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The Rock cut off on WWE SmackDown; censored suddenly
Inside: The Rock's demand from Cody Rhodes and more
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SMACKDOWN SYNOPSIS
The Rock cut quite a promo when he turned up on WWE SmackDown this week, demanding everything from Cody Rhodes and even saying he wanted his soul. He went on to give him an ultimatum as well.
However, the Rock is back, and yet again, he went on an unscripted promo. According to reports, he didn't have to strictly follow a script. He talked about Cody Rhodes and said he wanted his soul and Rhodes to be his champion. While it was not obvious what The Rock actually wanted from Cody Rhodes, it became clear that he was asking him to sell out. In the middle of this, while he was cutting his promo, he was censored a few times. Once, he was censored because of an audience chant, and again, he was censored because he said, ";F***." It appears that he was censored on both USA Network and Netflix.
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FROM THE RUMOR MILL
The Rock appeared on SmackDown tonight for a few reasons - to announce WrestleMania 42 in New Orleans, to tell Cody Rhodes that he wants his soul (to sell out to him), and to announce that he will be at Elimination Chamber in Toronto for Cody Rhodes. But how exactly has this impacted WrestleMania 41?
Thankfully, Fightful Select had a very detailed report about all things surrounding The Rock and his sudden WWE return. It was reported that the creative team was only informed of his return a few days ago, so it led to a lot of last-minute scrambling, such as Cody Rhodes being removed from the main event. According to the report from Fightful Select, it's unclear as to how it's going to immediately impact the future.
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