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Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson absolutely has heard all of the the complaints ever since he resurfaced in WWE and threatened to headline WrestleMania 40 instead of Cody Rhodes.
His daughter, who also wrestles for WWE, has even received death threats over it.
He doesn’t care about the complaints. Or does he?
To prove it, he went off on WWE fans, especially the “Cody Crybabies,” in a scathing 21-minute rant on social media on Friday.
“It has been a big week. It has been a big week in the world of professional wrestling,” Johnson began his diatribe. “It has been a big week in the world of the WWE. It has been a big week in the world of The Rock, in the world of ‘The People’s Champion’, in the world of ‘The Great One’, and in the world of ‘The Most Electrifying Man’ walking God’s green earth, daddy. It has been that kind of week.
“To quote the legend, one of The Rock’s heroes, what’s causing all of this? It’s been that kind of exciting week. Pro wrestling is exciting once again. It’s been decades. Pro wrestling is cool once again. It’s been decades. Pro wrestling is undeniably exciting once again. It’s unpredictable, it’s disruptive because of one man, and that is The Rock because The Rock came into pro wrestling, came back to pro wrestling, a business that The Rock loves, an industry that The Rock was born into. Took professional wrestling, turned it on its head, disrupted the s— out of it, and it will never, ever be the same again.
“It feels good. It feels so damn good. Whether you like The Rock or you don’t like The Rock, it doesn’t matter because it feels good. Pro wrestling is back on top, and it feels good.
“But you know what? Here’s the thing. You know what doesn’t feel good? The Rock will tell you what doesn’t feel good. What doesn’t feel good is all the bull s— that The Rock has gotta deal with. All the bull s— that The People’s Champion has got to deal with. All the Cody crybabies out there still running their mouths that The Rock has got to deal with. All the jabronis in the locker room still running their mealy mouths that The Rock has still got to deal with. Cody crybabies, take a look…”
He then WWE fans, especially the “Cody Crybabies,” in a played a clip of showing some of the hate he has been receiving.
“So you see, this is the level of absurdity and bull s— that The Rock has got to deal with. The Rock doesn’t know who that guy is, but he knows what he is, and that’s a goof. An idiot. Another pro wrestling Cody crybaby jack-off idiot who thinks he knows everything but doesn’t know s—. The guy is sitting in his basement with a bathrobe and a Cody Rhodes t-shirt on, and he’s talking about how much he hates The Rock. You don’t give that guy a podcast. You give him a straitjacket. How much he hates The Rock?
“It has nothing to do with the Board. It has everything to do with common sense, you idiot. To all the Cody crybabies who are grown-ass men, who think you know it all when you don’t know s—, you listen up to The Rock right now, and it has nothing to do with the Board, it has nothing to do with the fact that The Rock owns everything as it relates to The Rock, ‘The People’s Champion,’ full ownership, which means that The Rock is the boss. It has nothing to do with that. It has to do with common sense.”
Johnson goes on and on for several more minutes talking about how he spoke to Cody Rhodes about taking his place in the main event at WrestleMania 40 and how Rhodes was all good with it then later changed his mind.
“Cody Rhodes, he wins the Royal Rumble,” Johnson continued. “Fair and square, works his a– off, and he wins that Royal Rumble, baby. Yeah, he’s going to WrestleMania. Yeah, good for him. Good for him. The Rock was happy.
“But what happened? The Rock called Cody Rhodes, had a conversation, but it was a conversation that a few have had with Cody Rhodes before. Because Cody knew the biggest match of all time was looming. The Rock talked to Cody.
“‘You know you love this business, The Rock loves this business. You were born into this business, The Rock was born into this business. Roman Reigns was born into this business. The three of us, born into this business. You know, Cody, you got the biggest WrestleMania main event of all time right here. You have an opportunity to bring this business up to places it’s never been before. You can always, with all due respect, finish your story another time.’
“You agreed. You agreed. ‘Rock, it stings, but I agree. It stings, but I’m a team player. It stings, but I want what’s best for the business.’ Good man. Good man.”
Johnson then complained about how Cody Rhodes let him know that he changed his mind.
“The Rock accepts you changed your mind. But here’s what The Rock doesn’t accept, is how you did it. To all the Cody crybabies and all the goofs out there and the idiots who still complain, Cody, you had a right to change your mind, you won the Royal Rumble. But what The Rock doesn’t accept is how you did it.”
He claims he saw Rhodes backstage and nothing was said.
“I saw you in Las Vegas, backstage, dapped you up and gave you a hug. Did you say anything to The Rock then?” The Rock asked.
Instead, Cody waited until they were out on the stage and did the unforgivable: talked trash about Johnson’s family.
OH IT'S GOING DOWN. 🫢@TheRock just slapped @CodyRhodes at the #WrestleMania XL Kickoff. pic.twitter.com/nN0MTYIoRk
— WWE (@WWE) February 9, 2024
And that’s why we are where we are today in the wacky world of WWE.