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The Rock issues response to claims that his WWE Bad Blood appearance “didn’t mean anything”

Aaron Rift

As seen during the 2025 WWE Elimination Chamber PLE, John Cena officially turned heel against Cody Rhodes and “sold his soul” to Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. While speaking at the post-show press conference, Rock said the following about the segment…

“It meant something, I’m a long gamer, and I like creating with Paul and his team, we’re long gamers. What a lot thought at Bad Blood, there was a lot of criticism ‘it didn’t mean anything’, it did. It’s okay if you’re not thinking about it now, but trust me when I tell you we are thinking of this stuff. Same thing as when we opened up Netflix in LA, I knew this night was coming. We’re long gaming.”

“It was an amazing moment. We as entertainers, whether in pro wrestling or film or television, you really live for moments like that where you can hopefully create something that can be very compelling and moving for the audience and take 38,000 strong in Toronto and what we have collectively thought about and talked about in the back, before and certainly after this moment, no one knew really what was going to happen. Maybe if you called it, but for the most part, I thought the moment was incredible and I personally love that. I’ve been around the block in terms of being a pro wrestler. I love this business. What I felt tonight, and I’ve been a part of some really phenomenal professional wrestling angle, and as a kid growing up, I’ve seen some amazing pro wrestling angles. I felt like tonight stood beside all of those that were iconic angles.” (quotes courtesy of WrestleTalk.com)