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The Rock Credits Harvey Wippleman With Coining the Word ‘Smackdown’
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The Rock took a moment on social media Friday to give credit for coining the term “smackdown” to none other than Harvey Wippleman. The Great One posted to Twitter today to retweet a post from the WWE on FOX acocunt about the original Smackdown logo, noting that Wippleman came up with the term.
Rock wrote:
“Easy answer. C’mon @WWE.
The superstar who this show was named after.
The superstar responsible for “Smackdown” officially becoming a word in the
@MerriamWebster
dictionary.
And that superstar is…Harvey Whippleman aka Downtown Bruno!
#ifyasmell”
Easy answer.
C’mon @WWE.
The superstar who this show was named after.
The superstar responsible for “Smackdown” officially becoming a word in the @MerriamWebster dictionary.
And that superstar is…Harvey Whippleman aka Downtown Bruno! 😉👊🏾#ifyasmell https://t.co/olXCcDdUuj
— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) April 15, 2022
