The Rock will be in action for the first time in 2024 at WWE WrestleMania 40 with a second match speculated for later in the year.
As previously reported, there was a belief that his match in April 2024 would be followed up by a match in May 2024 in Saudi Arabia.
It now appears that his movie schedule is going to impact any such plans with Dave Meltzer writing in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that:
Rock is filming “The Smashing Machine,” a movie where he plays former MMA star Mark Kerr, based on a documentary of the same name.
Based on the filming schedule he could not do any PPV matches until SummerSlam, and even that would be difficult because he’d have to train for the match while on set.
While the belief in the company is that this is not his last match, there is no date for another match and it depends on his movie schedule, although with the nature of his WWE contract, he also could move dates around for a WWE PPV show.
Johnson starts filming “The Smashing Machine on 5/1. This rules him out of the May Saudi Arabia show and makes SummerSlam tough depending on the schedule.
It could mean the earliest he could do another match would be the second Saudi Arabia show. And I could see him waiting for WrestleMania.
The second Saudi Arabia show of the year has traditionally in either October or November since 2018.
The show would be Crown Jewel which last took place in November 2023 and saw Roman Reigns defeat LA Knight for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship.
At WrestleMania 40, The Rock will team with Roman Reigns to take on Cody Rhodes and Seth Rollins on April 6.
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