The Great One is Back

Just when you were at your boiling point, after a horrible Divas championship match, after The Miz somehow cleanly beat a much more talented Daniel Bryan, after WWE creative thought it would be cute to have Hornswoggle kiss a teenager (at least have him shave his beard), and even after John Cena and the rest of the babyfaces took out the Nexus for the millionth time…

Wait…none of that matters anymore.

The Rock is back.

Cutting a promo for Wrestlemania that spiced things up creatively, the Rock voiced his displeasure over the title reign of The Miz and told the WWE Universe that he is here to stay.

That wasn’t the best part though.

The Rock apparently doesn’t like John Cena.

For the millions (and millions) of WWE fans out there that respect Cena, but miss the days of 3:16 and the People’s elbow, it was like their prayers were finally answered. The fact that Rock didn’t tone himself down, in spite of WWE’s PG rating was impressive too, as the fans in attendance quickly got behind him.

It was like he never left.

Truth be told, WWE creative did the smartest thing they could have by having The Rock pick on Cena, bringing one generation of fans back from the grave and forcing millions of youngsters to rally for their bright shirt-wearing leader. For weeks, fans and critics of the show have voiced their opinions on what looked like a weak Wrestlemania card and the inclusion of The Rock, the WWE finally has some wiggle room creatively.

Think about it; things can only get better. With the Rock back, Triple back soon (he’s on a house show card against Sheamus in a few weeks) and possibly Undertaker and even Sting getting in the mix, Wrestlemania, at the very least, will live up to its name.

Oh, the possibilities. Cena vs. The Rock, when and where it eventually happens, will be a huge draw and will reignite the 20-34 demographic that were sick of playing peek-a-boo with Cena every week. Capable of having a great match with just about anybody, the entire roster should be on notice: this guy can make you something special.

When was the last time that company had someone like that around?

It doesn’t matter.

He’s back now and isn’t going anywhere.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14230 Articles
Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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