The Rock recalls how Cody Rhodes spoiled greatest WWE WrestleMania of all time; Sends warning shot

The Rock on his Instagram posted a 20 minute long video cutting a promo against Cody Rhodes & Seth Rollins, by recalling what happened so far on the road to WrestleMania, how Cody spoiled the greatest WrestleMania match of all time and what was his conversation with Cody Rhodes before a change in the match card.

The Rock on Pro-Wrestling being cool again

“[Laughs] It has been a big week. It has been a big week in the world of professional wrestling. It has been a big week in the world of the WWE. It has been a big week in the world of The Rock, in the world of ‘The People’s Champion’, in the world of ‘The Great One’, and in the world of ‘The Most Electrifying Man’ walking God’s green earth, daddy. It has been that kind of week.”

“To quote the legend, one of The Rock’s heroes, what’s causing all of this? It’s been that kind of exciting week. Pro wrestling is exciting once again. It’s been decades. Pro wrestling is cool once again. It’s been decades. Pro wrestling is undeniably exciting once again.”

“It’s unpredictable, it’s disruptive because of one man, and that is The Rock because The Rock came into pro wrestling, came back to pro wrestling, a business that The Rock loves, an industry that The Rock was born into. Took professional wrestling, turned it on its head, disrupted the shit out of it, and it will never, ever be the same again. It feels good. It feels so damn good. Whether you like The Rock or you don’t like The Rock, it doesn’t matter because it feels good. Pro wrestling is back on top, and it feels good.”

Bull sh*t that The People’s Champ has to deal with 

“But you know what? Here’s the thing. You know what doesn’t feel good? The Rock will tell you what doesn’t feel good. What doesn’t feel good is all the bullshit that The Rock has gotta deal with. All the bullshit that The People’s Champion has got to deal with. All the Cody crybabies out there still running their mouths that The Rock has got to deal with. All the jabronis in the locker room still running their mealy mouths that The Rock has still got to deal with. Cody crybabies, take a look,”

“So you see, this is the level of absurdity and bullshit that The Rock has got to deal with. The Rock doesn’t know who that guy is, but he knows what he is, and that’s a goof. An idiot. Another pro-wrestling Cody crybaby jack-off idiot who thinks he knows everything but doesn’t know shit. The guy is sitting in his basement with a bathrobe and. Cody Rhodes t-shirt on, and he’s talking about how much he hates The Rock. You don’t give that guy a podcast. You give him a straitjacket. How much he hates The Rock? [Sarcastically cries, laughs] It has nothing to do with the Board. It has everything to do with common sense, you idiot.”

“To all the Cody crybabies who are grown-ass men, who think you know it all when you don’t know shit, you listen up to The Rock right now, and it has nothing to do with the Board, it has nothing to do with the fact that The Rock owns everything as it relates to The Rock, ‘The People’s Champion’, full ownership, which means that The Rock is the boss. It has nothing to do with that. It has to do with common sense.”

Backstory of Rock vs Roman Reigns

“Let The Rock drop some gospel on you. Here’s the common sense. When Roman Reigns, years ago, dropped the words, ‘Head of the Table’, those words were specifically and solely set up and created so one day, Roman Reigns, the champion of the WWE, would come face-to-face with his cousin, The Rock, ‘The People’s Champion,’ and together, combined, they will make the biggest WrestleMania of all time. The biggest match of all time. The biggest match in the history of professional wrestling.

“When Roman Reigns said those words, that’s why he said it. Because that is Roman Reigns’ story. That is The Rock’s story. At one time, that was Cody Rhodes’ story. But it was last year. What happened last year at WrestleMania? What’s the technical term? [Laughs] Oh, he shit the bed. That’s what happened,”

WWE Raw Day 1

“Then The Rock comes back on January 1 of this year. It’s a big year. You know it and The Rock knows it. It’s an exciting year, you can feel it in the air. You can feel the mana. 2024, we’re gonna kick it off the right way. The Rock goes out there in front of that crowd and said exactly what he promised he was gonna say because we had an agreement, and that agreement was, The Rock was gonna go out there, and he was gonna test the waters, and he was gonna see how the crowd reacted. Where should The Rock sit? Should The Rock sit in a booth? Crowd didn’t know where I was going. Should The Rock sit at a bar? Ah, a bigger reaction.

“Yeah, The Rock loves the bar because The Rock loves to have some tequila. Or should The Rock sit at the head of the table? The crowd that night exploded. around the world exploded. Just as sure as The Rock has chills on his arm, the world exploded. Because they knew after all these years, they were finally getting The Rock versus Roman Reigns. The biggest WrestleMania of all time.”

Cody Rhodes winning the Royal Rumble 2024

“What happens? Cody Rhodes, he wins the Royal Rumble. Fair and square, works his ass off, and he wins that Royal Rumble, baby. Yeah. He going to WrestleMania. Yeah, good for him. Good for him. The Rock was happy. But what happened? The Rock called Cody Rhodes, had a conversation, but it was a conversation that a few have had with Cody Rhodes before. Because Cody knew the biggest match of all time was looming. The Rock talked to Cody. ‘You know you love this business, The Rock loves this business. You were born into this business, The Rock was born into this business. Roman Reigns was born into this business. The three of us, born into this business.”

Cody agreed to Rock’s deal

“You know, Cody, you got the biggest WrestleMania main event of all time right here. You have an opportunity to bring this business up to places it’s never been before. You can always, with all due respect, finish your story another time.’ You agreed. You agreed. ‘Rock, it stings, but I agree. It stings, but I’m a team player. It stings, but I want what’s best for the business.’ Good man. Good man,”

“Then what happened? Birmingham, Alabama. A city we selected because of its rich history and we knew we were gonna make history. It was to it job, Cody, to introduce The Rock, thus setting up the biggest main event of all time. What’d you do? You did exactly what we agreed on. Brother, you introduced The Rock, and that place went crazy. The Rock came out, and he dapped you up, he pulled you in and gave a big hug. I whispered something in your ear. ‘Let’s put on the biggest WrestleMania of all time. Let’s do it for ‘The American Dream’. Let’s do it for ‘The Soul Man.’ I gave you a hug, you hugged The Rock back.”

“What’d you do, Cody? You walked out of that ring on live TV. You turned back and you looked at The Rock. Instead of looking at The Rock and saying, ‘Yeah, go get him! Let’s make history.’ Instead of that, you gave The Rock a look, and ya the same look you gave the world, like The Rock went out and ran over your goofy-ass dog. That’s the look you gave.”

WrestleMania XL Kick-off

“Then sometime from that moment on, until Las Vegas, you changed your mind. You know what? That’s no problem. You can change your mind. You have that right, and The Rock accepts that. Everybody has a right to change their mind. The Rock accepts you changed your mind. But here’s what The Rock doesn’t accept, is how you did it. To all the Cody crybabies and all the goofs out there and the idiots who still complain, Cody, you had a right to change your mind, you won the Royal Rumble. But what The Rock doesn’t accept is how you did it,”

“I saw you in Las Vegas, saw you backstage, 20 feet away, Rock dapped you up, gave you a hug. Did you say anything to The Rock then? ‘Hey, Rock, I got something on my mind. I got something that’s eating me up inside.’ Cody, ho ahead, tell me about it. Let’s talk in private. Did you say any of that? No, you didn’t say a thing. But what’d you do? You waited until Roman Reigns walked out there and announced he’s facing The Rock.”

“Then The Rock went out there, showed the entire family tree, proof of the most dominant family in professional wrestling, in entertainment, and in sports, in the world, and accepted Roman Reigns. Accepted the challenge, blood oath, and we were gonna put on the biggest WrestleMania of all time.”

Cody changed his mind & Rock slapped Cody

“What’d you do? Then you came out and you interrupted. You said it was bullshit. Yeah, it was bullshit. You can think it’s bullshit, brother. Not a problem. But you know where you really screwed up? It’s when you talk shit about my family.”

“All the Cody crybabies, ‘No, he didn’t, no he didn’t.’ Shut your mouth. You talked shit about my family. What’d you call them, Cody? Then you spoke about Roman’s grandfather, you spoke about my grandfather, the great ‘High Chief’ Peter Maivia. I did to you Cody Rhodes in that moment what I would do to you a million times, which is slap the taste right out of your mouth.

“Then what happened? [Laughs] The Rock embarrassed you in front of the world, boy. Slapped the shit out of you. You had it coming. Talk shit about my family again. Said it to you then, I’ll say it again. I’ll say it forever. Talk shit about my family again, and I’ll do worse than that.”

Seth Rollins involvement

“Then what happened? Your new best friend, you got a new best friend, the walking clown show known as Seth Rollins. What did Seth do? The Rock slaps the shit out of you. Seth steps to The Rock. The Rock pushed him back, gave him a little love tap. Get back. Get back, boy. You don’t want any of this. The Rock doesn’t know you. You don’t know The Rock. You don’t want to know The Rock in that way. This is none of your business. The Rock doesn’t know Seth Rollins, never said a word about Seth Rollins, publicly, privately, doesn’t matter. The Rock has no idea.”

The High Chief to use his power to make Seth Rollins lose the World Championship

“You don’t need The Rock huh? “Rock we don’t need you.” If you were a little smarter Seth you would realise how stupid you sound! Let Rock drop some gospel on your goofy ass. You need The Rock in ways you couldn’t even imagine. Here’s some gospel. You think when Ari Emanuel, Rock’s good friend and good business partner for decades, Rock’s lead agent, someone who The Rock looks up to like a big brother.”

“You think when he goes to sit with Netflix across from Ted Sarandos, Rock’s good buddy and business partner. Sitting across from Bela Bajaria, Rock’s good friend and business partner at Netflix. You think when they are singing this $5 billion for the WWE and Netflix, do you think that Ted and Bela say “Hey Ari. When WWE comes to Netflix, is Seth Rollins gonna be champion?” Do you think that’s what they are asking?“

“No, they are not asking that. Number one, because they don’t care, and number 2, they don’t know who the hell you are. You know what they asking? “Hey Ari, we will sign this $5 billion historic deal. Never before. But one question. Where’s The People’s Champion? One question. Where is The Rock? Where is the man who has the most-watched film in the history of Netflix? Rock, where is he at in this whole thing?” Ari looks at them and he says “He’s locked in for life. He’s locked in for life. Director of the board and owns everything as it related to his name. He’s locked in for life.” Singed $5 billion.”

“So Seth Rollins, you understand now how much you need The Rock? You understand now boy? You keep running your mouth. Rock can find some new material? Is that right? Here’s some new material for you, Seth Rollins. How about this? The Rock sits at the top, Director, TKO Board. Not WWE, but TKO, which means Rock is the boss, which means Rock is your boss, which means Rock owns everything associated with The Rock, People’s Champion, owns it all!“

“Which means Rock is your boss. Which means Seth Rollins if you keep running your mouth and sticking your nose in The Bloodline’s business then that world title you have around your waist, very soon The Rock will make that title go to somebody else.”

“Read between the lines, Rock just blurred it. Keep running your mouth and sticking your nose in The Bloodline’s business. This is between The Rock, Roman Reigns and Cody Rhodes. That’s it. Stick your nose where it doesn’t belong, Rock garun-damn-tees you, Rock has built a career on doing everything he said he is going to do. You stick your nose in our business, that world title goes to somebody else. There’s 2 things you can do about it Seth, nothing and like it. You stick your ass in our business and The Rock and Roman Reigns will beat your ass right back to the circus with the rest of the clowns.

The Great One sends a message to Cody Rhodes

“Cody Rhodes, for you, the Cody Crybabies, for your new best friend the walking clown emoji himself Seth Rollins and to your goofy ass dog, Rock says this. You are all advocates of Cody finishing his story, it’s so important.“

“Cody Rhodes, you took something from The Rock. You insulted my family, you took something from Roman Reigns, you took something from the millions and millions of the real fans wanted to see the biggest WrestleMania event of all time, you took it away! And now you are going to pay.”

The People Champ ended his promo saying, “Cody Rhodes, from the bottom of my heart, man to man, f*ck your story!”

A message from The People’s Champ @wwe @tkogrp pic.twitter.com/s2yy6gYTTz

— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) March 1, 2024

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