So you’re telling us that The Rock wasn’t planning things out well in advance after all?
TKO Board Director Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson was a recent guest on The Pat McAfee Show. While discussing how his Elimination Chamber appearance came together, The Rock revealed Ari Emanuel called him to appear at the event due to slow ticket sales.
“I get a call from Ari Emmanuel, who we know owns TKO,” The Rock said. “TKO owns WWE. He’s been my longtime business partner and one of my best friends for over 20 years. He said, we need help at Elimination Chamber. Ticket sales are a little slow, but beyond that, he goes, what we are finding is with Elimination Chamber, it’s become the pay-per-view that’s been interesting.
“Fans have had fun, but it’s also the conduit to WrestleMania. And how do we create an Elimination Chamber that people must tune in to see? How do we create that? And he goes, right now, we don’t have that. And he said, will The Final Boss show up?
The Rock came up with the Elimination Chamber storyline after being asked to come back to help boost ticket sales
“I said, well, let me give it some thought, and let me get back to you. So I gave it some thought. I got back to Ari, I got back to Triple H and Nick, we had a call. I said, I have an idea. What’s most important to The Final Boss? The most important thing to The Final Boss isn’t titles, it’s not money, it’s not fame. Been there, done that, and grateful for that. Final Boss wants your soul.”
This goes against what he has said previously about everything being planned out and thought ahead of time. It also puts to bed any theories that The Rock’s road to WrestleMania was planned out as early as last year’s Bad Blood premium live event.
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