Top Star Says WWE Doesn’t Need The Rock

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WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins has shared his honest thoughts on The Rock, following recent drama surrounding the Hollywood star’s return.

The Rock returned to WWE on the February 2 edition of SmackDown to have a stare down with Roman Reigns, moments after Cody Rhodes stated that he won’t be challenging for Reigns’ WWE Undisputed Universal Championship at WrestleMania 40, despite winning the Royal Rumble.

This has led to The Rock’s apparent wrestling comeback receiving a lot of negative attention, with fans starting a #WeWantCody movement believing that Rhodes deserves to headline WrestleMania.

Speaking with Good Morning Football, Seth Rollins noted that WWE loves having The Rock, but doesn’t need him to be successful.

Commenting on The Rock’s return, Rollins said:

“Look, man, if The Rock wants to jump on the bandwagon, ride my coattails into WrestleMania, that’s totally fine with me, man. That’s fine with me. Look, I get it. WWE’s as hot as it’s ever been. We are selling out arenas, stadiums, any place we go right now is huge.

“We just inked two massive deals, Smackdown to USA Network and Raw, my show, which I’ve been anchoring for the last decade, just signed the most lucrative television deal in the history of professional wrestling, with Netflix, which is gonna be a game-changer, starting next year. So we are living life right now, man. We are huge.

“For The Rock to want to come on board now, jump on my WrestleMania, get his toes wet, I get it. So mad respect to him and everything he’s done outside of here, and everything he’s done for our industry. So I got no problem with The Rock jumping on and doing his business for us, man. We appreciate having him.

“Like I said, he’s riding my coattails. He just needs to remember that. There’s no heel there, that’s just accurate information. You can look it up. There’s data. Look at the numbers.

“Look at who’s been on Monday Night Raw for the last ten years more than anybody. It’s me, it’s this guy. I get the credit, not him. So he can come in, he can get what he wants.

“He can take his little piece, and then he can go back to Hollywood and do his thing because we’ve got this thing. We don’t need ya, we’d love to have ya, but we don’t need ya, big guy.”

While it was previously reported that Cody Rhodes vs Seth Rollins was the new plan for the American Nightmare at WrestleMania, this match was not confirmed on Monday’s (February 5) edition of Raw.

Thursday’s WrestleMania XL Kickoff event in Las Vegas is set to feature a “face off” between Roman Reigns and The Rock, where we will likely learn about WWE’s official plans for the WrestleMania 40 main event.

Transcription via Fightful.

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