Comments made during a recent podcast have revealed growing frustration from a WWE Hall of Famer regarding The Rock’s absence from WrestleMania 41 and the subsequent creative direction.
During Thursday’s episode of Busted Open Radio, Bully Ray directly addressed The Rock’s dismissive response to criticism from host Dave LaGreca. This came after The Rock told LaGreca that “the business is a complete work” and advised him to “stop ranting, it’s not healthy my friend. Enjoy the show.”
Bully Ray admitted his previous defense of WWE creative had been misplaced, stating:
I stuck up for these guys, and I told the Busted Open nation the way they connected the dots, they’ve earned my benefit of the doubt to sit back and enjoy what they’re doing. But now with everything that’s going down, it’s now in front of my eyes, they had no clue what the f**k they were doing this whole time.
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The Hall of Famer specifically targeted the abandoned “Cody’s soul” storyline and expressed disinterest in potential future matches:
Oh maybe one day we’ll come back to the soul. No. Don’t go back to the soul, you already stooged it off that it wasn’t going to happen, so let’s forget about Cody’s soul. As a matter of fact, unless I’m getting Cody versus The Rock one day, I don’t think I need to see it.
Bully Ray concluded by suggesting The Rock should include fan perspectives in creative meetings:
Rock, I want you to let Dave into one of those meetings. I want you to let him sit at the table with you and Brian Gewirtz when you’re coming up with everything, because Dave LaGreca is the voice of the wrestling fan.
