Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson smells what Bucks are cooking with WWE pregame routine

Jordan Greer

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If you haven't been following along with the Bucks on social media this season, you're missing out on the most purely fun pregame routine in the NBA.

Milwaukee's players typically hold their own WWE match in the tunnel before taking the court with reigning MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo, Wesley Matthews and Robin Lopez leading the shenanigans. Matthews has drilled Lopez with a chair. Antetokounmpo delivered a Shawn Michaels-style kick to Lopez's face. A bunch of Bucks stomped on Lopez while he was down.

Basically Lopez takes a lot of punishment from someone before tipoff.

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Before Thursday night's game against the Lakers, Antetokounmpo and Matthews joined forces as a tag team to once again leave Lopez on the floor. Antetokounmpo dropped Lopez with his "Cobra" move, and Matthews followed with his version of "The People's Elbow," one of the signature finishers of former WWE star Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.

The video made its way to "The People's Champ" himself, and Johnson gave the Bucks his stamp of approval.

Now that the Bucks have been noticed by the most electrifying man in sports entertainment, where do they go from here? A Royal Rumble with all players and coaches eligible? A Money in the Bank match with a briefcase sitting on top of the backboard?

"We're going to run out of material soon," Matthews said in late November (via the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel). "It's something we've done for a while now. ... It's just kind of goofing around but we're really starting to embrace it, have fun with it, the team's starting to get in on it a little bit more and now we've got to keep it fresh."

Well, considering this team is in Milwaukee, might I suggest a "Stone Cold Stunner" followed by a few beers?

Jordan Greer

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Jordan Greer has been with The Sporting News since 2015. He previously worked for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. He is a graduate of Westminster College and Syracuse University.