Perth asked if Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson could be part of the upcoming Elimination Chamber event well before matches started to come together. The Rock himself suggested he could fly down there before the interview was over if Cody Rhodes and Seth Rollins talk trash about him or The Bloodline at the show.
Alas, The Rock will not be at Elimination Chamber.
Source? Someone who would know: Chief Content Officer Paul “Triple H” Levesque.
Triple H is in Australia even as we speak, and was doing his part to promote the show. As part of that effort, he appeared on the Xav and Michelle show, where he categorically shot down any chance of The People’s Champ showing up unannounced (h/t Fightful for the transcription).
You are not [going to see Rock at Elimination Chamber]. I’m not gonna spin that because I don’t want people expecting that and not see that. The show will be spectacular, I believe when it’s done, nobody will miss The Rock. As this all came to be, his schedule is quite tight as you can imagine. We have him for a lot of events, unfortunately this was not one of them.
The Rock has been a semi-regular presence on WWE programming in recent weeks as the company teased a dream match between him and Roman Reigns at WrestleMania, only to have Cody Rhodes challenge Reigns instead at WrestleMania XL Kickoff. That event also featured Johnson slapping Rhodes, effectively turning heel and siding with Reigns.
The Rock and Reigns cemented their alliance on the Feb. 16 episode of SmackDown, where Johnson was officially welcomed into The Bloodline. As Triple H says, WWE knows it only has Johnson for a certain number of events, presumably including WrestleMania.
That means Perth’s loss should be Philadelphia’s gain. Apologies to all our Aussie friends.
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