The Rock Was Involved In Key WrestleMania 41 Decision
WWE’s plans for The Rock have “stayed the course.”
It was recently reported that The Rock isn’t scheduled to appear at WrestleMania 41. The report surprised many fans and observers as it’s long been believed that the star will be wrestling Cody Rhodes at the spectacular.
There have been several hints at that match going back to WrestleMania 40, and the Raw following the event. Most recently, The Rock made a surprise appearance at Bad Blood where he stared down Rhodes and Roman Reigns.
For his part, The Rock told a fan on social media not to listen to those “bullsh*t” reports about his future.
Meanwhile, a new update on WrestleVotes Radio via SportsKeeda’s Backstage Pass Patreon, suggested plans for the Great One have “stayed the course.”
Joey Votes: “So what we can add to that is the WWE has long expected The Rock to be available for this year’s WrestleMania. The decision to do the angle with Cody Rhodes on Raw after WrestleMania 40 where Rock had something in his pocket and handed it to Cody, we’re told that those plans have stayed the course, and we are here in October.
So everything that they had planned or agreed upon before Philly, leading us into Las Vegas, is the way that things are still.”
Joey added that Rock also played a role in WrestleMania 41 taking place at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, so it’s unlikely he wouldn’t be there on the big night. He went on to say he’s “pretty confident” Rock will be at WrestleMania.
So with that said, we can pretty confidently say that The Rock is slated to be a part of WrestleMania. Obviously, things can change, but as of right now, look for that man to be at the top of one night, two nights, or either nights. TC, your thoughts overall on The Rock and Wrestlemania?”
The Rock Will Continue To Surprise
Picking up the report, Wrestle Votes said fans can expect to see The Rock continue to pop up at WWE events as the Bloodline storyline continues.
“Yeah, the report for Meltzer really caught me by surprise because I had not heard anybody anywhere speculating that The Rock would not be involved in WrestleMania this year in the lead-up to it as well. Especially given how close The Rock is with Nick Khan, obviously, Paul Levesque, and everyone else on the board of directors at WWE.
I don’t think that he would come up to them and say, ‘Sorry guys, my schedule got busy and I’m not going to be able to fulfill these plans that we had laid out a year in advance,’ all the work that he’s done as the final boss and again, obviously showing up at the end of Bad Blood as a surprise.
Talk about a surprise appearances. The Rock is the king of the surprise appearance, and gets a bigger pop than anybody. In the entire industry. So I definitely expect to see The Rock up here again as we start to get this Bloodline angle back up and running with Roman Reigns.
So when and where we’ll see The Rock is yet to be determined, but be on the edge of your seat because, you know, he will be coming out yet again.”
In an update, Dave Meltzer suggested that if The Rock wants to be at WrestleMania then he’ll be performing at WrestleMania. If The Rock does get back in the ring it will be just his seventh match since 2004.
H/t to WrestlingNews.Co