Although WWE has tried to make The Rock vs. Roman Reigns happen for years, it’s a match that has yet to take place. Fans were close to seeing it at WrestleMania 39 this year, but plans fell apart.
This was something that The Rock gave insight into the situation in September while making an appearance on the Pat McAfee Show as he noted the match was locked in heading into this year’s event to the point where he made a handshake deal to do it after a meeting with WWE in LA.
Unfortunately, things fell apart because they wanted to do something that would change the business and couldn’t come up with something that would do exactly that, so they stopped the talks for the moment.
He gave fans some hope when noting he’s open to a match with Reigns at WrestleMania 40 next year in Philadelphia. Check out a full recap here. As previously reported earlier this week, there are no plans for the match to happen at next year’s show.
In the latest edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer reported that the internal belief in WWE is that the company wouldn’t turn Rock down if he wanted to do the bout. Still, it’s not something they’re going with heading into WrestleMania 40.
Meltzer wrote, “Regarding the stories that WWE won’t do Rock vs. Reigns at Mania if Rock wants to do it, what we were told is this. If he wants the spot I can’t believe WWE would turn him down, but after Johnson turned it down last year, nobody is going with the idea he’s going to do it this year. The match is not scheduled, unlike at this time last year when the match was considered a good shot.”
It was added that the belief is Rock will be busy once the strike in Hollywood ends. Meltzer added, “We were told that Rock is not going to come back and win the title.”
