With the turn of the calendar year and the Royal Rumble on the horizon, the Road to WrestleMania 41 is just right around the corner. The WWE has massive plans for this year’s Showcase of the Immortals. John Cena is set to have his final go-round at WrestleMania. Rumors about CM Punk, Cody Rhodes , and Roman Reigns ‘ respective matches have already surfaced. However, The Rock ‘s status for the Grandest Stage of Them All is still up in the air.
The Rock is a busy man with his Hollywood career on his plate. Nonetheless, The Final Boss still has some unfinished business in the WWE. If The Great One is part of this year’s WrestleMania, he should be in for a collosal match at the Show of Shows. Action Network recently spoke with former WWE star Eugene, whose real name is Nick Dinsmore. In the interview, Eugene predicted that The Rock will have a match with either Cody Rhodes or Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 41.
“I hope he will return to WrestleMania and if so, the storylines are endless, but it depends if he has time for it because The Rock is so busy. Perhaps he can ‘finish the story’ with Cody Rhodes and have a great match with him or Roman Reigns. They were originally going to fight at the last WrestleMania so that’s another option.” – Nick Dinsmore aka Eugene
The Rock’s WrestleMania Opponent
Roman Reigns and Cody Rhodes make sense for The Final Boss
Roman Reigns and Cody Rhodes make the most sense for The Final Boss. The Rock last appeared on WWE television at Bad Blood, when he returned at the end of the PLE. He stared down both Reigns and Rhodes, who teamed up in the main event, and gave the cut-throat signal to the two superstars.
With regard to Rhodes, The Rock and the Undisputed WWE Champion still have some unsettled differences. The last time they shared a ring together, The People’s Champ gave a ‘gift’ to Cody and issued a warning to never break his heart again. And of course, it was Rhodes who took The Rock’s supposed WrestleMania spotlight last year.
As for Reigns, he and The Rock were already slated to have their dream match at last year’s WrestleMania before the “We Want Cody” movement took over. Moreover, they are undoubtedly two of the biggest stars from the legendary Anoa’i dynasty. Reigns has been The Tribal Chief and The Head of the Table for the past four years. But since returning last year, The Rock has embraced his Final Boss persona. A mega-showdown between the two Samoan superstars for the right to be named the head of the family is a story that tells itself.
Eugene Has High Respect for The Rock
The two crossed paths two decades ago
Eugene and The Rock didn’t have much of a history together. But the two did share a memorable segment during the May 17, 2004, episode of Monday Night Raw. In the interview, Dinsmore also shared his lone WWE moment with The People’s Champ and
“He was super cool, and the experience was awesome. That is probably the biggest highlight of my career… He was making movies in LA but took the time out to come down and work with somebody he didn’t know. That’s what top guys do, they reach down to somebody else and pull them up and that’s what the Rock did for me. After that, Eugene and the Rock became friends in the ring and Eugene was a made man, he made him a star.” – Nick Dinsmore/Eugene
Eugene portrayed an intellectually disabled wrestler during his WWE run. Dinsmore retired from professional wrestling in 2021. After being released by the Stamford-based promotion in 2007, he spent multiple years on the independent circuit.