The truth about The Rock

[Crayo]

As noted the day after the WrestleMania 29 pay-per-view, there was "absolute panic" backstage at RAW the following night in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The show was scheduled to build to a segment where Brock Lesnar beat up The Rock to set up next year's WrestleMania main event. The problem was that The Rock was not there and went home. Vince McMahon, the writers and producers rewrote the show, most specifically the opening segment. The Rock was actually scheduled to open RAW with a promo about losing the WWE title to John Cena, only to be attacked and taken out by Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman. This would set up the WrestleMania 30 main event.

In addition to the opening segment being re-written, there was a second major angle to set up the main feud going forward and the Extreme Rules main event involving John Cena's next title defense. The Rock was said to be involved in that, which of course led to further revisions.

WZROnline.com was informed that The Rock stayed in a New Jersey hotel that Sunday night and then left home first thing Monday morning. The Rock did not notify anyone from WWE that he was flying home. After failing to respond to numerous phone calls, the company was finally able to get in contact with Rock around 3:00PM on Monday afternoon. Once doing so, he was claiming to be "injured" and told them he wouldn't be able to make RAW, which was airing several hours later. This obviously caused major re-writes to the show and sent WWE into panic-mode, as noted before. WWE was completely caught off guard and wasn't even aware Rock had flown home, as the "Brahma Bull" had failed to inform anyone.

At 6:00AM EST, prior to The Rock getting on a plane and flying home, he replied to UFC President Dana White with the following: @danawhite Appreciate that brother! A helluva show. My tequila bottle awaits when I get home. Can't wait for #UFC 159 #Bones The last message that The Rock sent was a reply to a fan at 7:53 AM ET. He then boarded a plane home.

According to our sources, while The Rock may be legitimately injured, there is much more to the story than just that. Following his match with John Cena at WrestleMania 29, we're told he "stormed out" of Metlife Stadium and refused to see any of WWE's doctors. He simply told them that he was only going to see his own doctors, but did not say he was flying home to do so.

Additionally, our sources indicated that The Rock was upset that the original plans for WrestleMania 29 had been changed on the day of the show. There were plans up until the very last minute where The Rock would retain the WWE title and then drop it at the Extreme Rules pay-per-view.

Despite what you see during interviews with John Cena and The Rock, there is legitimate heat between the two and they simply don't get along in real life. The two are said to be "cordial" backstage but there is a "battle of egos" and you can tell there is tension between the two according to those backstage.

We can confirm that The Rock is legitimately pissed off at WWE and has basically "walked out" out on the company for now. Add that to the fact that he didn't notify anyone that he was leaving (couldn't even cut a promo on RAW) and is already back training after suffering several severe injuries and you've got many skeptical people in WWE right now.

We'll have another update on The Rock either late tonight or tomorrow morning. As of now, the two sides have not communicated since WrestleMania 29 and there is no word on what his future with the company is as of this writing. We hope to have more shortly.

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[seabs]

I can understand them both being egotistical but this doesn't sound like Rock, it goes against everything he apparently was. Maybe Hollywood has gotten to his head but him being pissed about jobbing just seems off, you know?

 

[Crayo]

Yep, thought the same.

 

[Snowman1]

Wow.

I actually understand this. Rocky has the movie career that makes him millions, he's gotta do what he has to do to protect his body for his career. WWE needs him one heck of a lot more than he needs WWE at this point, so Rocky has all the leverage and it's understandable if he doesn't want to deal with all of the backstage BS that comes with wrestling.

Nice job WWE, great rewrite.

 

[Lockard 23]

I'm skeptical, but I can believe it though, there were also reports before this that gave Rock the image of someone with an ego. There was talks of possibly having Ryback winning the title at HIAC and then losing it back in the TLC match but Rock was supposedly upset that it wouldn't be him that was ending Punk's long reign first. Ego definitely plays a part in that, when he not only wants to win the title but wants the cred for ending Punk's historical reign. Assuming any of it was true.

I can't believe they were gonna have Rock win again, though. At least it would have been unpredictable.

 

[Super Saiyan Goku]

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THIS PROVE IT CENA ASSHOLE! If the plan were for Rock to win he should have won .I would not be surpuised if Cena bitch to backstage which is why the storyline was changed! As for Rock vs. Brock at WM230 u can kiss good bye b/c movie film guy are not going to paid him to be in a movie if he get injury at a wrestling event b/c this a changed of of him being injury again and we all know Borck go 110% and is a really fighter! However this could open up a Rock vs. Undertaker at WM30 which to be straight up with u all I would rather see that match then Taker vs. Cena at WM30!

 

[Danielson]

I never would suspect this from the rock. I think maybe there is something going on we don't know.

 

[Somethingcool57]

Personally, I have this feeling that Vince pitched this whole thing to Rock as being his "Wrestlemania moment" Where after all the title matchs he's taken part in he finally gets to win that match. Then Cena says it should "Passing of the Torch match" like what Hogan did with the Rock and Vince some what fearing that Cena might think about jumping to TNA and starting the whole wrestling war thing all over said "Ok Cena your my guy now the Rock is in the past and dosn't matter you will win the title." If that's the case then I can see the rock being pissed, that finally he was going to win he was going to be remembered for a WWE Championship win at wrestlemania instead of being remembered for the guy that lost to Austin and HHH all those years.

The beef between the two I would see as the Rock believing that he built the WWE to what it was, that it was his leaving that opend up the way for the likes of Cena and the Cena just dosn't see it. More then likely feeling he's not given the respect he is due as he was one of those few bright spots that kept the WWE going when it looked like WcW was going to win the wars and put the business down. I feel that those who are at the top should really remember and look back in how bad of a place the WWE was when the Rock, Austin and HHH pretty much single handed kept the company afloat. (Gives a shout out to the likes of HBK Kane and the undertaker for their parts in that as well.)

Rock may look back and see this Wrestlemania has his Montreal Screwjob moment, and I could see very much his point of view on that.

 

[Big Hoss Rambler]

Why would they still be advertising on RAW about Rock's Rockpocalypse app and Rock's new film if he had a "walk out"..?

 

[Somethingcool57]

Why would they still be advertising on RAW about Rock's Rockpocalypse app and Rock's new film if he had a "walk out"..?

Contract Obligations?

 

[Big Hoss Rambler]

Contract Obligations?

Maybe for the film but the app is made from WWE so I don't see why there would be contract over that. And now they are showing Rock's tweets about him being injured at WM.

 

[Somethingcool57]

Maybe for the film but the app is made from WWE so I don't see why there would be contract over that. And now they are showing Rock's tweets about him being injured at WM.

With that could very well be Vince realizing that if he just cut the rock out of everything on the show he would be hurting his chances of making more money.

 

[Big Hoss Rambler]

With that could very well be Vince realizing that if he just cut the rock out of everything on the show he would be hurting his chances of making more money.

Maybe.

Just not buying this whole story. This sounds like something that Punk would do, not The Rock.

 

[Somethingcool57]

Maybe.

Just not buying this whole story. This sounds like something that Punk would do, not The Rock.

Just deep down I'm thinking it's the Rocking saying he's sick of Vince using him to put over every other wrestler in the title matchs at wrestlemania. Where as now this time the Rock is More over then Cena ever will be and the fans make that plain and clear every time but still he has to take the fall once more.

 

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great job wweity: