The Rock Talks Almost Fighting John Cena, Possible WWE Return

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As WWE fans know, The Rock was involved in a feud with John Cena that stretched over three Wrestlemanias, beginning when he helped The Miz retain the WWE Championship at Wrestlemania 27. Rock would then defeat Cena at Wrestlemania 28, followed by the latter picking up the victory in the last part of the series at Wrestlemania 29.

Cena and Rock had some real animosity a few years prior to Wrestlemania 27. The leader of the Cenation had called out The Rock’s commitment to acting over WWE and it apparently sparked some real hate between the two.

Check out The Rock’s recent interview with Muscle and Fitness, where he describes his issues with Cena and another interesting topic.

"The Rock on tension between he and John Cena: “It got really uncomfortable for a lot of people. And it gets uncomfortable for the fans–that they sense something. But then when it gets uncomfortable for the wrestlers and to the executives and the company, then it’s something special. … I’d say ‘John, here’s what I’m going to say tonight: Go f— yourself.’ He’d say, ‘Well, here’s going to be my response: F— you too.’ I mean, it was like that. And it was palpable for the fans, and it was palpable backstage. And I would never be like that under any other circumstance. I’m collaborative with everyone I work with. And I take a lot of pride in that, and you know something? So is John.”The Rock also says the two almost fought in the ring: “He’s a great guy. He’s one of the best guys out there, but here’s what we realized: If we wanted to build the two biggest matchups back-to-back and create something special in Miami and in New York, we’re going to do it this way. And we might fail miserably at it. People might think it’s not real or you run into the challenge of the potential for people to go, ‘It’s so real that it’s not real.’ But in this case it worked out very well and through all that edge and attitude and bite that we had and nearly coming to blows backstage and one night in the ring—literally we were nose-to-nose, it was any second. And through that in a crazy, weird completely unexplained way, we became great buds.”"

A real feud between the two is interesting. They both seem similar with their mindset on the wrestling business, so it makes some sense that they would clash. It’s good to see that any hard feelings between the two is gone.

"The Rock on a possible in-ring return: “I’d love to. We just have to figure out what it could be and what the most ideal matchup would be, and who it would be with. Because I always feel like if I go back to the WWE, then it has to be bigger and greater than what I’ve done in the past.”"

Him returning to a WWE ring would be intriguing, especially in the middle of his current movie success from Hercules and The Fast and Furious series. He said that it would have to be bigger and greater than what he did in the past. I’m not sure how much bigger it could get than headlining a Wrestlemania with John Cena for the WWE Championship, but something could always be developed.

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