The Rock brought his People’s Title with him for his tag team match with Roman Reigns against Cody Rhodes and Seth Rollins at WWE WrestleMania 40 (Night One). The Great One later had a title exchange with Rhodes on RAW during their segment.
On the latest episode of the “Busted Open Radio” podcast, Bully Ray called the title belt a distraction. He said,
“I don’t know why Cody gave up the belt. I don’t know why Cody would care about the other belt. I don’t know why Rock gives a s**t about carrying the other belt to the ring. It’s a nice gift that was given to him at the Hall of Fame…Imagine you were a fan who tuned back in to ‘Raw’ last night, because you heard of all the hoopla surrounding WrestleMania. And now you’re saying to yourself ‘Well, what belt is that that Rock has?’ To me, you’re taking the focus off of Cody and his brand new Universal Championship. Even when I saw The Rock carrying it out at WrestleMania, to me, it’s [a] distraction. With a babyface with Cody, I don’t need any of the attention taken off of him…I don’t need to see anybody else with a championship that can even be perceived, for a moment, as something more important than that Universal Champion. If The Rock wants to be backstage in a vignette or a promo holding it, I get it. But now walking to the ring, and then last night, what’s The Rock holding? I don’t know; Cody is the Universal Champion. I want every ounce of my attention on him.“
