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Update on Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s status for WWE Wrestlemania 41

Aaron Rift

At the conclusion of the 2024 WWE Bad Blood PLE, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson made a surprise appearance on the stage as Roman Reigns and Cody Rhodes were in the ring. Following the event, it was reported that there are currently not plans for Rock to have a match at Wrestlemania 41 as his “schedule got too heavy.” However, The Rock publicly stated “don’t believe any of that bullshit“ to a fan on Instagram.

During WrestleVotes Radio from Sportskeeda.com’s Backstage Pass Patreon, the following was said about Rock’s status for Wrestlemania 41…

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. And we are told that The Rock was also clued in on the decision to run Las Vegas when it was Las Vegas and/or Minneapolis. You know, he was involved to a degree, alongside Nick Khan, in locking down that decision. I don’t think it was a Rock decision. Yes or no, I’m certainly sure of that, that he didn’t have the final say, but I’m sure, [he] did give a blessing to say, Yeah, let’s run a legion stadium. Let’s make it the biggest show in the world, and ‘I’d like to be a part of it.’ 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?”

WrestleVotes: “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.” (quotes courtesy of WrestlingNews.co)