Paul London was a mainstay of the WWE Cruiserweight Division during the Ruthless Aggression Era. Along with having a successful tenure as the WWE Cruiserweight Champion, he and Brian Kendrick had one of the most prolonged Tag Title runs in company history. London had the opportunity to share the locker room with some of the most famous and eccentric figures in the field throughout his time with the promotion.
London recently discussed an incident involving Orlando Jordan on Rene Dupree’s Cafe de Rene podcast. London mentioned in the video that WWE was covering his bills and that he was new to the road. Orlando began accompanying him while traveling as a result of this.
“We were at the TV hotel, I think I was comped because I was still pretty new on the road, and when you’re on the road any you get comped, all the f***in’ freeloaders, especially if they’re not your friends will be like ‘hey I’m ridin’ with you.’ and they’d all f***in’ jump in. Most of the guys were my friends but he [Orlando Jordan] had slithered in there somehow.”
One night, as London and his unidentified riding pals prepared to leave the arena, he was on the phone with Jordan. He then added that Jordan was talking loudly with someone he claimed to be Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.
“He was, like, messing with his phone and then, like, I don’t know, some sort of call-back feature or something, and he was like, ‘Hey, uh, can you guys keep it down, it’s Dwayne.”
The alleged talk Orlando apparently had with The Rock was then described by London. The same video clip, which was posted to the Cafe de Rene YouTube Channel, had London recalling Jordan reciting compliments from the claimed phone call. London replicated the call by putting himself in Jordan’s place.
“Oh, what’s up, baby? Oh yeah, nah, I miss you too, man. Yeah, yeah, yeah, cool. Oh, you saw my match? On Velocity? I mean, I thought it was alright, but if you thought it was great, yeah. I guess it was. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, you know I’ll be there. Cool man, yeah, you too brother. Alright, love you too.”
It’s important to note that Orlando Jordan hasn’t really shared this story. This is just Paul London’s version of the alleged conversation. The Rock hasn’t chimed in yet, either. Keep checking back with Ringside News for more.
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