Wrexham AFC’s ownership story took a light-hearted turn in an FX Networks TikTok interview, where Ryan Reynolds gave Rob McElhenney a typically dry answer when asked if he had any resentment over joining the club.
The exchange feels even funnier now because Wrexham are no longer looking up from the National League. The club are now part of the Championship conversation after a remarkable climb under Reynolds and McElhenney.
That journey has brought serious football pressure, from promotion battles to the growing demands around Wrexham’s Championship table. Yet the relationship between the two co-owners still carries the same sharp humour that helped make the story feel different from the start.
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The clip, shared by FX Networks, begins by looking back at how Reynolds and McElhenney first connected before Wrexham became central to both of their lives.
Ryan Reynolds had the perfect answer for Rob McElhenney
McElhenney asked Reynolds a direct question in the clip. He wanted to know whether Reynolds carried any “anger and or resentment” towards him for asking him to get involved.
Reynolds did not turn the moment into a serious reflection. He went straight for the joke.
“My wife wants to kill you Rob.”
The line was delivered as a joke, but it now carries more weight than it would have done at the start. Reynolds was not agreeing to a small side project. He was stepping into a club that has since gone from non-league football to the Championship.
Wrexham’s path since then has been extraordinary. The club have gone from the National League to the Championship through three straight promotions.
That wider ambition has only grown since. Wrexham are now being discussed around the next step of the journey, with many examining the club’s Premier League question under Reynolds, McElhenney and Parkinson.
The DM story still matters at Wrexham
The clip also revisits how the relationship between the two owners began. The interviewer asked whether McElhenney had started it by sliding into Reynolds’ DMs.
Reynolds quickly corrected the record.
“No, I slid into his DM.”
He then summed up the speed of the friendship in one simple line.
“We became pretty close pretty fast.”
That short exchange still matters even now. It shows how casually the starting point arrived before the story turned into something far bigger.
McElhenney also joked about the first time he would meet Reynolds. His answer was full of the same self-deprecating humour that has often shaped Welcome to Wrexham.
“I’m definitely going to swoon. So you gotta stay wide for that shot. Because if you see my eyes, I’m going to be, like, floating.”
The football operation has become much more serious since then. Phil Parkinson’s Wrexham work has underpinned the rise on the pitch, while the ownership story has helped take the club to a much wider audience.
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For fans at the Racecourse, the humour is part of the appeal. Reynolds and McElhenney can joke about the scale of the commitment, but Wrexham’s progress since the takeover has been real.
That is why Reynolds’ answer lands so well. It is a throwaway line in a short clip, but it points back to a decision that changed Wrexham’s future.
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