{"id":853674,"date":"2026-04-04T18:02:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T18:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/853674\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T18:02:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T18:02:19","slug":"jahmyr-gibbs-wishes-wwes-randy-orton-happy-birthday-in-response-to-lions-dm-on-final-four","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/853674\/","title":{"rendered":"Jahmyr Gibbs Wishes WWE&#8217;s Randy Orton Happy Birthday in Response to Lions&#8217; DM on Final Four"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Detroit Lions running back Jahmyr Gibbs found a unique way to wish WWE superstar Randy Orton a happy birthday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The Lions&#8217; social media manager asked players on the team via <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DWsCH9hDjSu\/?img_index=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">direct message on Instagram<\/a> for their Final Four picks, with Gibbs responding he had no rooting interest but never forgot when he learned when Orton&#8217;s birthday was. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">There is a lot of interest from Detroit in the Final Four because Michigan will take on Arizona on Saturday with a berth in the national title game up for grabs. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Most of the players who were asked responded by saying they were rooting for the Wolverines, including Aidan Hutchinson, Jared Goff, Isaac TeSlaa, Derrick Barnes, DJ Reed, Jameson Williams and Alim McNeill. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Three respondents didn&#8217;t name Michigan, but Gibbs certainly had the most unique answer by picking the Viper instead of the Wolverines. It&#8217;s a nice shoutout to Orton, who turned 46 on April 1. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Gibbs is a devoted pro wrestling and WWE fan. He <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/25270535-lions-jahmyr-gibbs-honors-wwes-jeff-hardy-halloween-costume-photo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">dressed up<\/a> as Jeff Hardy prior to Halloween last October and <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/lionswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/lions\/2025\/04\/20\/lions-jahmyr-gibbs-wrestlemania-41\/83188474007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">attended<\/a> WrestleMania 41 at Allegiant Stadium. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">It wouldn&#8217;t be a shock to see Gibbs show up at WrestleMania 42 in two weeks, especially with Orton set to challenge Cody Rhodes for the undisputed WWE championship. <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Detroit Lions running back Jahmyr Gibbs found a unique way to wish WWE superstar Randy Orton a happy&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":853675,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2071],"tags":[146,113,2506,7,147,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-853674","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-detroit-lions","8":"tag-detroit","9":"tag-detroit-lions","10":"tag-detroitlions","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-lions","13":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116347754760513527","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/853674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=853674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/853674\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/853675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=853674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=853674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=853674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}