Despite being away from WWE television, The Rock has been a major attraction in WWE for the past year. His last appearance came at Elimination Chamber 2025 when he shocked the world by joining forces with John Cena. The Final Boss is heavily rumored to return at WrestleMania 41. In a stunning twist, he could cost Jey Uso the World Heavyweight Championship match.
The speculation arose due to Jey's recent comments, where he seemingly disrespected the Hollywood icon. In an interview with Complex, The YEET Master called Rock's iconic "If you smell what The Rock is cooking" catchphrase the worst of all time. Many believe that The Final Boss might take offense at Uso's attitude and decide to take matters into his own hands.
Since then, fans have been speculating that the 52-year-old might show up at WrestleMania Night One and screw Jey Uso. While it is an intriguing scenario, the chances of it happening are incredibly low. Although The YEET Master's comments are debatable, it was an out-of-character interview with no connection to the WWE product.
Moreover, there have been no interactions between The Rock and Jey Uso on WWE programming in the past few years. If The Final Boss suddenly costs him such a huge moment, it would look quite redundant. There is more buzz around the Hollywood star possibly interfering during the match between Cody Rhodes and John Cena on Night Two.
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It will be interesting to see whether Jey Uso could pull off a miracle and dethrone Gunther at The Showcase of the Immortals. Also, it remains to be seen what The Final Boss has in store.
The Rock to convince Jey Uso to join him after WrestleMania?
Jey Uso is heading into WrestleMania with sheer confidence to dethrone Gunther and capture the World Heavyweight Championship. With such momentum on his side, he is currently the favorite to walk out of Las Vegas with the coveted title around his waist. And if it happens, it might just grab The Rock's attention.
The Final Boss is looking to have a corporate WWE champion who could work for him. He tried to convince Cody Rhodes to join his side, and he could do the same with Jey Uso as well after the latter potentially becomes the world champion at WrestleMania.
The 52-year-old could try to manipulate The YEET Master by reminding him of their blood ties. The Rock might try to get in Jey Uso's head by mentioning how a lot of fans criticized him after he won the Royal Rumble. He could state that no matter how hard Main Event Jey tries, the fans are always going to doubt him.
And this could be enough to ignite the spark of a character transition within Uso. Such an angle could add a massive twist to Jey Uso's storyline after The Show of Shows. However, this is entirely speculation, and it remains to be seen whether The Rock makes such a move.