Dwayne Johnson, Roman Reigns Versus Cody Rhodes, Seth Rollins: Here Is Everything You Need to Know About the Announced Tag-Team Match at WrestleMania XL Night 1

The Road to WrestleMania continued on the latest episode of Friday Night SmackDown, which had The Rock as one of its biggest antagonists. The WWE legend made his long-awaited appearance on the blue brand to respond to the challenge by Cody Rhodes at the WWE Elimination Chamber.

And what did the Brahma Bull have to say? Well, he challenged The American Nightmare and Seth Rollins to a tag team match. A match that will affect the Rhodes vs. Roman Reigns match on Night 2 of Mania. Here are the details.

The Rock makes a unique proposal

The Bloodline was in charge of opening the show tonight. Accompanied by Paul Heyman, Jey Uso, and Solo Sikoa, WWE Universal Champion Reigns Reigns headed to the ring. Where they were greeted by boos and chants for Cody Rhodes. However, things soon changed as The Rock made his entrance. Once inside the ring, The Rock then started talking about Cody Rhodes. And he simply refused to wrestle him at WrestleMania. The Rock called Rhodes an idiot for challenging him knowing that he will have the biggest match of his career against Roman Reigns. However, The Rock offered a counteroffer for Cody: A tag team match on Night 1 of the grand event, Seth Rollins and Cody Rhodes vs. The Rock and Roman Reigns.

The Rock added some spice to the fight. If Rollins and Rhodes manage to win on Night 1, Rhodes will face Reigns on Night 2 without any Bloodline members at ringside. However, in case of losing, the match on night 2 will have a stipulation of “Bloodline Rules”, i.e. the stable will be able to do whatever they want during the match. The Rock added that, if he doesn’t accept, he will use his power on TKO’s board to make sure Rhodes never finishes his story. And no one, not even Triple H, will be able to stop him. The legend then asked the two to appear on the next episode of The Blue Brand to share their response, before he shared a moment with Reigns that proved his allegiance to the Bloodline.

The Rock acknowledges The Tribal Chief

Even after The Rock’s challenge to Rhodes and Rollins, the segment still had something else to offer. When The Brahma Bull was about to perform his classic catchphrase, Reigns stopped him by grabbing his arm. A moment that shocked the attendees. With a serious face, Reigns turned to his cousin. He stated that he would do anything for his family, but he needed The Rock to acknowledge him.

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After an exchange of glances, the legend took the floor. Much to everyone’s shock, The Rock then acknowledged Roman Reigns as his Tribal Chief. After these words, the two shook hands, followed by a hug. The audience reacted with chants of “You Sold Out”. The Rock turned to them again. He explained that this is family, and they will do anything for the family.  The Hollywood icon then looked to end the segment with an “IF YA SMELLLLL…” before Reigns finished the catchphrase with “What The Bloodline is cooking!”.

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