Philadelphia, Pa. — Kofi Kingston was celebrating like he won the WWE Championship at WrestleMania 35 on Thursday evening, when he and Barstool Sports personality Robbie Fox apparently had won the WWE 2K24 Showdown Championship. However, the special guest referee for the event, media personality Greg Miller, had other things in mind.
Miller declared Kingston had to face off against Fox because there was only one belt. Fox, who played as the 2001 version of “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, beat Kingston, who played Roman Reigns, to win the championship — with a little help from Miller fast-counting as Mick Foley.
The stars of the tournament were R-Truth and Miller. Truth told Wrestling Junkie before the festivities began that he trained his WrestleMania XL tag team partner vigorously and would be in his corner. Well, he wasn’t kidding.
While The Miz and Brandon Walker were playing Bayley and Philadelphia Eagles star Lane Johnson, the former United States and 24/7 champion held a microphone directly behind Miz, giving him instructions on which buttons to press. Miller was having none of the nonsense and gave Truth an imaginary line to not cross. During numerous points of the Showdown Championship, Truth would talk trash to other participants, which drew loud ovations from the crowd inside WWE World.
Each team in the WWE 2K24 tournament featured a WWE superstar teaming with a celebrity. Jey Uso teamed with rapper Wale. But they lost in record time to Johnny Gargano and comedian Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias in a Hell In A Cell match, in which the latter played as two-time Royal Rumble winner Cody Rhodes and Intercontinental Champion Gunther.
Miz and Barstool personality Walker came up short in what ended up being the semifinals. The final team was Zelina Vega and 100 Thieves creator Jordan “LEGIQN” Payton, who lost to Kingston and Fox in the opening round.