After several years away from the wrestling business, Rock appears to have changed his mind about things and is starting to publicly embrace the industry again.
Rock Changes His Mind
Approximately five years ago, the Rock decided to walk from the wrestling business. While it saddened the majority of wrestling fans, many were hoping that he would some day come back to the place where he achieved superstardom.
For three years, wrestling fans anxiously looked towards the door to see if the Rock would be walking through it. There wasn't a day that went by where there weren't rumors about the Great One's return.
Three long years filled with much disappointment.
During that time, some fans even turned on the Rock. They blasted him for walking away from the people that helped make him a star. They trashed him for turning his back on his loyal fanbase.
Of course, none of that mattered at the time because the Rock, now using his real name of Dwayne Johnson more often, was clearly focused on solidfying his budding movie career. WWE was clearly in his rear view mirror.
Well, now it looks like the Rock may have changed his mind.
The Special Project
The buzz going around the internet wrestling community today involves the special project that the Rock and WWE are working on together.
Earlier this morning, the Rock was on a morning radio show called the Jack Diamond Morning Show. On there, he revealed that he's been in talks with WWE concerning several different projects.
The Rock confirmed that he would be hosting an upcoming episode of Raw as a celebrity guest host. As of now, there have been no confirmation as to the exact date of that appearance. Rest assured, this should be the most watched episode of Raw since the celebrity guest host format was introduced.
He also confirmed that he was working with WWE on a special project aside from the celebrity guest host gig. Rock talks about creating a new show with WWE where he can finally give back to the fans. It's still in the beginning stages, so there's not a lot of details available just yet on this show.
Relationship With McMahon
Ever since his departure, there's been a lot of discussions about the relationship between the Rock and WWE.
Rumors have floated around for years that the Rock was upset with WWE for allowing his contract to expire without any notice. Some felt that he took that as a slap to the face after all that he did for WWE.
Whatever hard feelings that the Rock had back then is probably gone now. For him to come back to WWE is a clear indicator of that since he doesn't necessarily need the company. He's still making good money doing movies, so this isn't a situation where he was desparate.
The Rock is coming back on his own terms. He's doing this because he wants to do this.
Whether or not he's going to be around for a long period of time is the big question. Regardless of how well he does with WWE, the big money for the Rock is still in Hollywood.
A lot of people might not like it, but the main priority for him has to be Hollywood.
Closing Thoughts
As a big fan of the Rock and as someone that is highly entertained by him, I'm glad to see that he's going to be making more appearances in WWE. I'm also glad that this will quiet some of the rumors and the critics as well. |
