Backstage, Zayn acted out the part of his conspiracy-addled character. “None of this feels real to me right now,” he told a WWE announcer, about an apparent rival standing up for him in the ring.

The 29-year-old ended up being hauled to court because her Peugeot 108 was found to be in possession of multiple weaponised bumper stickers. She found herself being repeatedly pulled over by ...