Brian Gewirtz isn’t ruling out the possibility of The Rock returning to WWE down the line.
Former WWE writer Brian Gewirtz was a recent guest on The Ringer Wrestling Show. When asked what the hold up is on The Rock returning to the company to do something with The Bloodline, Gewirtz said there’s a big difference between interacting with Grayson Waller and mentioning The Bloodline.
“I would say this first of all, yeah, The Rock does look at his social media,” Brian Gewirtz began. “I don’t know how much you can cover when you have like, millions upon millions and millions of followers. But somehow, he saw the Grayson Waller thing. I don’t think — I mean look, we haven’t discussed it. I personally don’t think — obviously, there are bigger things going on in the world in general. But just even in the entertainment landscape.
“Even though WWE is not affiliated with any of the guilds and not affiliated with SAG, I still think it’s a bad look for a prominent actor like The Rock, Cena, or Batista to appear on an entertainment program while there’s a strike going on. While people are not getting paid and are striking and picketing every single day. Yes, it’s not the same, but it’s also like appearing on television in an entertainment capacity.
Brian Gewirtz doesn’t think it would be a good look for The Rock to appear on WWE during the SAG strike
“It’s just not a great look when there’s a strike going on, for one thing. So I would say this, I would be shocked if The Rock appeared anytime soon while the strike is going on. But I would be equally if not more shocked if Rock never appeared in a WWE ring again. And figuring in the storyline at some point too, but everything needs to be crafted and discussed and thought about.
“And if The Rock, let’s say again, we’ve never talked about this is just my opinion. If The Rock all of a sudden tweeted something about The Bloodline, it’s not like if I tweeted something about The Bloodline, like who gives a shit? If he said something about The Bloodline, the gates of Hell are open. You can’t close the door again once you do it.
“Once you dip your toe into the pool, it’s on. You can tweet Grayson Waller, and he could tweet back, and there could be a funny little exchange, and you can mention it again. But there’s not going to be this pitchfork-like mentality of what are you waiting for? Do it! You started it! So you can have fun with that sort of thing. But once you start doing The Bloodline thing, it’s time to go, and that’s why you got to be very, very judicious and careful about it.”
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