The Rock shocked the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) followers by showing on the February 3 episode of SmackDown the place he hinted at a attainable WrestleMania 40 match towards reigning Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns. It was a giant shock for the spectators as Reigns was anticipated to face Cody Rhodes – the winner of the Royal Rumble 2024. While the return of a giant celebrity like The Rock was an enormous growth, it was not acquired effectively by a piece of the wrestling followers. The video of the section that includes The Rock and Roman Reigns already has over 500,000 dislikes on social media which made it probably the most disliked video ever within the firm’s historical past.

Fans have been extraordinarily vocal concerning the change in plans and quite a lot of them took to social media to voice their assist for Cody Rhodes – somebody who enjoys an enormous fanbase in the intervening time.

The fan response has come as a significant problem for the corporate which is already battling lots of dangerous publicity because of the controversies surrounding Vince McMahon. WWE co-founder McMahon stop the corporate and its dad or mum physique, TKO Group Holdings, after being accused of intercourse trafficking and rape. 

Media studies advised that Rhodes and Reigns have been speculated to face one another in WrestleMania 40 whereas CM Punk was speculated to main-event Day 1 of the present with a match towards World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins. However, an damage to Punk appears to have modified WWE’s plans.

During the SmackDown episode, Rock got here out to have a brief face-off with Reigns and indicated that the 2 of them could be going through in a high-voltage WrestleMania 40 match. However, contemplating the Elimination Chamber will happen in Australia, the match can be used on that occasion.