The Rock Comments on His WrestleMania 40 Status & Calls Out Cody Rhodes Fans as “Crybabies”
A recent episode of The Pat McAfee Show podcast featured Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Johnson confirming that he will be wrestling at this April’s WWE WrestleMania 40 event.
“When I do go back to the ring at WrestleMania, the most important thing is the training camp, which has already started. I have multiple rings set up. Over in Hawaii, I have a ring set up. I have a ring set up on the west coast. We’re full on in camp. From the second Roman Reigns said years ago, ‘I’m the head of the table and I’m the head of this bloodline,’ that’s when our story began. It’s converging now. It’s converging to WrestleMania. I understand the passion, which we are going to address.”
Johnson also gave his thoughts about the reaction from fans who wanted Cody Rhodes and not him to face Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 40 and if he had expected to get this type of reaction.
“I expected it. We expected it. It’s right there. You go back, and I like to think, ‘I have my finger on the pulse,’ we all try to keep the finger on the pulse. Ultimately, what the fans want, and what they’re saying, and sometimes, oftentimes, as you guys know, in sports and entertainment and anywhere, regardless of the vertical of business you’re in, there is a wave of noise that happens right out of the gate that you want to pause for a second, let’s not make any rash decisions, let’s wait to see how it all shakes out and see from there. It was just a matter of waiting. Now, was not surprised at it, I did expect it. Here is the fun part about this, I’ve known Cody for a long time. He’s a buddy of mine. Dusty Rhodes and my dad used to team together in Florida, we used to go to the Rhodes house all the time when I was growing up. We’re tight in that way. I love Cody, I love his passionate fans.”
Johnson also gave his thoughts about his issues with the fanatical portion of Rhodes’ fanbase and their recent online actions.
“Then, there are the other passionate fans, they’re called the Cody crybabies. These are grown-ass men. ‘Cody is gonna finish his story.’ Wait a second, hold on. ‘Dad, you want to go outside and play catch with me?’ ‘Not now, Cody is trying to finish his story. I’m upset.’ The wife comes in, ‘Hey honey, do you want to have sex?’ ‘Not now, Cody has to finish his story.’ At the end of the day, you have the Cody crybabies and the Cody fans and Cody himself. There is a clear distinction between the three. The Rock says this, the Cody crybabies, for every ten tweets, they’re shoving a chicken mcnugget in their mouth, every 20 tweets they’re shoving two mcnuggets up their ass. The Rock says this, all you have to do is sit back, know your role, shut your mouth, and enjoy the ride the Rock is going to take your candy ass on. Hashtag that. Hashtag, shut your bitch asses up, hashtag Cody crybabies. That’s the fun part of what we do. It’s awesome.”
Transcript h/t: Fightful.com
Amari Miller Announces Departure from WWE
NXT brand talent Amari Miller announced on Instagram earlier today that she has departed from WWE. Miller also stated that this was a mutual decision made by her and WWE.
Amari Miller posted on Instagram stories that she and WWE have parted ways. She says neither side decided to sign a new deal. pic.twitter.com/g72m6UyaS8
— Fightful Wrestling (@Fightful) February 8, 2024
Prior to her departure, Miller had been with WWE since June of 2021.
Seth Rollins Comments on Vince McMahon Allegations Being “It’s Awful, It’s Terrible, It’s A Disgusting Situation”
A recent episode of CBS Sports’ Maggie & Perloff radio show featured Seth Rollins as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Rollins’ thoughts about the recent Vince McMahon sex trafficking allegations and if McMahon’s departure changes things for WWE talents.
“You know what, day to day for us, it doesn’t. We’re so far removed as talent from that stuff. Like, it’s awful, it’s terrible, I hate it, it’s a disgusting situation but we’re so far removed from it. When we get to work it’s just like, how do we make this show the best possible show we can? That stuff, that’s personal stuff, that’s business stuff, and that’s so far above what we’re thinking, where our brains are out. I mean, we’re not going to do anything that’s going to impact any of that. It’s an awful situation, we are focused on what we do day to day. It would just be like in any other sort of other business structure, right? It’s awful and you feel terrible and you wish you could of seen it or done something, this or that, but at the end of the day, your job is your job, and that’s what we do, we show up and we try to give the people who pay the tickets to come in the best possible show we can. That’s kind of our department.”
WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins with strong words on the allegations against former chariman Vince McMahon https://t.co/2cDZlFwyV0 pic.twitter.com/4HyJWcgd5E
— Maggie and Perloff (@MaggieandPerl) February 7, 2024
Transcript h/t: PWInsider.com
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