The Rock is keeping his options open regarding his future with WWE following his last run with the company.
Although he originally planned to return to WWE earlier this year for a WrestleMania XL match with Roman Reigns, things changed due to fan backlash after asking Cody Rhodes to step aside. Once Rock turned heel, he teamed with Reigns against Rhodes and Seth Rollins at the event with the heels going over. Rhodes still got his revenge by winning the Undisputed WWE Universal Title from Reigns the next night.
On the post-Mania episode of Raw, WWE teased Rock vs. Rhodes t at a later date, something that’s been speculated to be planned for WrestleMania 41 next year. Since then, Rock has indicated that he is looking forward to his return. As previously reported, Rock wants to do the Rhodes match and then do the match with Reigns.
In the latest edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer reported that Rock will most likely face Rhodes at next year’s Mania regardless of whether Rhodes is the champion.
Meltzer wrote, “We were told there was a chance of him doing a match late this year, but the Rhodes match was tentatively for Mania, whether Rhodes is champion or not.”
