When WrestleMania ended without an appearance from Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, the actor quickly appeared on The Pat McAfee Show to defend letting down the fans who expected him to be at the Show of Shows.
While the Final Boss was never advertised, the stage was set for him to show up when he inserted himself into the opening stages of Cody Rhodes' feud with John Cena and the latter's shocking heel turn.
Sirius XM's Busted Open Radio host Dave LaGreca recently shared his take on The Rock no-showing WrestleMania and tore into the "People's Champion" for criticising the main event and consistently finding ways to pull the spotlight back to himself.
Responding to a clip on Instagram, Johnson said, "Hi Dave, the business is a complete work. Always has been, always will be. Every aspect of it. Every match. Every interview. Please join me, Cody, Cena, Brian and the rest of us for our creative discussions so you can expand your perspective."
"Until then, stop ranting, it’s not healthy my friend. Enjoy the show. P.S., tell Bubba I have Grand Marnier and hush puppies for all of us 🥂😂," he concluded in what can only be described as a patronising, cringe-worthy response to LaGreca.
In other news, Wrestling Observer Radio's Dave Meltzer has provided some insights into why Cena turned heel at Elimination Chamber rather than saving it for WrestleMania.
"I don’t know if he said this or not, there was the decision about John Cena on the day of the show, on whether the turn was going to be that day, or they were to save the turn for WrestleMania. Okay, that was John Cena’s decision. He made the call to do it. [Paul] Levesque makes the final call, but John Cena was the one who the decision came like, within the last couple of days."
"If you remember the day of the show, the segment with Dwayne ['The Rock' Johnson] was originally going to be after, I think, the first or second match. It was not going to be after the Rumble. And that’s because they were not going to be doing the turn that night. Their turn was going to be at Mania. And then John. Khan wanted to do the turn that night, so they moved the segment to the end of the show and did that."
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