{"id":139073,"date":"2025-07-30T03:10:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T07:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=139073"},"modified":"2025-07-30T03:10:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T07:10:10","slug":"wwe-unreal-reveals-scrapped-kevin-owens-and-the-rock-angle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/07\/30\/wwe-unreal-reveals-scrapped-kevin-owens-and-the-rock-angle\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE: Unreal Reveals Scrapped Kevin Owens and The Rock Angle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The new Netflix documentary, &#8220;WWE: Unreal,&#8221; premiered on July 29. Episode four revealed that Kevin Owens, and not John Cena, was originally pitched to align with Dwayne &#8216;The Rock&#8217; Johnson at Elimination Chamber.<\/p>\n<p>The alliance would have seen The Rock order an impromptu WWE Championship match after Cody Rhodes told him to \u201cgo f*** yourself\u201d. A match that Owens would have won to earn his first WWE Championship.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_132701\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-132701\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-132701\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/03\/Kevin-Owens-WWE-RAW-1-300x169.webp\" alt=\"Image of Kevin Owens\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/03\/Kevin-Owens-WWE-RAW-1-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/03\/Kevin-Owens-WWE-RAW-1-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/03\/Kevin-Owens-WWE-RAW-1-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/03\/Kevin-Owens-WWE-RAW-1.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-132701\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: WWE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>How Kevin Owens Almost Aligned With The Rock<\/h2>\n<p>Former WWE Head Writer and Senior Vice President of Seven Bucks Productions, Brian Gewirtz, stated the following: \u201cWe proposed at Elimination Chamber, Cody turning down The Final Boss, and that was gonna lead to The Final Boss making an impromptu title match\u2026 that resulted in Kevin Owens, who had been in a storyline with Cody during that time, leaving with the championship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Owens had been embroiled in a feud with Rhodes since the Bad Blood Premium Live Event in October. Two WWE Championship matches would take place as a result. A match at Saturday Night&#8217;s Main Event in December, and a ladder match at The Royal Rumble in February &#8211; both of which Rhodes won.<\/p>\n<p>The feud halted after the Royal Rumble as Owens started a small program with long-time frenemy Sami Zayn. The pair would wrestle an unsanctioned match at Elimination Chamber in their home country of Canada.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sami Zayn vs. Kevin Owens \u2013 Unsanctioned Match: Elimination Chamber 2025 highlights\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0YC4ZRYh6xU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Why Kevin Owens Becoming WWE Champion Did Not Happen<\/h2>\n<p>WWE SVP Ed Koskey explained the issue behind the original proposal. \u201cThe one issue we had was changing the championship that close to WrestleMania.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Owens walking into WrestleMania 41 as champion would have presented a multitude of challenges. The idea of Cena vs. Owens was not as desired a WrestleMania main event as Rhodes vs. Cena.<\/p>\n<p>Rhodes not being involved in the main event would have been problematic. A returning Randy Orton would have also been left without a scheduled opponent for the Showcase of the Immortals. Something that, unfortunately, did happen. Owens would not win the championship as Gewirtz ultimately admitted that \u201cOwens winning the title wasn\u2019t the end goal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Instead, John Cena, two months into his farewell tour, would turn heel at the end of Elimination Chamber. This was a moment that most WWE fans could not foresee, despite clamoring for a Cena heel turn for over a decade.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"John Cena turns heel, will face Cody Rhodes at WrestleMania 41 | WWE on ESPN\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XaO7lPtyI7k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Owens, unfortunately, wrestled his last match to date against Zayn. The former Universal Champion would miss WrestleMania altogether due to a lingering neck issue. He underwent successful surgery on July 18, according to Fightful Select.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/07\/28\/wwe-unreal-release-date-cast-episodes-how-to-watch-on-netflix\/\" target=\"_self\">WWE: Unreal<\/a>&#8221; is currently streaming on Netflix and covers the behind-the-scenes workings of the company, primarily during the early portion of 2025. The five-part doc is something that any professional wrestling fan should be desperate to watch.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WWE: UNREAL is now playing.  <\/p>\n<p>Get an unprecedented look at what it takes to produce one of the most secretive shows in the world \u2014 from inside the writer&#39;s room to inside the homes of WWE&#39;s Superstars. <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/S4NRVWXz1c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/S4NRVWXz1c<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Netflix (@netflix) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/netflix\/status\/1950164407780331847?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 29, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>More From LWOS Pro Wrestling<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Header photo \u2013 WWE \u2013<\/span><\/em>\u00a0<em>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a> for more on Kevin Owens, The Rock, WWE: Unreal, and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>You can check out WWE programming on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/81788927\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Netflix<\/a>\u00a0(Raw),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usanetwork.com\/wwe-friday-night-smackdown\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">USA Network<\/a>\u00a0(SmackDown),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cwtv.com\/shows\/wwe-nxt\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The CW<\/a>\u00a0(NXT),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tubitv.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tubi<\/a>\u00a0(WWE Evolve),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aetv.com\/wwe\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A&amp;E<\/a>\u00a0(WWE Superstar Sunday \u2013 Rivals, WWE LFG, and Greatest Moments) and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.peacocktv.com\/watch\/home\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Peacock<\/a>\u00a0(WWE Main Event as well as archives and premium live event streaming). Follow WWE on social media to relive top moments and matches on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/wwe\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a>, and catch fast-paced action on X (<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/i\/events\/1773457579022155776?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WWE Speed<\/a>).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new Netflix documentary, &#8220;WWE: Unreal,&#8221; premiered on July 29. Episode four revealed that Kevin Owens, and not John Cena, was originally pitched to align with Dwayne &#8216;The Rock&#8217; Johnson at Elimination Chamber. The alliance would have seen The Rock order an impromptu WWE Championship match after Cody Rhodes told him to \u201cgo f*** yourself\u201d. 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