Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is synonymous with insane crowd reactions and loud ovations, but it appears even he hasn't seen everything.
In his first return to the WWE following his addition to the TKO board of directions, The Rock found himself surprised by the reaction, both good and bad.
As he always does, the ever-affable People's Champion went on Instagram to say that he was "f#%king blown away," describing the pop he received from the Birmingham, Albama crowd as "one of the loudest ovations" of his storied career.
Unlike his previous appearances, The Rock's arrival in the February 2 episode of Friday Night SmackDown wasn't as big of a surprise. He had returned earlier in the year to make history. Many expected this to mean he's taking Cody Rhodes' spot at WrestleMania 40 and main event it with his cousin, Roman Reigns. This is exactly what happened.
A few days after Seth Rollins challenged The American Nightmare on the January 29 episode of Monday Night RAW to take away from him what he basically described as the better title belt at WrestleMania 40, Cody Rhodes confronted Roman Reigns in the middle of the ring. As always, he drew applause from the crowd, even more so when he teased that he always intends to finish the story. But just as most would've expected him to challenge The Head of the Table for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship in April, he deferred to The Rock.
