Vince McMahon, chairman of the WWE, immediately responded to reports about Mickey Rourke dropping out of Wrestlemania. Vinnie Mac denies Rourke dropping out and will still be there. However, Vince refuses to say how he would be there. Whether Rourke will be competing, fighting, wrestling, or having any physical contact with Jericho.

More on it here:

http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/WWE_News_3/article_29642.shtml

I am now thinking that Rourke announcing the drop out is part of this storyline, like I said before, trying to make it realistic. That way Jericho can go on RAW calling Mickey a coward publicly, and Jericho will end up doing whatever it takes to get him to fight Jericho at WM-25.

I think Rourke vs. Jericho at WM-25 will happen. Keep in mind that this isn’t the first time they tried to make storylines realistic. Remember the Trump vs. McMahon fued? That was pretty realistic. Stone Cold feuding with Mike Tyson in the earlier days, they kept that realistic too. Also, boxer Floyd Mayweather feuding with the Big Show. Don’t forget William Shatner kicking Jerry Lawler’s ass and Bam Bam Bigelow having a match with football legend Lawrence Taylor.

When WWE stars are feuding with other celebrities, they like to try to keep the storyline realistic as possible to hype up Wrestlemania, so don’t take everything WWE does seriously. Rourke announcing the dropout could be scripted.

Kev