The Rock went from being the ideal pick for Ronda Rousey’s partner at WrestleMania 34 to apparently not being in the building at all on Sunday in New Orleans.
It was just three years ago that Stephanie McMahon and Triple H cut off an in-ring promo by the Rock, who brought Rousey into a WWE ring for the first time and set the wheels in motion for an eventual match by rag-dolling the King of Kings.
Instead, Kurt Angle has stepped in and will partner Rousey against Triple H and Stephanie McMahon.
Unfortunately for fans of the Great One, Rock confirmed he won’t be in the Superdome on Sunday when he talked to Chris Van Vilet while promoting his new movie, Rampage.
Van Vliet opened his interview with the Rock by asking if he’d see him in New Orleans for WrestleMania.
“You will not see me there. Actually you’ll see us there,” the Rock said, pointing to co-star Jeffrey Dean. “We’re tag teaming.”
The general expectation was Rock would make some sort of guest appearance even if he didn’t wrestle. If he does indeed miss ‘Mania, it’s really a missed opportunity to take Elias to an even higher level. The Drifter has promised his greatest show yet at WrestleMania, and nothing would have been bigger than the Rock walking with Elias in some form of duet.
As for The Great One, we haven’t seen him in a WWE ring in any capacity since February 2017. Even then, the Rock was working on a documentary on Paige.
You’d have to go back to 2016, when he last wrestled, beating Erick Rowan in about six seconds at WrestleMania 32.
