The Rock Accused of Stealing Idea for WrestleMania 40 Spot

The Rock teamed up with Roman Reigns to face off against Cody Rhodes and Seth Rollins at WrestleMania 40 Saturday. The Rock had a solid performance in the match but it appears that he has been accused of stealing an idea for a spot in the match.

While speaking to Tom Cambpell, Gallus member Wolfgang talked about what it was like helping The Rock get ready for WrestleMania 40. He said that one morning, he, Mark and Joe Coffey got a message from Matt Bloom telling them to pack their bags because they were flying out to help train The Rock. Their job was to act as the other wrestlers in the match while The Rock practiced.

“We woke up to a text from Matt Bloom that said, ‘Pack a bag. You’re flying to train The Rock for WrestleMania.’ Myself, Mark, and Joe had to play the roles of the other guys in the match. There’s one spot in particular, and I’m gonna get this story out.”

Wolfgang remembered one spot clearly. It was about a move where Cody Rhodes would hit the Rock Bottom on The Rock through a table. The Rock was trying to figure out how to move from one side of the table to the other without it looking awkward. He joked that he didn’t want to do a silly “do-si-do” spin to make it work.

Wolfgang gave him an idea: if The Rock stood on one side and acted like he was going one way, he could grab CodyRhodes and quickly switch to the other side to do the move smoothly.

The Rock liked the idea and repeated it out loud almost exactly how Wolfgang said it. Then he said that now it would look like it was his idea since he said it on camera, thus stealing it. Wolfgang said his small contribution to the WrestleMania main event was helping The Rock avoid doing a goofy move on the table.

“Take you back to the Rock Bottom through the table spot. You’ve got Rock and Cody standing here, and he’s trying to figure out how he can go from this one to this one. And he says, ‘I don’t wanna have to do-si-do on the table to go through that one.’ So I say, ‘If you’re standing on this one, don’t pretend you’re going that way. The Rock stands here, grabs him as if he’s going there, but in reality, he’s just going to switch.’

I explained that, and then Rock—the big cheeky bastard—repeated exactly what I said and he went, ‘Yeah, but now I’ve got it on camera with me saying it, so it looks like my idea.’ That was my input into the WrestleMania main event—stopping The Rock from doing a little silly do-si-do!”

The Rock event sent Gallus a special gift for helping him train for his in-ring return. Regardless, The Rock ultimately took credit for something that wasn’t his idea in the first place and many fans might not be shocked by this in the end.