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#4 Original plans for The Rock at WWE Survivor Series 2021

One of the biggest disappointments coming out of WWE Survivor Series 2021 was no appearance from The Rock. WWE was heavily promoting his 25th anniversary with the company and fans were hoping to see The Brahma Bull electrify the Barclays Center.

With Roman Reigns closing out the show, it was the perfect timing as well but nothing of that sort happened.

According to Andrew Zarian, The Rock was originally planned to appear at the show. However, his filming schedule didn't allow him to be there.

“In July, I was told that the Brooklyn, New York, pay-per-view would be centered around [Dwayne] Johnson. Between heavily promoting his new Red Notice movie on Netflix, the 25th anniversary of his WWE debut that took place in New York City, NBC’s renewal of Young Rock, and the second season of the Ruthless Aggression documentary series, the timing was perfect. […]"

"In late-September, the same source told me that Johnson would not be on Survivor Series due to his filming schedule and needing to quarantine for travel. However, there was still a financial obligation to continue with the plan for the movie promotion without Johnson which is what we saw last night. The basic concept stayed the same, minus Johnson himself,” wrote Zarian.

WWE Universe wants to see The Great One return and have the dream match against his cousin and current Universal Champion Roman Reigns. While there have been several teases of the same, it looks unlikely that the match will happen anytime soon.