KARACHI:
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is expected to challenge ‘Tribal Chief’ Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 40 for the Undisputed Universal Championship title, after the duo faced off in the last segment of the SmackDown.
The match was teased on various media outlets as well as The Rock had taken a dig at the Tribal Chief in recent times.
Many wrestling fans and experts are dubbing The Rock as Roman Reign’s biggest challenge yet in his over three-year reign as the undisputed Universal champion.
Though, the former WWE champion hasn’t been in action for many years, but he looked in great physique, when he confronted Reigns.
The development was announced by non-other than Royal Rumble winner Cody Rhodes, who appeared on SmackDown for the last segment.
He might now be challenging Seth Rollins for WWE World Heavyweight championship at the paper-view.
The winner of the Royal Rumble is given the honour of choosing his opponent in the WrestleMania match.
Initially, Rhodes was expected to face Reigns to deal with some unfinished business at the Wrestlemania.
Rhodes said he decided against fighting Reign in this wrestling mania, after discussing it with several people.
“While I still plan on finishing the story, it won’t happen at WrestleMania. And that’s because another man is going to be there,” he added.
As he announced, The Rock walked out, shook hands with Rhodes, and turned to face Reigns standing across.
The show went off the air with the two superstars staring at each-other.
