The Rock will face Cody Rhodes and Seth Rollins at WrestleMania 40 on April 6.
It's official! After weeks of teasers, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson will return to the ring eight years after his last match in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in 2016. USA Today reported on Saturday.
The Rock will team up with WWE Undisputed Universal Champion Roman Reigns to face Cody Rhodes and World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins at WrestleMania 40 on April 6.
The match between Rhodes and Rollins on night one of the two-day event will determine whether The Bloodline, a group of professional wrestling villains, will be excluded from the ring on night two for the main event match between Reigns and Rhodes for the Championship WWE Universal Undisputed. .
If The Rock and Reigns win, it will be Bloodline rules, meaning The Rock will do “everything” to ensure Rhodes doesn't win the title.
The “biggest tag team match” between Rhodes and Rollins was officially announced during Friday's “Smackdown.” Rhodes expressed his desire for a match against The Rock, and Rollins promised Rhodes' support if a match took place.
The conditions were initially proposed by The Rock.
Fans were hoping for a WrestleMania match as The Rock appeared to challenge Reigns at WWE's flagship event, even though Rhodes won the 2024 Royal Rumble and announced Reigns as his WrestleMania opponent.
WWE fans reacted negatively to Rhodes' decision to invoke his title match at WrestleMania 40, following Reigns' announcement that he and The Rock would face off in the ring.
The Rock will mark his first WWE match since 2016, when he defeated Erick Rowan in six seconds at WrestleMania 32.
