During his appearance on Friday’s WWE SmackDown, The Rock revealed that WrestleMania 42 will take place in New Orleans at the Superdome. He then called Cody Rhodes to the ring.
The Rock delivered a promo, stating his desire to elevate Rhodes and transform him into the Undisputed WWE Champion. He declared his intention to take a piece of Rhodes’ soul but would wait to get the answer until the Elimination Chamber on March 1st.
Following the show, The Rock spoke at the press conference to discuss his segment. As previously reported by Fightful, the impact of this segment and where it may lead is still unknown.
“I grew up in the world of pro wrestling. My dad, my grandfather. To be able to come back in this way as the Final Boss and to be able to get into the Final Boss’ skin and to be able to become that in this venue in New Orleans, and really take the audience on a fun experience and ride where I’m singing, I’m dropping the announcement for WrestleMania. ‘Oh when the Saints…you can’t sing with me. The Final Boss is singing.’ To bring Cody Rhodes out and offer him this big ideology of, ‘You are our champion and you are amazing, but I want so much more for you.’ At the end, The Final Boss says, ‘I want your soul.’ I think what that does, in this wild and crazy world of pro wrestling, is that, to me, it just becomes something that is unpredictable. In the world of pro wrestling, as we all know, everything will culminate to a match. Whatever happens, it will end up in the ring. What I really love about this rare air space that we’ve gotten to with the character of the Final Boss, it’s like this white whale unicorn in that with Final Boss and Cody Rhodes, it’s not about the WWE Title or having a match or punching, kicking or bleeding that is so part of our world. It never has to culminate to a match. That’s a really special place to be, I think. Creatively and character-wise, and how much fun you can have. To be able to have a storyline and two characters who are very popular, to never have to get in the ring for a match, but yet still hold this really unique, compelling, off-putting, kinda weird, he wants his soul, what does that mean? I love it and I loved every moment of it. Cody did, too, as well. We had a few tequilas after tonight.”
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