Who The Rock's "Fast 8" Rant Was Directed At, American Alpha's Opponents, SmackDown Pre-Show
- Above is the full WWE SmackDown pre-show from tonight with Scott Stanford, Jerry Lawler, Booker T and Lita. The stream starts around 10 minutes in.
- We noted earlier that The Rock called out some of his "Fast and Furious 8" male co-stars about some of their actions during filming. TMZ reports that Rock's rant was targeted at Vin Diesel and that the two had a secret meeting on the "Fast" set today to squash the beef. Rock and Vin reportedly butted heads during production, in part because Vin is a producer and made decisions that didn't sit well with Rock. The meeting came today after tensions were so high that it was almost impossible to finish shooting. TMZ adds that a majority of the cast is angry at Rock for causing such a stir before filming ends.
- Mike Vega and Mikey O'Shea, who lost to Chad Gable and Jason Jordan on tonight's SmackDown, are local California indie wrestlers. Below is the post-match segment with American Alpha, The Vaudevillains, The Hype Bros. and The Ascension:
The @WWEUniverse is watching #AmericanAlpha and so are The #HypeBros, #TheAscension and #TheVaudevillains! #SDLive https://t.co/K84z49Yfmy
? WWE (@WWE) August 10, 2016