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WOR: The Rock vs. Roman Reigns was planned as far back as January 3rd, was part of Rock’s deal to join TKO board; most in WWE did not know about the deal (kbin.social)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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On the newest Observer Radio, Dave revealed a lot of new info that he’s learned about the Rock/Roman situation, namely that it has apparently been the plan for weeks but it was kept a very close secret.

He says Rock being in the WM main event was part of his deal to join the TKO board and get his trademark back, it was all one deal. Says the deal was made on January 3rd. Dave does not know why Cody was booked to win the Rumble in spite of that, but he does know most people in the company did not know Rock was facing Roman and most people in the company were still being told as recently as last week that it was Roman vs. Cody.

The deal with Rock was done between Rock, Ari Emmanuel, and Nick Khan. Says “they didn’t tell almost anyone”. He also says he doesn’t know if they have decided to turn it into an angle, but they have already made merch and signed sponsorships related to the match so he’s unsure how open they would be to changing the match, regardless of the crowd reaction.

Source: https://www.f4wonline.com/podcasts/wrestling-observer-radio/wrestling-observer-radio-rock-and-roman-reigns-stardom-shake-up-vengeance-day-tons-of-news

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Damn, meet new management same as the old management, cutting the legs out from under the workers... Then, Now, Forever. If I'm Paul Levesque I might as well start packing up my office, they just blew up two years of storylines, knew they were going to do it, and didn't even have the courtesy to tell him, at least based on the reports that everybody but him appears to have known.

I wanted to keep a semi-open mind about this, but... I don't know, I think if you had told me three days ago I'd dislike The Rock almost as much as Vince Russo I'd have laughed at you.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

I wanted to keep a semi-open mind about this

Same, but as the old adage goes 'my days of not taking WWE seriously have certainly come to a middle.'