Former WWE star accuses The Rock of “some good old-fashioned hardcore gaslighting of the fans”

While appearing on The Pat McAfee Show, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson explained why he didn’t appear at WWE WrestleMania 41 for Cody Rhodes vs. John Cena. The Rock also gave praise to the match but said he would have “finessed things a little differently on how they got there.”

In a video published to his YouTube channel, former WWE star Stevie Richards gave his thoughts on Rock’s claim of stepping away from WrestleMania so the focus could be on Cody and Cena…

“Well this is some good old-fashioned hardcore gaslighting of the fans and everybody else to say, ‘this is what we were going to do all along, we knew we were going to do this.’ If we sound confused, join us because everybody’s confused. This is a Hulk Hogan type situation and I mean this in the most respectful way. It’s a Vince McMahon thing too, surrounding yourself in your inner circle by yes men, yes people, ass kissers, entourage, all this stuff. You can never do anything wrong, that’s what it feels like.”

“The anchor of this is the title. Cena is willing to sell his soul. Basically he wanted the 17th title and he was willing to sell his soul to The Rock, meaning The Rock is the anchor of this entire storyline, with the title, with the soul with Cody. You know alternative theories – do you think you give Triple H credit for the Cena heel turn in case it goes wrong?”