‘Turning dreams into reality!’ A boyhood WWE fan, Lane Johnson, ticked off his bucket listing when he obtained into the ‘Squared Ring’. He crashed in one of many most important occasions at Lincoln Monetary Area, throughout the WrestleMania 40 held in Philadelphia on the sixth of April, alongside the previous Philadelphia Eagles’ middle Jason Kelce. Not simply that, the duo made the headlines as they helped Rey Mysterio and Andrade seize the victory over Dominik Mysterio and Santos Escobar.
Nonetheless, the group couldn’t acknowledge the 2 ‘masked men’ till they unmasked. “One of the greatest centers of all times, Jason Kelce of the world champion Philadelphia Eagles, and Lane Johnson, world champion tackle of the Philadelphia Eagles,” the commentator exasperatedly mentioned. The Philly crowd went wild upon their revelation. Now, nearly 3 months later, Johnson reminisces in regards to the surreal expertise with a relatively uncommon comparability.
Is Lane Johnson ‘Dumber’ than Jason Kelce?
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Who hasn’t seen one of many funniest movies from the early 90s, ‘Dumb and Dumber’?! Properly, in case you have not, in that case, you won’t discover humor in Lane Johnson’s delicate reference when he mentioned, “[Jason] Kelce is Jim Carrey and I am Jeff Daniels.”
In his latest look on ‘The Rich Eisen Show‘, on the 29th of June, the Eagles OT spoke about his feature in WrestleMania 40. Johnson handed much of its credit to his former teammate, Jason Kelce. He said that it was the retired center who asked him to train, a week before the night of the main event.
“It [WWE] was something that I always grew up watching. Never thought that I would actually be partaking in it. But, as the Jason Kelce show progresses, he asked me if I wanted to do a week of training in Monster Factory leading to WrestleMania. It was a great time,” reminisced Johnson.
No 65 of the Eagles was also pretty honest about his ‘job’ for the night time. He mentioned, “We didn’t really know a whole lot going in, who we’re going to be working with, and got to meet Ray and Dominik. It was amazing. My job was to not get hurt.” Nevertheless it was what he mentioned after this that obtained everybody cracking.
The ‘Dumb and Dumber’ reference sits effectively right here. Kelce and Johnson’s cluelessness over the night time, and their tight-knit friendship additionally provides to it. In the meantime, Wealthy Eisen, the host of the present, was fast to latch on to Johnson’s phrases, asking him if he was ‘the dumber’ right here. Cracking up Johnson.
The headline second from WrestleMania 40 got here after a month of Jason Kelce calling it quits as a professional soccer participant. It was not solely a memorable reunion between him and Philly followers, additionally between him and his long-time Eagles teammate Johnson.
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Lane Johnson is not going to observe Jason Kelce
Kelce performed 13 years with the Eagles, whereas Johnson is coming into his twelfth yr with the Eagles. For the followers, Kelce’s retirement was the tip of an period. Nonetheless, Lane Johnson has no plans to observe Kelce into retirement. This may increasingly not totally raise the followers’ spirits, however it’s actually a reduction.
“I feel good,” Johnson mentioned, whereas speaking to NBC Sports activities on June fifth. “I’m confident I’ve got some really good years left. I haven’t lost any mobility, any of that. No injuries last year, thank God. So, yeah, feeling good, ready to roll.” It’s fairly reassuring for the followers to know an all-time Eagles participant like Johnson is right here to remain and can be round for some extra time.
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From haunting the opponents collectively on the gridiron to ‘destroying’ a wrestler within the WWE ring, on a WrestleMania night time. Greater than a decade lengthy friendship has stood the take a look at of time. What a journey Johnson and Kelce have had. Certainly, there’s extra to return.