HEAVY Teases For The Rock's In-Ring Return On Last Night's WWE Raw

The Rock was in his gear for the first time in 8 years on WWE Raw, and Cody wants the match.

by Michael Hamflett
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The Rock was in wrestling gear on last night's Raw, and the glimpse was part of a huge push for his Road To WrestleMania.

Rock featured in a video package for his return to SmackDown (subtitled "Sold Out") this Friday in Arizona, but spliced within the clips of 'The Great One' joining The Bloodline two weeks earlier were shadowy shots of him warming up and looking match-ready.

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'The Most Electrifying Man In Sports Entertainment' is currently in Cody Rhodes' firing line following an Elimination Chamber challenge and a Raw promo from 'The American Nightmare' where he pledged to hunt down Paul Heyman's group after beating up his NYPD goon squad. Though not yet announced, it's expected that Rock and Reigns will take on Rhodes and Seth Rollins on Night One of WrestleMania, before Rollins defends his World Heavyweight Championship against Drew McIntyre on Night Two alongside Rhodes and Reigns' WWE Title main event.

Rock's last match - technically - was a WrestleMania 32 squash win over Erick Rowan. His last proper encounter was an April 2013 loss to John Cena at WrestleMania 29.

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Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation nearly 8 years. He primarily produces written, audio and video content on WWE and AEW, but also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back over 35 years. As one third of "The Dadley Boyz" Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast and its accompanying YouTube channel, earning it top spot in the UK's wrestling podcast charts with well over 62,000,000 total downloads. He has been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times, GRAPPL, GCP, Poisonrana and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling, and has covered milestone events in New York, Dallas, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, London and Cardiff. Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in sports, music and culture magazines The Crack, A Love Supreme and Pilot. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it singing far too loud watching his favourite bands play live. Follow him on X/Twitter - @MichaelHamflett