Roman Reigns will eventually receive his much anticipated match against Dwayne The Rock Johnson at WrestleMania 39, and WWE’s strategies for the Royal Rumble are now pretty clear.
Reports suggest that Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, cousin of the Bloodline leader Roman Reigns, might make a comeback in the 30-man Royal Rumble match in 2023.
According to Dave Meltzer, WWE has considered the possibility of The People’s Champion getting a win the 2023 men’s Royal Rumble Match coming out at No. 30.
Rock winning the Royal Rumble would be the only way to move forward if The Great One really does return and Roman Reigns is still the Undisputed World Champion.
In the unlikely event that the 50-year-old megastar doesn’t win the Royal Rumble, Roman would have to give up one of the World Championships.
In such a situation, Reigns can still have his dream match with Dwayne Johnson, while the superstar who dethrones him gets to face the winner of the Royal Rumble.
Considering the box-office value of this match, WWE is likely to go against the idea of Tribal Chief losing any of his Championships.
They would not let this unstoppable run take a backseat before the iconic clash at the greatest stage of them all. That makes it clear that The Rock is winning the Royal Rumble this year.
Cody Rhodes who too is expected to return at the Royal Rumble is the fan favourite to win the Rumble match. Fans want him to dethrone Reigns and are not happy with the idea of The Rock winning the Rumble match.
Several fans took to Twitter to express their disappointment and suggested alternative options for the Reigns vs The Rock clash.
The idea of The Rock being at Royal Rumble & WrestleMania was talked about behind-the-scenes
The plans for the Mania main event need to be locked in by mid-Jan
Originally the belief was that if his schedule allowed, Rock would do likely his last match at Mania vs Reigns
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— WrestlePurists (@WrestlePurists) December 2, 2022
I feel for Cody ngl… 🙁
— Arekami Wrestling (@ErothPathak) December 2, 2022
One user said Rumble must end in tie, one winner gets to face Roman at Night 1 and other gets a shot for the other title at Night 2. That is a brilliant suggestion.
Rumor has it, that the Rumble ends in a tie somehow. Roman has to pull double duty. Night 1 of mania vs Cody (Cody wins). Night 2 vs Rock (Roman wins). Cody heads to Raw as champ, and Roman stays champ at Smackdown.
— Rob Larson (@RobertPLarson) December 2, 2022
Although it is still only a rumour, its significance will influence how the road to WrestleMania plays out.
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