>>13655774>It would draw more money. This take always baffles me. This isn't the AE where Rock is a hot commodity like Stone Cold. Rock is now just in the public sphere and his reputation HAS gotten worse over time, whether you want to admit it or not. And as we all clearly saw, this decision would've been an anti-draw and draw less money than they wanted. Even without the Cody cuckoldry, it would be panned as yet another Mania Rock main events with no build up and stealing someone else's spot.
And let's be generous and say even THAT wasn't the factor. The Rock is past his fucking prime, and now he's too watered down in general. He can say some edgy things here and there but "The Great One" has been gone for a long while. The draw would've only been like a 1 or 2% bump, because I promise you that normies/tiktokkers do not give a shit about Rock being in WWE as much as you think. Him being in movies is different.
>The Rock is a bigger superstar than Cody.Not in the current landscape. Everyone knows who Cody is. Would Rock get a big pop? Sure. But in terms of sales, merch, ticket drivers, not really. I'd say they're about equal, because Rock has a huge legacy of 20 years to fall back on.
>Roman being Rock’s cousin also gives normies an easier story to be sold. I assure you that normie shitters won't care about island monkeys squabbling over who sits at the kitchen table for dinner.
>Finally, both have better looks than Cody.C'mon dude.
