Post by Chad1m on Apr 8, 2013 15:25:34 GMT -5
This is from PWInsider, as of 4:20PM ET:
This is all developing as I write this, but WWE is working re-write massive parts of tonight's Raw as The Rock is not there as originally planned.
The word backstage is that he left for Los Angeles this morning. WWE sources indicate this caught the company completely off guard and there's a lot of heat on Rock at the moment.
There had been talk of shooting a major angle with Rock to begin building Wrestlemania 30, possibly an angle with Undertaker or Brock Lesnar (we've heard both discussed but mostly Lesnar) and all that is out the window.
Update (4:30PM ET):
The original script for Raw was set to feature The Rock opening the show with a promo about losing the WWE title to John Cena.
The promo would have led to Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman confronting Rock and laying him out, setting the seeds for a future PPV bout between the two.
With Rock bolting home without notice, WWE is currently re-writing the show. It's "chaos backstage" according to one talent we've heard from.
Update (6:45PM ET, echoing a F4W report):
One source close to The Rock is saying that the reason he is not at tonight's Raw is that he told people that he was hurt in last night's match against John Cena and he is going to get it looked at. It's a story making the rounds, take it as such. More as we hear it.
Update (7:55 ET):
Dwayne Johnson @therock
In the middle of last nights Wrestlemania match I tore my abdomen & adductor muscles off the bone. Just part of the job. But as we know..
..It's all about #JustBringIt. WWE Universe THANK YOU for all the love & well wishes. Means everything to me. #LeaveItAllInTheRing
Update (8:30 ET):
The Rock went home abruptly after WrestleMania after being told he had torn abductor and abdominal muscles. He immediately went home to get treatment as he has to start filming his Hercules movie shortly.
Most within WWE were not aware of the circumstances for him leaving and there was heat on him initially. That has dissipated, although there was grumbling among some wrestlers that if they can work hurt, Rock could have at least cut a promo. Obviously, they don't understand the machine Rock is in Hollywood.
WWE was not informed until well into the afternoon, requiring massive rewrites to Raw and all the insanity that goes along with that.
This is all developing as I write this, but WWE is working re-write massive parts of tonight's Raw as The Rock is not there as originally planned.
The word backstage is that he left for Los Angeles this morning. WWE sources indicate this caught the company completely off guard and there's a lot of heat on Rock at the moment.
There had been talk of shooting a major angle with Rock to begin building Wrestlemania 30, possibly an angle with Undertaker or Brock Lesnar (we've heard both discussed but mostly Lesnar) and all that is out the window.
Update (4:30PM ET):
The original script for Raw was set to feature The Rock opening the show with a promo about losing the WWE title to John Cena.
The promo would have led to Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman confronting Rock and laying him out, setting the seeds for a future PPV bout between the two.
With Rock bolting home without notice, WWE is currently re-writing the show. It's "chaos backstage" according to one talent we've heard from.
Update (6:45PM ET, echoing a F4W report):
One source close to The Rock is saying that the reason he is not at tonight's Raw is that he told people that he was hurt in last night's match against John Cena and he is going to get it looked at. It's a story making the rounds, take it as such. More as we hear it.
Update (7:55 ET):
Dwayne Johnson @therock
In the middle of last nights Wrestlemania match I tore my abdomen & adductor muscles off the bone. Just part of the job. But as we know..
..It's all about #JustBringIt. WWE Universe THANK YOU for all the love & well wishes. Means everything to me. #LeaveItAllInTheRing
Update (8:30 ET):
The Rock went home abruptly after WrestleMania after being told he had torn abductor and abdominal muscles. He immediately went home to get treatment as he has to start filming his Hercules movie shortly.
Most within WWE were not aware of the circumstances for him leaving and there was heat on him initially. That has dissipated, although there was grumbling among some wrestlers that if they can work hurt, Rock could have at least cut a promo. Obviously, they don't understand the machine Rock is in Hollywood.
WWE was not informed until well into the afternoon, requiring massive rewrites to Raw and all the insanity that goes along with that.
And who could blame him haha. 
