slamming Jackass Forever star Wee Man through a table at a St. Louis restaurant on Friday night. 

TMZ obtained video from the evening’s festivities, which also showed Royal Rumble entrant and Wee Man’s co-star Johnny Knoxville joining in the revelry. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4UZmF32Vd0

It is unclear if the entire Jackass Forever cast was at the dinner, but WWE has advertised an appearance from Steve-O during today’s pre-Royal Rumble edition of The Bump on Peacock and WWE’s social media channels. 

Lesnar is set to defend the WWE Championship against Bobby Lashley in a first-time-ever matchup on the show, while Knoxville will be a participant in the men’s Royal Rumble match. 

Jackass Forever hits movie theaters on Friday, February 4. 

The Royal Rumble kickoff show begins tonight at 7 p.m. Eastern time, with the main card set to begin at 8 p.m. Eastern time on Peacock and WWE Network.

‘Jackass’ star Johnny Knoxville declares WWE Royal Rumble entry

Posted on by Ethan Renner

The first talent has declared their entry for the 2022 WWE Royal Rumble, but that talent is not a professional wrestler. 

Johnny Knoxville of Jackass fame declared his entry into the Royal Rumble match in a video posted today on his Instagram account, insulting Big E and Roman Reigns, plus stating that WWE did not have any wrestlers big enough to throw him out of the Rumble match.

WWE’s official Instagram account replied to the declaration: 

“Good luck @johnnyknoxville!!”

Knoxville posted the video with the caption: 

“Happy New Year’s Day and love to everyone. I have a big announcement that I have been dying to get off of my chest. I spent a lot of times over the holiday thinking about how i wanted to start off my 2022, and I decided I want to do it kicking ass and taking names. And the best way to do that i feel is making a run for the Rumble, that’s right @WWE’s Royal Rumble. Training starts today, not that I will need a lot of it because I have seen the WWE’s current roster and it’s laughable to think anyone can throw me over the top rope. LAUGHABLE! I will be channeling my wrestling heroes like @therock, Abdullah the Butcher and the great Gorilla Monsoon. The way I’m looking at it I am giving myself a %100 chance of winning. What chance do you think I have? Sincerely, Johnny Knoxville, World Champ #roadtowrestlemania #royalrumble #wwe #jackassforever”

This year’s Royal Rumble will take place on Saturday, January 29. Knoxville’s next film, Jackass Forever, is scheduled for a February 4 release. 

Knoxville and the cast of the upcoming Jackass Forever film were backstage at WWE SmackDown in Los Angeles last month. The Jackass group was scheduled for a SummerSlam match in 2007, but Knoxville pulled out of the match in the wake of the Chris Benoit murder-suicide. Knoxville returned to the company in 2008 for angles with Great Khali and Beth Phoenix,, then again in 2010 during Raw’s guest host era.