Jim Ross Says He Didn't Expect To See The Rock At WrestleMania 41

Many wrestlers, retired stars, and other personalities have had their say over The Rock’s lack of involvement in the WrestleMania 41 main event, including the man himself, who revealed that he was never planned to be at the show, nor was he even planned originally to be in the build to the event. 

AEW announcer Jim Ross is the latest to provide his two cents to the discussion, revealing on his Grilling Jr podcast that he never expected to see The Rock show up at WrestleMania this year. 

“I did not. I had no thoughts that it was going to happen. I’d been happy if it did, I had no issues if it did but there’s a lot of cooks in the kitchen. There’s a lot of cooks in the kitchen in that scenario. It didn’t affect me yay or nay. I know Rock as well as anybody, I signed the guy. He was one of my star recruits back in the day. I was kind of nonplussed by it. I didn’t expect him to be there but then again, maybe I should have expected him to be there. It just didn’t seem like it made a lot of sense, yay or nay, that he would be a part of WrestleMania. I think we were spoiled a little bit quite frankly.”

It was noted in the aftermath that many wrestlers were confused about the lack of The Rock’s presence at the show, despite him playing a role in John Cena’s heel turn. 

H/T Fightful 

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