WATCH: Man United’s Rooney smacks WWE wrestler King Barrett

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WATCH: Man United’s Rooney smacks WWE wrestler King Barrett
Wayne Rooney slaps the taste out of King Barrett's mouth at a WWE RAW event in Manchester

MANILA, Philippines – Wayne Rooney has gone from slapping in goals in the Premier League to slapping WWE wrestlers.

The Manchester United forward and England football captain was at ringside with former teammates Ryan Giggs and Darren Fletcher for World Wrestling Entertainment’s RAW event at Manchester Arena in Manchester, England on Monday, November 9 (Tuesday Manila time).

During a segment, King Barrett, who was born just 30 miles away from Manchester in Penwortham, and Irish wrestler Sheamus began goading Rooney on the microphone to step into the ring for a fight.

“I would offer to have you step inside this ring so we can fight this out like men,” said Barrett, before turning attention to Rooney’s 6-year-old son and getting some cheap heat with a Man U diss.

“I would offer, but I would hate for your little boy to sit there and watch his own father fail. Because let’s face it, he gets to experience that every time you step on a football pitch,” Barrett said to a chorus of boos.

Sheamus and Barrett then went down to ringside and started taunting Rooney before Rooney let loose with a slap that put Barrett down. The distraction caused Sheamus to be rolled up for a pin by Cesaro in a title tournament match for the vacant WWE championship, and the good guys walked out with their hands raised in victory.

Barrett kept the feud going on Twitter, challenging Rooney to meet him at Manchester’s stomping grounds Old Trafford, before asking if anyone has Phil Bardsley’s number, a reference to the Stoke City player who knocked out Rooney in an impromptu boxing match in Rooney’s kitchen.

“I’m heading to Old Trafford early tomorrow morning. I hope @WayneRooney has the guts to meet me there.”


The practice of wrestlers attacking a celebrity in the front row is one of WWE’s go-to gimmicks to create publicity. That’s how the company booked New York Giants football legend Lawrence Taylor to face Bam Bam Bigelow in the main event of WrestleMania 11.

Barrett was also involved an angle with Archer star Stephen Amell, who teamed up with Neville to defeat Stardust and King Barrett at this year’s Summerslam. That angle was also started by Stardust taunting Amell during a RAW event. – Rappler.com

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