The Rock Rips Cody Rhodes, Seth Rollins, More in Video Ahead of WWE WrestleMania 40 | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors
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The Rock posted a nearly 22-minute video in which the People’s Champ chastised and criticized Cody Rhodes and Seth Rollins:
The Rock has returned to WWE in support of his cousin, Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns. He’s officially become a member of The Bloodline and even slapped Cody Rhodes, who is set to face Reigns at WrestleMania XL for his title belt.
During the promo, the Rock clearly had beef with Rhodes, who initially ceded his championship shot at Reigns so that the People’s Champ could square off with Reigns for the crown.
The Rock said he had a conversation with Rhodes to this effect and that the two were on the same page. However, that all changed at the Kickoff Event, and The Rock said he didn’t like how Rhodes went about changing his mind.
He also had this parting shot: “Cody Rhodes, from the bottom of my heart, man-to-man, f–k your story.”
As for Rhodes, it appears he had better things to do with 22 minutes of time than watch The Rock’s promo.
Seth Rollins, the World Heavyweight Champion, supported Rhodes during his Kickoff showdown and has since made comments against The Rock, noting that the company doesn’t need him. They’ve gone through a war of words, and The Rock continued that Friday. He also added that he could take away Rollins’ belt by virtue of his position on TKO’s Board of Directors.
Rollins has fired a shot at The Rock once more post-video.
All of this came in advance of Friday’s edition of SmackDown, which features an appearance from the Rock.
And so the spicy Road to WrestleMania continues as the bad blood promises to fester for a month-plus until April 6 and 7, when the 40th edition of wrestling’s greatest event goes down.