Next Stone Cold Steve Austin? See boy mimic wrestler’s iconic chug to end first grade
Some kids want to be firefighters or doctors when they grow up.
Others want to be an astronaut or a teacher.
One kid in Hoover, Alabama, wants to be a WWE wrestler — and he’s starting now.
In a viral video shared on Instagram and TikTok, 8-year-old Ro Knight recreated famous wrestler Stone Cold Steve Austin’s iconic beer chug with a twist to celebrate his last day of first grade.
“I packed some milk in my bag at the lunchroom. They were sitting in my bag all day long. When I got home, I did my thing to smash them together and it was awesome,” Ro told WVTM.
The video has more than 3 million views on TikTok and more than 18,000 likes on Instagram, shared on Ro’s accounts, Ro Knows Wrestling, which have more than 32,000 followers.
Ro has created a social media following thanks to his love of WWE, first meeting another hero, Hulk Hogan, when he was just 3 years old, another video showed.
Ro told his dad to have the camera ready when he came home on May 17, WVTM reported.
“Then I saw the milk and I was like, ‘Oh, I know where this is going as I’m filming. I was like, man this is going to be epic,” Rick Knight, Ro’s dad told WVTM. “He comes up with his own promos. He’s a special man. I one day hope I can be as cool as him.”
Ro and his family live in Hoover, about 10 miles south of Birmingham.
This story was originally published June 1, 2023 at 1:43 PM with the headline "Next Stone Cold Steve Austin? See boy mimic wrestler’s iconic chug to end first grade."
