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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)

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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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[–] GoodandPlenty 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

So, why did Cody win the Rumble and make it seem like he was coming after Roman? Something isn’t adding up here. Perhaps that’s just wishful thinking on my part that this is some sort of bizarre angle, but I’d also like to add that Dave’s information here is not exactly something I’d take without several grains of salt.

Also, they’ve already made merch and signed sponsorships but they couldn’t cobble together a match graphic like they did for Bayley/Io? I just don’t get any of this.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

The only way it makes sense is if creative was completely unaware of the deal. Which itself makes little sense.