The Rock Makes Huge WWE WrestleMania 42 Announcement During Friday Night SmackDown

The Rock Makes Huge WWE WrestleMania 42 Announcement During Friday Night SmackDown
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WrestleMania is the biggest annual PLE of the WWE.

Last year at WrestleMania 41, Cody Rhodes defeated Roman Reigns to become the new WWE Universal chanmpion.

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson returned to the WWE in the recent edition of the Friday night SmackDown. The Rock made made a huge announcement regarding the WWE WrestleMania 42. The Pepple's champ gave the people of New Orleans a wonderful surprise by announcing that the show of shows will take place at the Mercedes Benz Superdome.

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The Rock Makes Huge WrestleMania Announcement

The Rock came out, and his entrance music was mixed with some New Orleans flair on the tron. He addressed the crowd and attempted to say his catchphrase, but after the fans finished the iconic "Finally... The Rock has come back to New Orleans" line for him, the megastar jumped in and proclaimed, "Finally, WrestleMania is coming back to New Orleans!" The announcement got "holy s***" chants from the crowd, and The Rock began singing "When The Saints Go Marching In" while toeing the line between heel and babyface before calling out Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes.


WrestleMania 42 will be marked as the third occasion when the New Orleans will host the grandest stage of them all. Previously, WrestleMania 34 was held at the event, where the main event saw the beast Brock Lesnar retain his title against Roman Reigns.