The Rock Talks WrestleMania XXX Surprise, Will Sting Wrestle in WWE, Rock vs. Reigns Match

The Rock spoke with CBS-19′s Chris Van Vliet in Cleveland. Below are some highlights of the interview, followed by the video of the interview. Also included in the interview is Rock vs. Brock talk, as well as if he would wrestle another match.

On how Rock kept his appearance at WrestleMania XXX a secret:

“By me not posting anything (laughs). I came in literally hours before and it’s one of those things where it was a very last minute decision. It was an amazing night and there’s no greater feeling as a performer than that connection with an audience.”

If Sting will be in WWE:

“I do, yeah. And I know a guy or two so we’ll just put it like that. I do think he’s going to come back and I think it’s going to be great.”

If a match with Roman Reigns makes sense:

“I don’t know if that match makes sense now because he is not their top heel right now, so you would look at that. Unless I went in as a heel and he was a babyface.”

The Rock’s Movie Being Boycotted By Writer, WWE NXT Announcer Absent From Tapings, New WWE T-Shirts

Writer Calls For Boycott

Comic writer Alan Moore is calling for a boycott of Hercules, The Rock’s movie. Writer Steve Moore, who wrote the original comic series, did not want his name used in any sorts of connections with the movie and their marketing, as he was highly upset with changes that were made while working with Radical Comics on the series.

Steve Moore, who has no relation to Alan Moore, received no money for the comic being used for the movie and asked that his name was not to be attached to the movie. After he died, his name ended up being used to promote the film. BleedingCool.com has more details of this developing story here. The Hollywood Reporter has also picked up on the story.

NXT Announcer Absent from Tapings

William Regal was absent from the NXT Tapings this past weekend. There is no word, as of right now, of his whereabouts.

New WWE T-Shirts

WWEShop.com has released new shirts for Nikki Bella and Jack Swagger. Also, championship belts are now 20 percent off this weekend only.

Isenberg: I would not worry about Regal being absent from NXT tapings this past week unless it happens for a second consecutive week. Regal has been extremely good in that role for NXT and has had supporters backstage with his skills on the microphone. 

The Wyatt Family Appearing at Tonight’s WWE NXT Tapings, The Rock Pulled from Chris Christie Parody Video

The Wyatt Family Appearing at Tonight’s WWE NXT Tapings

WWE taping another four weeks worth of NXT TV shows at Full Sail University tonight. Bray Wyatt, Luke Harper and Erick Rowan are scheduled to appear at the tapings.

The Rock Pulled from Chris Christie Parody Video

Yesterday, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie posted a parody video promoting a pension reform plan, and it’s titled “No Pain. No Gain.”

The video features a shot of The Rock as it’s a spoof of Rock’s movie “Pain & Gain.” According to NJ.com, however, The Rock’s attorneys were not happy with Christie using his likeness in the video, and requested The Rock be removed from the spoof.

Several ​Wrestlers Mentioned On General Hospital Yesterday, The Rock Speaks Out And More

-- The September 14 WWE live event in Boston, Massachusetts has an online pre-sale that starts today on Ticketmaster.com with the code WWELIVE.

-- Yesterday's episode of General Hospital had a reference to wrestling. Tracy Quartermaine visits her maid Alice in the hospital (because she had a heart attack and needs a new heart). Alicia is a former professional wrestler called "The Dominator". Tracy comes in with the May edition of WWE magazine with The Undertaker on the cover. She hands her a Muscle & Fitness magazine with David Otunga on the cover. She asks if Otunga is Alice's favorite, and she says he is.

-- AL.com has an interview with Dick Bourne, the author of Big Gold Belt. The website also has a story on Mick Foley's one man show in Huntsville, Alabama. 

-- The Rock filmed a scene for San Andreas in San Francisco yesterday. A local NBC affiliate wrote a story about it.

The Rock Comments On Wrestling Again, Sting WWE 2K15 Artwork

- WWE legend Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson appeared on ESPN's SportsCenter on Tuesday morning to promote his new movie "Hercules" due out next Friday, July 25th.

When asked if he'll ever return to WWE for another match, The Rock said, "Possibly, yeah."

- 2K Sports has released the official artwork for Sting's playable characters in the upcoming WWE 2K15 video game.

The only way to get Sting as a playable character is by pre-ordering the game, which you can do now at Amazon.com.

WWE 2K15 will be released on October 28th for Playstation 4, XBox One, PS3 & XBox 360.

Popularity Of The Rock's "Hercules" Film, Trailer For Jim Cornette Shoot Interview

- The Rock recently noted on Twitter that the trailer for his upcoming "Hercules" film was the number one most popular trailer on all of YouTube. "The Brahma Bull" tweeted the following:



The following is the trailer for HERCULES

- Speaking of trailers, here's a look at the upcoming RF Video shoot interview with legendary wrestling manager Jim Cornette:

Wrestlemania 31: Roman Reigns Vs. ?

While we are only through two “Special Events” after Wrestlemania 30, I’ve read a few articles that had me thinking about Wrestlemania 31. I know there are plenty of articles that have been written about Roman Reigns already, but with The Shield on the path toward splitting up entirely I was thinking about who Roman could face at Wrestlemania 31 to give him an early career Wrestlemania moment. While one of the three men is already set up for a match with a different Superstar, I still thought it would be fun to entertain the idea of the match. So without further ado, here are three men that I believe should be the options to face Roman Reigns at Wrestlemania.

The first Superstar that comes to mind as a legitimate opponent for Roman to face is Brock Lesnar. Two tough SOB’s duking it out on the grandest stage of them all. While some would be for the match and some would be against it, I think this would be a huge match that would make Roman look like a complete animal if he were to go over. Brock is a guy who is riding the biggest wave in wrestling history and any person who can take him down gets a major rub as well. These two have not met due to the fact that Brock’s schedule is very light and Roman hasn’t been a singles Superstar except for a few matches here and there. Roman would have to enhance his mic work for this feud to work because Paul Heyman will eat you alive if you can’t fire back at him. My only hesitation with this feud is that I’m not sure what reason Brock or Roman would have to face each other. Considering Brock is the bigger Superstar of the two, the best way that I could see Roman going after him is to come out and say he wants to take down the best. Take down the man who took down a legend. The Shield is the only other group that made the Undertaker disappear for an extended period of time. Roman thinks they’re equals, Brock and Heyman don’t, commence feud.

The next Superstar on the list would be Goldberg. Bill has been talking for the past year now about having one more match so his kid could see him wrestle, and not just on the WWE Network. He’s denied it on Twitter but he did in fact talk about working a match at WM30. Now, I’ve been thinking about this feud for a while and Roman would be a great opponent for Goldberg. He’s more legitimate than Ryback is, and he uses one move that Goldberg also used to, the Spear. Goldberg may have not been the best in ring technician but Roman has come so far that he could help carry the match and give it that big match feel. I would use the fact that Roman uses the Spear to start the feud. Goldberg would come back and say he’s seen Roman using the Spear for a while now without ever giving credit that he stole the move from Goldberg. Roman being the tough guy he is, says that he didn’t steal it, he does it better. I could only imagine the match, when these guys go to Spear each other. They would both counter it at first to help build the drama, the old guy outsmarting the young gun and the young gun being too quick for the old guy. Goldberg would finally hit it and Roman would kick out much to Goldberg’s surprise, and then Roman would finally hit it for the win. Although this match may never happen, it was a fun one to think about.

The final Superstar that I feel would be the best option, and credit goes to my fellow writer Mark Moore for mentioning the match in his article “Roman Will Reign”, is The Rock. What better way for Rock to finish off his in-ring career than by putting over one of his family members. I feel like this is the perfect scenario in that everybody wins. Roman gets a huge rub from one of the greatest Superstars ever, Rock gets to put over family and the fans don’t have to watch Rock vs. Cena III. I feel like this match would get a great reception from the crowd because it’s never been done before and the fans would know that Rock wouldn’t be going over. This is another situation where Roman would have to have his mic skills at their peak because The Rock can adlib and still pull out some great work. I feel like there’s no reason that this match wouldn’t work and since The Rock didn’t work WM30 like he intended to early on, he could close out his career against his cousin and proceed with his induction into the WWE Hall of Fame.

While Jim Ross has said that he sees Roman as the WWE Champion after Wrestlemania 31, I don’t quite think he’ll be there. He should still get a great Wrestlemania moment and what better way than facing one of these three men. What do you guys think? Do you agree or is there someone else that is more deserving of facing Roman? Sound Off Below!!!