>Rock becomes board member and uses his power to influence Cody to let him fight Roman to defend his family’s honor
>Cody being the nice guy he is, falls for this ruse
>Cody’s fans get butthurt and start attacking Rock
>Rock starts to reveal his true colors and shit talks Cody and the fans
>Cody realizes he’s been had and calls out Rock
>Rock SEETHES and bitch slaps Cody while threatening Triple H’s job if he doesn’t fix this

Literally no plot holes or inconsistencies to implicate a “pivot”

>b-b-but Cody said not at Wrestlemania-
Because The Rock tricked him dumbass

>b-b-but why wouldn’t The Rock just remove Cody from the match himsel-
Because Cody is legally obligated a title match at Wrestlemania and will sue WWE out the ass if Rock does that

You got worked