WWE’s Plans of Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson vs Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 40 Backfired in a Record-Breaking Disaster

Fans were left in shock on the evening of February 02, 2024, when Cody Rhodes stated that he wouldn’t be challenging Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 40. Instead, it was revealed that Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson would step into the spot to take on the Tribal Chief. While fans wanted to see this dream match happen at some point, no one expected it to be a part of the WrestleMania main event, especially at a time when Codhy Rhodes’ career has been reaching new heights.

Following this announcement, fans showed their dislike for the storyline vociferously that it broke a particular record two times in just 24 hours.

Dwayne Johnson-Roman Reigns confrontation proves to be a massive flop

As a ritual, WWE posts the moment-defining clips and videos across all its social media platforms. The clip from Friday’s  SmackDown in which the Brahma Bull could be seen standing in front of Roman Reigns was also posted similarly. However, it looks like fans did not like it that much. As of this writing, the clip has racked in a total of 400,000 dislikes in just under 20 hours, making it the most disliked WWE YouTube video of all time.

On the other hand, 87,000 people liked the clip, and the clip has 3.2 million views. However, what’s interesting to note is that the clip broke the record set by the clip in just 10 hours. According to various other sources, the clip was the most disliked WWE YouTube video of all time, with 235,000 dislikes a few hours ago. Since then, things have been progressively getting worse.

It was announced that Cody Rhodes would declare who his WrestleMania opponent would be on Friday night. While Seth Rollins persuaded Rhodes to challenge him, fans wanted to see the American Nightmare face off against the Tribal Chief.

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However, YouTube isn’t the only place where fans have been showing their anger.

Wrestling community up in arms over potential Reigns-Johnson feud at WrestleMania 40

Since the announcement, fans have been outraged as they have been accusing Johnson of stealing Rhodes’ WrestleMania spot that he truly deserved. Fans who have been feeling sorry for the 38-year-old star started an online petition on X (formerly Twitter), demanding WWE to change the WrestleMania 40 match card. The hashtag “WeWantCody” is trending at number 1 in the United States.

Apart from that, fans have been rallying in the comments section of Dwayne Johnson’s social media posts, trying to “confront” him for his “actions.” Now only time will tell whether WWE will change its creative decision after this extensive backlash by fans. Let us know in the comments below whether you want to see the American Nightmare Cody Rhodes face off against Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 40.

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