The Rock returned to WWE programming on SmackDown with two purposes in mind. He announced Caesars Superdome in New Orleans will host WrestleMania 42, and he laid down quite an ultimatum before Cody Rhodes.

The Rock has announced that he will be present at SmackDown on Friday evening, which will take place in New Orleans. Triple H confirmed The Rock's appearance in a statement. This week's SmackDown notably has a big six-man tag match on the card featuring Cody Rhodes,

WWE SmackDown results, winners and grades as The Rock returns, announces WrestleMania 42 for New Orleans and calls out Cody Rhodes.

"The Final Boss" called out WWE Champion Cody Rhodes, and over the course of a 25-minute segment, repeatedly told him he wanted Rhodes to be "his" champion. The encounter was ambiguous and uneasy, catching the attention of many.

Cody Rhodes will no longer compete on tonight's episode of SmackDown. Instead he'll meet The Rock face-to-face in New Orleans.

The Rock had a lot to say during his appearance on tonight’s WWE SmackDown, and after delivering some good news for New Orleans first, he then invited Cody Rhodes to the ring and layed out a plan to make him an even bigger star and Champion,

During his appearance, The Rock made big announcements, including that WrestleMania 42 will take place in New Orleans, he’s targeting Cody Rhodes’ “soul,” and will be at Elimination Chamber 2025 to see if Cody is willing to give it up.

The Rock will be on SmackDown tonight, and anything can happen. Rock shared a video of when he arrived in New Orleans, revealing the gift that Cody Rhodes gave him just before WrestleMania XL, a watch: NEW ORLEANS,

The major possibilities certainly are there to keep Cody Rhodes as interesting as he’s ever been as the shine of his “Finish the story” arc wears off.

Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson's staggering offer to Cody Rhodes has changed the creative dynamics ahead of WWE WrestleMania 41.

The Final Boss is back in WWE and he has made quite the offer to Cody Rhodes. The Rock fired up the New Orleans crowd gathered at the Smoothie King Center when

The Rock returned to WWE SmackDown on Friday evening and kicked it off with a big announcement before the whole night took a really weird turn. Live from the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, The Final Boss confirmed that WrestleMania 42 will take place in New Orleans next year.