There has been some resentment within WWE against The Rock over his claim that he was to be credited for making pro wrestling cool again.
On a recent edition of Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer shared that there is some resentment against The Rock over one particular comment. He said,
“No one can say anything bad about him publicly but there are people who resent him going like ‘I came back and wrestling’s cool’ after WWE had a tremendous year and the idea that he’s trying to take credit for this resurgence that happened a year before he came back.
“Even people who are very negative on him readily admit he made the brand more popular, he drove TV ratings to a great degree, he helped drive this WrestleMania to be the biggest two-day WrestleMania there’s been. There were definitely people who were happy [WrestleMania] Sunday outdrew Saturday when it came to viewers [as Rock didn’t compete on Sunday.]”
The Rock’s most recent appearance for WWE was on the post-WrestleMania episode of RAW where he vowed to return and confront Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Cody Rhodes.
