With the recent verbal / video bashings between The Rock and John Cena getting more heated with each passing week, I decided to kick-up a post about why The Rock doesn’t make it to Raw on a regular basis and in fact, why he SHOULDN’T make it to Raw more often. Unfortunately for those in the Cenation, this Top 5 is in defense to The Rock, but you know you’re all free to share opinions so if you think my points suck, tell me about it in the Comments section. Now, on to business…

A couple of days ago The Rock posted a solid 11-minute video in which he verbally rips John Cena apart, in response to John Cena’s recent comments about The Rock not showing up on a weekly basis which he made at house-shows in Australia and more recently on the episode of Raw leading into Money In The Bank. Here’s the video for you to see in case you haven’t already done so.

It’s a pretty harsh video, and to some The Rock may come off as cocky. But here’s a man who has made a career out of being cocky and arrogant, so who’s to blame.

Here are 5 BIG reasons why The Great One doesn’t show up on a weekly basis, and some even point out why that’s a good thing. 

5. He Is An Active Hollywood Celebrity

Let’s be perfectly clear about something before we head into the other 4 reasons. The Rock is a bona fied Hollywood celebrity. Recently, he starred in Fast Five, one of the most profitable movies of the year, and he has been locked for another Fast and Furious flick due in 2013. He has been signed to star in G.I Joe 2. His movies have mostly been profitable regardless of their genre. The Rock never lied about leaving the business. He was very vocal about his goals, about his dreams, and about his decision to leave. It’s up to us to either respect that, or bash him for wanting to achieve more in life. We can either belittle him for leaving, or respect the fact that he achieved immense success as a wrestler by age 30 and is now an A-list celebrity in a much bigger landscape.

To be brutally honest, The Rock doesn’t need to come back to WWE. Studios pay him well, and he has made a decent name for himself in Hollywood. For him to come back to his roots, and to call himself ‘The Rock’ again despite the stigma the entertainment world has against pro-wrestling, and for him to sign-on to wrestle once again at WrestleMania 28 shows that he truly wants to give something back to the business that made him who he is. Because if you look at it logically, there is absolutely no reason to come back other than to entertain the WWE fans again.

4. He Has Nothing Left To Prove

Keeping the fact that Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson is a celebrity with a busy acting schedule in mind, lets move on to reason #4. There is no way The Rock can bust his ass in the ring and then go somewhere to shoot a decent film. I emphasize the word ‘decent’. Sure, superstars in WWE do it all the time, but WWE’s films are mostly awful with some being mediocre at best. They aren’t even big-budget productions. Even if The Rock agreed to wrestle a bunch of matches leading into WrestleMania 28, it would be both awkward and irrelevant. Imagine seeing The Rock wrestle Tyson Kidd.

The Rock has nothing left to prove. He has taken the roof off stadiums and arenas with matches against the best of the best. He has toppled legends, brawled with now-UFC fighters, and has gone toe-to-toe with the likes of Austin and The Undertaker. For him to come back and fight Drew McIntyre or Sheamus or Dolph Ziggler or The Miz wouldn’t make any sense. There’s an age-barrier, for one, and then there’s the gap in experience. These are rising superstars. The Rock is a superstar who broke past his potential, electrified in his prime, and went on to find new challenges. There is no sense whatsoever in him wrestling an active routine again. Not for himself, and not for us.

3. It Would Water-Down WrestleMania 28

So if he doesn’t wrestle, could he maybe act as the General Manager of Raw for a year? Lets think about how much that would suck for both The Rock and the fans. So in the end, at WrestleMania 28, it’ll be John Cena – the best the business has to offer today – against Raw’s General Manager? Doesn’t sound very nice, does it?

Okay, so maybe he doesn’t have to be GM. He could have backstage time and ring time. And for what? Is The Rock suppose to come out every single week and verbally bash random superstars for an entire year? And what for? The Rock being there every week would do nothing to help WrestleMania 28. In fact, it would kill the anticipation of his in-ring return and water-down what is set to be the greatest match of the decade in terms of iconic statuses. (I still say The Undertaker vs Shawn Michaels at WM25 is the greatest match of the decade, and probably of all time!)

2. It Would Prove John Cena Wrong!

I respect John Cena for his passion, his pride, and his willingness to work like a workhorse for WWE. I may not agree with him as the face of the company or with some of the things that he says, but the fact that he works to the bone for the business has led me to respect him over the years. That being said, it’s no secret that John Cena has problems commanding the crowd. Every week it’s a partial reaction. Half the crowd boos him while others cheer him on. This is a major issue for WWE. John Cena is their poster-boy. They NEED people to like him, and they need fans to cheer for him more than they do The Rock. In typical Cena fashion, it’s going to be hostile in Miami next year for the Captain of Cenation. Although there’s a high possibility Cena will win the match, it only shows that WWE’s biggest superstar of the current era isn’t as successful as the icons of the past.

The one thing John Cena has in his arsenal against The Rock is the fact that he shows up every week whereas The Rock is always “via satellite” or via a “YouTube video”. This is power in Cena’s hands. This is something that’ll influence fans and manipulate the strong sentiments fans have against superstars who don’t ‘show up’. And I think WWE likes to keep it that way. If The Rock made regular appearances he would prove Cena wrong, and that sucks for WWE’s current landscape. They have to do what they can to make sure fans know Cena is the ‘good guy’. They have to make fans like the current era instead of always referencing the ‘Attitude Era’. The only way that could happen is if The Rock stays away, and in the process converts some of his People into soldiers of the Cenation. It’s harsh, but true.

1. It’s Just Bad For Business

Look at it this way. The Rock is 39 years old this year. Come WrestleMania 28, The Great One will be 40. Now, everyone is fully aware that WWE is in crisis-mode as far as new superstars are concerned. There has not been a pop-culture icon to carry the business into mainstream media since Steve Austin retired. John Cena, as hardworking as he is, caters only to a certain group of followers. In short, WWE lacks superstars. I guess CM Punk broke the mold by turning himself into a wrestling demigod recently, but they still need more. Bringing The Rock back could help them boost ratings and carry the product into mainstream media again, but for how long? Who’s there in WWE to replace the likes of The Undertaker, Triple H, Shawn Michaels, Edge, Stone Cold, and The Rock?

This is the crisis that forces guys like Taker to come back at big events like Summerslam every year no matter how physically banged-up they are. What happens if The Rock wrestles on a regular basis, steals the spotlight, and then decides to hang it up at 43-44? Fans will notice the gaping hole in the company’s structure, they will realize the lack of star-power, and ratings will once again suffer. WWE can’t afford to let that happen. The reality is no one has been able to step-up to even John Cena’s credibility, let alone Austin or The Rock. Having The Rock there on a regular basis is only a temporary solution. In the long run, it’ll deprive rising stars of the spotlight and cause more damage for the future.

So I guess everyone has the right to their own opinions, as does the WWE Champion John Cena. But to me, there’s more logic on The Rock’s side, whereas Cena’s points manipulates some sentimental value in the WWE Universe. I don’t think Cena’s points are valid, but hey, I’ve seen weirder things happen in this business so who I am to say what’s right and wrong. Cena has true passion, I’ll give him that. I’ll even salute him for it. But wanting The Rock to be there every week just doesn’t compute. If anything, it’s just a weapon in Cena’s hands that he has against The Rock for the time-being.

What do you think about these reasons? Strike back below and tell everyone if YOU think The Rock is right or wrong. Comment away!