Vince McMahon Congratulates The Rock on Announcement He Is Having a Daughter, The Rock Posts #TBT With Pat Patterson

November 13, 2015

Vince McMahon Congratulates The Rock

WWE Chairman of the Board Vince McMahon posted the following to his personal Twitter account yesterday. In the tweet Vince congratulates The Rock on the announcement that he has a daughter on the way:

Congrats to @TheRock on the announcement of his future daughter and potential @WWE Divas Champion in 2038. https://t.co/11OchwAt8x

— Vince McMahon (@VinceMcMahon) November 12, 2015

The Rock Posts Throw Back Dedicated To Pat Patterson

Former WWE World Heavyweight Champion The Rock posted the following #TBT photo to his Instagram account yesterday. In the comments section of the photo The Rock notes that Pat Patterson was the first person backstage to congratulate him on his 8th WWE World Heavyweight Championship win:

#TBT 2013 becoming #WWE Heavyweight Champion for the 8th time. First person to congratulate me backstage was WWE Hall of Famer and close family friend Pat Patterson – one of the greatest mentors I’ve ever had in the world of sports entertainment. At 23yrs old I called Pat and told him I was training to get into the business. He said “What business?”. I said “the wrestling business”. He said with great clarity, “Why the fuck would you want to do that?”. He eventually agreed to come watch one of my ring workouts in Tampa, and after the session I said “Do you think I have what it takes?”. He simply said “Just keep working”. He immediately went home and called Vince McMahon and said “Vince you gotta see this kid, I think he can be great one day”. One week later I had my very first tryout match for the WWE in Corpus Christi, TX in front of 15,000 people. Pat has been instrumental in creating some of the greatest storylines (Rock vs Austin, Rock vs HHH) and matches of my entire career and I’m forever grateful for his guidance and knowledge. He’s also responsible for dropping the greatest lines ever… in this picture he literally said “My God Rock when you won the title tonight the people went FUCKING BANANA!” For some reason he always forgets the “s”. . #PatPatterson #Legend #Mentor #Grateful

A photo posted by therock (@therock) on Nov 12, 2015 at 3:54pm PST

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