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The Final Boss appeared on the RAW episode as a baby face, ditching the heel persona. He cut a promo after Triple H’s introductory speech but revealed nothing about his plans for WrestleMania 41.
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Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson announced his return to the WWE circuit featuring in the Netflix premiere of RAW on Monday, January 6. Fans are now eager to see if the company puts the veteran wrestler back onto the main roster. Many feel The Rock will focus on settling his rivalry with Cody Rhodes while others want him to go head-to-head against Roman Reigns. The Final Boss appeared on the RAW episode as a baby face, ditching the heel persona. He cut a promo after Triple H’s introductory speech but revealed nothing about his plans for WrestleMania 41.
The twist came when The Rock congratulated Rhodes for dominating the WWE world for over a year. “Say hello to Mama Rhodes for me,” the Great One said while addressing the crowd at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California. After WrestleMania 40, The duo confronted each other in a RAW episode, sparking rumours of a potential feud.
With fans hyped to see The Rock vs Cody Rhodes in the next WrestleMania event in Las Vegas, Dave Meltzer of ‘Wrestling Observer Radio’ has claimed that the plans “are not clear” yet. “The impression is Rock is gonna wrestle. It’s not etched in stone that he’s gonna wrestle. Whatever he wants to do is what they’re doing,” he said.
As shared by Meltzer, Rhodes might face John Cena at WrestleMania 41. He further revealed that The Rock was slated to face Rhodes in the last edition as “WWE was not committed to a year-long reign” for the Undisputed champion.
Since dethroning Reigns, Rhodes has mostly been untested. “If Cody was not champion, it was going to be for The Rock’s People’s Championship. We’ll see what happens this year,” Meltzer added.
After his appearance in the opening segment, The Rock congratulated Reigns for defeating Solo Sikoa in the Tribal Combat match. Though the duo had an intense stare-off, the Corporate Champion later embraced Reigns by putting the ula fala around his neck.
Dwayne Johnson appeared at WWE Bad Blood last year and confronted Cody Rhodes. At WrestleMania 40, The Rock paired up with Roman Reigns to defeat the alliance of Rhodes and Seth Rollins.