SUMMARY
- Dwayne Johnson and Cody Rhodes are all set for their match at WrestleMania 40.
- Meanwhile, The Rock's upcoming plans have come into the spotlight.
Cody Rhodes is currently involved in a heated rivalry with The Rock and Roman Reigns. Previously, after winning the 2024 Men’s Royal Rumble match, Rhodes announced that he wouldn’t be challenging Reigns for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship at WrestleMania XL.
With that, he introduced The Rock and Roman Reigns vs. Dwayne Johnson, which seemed to be a done deal. However, at the WrestleMania 40 press conference, Cody announced that he would be challenging Reigns for the title. This led to a war of words between The Tribal Chief and The American Nightmare, which ultimately resulted in The Rock slapping Rhodes.
Moving forward, Johnson kept taking shots at Cody, with Seth Rollins backing him up. This eventually led to the announcement of a tag team match at WrestleMania. On Night 1 of the PPV event, Roman and Johnson will face the team of Rhodes and Rollins. Finally, in the main event of Night 2, Reigns will defend his title against The American Nightmare.
With that, fans are eagerly looking forward to the outcome of the matches. In the meantime, Dwayne Johnson’s immediate plans after WrestleMania XL have come into the spotlight. Not only that, his plans might indicate good news for Cody’s fans.
What are Dwayne Johnson’s plans after WrestleMania 40?
The Rock has been making constant appearances on WWE television on the road to WrestleMania 40. In fact, he will be a part of the main event match on Night 1 of the PPV event. However, it seems after the conclusion of the Premium Live Event, The People’s Champion will once again head back to Hollywood.
According to reports, after WrestleMania, Dwayne Johnson will be busy filming for his next movie. The name of the movie is ‘The Smashing Machine’. It has been reported that the movie will present to the fans the life story of MMA and UFC Champion Mark Kerr. It has also been known that The Rock will be playing the titular role of Kerr in the film.
After this weekends #WrestleMania XL, The Rock will jump right into filming his next movie role for ‘The Smashing Machine’.
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— Wrestle Ops (@WrestleOps) April 4, 2024
Thus, it seems The Rock’s latest run with the Stamford-based promotion will come to an end sooner than later. As is known to all, he has made a huge name for himself in Hollywood and will once again return to fulfill his commitments. Meanwhile, fans will wait eagerly to see when The Great One will once again make his return to the largest wrestling promotion in the world.
Cody Rhodes may get to finish his story in Dwayne Johnson’s absence
Previously, after making his return to WWE, Cody Rhodes vowed to win the WWE Championship. He mentioned that it was a title that his father never won. Thus, The American Nightmare stated that he would finish his story by winning the title. Meanwhile, despite his best efforts, he failed to win the title from Roman at WrestleMania 39.
With that, Cody is once again set to finish his story at WrestleMania 40. However, The Rock’s return to WWE has acted as a hindrance for Rhodes. In fact, Johnson previously stated that he would do anything to make sure that Cody didn’t finish his story.
It might very well happen that Johnson interferes in Roman vs. Cody’s match on Night 2, thus costing Rhodes the title. Meanwhile, as per The Rock’s plans, he will take his leave from WWE after WrestleMania. This might indicate good news for The American Nightmare since he might be able to finish his story in Johnson’s absence.
However, only time will tell if Cody Rhodes will be able to finish his story or not. Meanwhile, WrestleMania XL is fast approaching, and several matches have been confirmed for the PPV event. With that, fans will look forward to the outcome of the highly anticipated matches.