Dwayne Johnson aka The Rock has been wreaking havoc against Cody Rhodes for the past few days. Ever since he interrupted Rhodes’ dream of beating Roman Reigns at WrestleMania XL, the Rock has taken over the bloodline and turned heel. Through his menacing appearances on WWE and threats on social media, he has successfully created an image of a bloodthirsty antagonistic figure raising the stakes for his WrestleMania match with Rhodes.
The Rock recently beat the daylights out of Rhodes backstage near in parking lot, punching and whipping him till he bled. The backstage incident became viral and now Johnson’s young fans are truly affected by antagonistic turn. One fan has declared that she’s not watching Moana ever again, clearly traumatized by what she has seen.
Young Fan Vowes To Never Watch Moana Again After The Rock’s Brutal Actions
Dwayne Johnson has elevated his turn as a heel to another level with his gruesome actions against Cody Rhodes during their recent WWE appearances. They have had many confrontations leading up to their tag team match at WrestleMania XL, but Johnson went to the extreme, threatening Rhodes’ mother (via X) and even brutally bashing up Rhodes recently backstage after Rhodes’s encounter with The Bloodline. (via YouTube).
The video of Johnson punching and whipping Rhodes was showcased to WWE Raw audiences and was watched by fans on TV. One young fan was shocked and traumatized by the antagonistic and violent turn of her hero and was in tears.
When asked by her mom whether she would watch Moana (where Johnson voiced the lead character) after watching the violent incident, the young girl cried and replied by saying that she would never watch it again (via X).
The Rock even made use of the video showing the traumatized young fan and made it a part of his escalating turn as a heel (via X). Johnson is clearly not leaving any stone unturned and he is not afraid to break the rules, continuing to assault Rhodes even after the show was off-air (via Give Me Sport). Nevertheless, he is the huge selling point of the eventual WrestleMania match that will be held on April 6-7, 2024.
Dwayne Johnson Challenges WWE Rules In New Social Media Post
In a shocking turn, Dwayne Johnson gruesomely assaulted Cody Rhodes backstage on the March 25 episode of Raw. The beatdown was showcased to WWE audiences where Johnson punched, kicked, and whipped Rhodes to a ‘bloody’ pulp. However, the Rock went against the norms and continued whipping Rhodes after he was told that the show had stopped airing.
Johnson put out a lengthy rant on social media challenging the WWE producers and criticizing their ‘bullsh*t’ rules, which he refuses to follow. He expressed his anger against corporate behavior of trying to control people like him, finally declaring that he would stand by his own rules and not theirs. He wrote on X,
“I hate constraints and bulls*it rules – and just because some @wwe producer says, “clear” (meaning, we are no longer live on the air and the show is over) that doesn’t mean I just stop whatever I’m doing and tell everyone great job. It fu*king pissed me off. I can’t shut my high emotions off just because a script says we’re done.
But even in this crazy fu*king world of pro wrestling – this is a microcosm of a larger issue I have with individuals, corporations & governments – telling us what we can or can’t do. You have to do it this way, you have to say it that way, or you’ll get cancelled. They create fear if you have a different perspective and don’t live by their rules. It’s their way, or no way. Fu*k that. I say it the way I want to say it. I do it the way I want to do it.”
The Rock is leaning in hard to his antagonistic avatar and is leaving a huge impact on fans who are divided by his actions (which is exactly his intention). His evil turn is set to culminate in WrestleMania XL’s tag team match where he and Roman Reigns will faceoff against Cody Rhodes and Seth Rollins.
