If you are a fan of pro wrestling, then you are no stranger to the online drama that erupted in the last couple of days. Fans have been quite vocal about how they feel about Dwayne Johnson taking Cody Rhodes’ WrestleMania 40 spot. While the fans did want to see Johnson and Roman Reigns have a showdown, they did not want it to happen at the expense of Rhodes’ career. What has infuriated the fans the most is the fact that Rhodes has been reaching new heights lately by becoming the first superstar in over two decades to win two Royal Rumbles back-to-back. As fans are still supporting the American Nightmare, here are a few things that you need to know about the Nightmare Revolution.
Cody Rhodes becomes the headline
The pop-culture website, TMZ rarely covers what is happening inside the WWE ring. However, the magazine covered the change in storyline solely because fans have hijacked every form of social media they could have access to. The first blow to WWE was seen on the company’s official YouTube channel. The highlight clip which showed Rhodes calling Dwayne Johnson to the ring and taking a step back from challenging Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 40 has broken the record of most disliked WWE video on YouTube in 24 hours and is on its way to reaching almost a million dislikes.
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While the video has been receiving heavy backlash on YouTube, fans decided to take social media by storm. On X (formerly Twitter) the hashtag #WeWantCody is trending on top with over 200,000 tweets under it. Apart from that, another hashtag, #FinishTheStory is also trending.
A thing that fans are aware of is how adamant Cody Rhodes is to finish his story. The final piece of the story is the American Nightmare defeating Roman Reigns to become the next Undisputed WWE Universal Champion.
The reason why this announcement has made fans angry is because they have been waiting to see Rhodes finish his story. And since Johnson is in the picture, fans did not spare him from their wrath.
Dwayne Johnson lands in the crosshairs
While the hashtags are trending all over the internet, they have found an unlikely home in Dwayne Johnson’s comment section. Since the announcement, fans have stormed to every social media post of Johnson to show their anger. On top of that, Johnson editing a post to hide the negative comments from the fans did not stop them from continuing their onslaught.
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While fans have taken social media by storm, there are now reports that WWE might consider changing their decision. While this is all just speculation for now, one cannot ignore the fact that both WWE and Dwayne Johnson are big entities. This makes it very obvious that they might be monitoring the trends on social media and will take necessary steps to that will avoid things getting worse.
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Let us know in the comments below whether you want Cody Rhodes to headline the WrestleMania 40 and defeat Roman Reigns.
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