WWE Hall of Famer believes that The Rock’s segment with Cody Rhodes “was probably supposed to be strange”

As seen during the February 21st 2025 edition of WWE Smackdown, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson said he wanted Cody to be HIS champion and told Cody to make a decision at the Elimination Chamber PLE. While speaking on Something To Wrestle, WWE Hall of Famer John Layfield aka JBL commented on the segment…

“I thought it was strange, and I thought it was probably supposed to be strange. Sometimes, you do stuff that you don’t have a finish to. That’s why you call it episodic television, and I thought that’s what that was. I have no idea what ‘I’m gonna take your soul’ [meant]. I don’t think anybody else does. I thought it was incredibly well done. It looked uncomfortable, and I think that’s how it was supposed to look. I thought it was incredibly well done.

By the way, you got the biggest movie star in the last 20 years coming back to WWE. There’s no downside to this. A lot of people have always gotten mad about guys coming back, mad about the Warrior coming back, about Sid coming back, about Hogan coming back, about The Rock coming back. Look, if you’re big enough, you don’t need ‘em. But there ain’t nobody bigger than that man, and so it’s always great to someone like that come back because it really does help the show.” (quote courtesy of WrestlingNews.co)