The Rock made a shocking appearance on WWE SmackDown on February 21, which led to major changes in the official card for the show, and fans were outraged against this segment on X.
The Rock officially announced that WWE Wrestlemania 42 will take place at the Mercedes Benz Superdome in New Orleans.
The majority of users questioned his promo with Cody Rhodes, as according to them, it didn’t make any sense at the moment.
Here’s the complete breakdown of The Rock SmackDown appearance.
The Rock’s SmackDown return led to major card changes
Rock’s appearance on SmackDown wasn’t planned before, and some of the matches were officially confirmed, which were:
- 1) Drew McIntyre vs. Jimmy Uso
- 2) DIY vs Pretty Deadly for the WWE tag team championship
- 3) Cody Rhodes, Damien Priest, and Braun Strowman vs. Solo Sikoa, Jacob Fatu, and Tama Tonga
But the last-minute appearance of The Rock forced WWE to eliminate the Naomi vs. Liv Morgan and the six-man tag team match from the card, which featured Cody Rhodes, Damien Priest, Braun Strowman, Solo Sikoa, Jacob Fatu, and Tama Tonga.
Fans Reaction on The Rock’s Return Promo
During his promo, Rock revealed the official WWE WrestleMania 42. In, and continuation, he talked to Cody Rhodes about his goal to get Cody’s soul, which left fans confused.
Some of the fans addressed this segment as follows:
1) One of the Rock’s worst and most anti-climactic promos. Gigantic waste of time.
2) “Complete waste of time just to announce Mania in New Orleans next year and set up ‘Corporate Cody” and not any match they’ve teased for over a year now.”
3) “I knew this was going to be a fairly mundane episode of Smackdown, but this curveball was unexpected. “Your soul.”
Below are some of the reactions by the fans on X.
One of the worst segments I’ve ever watched pic.twitter.com/dsnIoQsZNA
— hendrix🩻! (@_HNNDRX) February 22, 2025
WWE WrestleMania 41 Plans Flop
Rock’s return at SmackDown led to huge criticism and outrage, and fans believe that WWE lacks intent in their road to WrestleMania 41 as compared with last year’s WrestleMania.
At WrestleMania 40, the match between Cody Rhodes and The Rock was hinted at, but as we are approaching WrestleMania 41, there’s no sign of this match happening anytime soon. On the other hand, WWE is promoting some trash segments like this.
It’s high time for WWE to make some changes to their current planning for Wrestlemania, or else they’ll be completely boycotted by the fans and may even face some huge losses in the business too.
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