A spokesperson for Eminem has poured cold water reports that he has signed a deal with wrestling giant WWE for appearances on TV and upcoming video game releases.
Earlier this week, Fightful reported that Marhsall Mathers had signed on to contribute to the soundtrack for WWE’s upcoming WWE 2K20 video game and make an appearance in their weekly series Smackdown – following in the footsteps of his rival Machine Gun Kelly, who performed and was ‘attacked’ on WWE RAW in 2015.
However, Eminem spokesman Dennis Dennehy has denied any deal between Slim Shady and WWE.
“There was a very brief, exploratory conversation that involved a third party and 2K Sports, not Eminem’s team,” he told Pro Wrestling Sheet. “It has not gone beyond preliminary discussions, and any reports to the contrary are false. Right now there are no plans to further pursue it.”
In spite of this, Fightful’s Sean Ross Sapp maintains that a deal has in fact been struck.
“Eminem’s team can deny it all they want, wait until the fall,” wrote Sapp on Twitter. “The hilarity of us getting threats of legal threats for publishing a story featuring information that Eminem’s group, 2K, management and WWE didn’t want out there. We didn’t sign any NDAs. We are free to report that information.”
He added: “If Em’s team pulls or pulled the deal I’ll feel bad for those who put it together, but yep – a deal was agreed upon today for all the things I mentioned, regardless of who’s rep is saying what.”
