WWE: The Rock Traveled to Georgia on Friday, Nia Jax Reveals Jan. 3, 2025 Date for International Launch of WWE on Netflix, Booker T on Je’Von Evans’ Potential to Become a Great Star

The Rock Traveled to Georgia on Friday for Special Visit

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has been absent from WWE since this past April’s RAW After Mania show in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Johnson recently revealed on Twitter that he was traveling to Winder, Georgia on Friday to attend the Apalachee High School Wildcats home opener football game.

Big football game tonight as the Apalachee High School Wildcats take the field in their first home game back since their school’s mass shooting about a month ago.

These players, coaches, teachers, the entire community and ALL the students at Apalachee are the symbol of… pic.twitter.com/KvR1Bi0YtA

— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) October 4, 2024

In an interesting note, Johnson’s visit took place one day prior to WWE’s Bad Blood 2024 event and Winder is only 50 miles away from Atlanta, which is the host city of WWE’s upcoming event.

It is currently not known if Johnson will be staying in Georgia nor if he is “The Big Guy” that Pat McAfee and Cody Rhodes recently teased was coming back soon to WWE.

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Nia Jax Reveals Date for International Launch of WWE on Netflix

A recent episode of the Busted Open Radio podcast featured Nia Jax as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Jax revealing that the international launch of WWE on Netflix will be taking place on January 3, 2025 and three days prior to WWE RAW’s premiere show on the service.

“I mean, it is a whole different level of WWE. Nick Khan and Triple H have taken this company to the next level. It’s pretty incredible. We’re about to be in 80 percent of the world. Coming up in January, once — I just was told that technically, January 3rd is the international launch for WWE on Netflix, and then January 6th is here in the United States for Raw to go to Netflix. It’s gonna be huge. That’s something that we’ve never had… Before, I’d be in the airports and I could definitely be forgettable or not noticed. But now I think every time we go somewhere, anywhere we are — we were in Half Moon Bay — we were just talking about it — we were in Half Moon Bay in some random, local coffee restaurant. They’re like, ‘It’s Tiffy Time!’ You know, and they’re like, ‘Oh my gosh, it’s Nia Jax…’ We are so mainstream almost, which is kind of a cool thing, right? Even though we still feel very humbled. But, it’s very awesome.”

Transcript h/t: PostWrestling.com

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Booker T Comments on Je’Von Evans Being an Exceptional Talent in WWE & Potential to Become a Great Star

A recent episode of The Hall of Fame with Booker T & Brad Gilmore podcast featured WWE Hall of Famer and co-host Booker T giving his thoughts about NXT talent Je’Vone Evans upcoming match against Randy Orton in NXT and his belief that Evans has the potential to become a great star in the future.

“Yeah, by far. No doubt. This is one of those moments where you’re chosen, and I’ve been in that same situation and that same seat once upon a time. Ric Flair wanted to test me, Ricky Steamboat wanted to test me, ‘The Macho Man’ [Randy] Savage wanted to test me, Bret Hart wanted to test me because they see something in this kid. That’s Je’Von Evans. This kid is extraordinary talent. He truly is next level. Just give him time, more than anything. Give him that time to mature into the man that he is gonna become, and he is going to be truly, truly great one day. The stuff that he does in the ring, I’ve seen no one else go out and pull it off as flawlessly as this young kid can.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com