With all the rumors of The Rock versus Roman Reigns taking place at Wrestlemania 39, we’re
gonna take a a deep look at everything that has happened between The Rock and Roman Reigns,
and what it could be leading to in the future
So let’s dive deep into one of the most highly anticipated WWE matches, that’s not
even officially confirmed yet, and that’s of course The Rock versus Roman Reigns
A lot of fans seem to forget that The Rock and Roman Reigns had a couple of interactions
with each other in the past
The first one being on January 13, 2013 during Raw
This interaction really wasn’t a one on one situation, CM Punk had The Shield under
his control, so he sent them out there to attack The Rock
So that was the first instance right there where even though it was a three-on-one beatdown,
Roman still put his hands on The Rock
Fast forward two years later and much had changed. WWE was ready to launch Roman Reigns
to the moon and used The Rock to help Roman connect with the fans
This all went down at Royal Rumble 2015. The crowd did go crazy for The Rock, but that
specific crowd wanted no part of Roman Reigns at the time, so that event went off the air
with The Rock and Roman Reigns standing in the middle of the ring while getting flooded
in boos
So that was their last main interaction. The Rock’s role on that night was to get the
fans to warm up to Roman Reigns, but even he couldn’t get that done back then
Some fans look back at the moment now and say that maybe Roman truly was just meant
to be a heel
So now we fast forward to Summer 2020 with Roman Reigns’ big return to WWE
Roman had stepped away from WWE during the beginning months of the pandemic, but made
a shocking return later that Summer
WWE’s tag line for Summerslam 2020 was “you’ll never see it coming”, a possible reference
to Roman Reigns’ return that was happening at that show
It was a shock return that actually didn’t leak out before hand. It was reported that
WWE was even hiding Roman from the other employees that night in the Thunderdome just so that
word wouldn’t get out early
Fast forward two months later and that brings us to one of Roman’s best feuds out of his
entire title reign and that was against Jey Uso
And this is really the starting point for where that dream match and story with The
Rock actually started to make sense
Roman Reigns had gone mad. He was brutally destroying his cousins until they gave in,
forcing them to stand behind him, and just ruling his own family members with an iron
fist
Roman had declared himself as the Tribal Chief and Head Of The Table for his family and the
only members of the family that contested him, The Usos, were beaten down until they
fell in line
So after Roman handled The Usos, there was really no one left from the family that can
really do anything
Most of the family members are deep into retirement or too young to stand a chance against Roman
Reigns
And that’s when the fans came up with the idea of The Rock being the one to stand up
against Roman Reigns
The Rock was on top of WWE when Roman was just in elementary school, so if anyone was
the true original head of the family and biggest star in the industry, that would be The Rock
Sure, The Rock is basically semi-retired, but he’s not deep into retirement and everyone
is well aware that he still goes extremely hard with his training
So if the family really is miserable and tired of Roman ruling over them like this then The
Rock is the only option left within the family, and maybe in WWE altogether, that really has
the best possibility to knock Roman off the throne
It just feels like the big payoff for this entire long title reign and story of Roman
Reigns as the tribal chief has to be that match with The Rock
It feels like that’s what this entire Roman Reigns story is leading towards, it just feels
right and makes a lot of sense
Originally fans thought we could see this match at Wrestlemania 37, but scheduling issues
made that impossible
Then for months, it was rumored that Survivor Series 2021 would be the official kick-off
to the Roman Reigns and Rock storyline
That event of survivor series was supposed to be the big 25th anniversary of The Rock’s
WWE debut
It was rumored that The Rock would be live and in-person at that Survivor Series to have
a segment honoring his career and that segment would get interrupted by Roman Reigns who
would go onto clown The Rock and WWE for dedicating the entire show to the Rock
Knowing Roman’s character, maybe he could’ve said a few cheeky lines there during that
interruption about how The Rock hasn’t wrestled in forever, how he hasn’t been around in
WWE for a while, and how WWE should be dedicating an entire show to him instead of The Rock…
that definitely sounds like somethings that Roman would’ve said to The Rock if this
Survivor Series 2021 moment actually happened
But Rock had scheduling issues again, which cancelled that appearance at Survivor Series.
WWE still went ahead and dedicated the show to his career, but he himself wasn’t at
the show
Which now pretty much brings us up to date
So we’re going on nearly two years of this fan theory really being around, but no one
is giving up on it quite yet
Some fans even discussed the idea of The Rock appearing sometime after Wrestlemania to finally
confront Roman Reigns and challenge him to a match at next year’s Wrestlemania
You may be thinking to yourself that it’s pretty insane to announce a match a year in
advance, but it’s something that WWE has done before
They did it back in 2011 where The Rock and John Cena basically confirmed their 2012 Wrestlemania
match a year in advance
So if it’s a high caliber match like Roman versus Rock, it definitely deserves to get
announced early and have a long and great story building up to the match
It’s a pretty much no-brainer that Roman Reigns would pick up the victory over The
Rock, so there’s not much mystery there about who would win, but still, the entire
ride, story, promos, and so on would just be incredible to see unfold
So where are we at right now in terms of the latest news about this match actually taking
place
Well reports claim that as of this very moment, The Rock versus Roman Reigns is still reportedly
on for Wrestlemania 39 and will easily be the main event of night two
If all that actually happens, it would be Roman’s seventh Wrestlemania main event
and his third one in a row, so just another stat to keep an eye on if that does happen
So this match is reportedly still in the plans for next year’s Wrestlemania, but there’s
still a lot of questions surrounding that match that are still unanswered
Such as the question of: Will Roman walk into the match as a world champion?
In order for The Rock versus Roman Reigns to feature a world title being on the line,
that means Roman would have to retain his title for another full calendar year
So is that something WWE is considering? Do they enough feuds and stories to keep Roman
going as champion for another year?
Even if Roman loses the title sometime before Wrestlemania 39, the match with The Rock can
still main event Wrestlemania as a non-title match because it’s that big of a story
The other big question that’s still unknown about this match is: when will the story officially
begin?
Will it be after Wrestlemania? Will it be later this year? Will it early next year?
A lot of possibilities there as well, so no one knows when we’ll really see this story
kick off for real
But that’s just a quick summer of everything that’s been leading up The Rock versus Roman
Reigns so far, now we just have to wait to see if this match actually takes place at
Wrestlemania 39
What are your thoughts on The Rock versus Roman Reigns and who would you like to see
win that matchup?
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