During the 2025 WWE Elimination Chamber media event, a surprise appearance by rapper Travis Scott caught the attention of fans. He slapped Cody Rhodes after John Cena’s dramatic transformation into a villain, and his alliance with The Rock.
Previously in January, at a fundraising event, Scott was noticed alongside Swerve Strickland dropping hints about his upcoming venture into wrestling.
In a conversation with Bootleg Kev, Strickland shared that Scott has been under the wrestling tutelage of two-time WWE Hall of Famer Booker T. His thoughts on the matter were,
“That’s a very excited artist who finally got to do his dream. You’re in there with the two biggest icons that we have left. The two biggest icons that have ever done it. Of course you’re excited, and you’re with the world champion, so this is the guy who (represents) this era moving forward. That’s a lot of excitement and pressure. That’s what happens when you get excited with someone who is not in our industry. It’s an exciting moment. It’s a crossover thing and he doesn’t know. I think they wanted it so it could feel natural. Sometimes you want the natural reaction from other people outside of wrestling. You want them to be natural, flow, and feel. Then, it’ll feel real. Then that stuff happens and it’s, ‘Ah, too far. Too much.’ I was on the golf course with Travis not that long ago. He didn’t know that was coming, but he was telling me, ‘I’m excited. I’m training with Booker T. This is going to be wild.’ He wanted to talk more about wrestling than music. He was excited. I was like, ‘Make sure you take care of yourself and others.’”
There is a hint from Layla that she might be a part of Michelle McCool’s induction into the WWE Hall of Fame. The viewers will have to stay tuned to know the details.
McCool, one-time WWE Women’s Champion and Divas Champion, is all set to join the Hall of Fame in 2025. Her ex-LayCool tag team partner, Layla, was asked about her potential role in this event during the “Nick Club Wrestling Happy Hour” podcast. Her response was,
“Number one, I’m extremely happy for Michelle, well deserved, and it’s about time that she is being inducted into the Hall of Fame. I’m not gonna share that stuff, just because I’d rather have you guys be guessing and waiting. Does anybody want to see me there? I don’t know. Do you want me and Michelle to reconnect? You’re just going to have to watch the Hall of Fame to see. That’s all I’m going to have to say about that one.”
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