10 WWE Wrestlers The Rock Refused To Wrestle

10. Bray Wyatt

Bray Wyatt had a high profile match as WWE Champion against Randy Orton at WrestleMania 33, but Orton wasn’t the opponent Bray had in mind to wrestle on the card the year prior.

At WrestleMania 32, The Wyatt Family interrupted The Rock’s in-ring promo which descended into a brawl involving John Cena. Rock had a lot of fun at Bray’s expense in the segment, at one point heckling him with “You come out here, and you talk about how you’re the Eater of Worlds. Well from where The Rock’s standing, you’re the eater of hot pockets.”

Talking about that moment in an interview with ESPN’s SportsCentre later that year, Bray laid down a challenge to The Most Electrifying Man in all of Sports Entertainment for WrestleMania 33:

“The Rock is the biggest star in the world period. It was a moment for me as well, especially because I was walking out and seeing 100,000 fireflies, and that was something of beauty. Being out there with The Rock… It was cool, I guess I would say, but I would also have to admit that we have unfinished business, and if he’s listening or watching, Rock, I would love to finish it at WrestleMania 33.”

It never ended up happening though - Rock later revealed he couldn’t make WrestleMania 33 due to wrapping up his HBO Ballers series.