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 of the biggest wrestling event of the year.
They watched as Heyman betrayed former two-time UFC fighter CM Punk in the main event.
Wrestling fans also made their feelings clear when Dana White appeared on the big screen twice.
Dana White booed twice at WrestleMania 41
The UFC and WWE have operated under the same banner since merging to create TKO in 2023.
So far, there hasn’t been much crossover between the two sports entertainment companies.
WWE star Rhea Ripley was in the crowd to watch 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 in 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 big screen during the show.
For some reason, the cameraman dialled in on White later on, only for him to be jeered by the crowd 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 whole TKO thing, it’s been great,” he said.
“The synergies are basically between I’d say more, the sponsorship and production, how we figured out with both companies to streamline some of the expenses we had when we were separate.
“You can see the stock in the last three days has gone up like, 10 or $11, so it’s on fire right now, it’s been a great experience. I wasn’t very excited about going into a public company, it doesn’t seem very fun to me, but it’s been alright.
“I do what I do, they do what they do over in the WWE.”
