WWE initially announced a Bloodline Acknowledgement Ceremony, only to cancel it and replace it with a Trial of Sami Zayn segment on tonight’s RAW 30th anniversary show.
Some fans speculated that this had something to do with The Rock’s absence from WrestleMania 39, where WWE had hoped he would face Roman Reigns. That is not the case, as the company had known for some time that The Rock would not be working the show.
According to Dave Meltzer’s F4WOnline daily update, Afa and Sika were not prepared to make the trip, and Rikishi was sick, so WWE simply canceled the entire segment.
Meltzer stated, ““Rumors regarding this had to do with The Rock pulling out or Vince McMahon changing things are both false. Rock was never booked for the segment. The change was made because Afa & Sika & Rikishi were all not going to be able to be there. They were to be the key people but Afa & Sika were not ready for the trip and Rikishi got sick this week so the idea basically fell apart. Creative was changed with The Bloodline story on Friday to reflect the change in Raw, a what happened was not what was originally scripted to happen.”
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