Apollo, whose true identity is Alex Gray, was present to support Ricochet during his titanic match against JD McDonough, one of The Judgment Day stable’s members.

Apollo, a 32-year-old gladiator, captained the England 7s during the beginning of his professional rugby career. In addition, he was the first rugby player from Britain to play in the NFL.

Watching WWE Live on Friday night at the O2 were British rapper ArrDee, Anthony Joshua, and Wayne Rooney.

Joshua went backstage to meet WWE Superstar Natalya and Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes in addition to watching the event.

Rooney, pictured in the center, has been a longtime admirer of WWE and has already attended other events.

Rooney has already made appearances at other WWE events, and in 2015, he even gave Brandon Wade Barrett a slap at the Manchester Arena.

Barrett, a Lancashire native, took the mic and declared, “In this ring are two men who can be easily described as championship material.” Rooney and his son Kai were seated in the front row at the time.Which is, naturally, more than what can be said for Manchester United and Wayne Rooney.

The famous encounter was captured on camera, with the professional wrestler descending to face Rooney just before the football player brought him down in a dramatic finish.

Drew McIntyre addressed Rooney during the inaugural match on Friday night, involving the former Manchester United player.

‘We’re two British icons, and I’m only the British WWE champion three times,’ he declared. We’re the same age, even though he’s a football player?

“What transpired with you?”

The O2 crowd burst into laughter, and the former England star couldn’t help but smile.

On Friday night, WWE also made news for allegedly releasing a number of celebrities, including a former world champion, before their SmackDown broadcast.

AJ and Rooney were there to see Apollo from the UK Gladiators make a surprise appearance

Apollo was there to help out Ricochet in his epic battle with JD McDonough – who is a member of The Judgment Day stable

Apollo is a 32-year-old gladiator who started his professional career in Rugby before moving to the NFL

It came as AJ Styles defeated LA Knight in a No 1 contenders match, with the former besting his opponent with a thumb to the eye and a Phenomenal Forearm.

Styles is now set to face Cody Rhodes at Backlash as a challenger for his Undisputed WWE Universal Champion title.

Bayley and Naomi also squared off for the WWE Women’s Championship, and despite both wrestlers colliding with several holds and strikes, the bout was ruled a no-contest, with Bayley retaining her title.

Amid the action, it was reported by Fightful and PWInsider that Jinder Mahal, Xia Li and Xyon Quinn had all been released by the company.