Legendary WWE wrestler Dwayne Johnson, also known as The Rock, explained why the company decided to return to the Roman Reigns versus Cody Rhodes fight for WrestleMania 40.
Speaking about the mega bout held earlier this year, on WWE’s WrestleMania XL: Behind The Curtain documentary The Rock said that he felt a little uneasy about disappointing a specific segment of fans.
“My gut says that I don’t like, even if it’s a segment of fans, I don’t like that they’re upset and it really bugged the s*** out of me," he said. “It’s not how I’ve operated my entire career. I don’t like it. I knew that the choice essentially was mine. I believe we should go Roman/Cody, will Cody finish his story," he added.
Months ahead of WrestleMania 40, it was speculated that The Rock would return to WWE to take on Roman Reigns for the Undisputed Universal Championship. Speaking further in the documentary, The Rock revealed what he had pitched to the company officials previously.
“I said ‘here’s how I’m feeling – We can truck through this and we can put on this main event. The majority of the world, many of which who don’t watch WWE – who we do plan on pulling in in the execution of our marketing plan etc, they are gonna love this idea of Rock and Roman and we’re gonna tell an amazing story. We could do that," The Rock said.
The Rock versus Reigns match was soon waved off. Fans also wanted to see Rhodes complete his story after losing WrestleMania 39’s main event against the Tribal Chief. After missing out on the main event at the Show of Shows, The Rock turned his eyes to a tag-team fixture. He teamed up with Reigns to take on Rhodes and Seth Rollins on Night 1 of WrestleMania 40. In that match, The Rock pinned the American Nightmare to seal a victory.
A defeat on the first day of WrestleMania 40 led to several doubts about whether Rhodes would beat Reigns for the Universal Championship. To the fans’ liking, Rhodes was able to complete his story by pinning Reigns on the final night of the Show of Shows. Following the monumental triumph, Rhodes also received a warm tribute from The Rock who shared his People’s Championship with the American Nightmare on RAW.
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