John Cena has been in the headlines for some news regarding his Barbie role, so we’ll
see what’s new there.
We’ll also check out what Mandy Rose had to say, who the Rock is interacting with,
and more
Let’s start things off with John Cena and his upcoming role in Barbie
The news that John Cena would be appearing in the Barbie movie first dropped a few months
back and everyone was very surprised by that casting
And now with the movie getting closer, more information is being released on John Cena’s
role
John Cena’s Barbie role is reportedly a small role that some platforms are even labeling
as a cameo
John Cena will be portraying a Ken-maid, which is a mermaid version of the Ken doll
Cena’s mermaid partner is rumored to be Dua Lipa, so john Cena and Dua Lipa as a mermaid
couple will be something to look out for during the film
John Cena already told his side of the story about how this Barbie role came to be
He said that Margot Robbie and himself were both in London shooting for their respective
films
Cena was out there filming for Fast X and Margot was shooting Barbie, and since they
were already filming right next door to each other, she invited Cena to make a quick appearance
in the film
Well now during an interview with Chris Van Vliet, Margot Robbie told her side of the
story, even including how John Cena anonymously paid off her dinner after they ran into each
other in a restaurant
Margot Robbie had this to say about that restaurant interaction and how Cena’s Barbie cameo
came to be, quote:
“While we were shooting in London, I ran into him at a restaurant.
We had worked together before; actually, I ran into him because I went to pay the bill,
and they were like, ‘John Cena already took care of it.’
I was like, ‘What?
Where is he?
He’s hard to hide.
I found him and was like, ‘What are you doing here?’
He was shooting at [the place we were shooting Barbie].
I was like, ‘Do you want to come be a merman in Barbie?’
and he was like, ‘Yeah.’
“[I thought] ‘Surely he’s not going to agree to it just like that,’ and he did.
He’s so awesome like that, yeah.”
End quote
So thanks to that interaction and being at the right place at the right time, John Cena
landed himself that Barbie cameo
As far as the latest updates for John Cena goes inside the WWE ring, not much news have
been going on there
Cena currently isn’t scheduled for any programs or matches in the near future, if he’s gonna
make any upcoming WWE appearances, it’ll likely be in a surprise fashion like the way
he did at Money In The Bank
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2020 was definitely a strange time for WWE.
There was no live crowds in attendance, but they had to keep their storylines and product
going
And one of the biggest storylines at the time was the story between Otis and Mandy Rose
The story started almost like a comedic sort of storyline, Otis had feelings for Mandy
Rose and was trying to catch her attention, but Mandy Rose never really had any time for
him and never paid him any mind
But as time went on and Otis started to actually assist Mandy Rose in many different ways,
it finally made Mandy notice him and she started to interact with him more
The story continued throughout the pandemic era and what started off as a comedic relief
storyline actually turned into one of the longest ongoing storylines at the time
Otis and Mandy Rose were trying to get to know each other, but their relationship kept
getting sabotaged by the likes of Dolph Ziggler and even her best friend Sonya Deville that
was quietly plotting all this with Dolph Ziggler behind the scenes the entire time
And the end of the storyline featured the WWE hacker putting all of Sonya Deville devious
plans on display, causing a split between Mandy and Sonya for how Sonya was sabotaging
the relationship with Otis
Sonya’s explanation was that she wanted the both of them to focus on winning the women’s
tag team titles, but Mandy was too busy worrying about if she should go out with Otis, so that’s
why Sonya did what she did
The story officially ended after Mandy Rose defeated Sonya Deville in a loser leaves WWE
match at Summerslam 2020
Well during a recent interaction with her fans on Instagram, Mandy Rose broke her silence
on how that story ended, she had this to say about her story with Otis, quote:
“I know.
Wasn’t it like the greatest thing ever?
I just really wish it had a better ending.
But, what you’re gonna do?”
End quote
And this is a good point because while Mandy and Sonya did carry on the story and completed
it at Summerslam that year, there was no real resolution for Mandy and Otis
Mandy even got traded to Raw in the weeks that followed Summerslam, instantly breaking
her fully apart from Otis who was still on Smackdown at the time
So that is a reoccurring issue, some storylines will have some great beginnings and great
middles, but sometimes a lot of stories fizzle out without giving us a proper payoff
And we’ve seen it time and time again, a story is going so well, it’s looking like
it’ll have this massive payoff and conclusion, but it just ends up being something so anticlimactic
So that seems to be the case here, Mandy loved the story itself, but it looks like even she
was a bit disappointed with how it all got wrapped up
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In other news, The Rock has actually been going back and forth with new Smackdown superstar,
Grayson Waller
After spending some time in NXT, Grayson Waller got called up to Smackdown during the 2023
WWE Draft
He had a few talk show segments with some major superstars, but by far his biggest show
was on July 7th with Edge
Not only did he have a talk show segment with Edge, Grayson Waller went onto make his in-ring
main roster debut on that same episode of Smackdown in the historic Madison Square Garden
against Edge
After the match, Walker went into social media to say that he had the biggest MSG debut since
The Rock
He later came back and corrected himself saying that his debut was even bigger than The Rock’s
And he surprisingly enough got a direct reply from The Rock who made fun of Grayson’s
hair and voice
Grayson responded to The Rock’s disses by inviting him to the Grayson Waller effect
show, he had this to say, quote:
“Ouch!
Those classic 1999 schoolyard insults really still hit.
You still have an open invitation to be a guest on The Grayson Waller Effect though!
Sounds like you’re in desperate need of the Grayson Waller rub” end quote
So it was really nice to see The Rock going back and forth with Grayson Waller like that,
but like a lot of fans joked about and pointed out, The Rock’s entire family is at war
with each other and he has nothing to say about that topic, but he has a lot to say
in response to Grayson Waller
The Rock did get invited to the Grayson Waller effect, so we’ll have to see if he ever
does accept that offer
Waller was in the ring with John Cena and Edge in the span of one week, so if he ever
gets The Rock to appear on his show, he’ll already have a history of interacting with
some legendary superstars
As far as the Rock goes, he hasn’t made a single WWE appearance since October 2019,
going on almost four years away completely from the company
Which has been his longest time away from the company in a long time
There’s still no word on if The Rock will have another match and there’s no word at
all about if he’ll even be making a regular WWE appearance anytime soon
The latest time that The Rock teased doing something in WWE was back after Royal Rumble
2023, where he said that he was proud of what The Bloodline was doing and how he’ll have
to see them in person real soon, but nothing has came from that teaser so far
So it’ll continue to be a waiting game for The Rock’s next big WWE appearance
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