Below are a couple of top WWE news stories of the day, featuring The Rock and Big E.
• Speculation continues about The Rock’s involvement at WrestleMania 41. Earlier this year, The Rock returned, initially teasing a match with Roman Reigns for WrestleMania 40 before plans shifted. Instead, he aligned with The Bloodline, leading to a tag team win with Reigns over Cody Rhodes and Seth Rollins on WrestleMania XL Night 1.
Subsequently, The Rock and Rhodes hinted at a potential showdown for WrestleMania 41, while a future Rock vs. Reigns match remains a possibility. Despite rumors that The Rock won’t appear, he dismissed these claims as “BS” in an Instagram comment.
In an update, Chris Featherstone reports WWE is proceeding as though The Rock won’t be involved at WrestleMania 41, though plans could change if he becomes available:
“WWE has decided to move forward in creative plans as if The Rock will not appear at WrestleMania 41, as of now. I have been informed that these plans could ‘change at any moment’, and WWE is definitely interested in using him if he becomes available, but he is not currently scheduled to compete.”
Sean Ross Sapp corroborated this report, emphasizing The Rock’s flexibility to decide his own participation. WWE remains open to using him if circumstances allow:
“I see a bunch of people posting The Rock’s Instagram comments from months ago in his replies. He’s The Rock and ultimately he can do what he wants, but this post is correct and has been for quite a while.”
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• Speculation about Big E’s potential in-ring return has intensified following the dramatic New Day 10-year anniversary segment on RAW.
According to WrestleVotes, while nothing has been confirmed, there are indications that Big E may be nearing medical clearance:
“What they are hearing about Big E is to be determined. Nobody knows if he’s cleared or not cleared. They’re keeping it kind of quiet, which leads me to think he might be close to being cleared. I can’t report that. I can’t say that with certainty.
Just the way everything went down, and the fact that there’s no new information, I guess that it’s a possibility he can be back in the ring sooner rather than later.”
The speculation comes after a heated segment where Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods turned heel, ejecting Big E from their group. WrestleVotes suggested the storyline could be paving the way for Big E’s eventual return to the ring.
Big E has been out of action since March 2022, following a severe neck injury from a botched Belly-to-Belly Suplex on the floor from Ridge Holland on SmackDown.
