Dana White’s cameo at WrestleMania 41 was not received well by the fans in attendance.
On Saturday night, 61,467 people packed out Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas for night one among the largest wrestling event of the 12 months.
They watched as Heyman betrayed former two-time UFC fighter CM Punk within the major event.
Wrestling fans also made their feelings clear when Dana White appeared on the large screen twice.
Dana White booed twice at WrestleMania 41
The UFC and WWE have operated under the identical banner since merging to create TKO in 2023.
Up to now, there hasn’t been much crossover between the 2 sports entertainment corporations.
WWE star Rhea Ripley was in the gang to observe Alexnader Volkanovski win back his belt at by beating Diego Lopes at UFC 314 last weekend.
Now the UFC CEO has shown his support by sitting within the front row wrestling’s most famous event.
White even narrated a opening montage video called ‘City of Dreamers’, which seemingly didn’t go down well with WWE fans.
The MMA mogul was loudly booed when his face was projected onto the large screen in the course of the show.
For some reason, the cameraman dialled in on White afterward, just for him to be jeered by the gang again.
Dana White discusses UFC-WWE relationship
In November 2024, White gave his opinion on how the UFC’s partnership with the WWE has benefitted his promotion.
“Yeah, since we kicked off the entire TKO thing, it’s been great,” he said.
“The synergies are mainly between I’d say more, the sponsorship and production, how we found out with each corporations to streamline among the expenses we had after we were separate.
“You may see the stock within the last three days has gone up like, 10 or $11, so it’s on fire right away, it’s been an incredible experience. I wasn’t very enthusiastic about going right into a public company, it doesn’t seem very fun to me, nevertheless it’s been alright.
“I do what I do, they do what they do over within the WWE.”
