Dwayne Johnson Challenges Simu Lius ShangChi to Fight Black Adam

Dwayne Johnson Challenges Simu Liu’s Shang-Chi to Fight Black Adam

Dwayne Johnson jokingly challenges Simu Liu to a fight between their respective DCEU and MCU movie characters, Black Adam and Shang-Chi.

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Dwayne Johnson has challenged Simu Liu to a fight between their respective MCU and DCEU characters, Black Adam and Shang-Chi. Liu is coming off a big success with the release of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings in September, which grossed over $400 million. Meanwhile, Johnson’s DC debut in Black Adam is set to release next July. The two films are the products of rival comic book-based movie studios, who have largely tried to distance themselves from each other. That being said, DC heroes Batman and Superman were both mentioned in Eternals, Marvel’s most recent release in November.

It has been a long time coming for the release of Johnson’s film. Black Adam has been in development since 2007, but will finally see movie theatres next year. Because of the long wait, there is a significant amount of hype surrounding the anti-hero’s arrival. Johnson has come a long way since his first attachment to the Black Adam role 14 years ago. A Hollywood A-lister, the actor has been in two billion-dollar Fast and Furious films, as well as countless other hits like the recent Jungle Cruise and Red Notice. In recent years, Johnson has become one of the highest-grossing actors in the industry, and now finally has time to shoot the movie he committed to so long ago.

Johnson posted a picture of himself and Liu at last week’s People’s Choice Awards, after they both emerged victorious. He congratulated Liu on his win for Action Movie Star of 2021, and challenged Shang-Chi to a “dance with The Man In Black”. Later in his caption, Johnson jokingly stated that the Marvel superhero was “gonna need a lot more than 10 Rings,” followed by some playful smiling devil and winking emojis. Check out Johnson’s post below:

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It can be surmised that by “dance,” Johnson meant he was keen for his DC character and Liu’s Shang-Chi to battle it out. Most superheroes engage in fights rather not dance-offs (the exception being James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy). It would certainly be very interesting to witness a fight between the two comic book figures. Given that the film hasn’t been released yet, Black Adam’s fighting style on screen is unknown. However, Shang-Chi had some of the best action sequences in the Marvel Cinematic Universe so far, largely thanks to Liu’s impressive stunt work. While it’s possible that the styles between Marvel and DC would clash, a Black Adam vs Shang-Chi fight has some real potential.

A crossover between the Black Adam and Shang-Chi properties is, unfortunately, very unlikely. Marvel and DC are major competitors that want to promote themselves rather than their competition. Of course, Johnson is acutely aware of this doubtful confrontation, and was just adding to his usual playful social media presence. Even so, it is heartwarming to see an industry icon like Johnson so openly support rising stars like Liu, despite their competing studio contexts. Moments like these are what makes Johnson worthy of his People’s Champion title.

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