Rumor On The Rock Facing Roman Reigns Not True?

It was reported over the weekend by WrestleVotes that WWE planned on having Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson win the 2019 Men’s Royal Rumble Match and facing Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 35 — presumably for the Universal Championship.

With Reigns on hiatus due to his ongoing battle with leukemia, those plans are out the window, but WrestleVotes speculates that Johnson could still return to win the Royal Rumble and challenge Brock Lesnar for the Universal Championship.

Rumble tidbit: Plan at one point was for The Rock to win the Royal Rumble & face Roman Reigns at Mania. That’s obviously not happening. Can Rock still win it & face Lesnar? I guess. Depends what kind of agreement Rock and WWE have. Once plans changed, Rock may have reconsidered.

— WrestleVotes (@WrestleVotes) December 8, 2018

According to Wrestling Observer Newsletter editor Dave Meltzer, this rumor is not true.

“This didn’t sound believable, but I checked. Not true at all,” Meltzer wrote on the F4WOnline.com.

WrestleVotes is standing by their story.

Seems like @davemeltzerWON is refuting my tweet about Rock & the Rumble. That’s fair. But in wrestling, plans change ALL the time. To say a trusted source didn’t give me this information is dumb. As everyone can tell, my sources are usually pretty good. So I believe them. Still.

— WrestleVotes (@WrestleVotes) December 12, 2018