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The Rock explains why he didn’t appear at WWE WrestleMania 41 for Cody Rhodes vs. John Cena

Aaron Rift

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. Rock mentioned that he was asked to appear at Elimination Chamber as ticket sales were “a little slow” and they wanted to make the event something “people must tune in to see.”

Rock agreed to appear at Elimination Chamber but didn’t want to be involved in WrestleMania…

“I did feel, and I made the call, ‘I don’t want to be involved in that. Let the Final Boss step back into the shadows. Let all the spotlight go to John and Cody. Let’s not make it about Cody’s soul or John’s soul. Let’s let them do what they do.’ I called John and Cody after the Elimination Chamber, and I said I think the Final Boss’ work is done. We just pulled off the greatest angle in the history of professional wrestling. I’m always here if you need me, but it’s best for the Final Boss to not be involved in that finish.”

“We can insert Final Boss in the end of this finish, but then where do we go? There’s other commitments that I have, and I want to also be careful that we’re not overstepping and leading over our skis too much here. I can get involved in the finish but I said, ‘Why get involved in that finish when the spotlight should just be on, in my opinion, John 17, heel champion. What does 2025 look like if this man is saying he’s going to ruin professional wrestling?’ That, to me, is the anchoring storyline. It’s not ‘soul’ right now. Right now, it’s not. But by the way, we’ll go back to it.”

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