The Rock, Roman Reigns Beat Cody Rhodes, Seth Rollins at WWE WrestleMania 40

Undisputed WWE common champion Roman Reigns and The Rock defeated Cody Rhodes and world heavyweight champion Seth Rollins in a tag crew match on Night time 1 of WrestleMania 40 on Saturday night time.

By advantage of Reigns and The Rock successful, Sunday’s Night time 2 major occasion between Reigns and Rhodes will likely be wrestled underneath Bloodline Guidelines, which means something goes.

This match wasn’t quick on notable moments, beginning with The Rock’s entrance:

The Rock formally made his return to the ring after eight years after Reigns tagged him in to face Rollins:

Some mid-match shenanigans went down, although, when The Rock—in his position as a member of WWE house owners TKO board of administrators—ordered the referee to not depend anybody out.

The Rock additionally received away with a transparent low blow:

Apart from the Rock’s strong-arming of this match, one other recurring storyline was Rollins’ injured left knee, which he clearly favored, particularly after staggering exterior the ring at one level. That will likely be one thing to observe when The Visionary defends his World Heavyweight Champion belt Sunday versus Drew McIntyre.

That additionally got here into play when The Rock put Rollins right into a sharpshooter, which Rhodes broke up with a giant slap:

Shut calls and massive moments had been there on each side.

Rhodes hit Reigns with a shoulder sort out off the highest rope adopted by a Rollins splash, however that wasn’t adequate:

Reigns and The Rock locked Rhodes in a guillotine, however Rollins broke it up with a Stomp:

One of many greatest moments of all of them occurred when Reigns unintentionally speared The Rock, resulting in Rollins and Rhodes hitting pedigrees and going for a double pin. Nevertheless, the heel pair received out simply in time:

All hell began breaking unfastened.

The Rock tried to hit Rhodes with a Rock Backside by means of the announce desk, however The American Nightmare reversed it and landed one in every of his personal. Quickly afterward, Reigns speared Rollins by means of the barricade:

It wasn’t meant to be for Rhodes and Rollins, although.

The American Nightmare tried his greatest to complete off Reigns with a pair of Cross Rhodes finishers. He went for a 3rd, however The Rock stopped him in his tracks by slapping him along with his strap.

Reigns tagged in The Rock, who landed the Rock Backside and Folks’s Elbow for the victory.

After Rhodes misplaced to Reigns in the primary occasion of WrestleMania 39 on account of interference from Solo Sikoa, The American Nightmare spent the subsequent 12 months making an attempt to get one other shot at The Tribal Chief and the Undisputed WWE Common Championship.

Rhodes gained his second consecutive males’s Royal Rumble match and all indicators pointed towards a WrestleMania rematch with Reigns, however on the primary episode of SmackDown after Royal Rumble, The Rock returned and Rhodes seemingly stepped apart.

At that time it appeared as if WWE was poised to go along with Reigns vs. The Rock at The Present of Exhibits, however one other curveball was thrown on the WrestleMania Kickoff press convention in Las Vegas with Cody selecting Reigns as his opponent.

After Rhodes introduced his determination and each he and Reigns took photographs at one another’s households, The Rock shocked the WWE Universe by slapping Rhodes throughout the face and turning heel within the course of.

The Rock later formally joined The Bloodline and pledged his allegiance to Reigns by acknowledging him as The Tribal Chief.

At Elimination Chamber in Perth, Australia, Rhodes laid down a problem to The Nice One, stating that he wished to face him in a singles match at or earlier than WrestleMania, however Rock had different concepts.

He made a problem of his personal within the type of himself and Reigns in opposition to Rhodes and Rollins with a particular stipulation. If The Rock and Reigns gained, then Reigns vs. Rhodes can be fought underneath Bloodline Guidelines; but when Rhodes and Rollins gained, then The Bloodline can be barred from getting concerned in Reigns vs. Rhodes.

Whereas Rhodes was on their lonesome in his battle in opposition to Reigns and The Bloodline final 12 months, he gained an unlikely ally this 12 months within the type of Rollins, who was as soon as his greatest rival.

Rollins has a protracted historical past along with his former Protect stablemate in Reigns, and throughout the construct towards WrestleMania, he made it clear that he felt taking down Reigns and The Bloodline was essential so as to protect the way forward for the wrestling enterprise.

A win on Night time 1 of WrestleMania possible would have given Rhodes an enormous benefit on Night time 2, however with Reigns and The Rock beating Cody and Rollins, The American Nightmare will nearly definitely should take care of The Bloodline throughout his title match.

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