Dwayne Johnson teased a new rivalry after returning to Monday Night Raw on the first day of the year 2024. Fans have since been excited to see a match go down between him and Roman Reigns. Calculating the odds of the match, fans are expecting “The Rock” to swoop in with a big victory and take away the Undisputed Universal Championship.

If this ends up happening, Cody Rhodes will not get to ‘finish his story’ at WrestleMania 40 as speculations, reports, and rumors have suggested all this time. Things are taken a bit further by the latest reports pointing toward a possible match between Johnson and his distant cousin in Philadelphia this year.

Dwayne Johnson may secure the Universal Championship at WrestleMania 40

According to various reports, there is a possibility that WWE might book the two Samoan wrestlers to go up against each other at Elimination Chamber ’24 in Australia. However, new advancements regarding the topic suggest that there are far fewer chances of Johnson appearing in Australia than in Philadelphia.

On the topic of Johnson’s next appearance in WWE, WON has recently reported an update that we may not see a match between him and Reigns at EC this year. In fact, Dave Meltzer claimed that it would take place at WrestleMania 40 instead.

In the newsletter, Meltzer wrote, “Regarding the Reigns vs. Rock match, while I presume it’s WrestleMania (and could possibly be a three-way with Rhodes but I don’t think that will come out until many weeks from now), what we did have confirmed is the Australia rumors aren’t accurate.”

According to the same source, neither is “The Tribal Chief” scheduled to have an appearance on the PLE in Australia, nor there are any plans for him around that day.

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When Wrestle Ops reposted the same report on their ‘X’ account, fans gathered in the comments to troll “The American Nightmare” as he may not get to finish his story.

Fans believe Dwayne Johnson will steal Cody Rhodes’ thunder

The fan sentiment surrounding Rhodes is that he may not get to finish his story as planned. This is because Johnson is a much bigger entity in the WWE universe and the promotion will prioritize Roman Reigns’ feud with him rather than with Cody Rhodes.

A fan started off by referencing the time when CM Punk faced something similar to Cody Rhodes in this situation, using a popular meme.

Another user reposted an old tweet from “The Brahma Bull” in which he acknowledged how his presence will always grant him a main event big PLEs like WrestleMania.

A subtle dig at the ‘finishing his story’ angle that has been teased multiple times via speculations.

A WWE fan pointed out what they think is happening with “Stardust” right now.

Yet another dig at the possibility of Rhodes not getting the chance to ‘finish his story’.

A GIF of a shocked ‘Stardust’ says it all.

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What do you think will end up happening with the situation?