At Elimination Chamber earlier this month, Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes told Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson to "go f*** yourself" and turned down his offer to become the Final Boss' Corporate Champion.
With that, The Rock gave John Cena the nod and the Leader of the Cenation turned heel by brutally attacking the American Nightmare.
On RAW this week, Cena explained why he's turned his back on the fans but failed to mention The Rock. Now, Dave Meltzer has claimed that "there's more to it than meets the eye," though failed to elaborate on what he meant.
For what it's worth, Meltzer has been called out several times in recent weeks for sharing inaccurate information about the Brahma Bull's role in WWE. Despite that, this has quickly led to speculation about The Rock being dropped from the storyline.
While Rhodes and Cena can easily carry their feud without Johnson's involvement, this would be a strange decision on WWE's part. Rhodes and Cena are expected to clash again on RAW over the next two weeks and there are six weeks until WrestleMania, so there's plenty of time for the Final Boss to show up on TV again.
We'll see what happens but WWE has shared a poster for WrestleMania today that puts Rhodes and Cena front and centre...and no Rock!
"I’ve had conversations with John. We’re good buddies. I knew what his why was going into this," The Rock previously said of Cena's shocking heel turn. "And it is so incredibly moving and compelling. And it just grips you by the neck when he talks about it. Because he’s talked to me about it."
"And this is why I’m doing what I’m doing tonight. And again, storyline, no storyline, fiction, non-fiction. The greatest, I think, angles in wrestling is when it’s anchored in some sort of authenticity," he continued. "What you felt tonight, he didn’t say a word. Look, he came out and dropped the mic. That’s decades of a man who gave everything to this business that I love."
What's interesting about those remarks now is that it's possible Cena was always going to turn heel and that The Rock inserted himself into the storyline to tie it into his long-running "feud" with Rhodes. Now, he may take a step back to avoid stealing too much of the spotlight from Cena during a crucial few months of his retirement tour.
Stay tuned for updates as we have them.