Welcome to the Busted Open podcast. This is Dave LaCreca. On today's episode, myself, Tommy Dreamer, and Thunder Rosa talk about the Rock's appearance on the Pat McAfee Show, how the Rock affected the main event at WrestleMania 41 without even being there. And then I ask, what if the rock never appeared at Elimination Chamber?

We break it all down on the Busted Open podcast. Also, don't forget, we also have the

master's class podcast. Myself, Mark Henry, Tommy Dreamer, Bully Ray. We have a new episode each

and every Monday. Plus, you can listen to

classic episodes. But the Busted Open podcast, we start right now. This is the Busted

Open podcast. Pat McAfee has the Rock advertised for his show yesterday morning, sat down with Pat McAfee for quite some time.

The Rock talking about Sina and Cody leading in to WrestleMania

from the Pat McAfee show.

And this idea of him crowning, getting crowned at WrestleMania,

WrestleMania and becoming 17 and then being a heel champion.

I knew then the best thing for the final boss,

we've established this idea of Cody's soul,

we can always come back to it.

I did feel, and I made the call,

I don't wanna be involved in that step back.

Let the final boss step back, back into the shadows.

Let all the spotlight go to John, let it go to Cody.

Let's not make it about Cody's soul eventually or John's soul.

No, let's let them do what they do.

And I called John after Elimination Chamber, spoke to him, called Cody, and I said,

I think the final boss's work is done. We've established it. We just pulled off the greatest angle

in the history of professional wrestling other than Hulk Hogan turning heel. Back in the 90s,

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