12 Upcoming Wrestling Stories That Are Already Doomed
2. Roman Reigns vs. The Rock
The Rock believed that audiences were so desperate to see his match against Roman Reigns main event a tentpole WrestleMania that he booked himself to take Cody Rhodes' spot in the middle of the ring on SmackDown.
Underestimating just how connected WWE fans were to ongoing storylines and the longstanding quest Rhodes had been on since losing to the 'Tribal Chief' one year prior, it proved to be one of the funnier screw-ups of 'The Great One's latter-day career. Stuck in the past (and up his own hole) Rock's certainty and hubris being shattered was amusing, but it did go some way to diminishing the excitement around a contest that had indeed had years of Bloodline lore attached. Rock and Roman Reigns were hypothetically positioned next to and against one another for most of Reigns' topline run, but the more Roman finally found himself as WWE's actual top guy, the less a battle with his most famous family member felt all that crucial.
Removed from the drama of the WrestleMania 40 build, the two could easily reheat a major match, but Rock's persistent verbal diarrhoea and moving of goalposts has done so much to wreck what was once a genuine slice of familial magic. And it's not the only mega money Johnson dream match that now seems like it can't possibly live up to expectations...