Dave Meltzer of F4WOnline.com/The Wrestling Observer Newsletter gave his thoughts on the possibility of former WWE Champion Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson returning to WWE to compete at WrestleMania 35 next year on a recent edition of Wrestling Observer Radio:

“He wants to wrestle at WrestleMania. WWE wanted him last year. He was originally supposed to be in the Kurt Angle position. But he had filming stuff, if there’s a movie project, or something he has to film at that time or a week later, it makes it difficult because of the injury risk.”

“If there’s a movie that he wants to do, he’s not gonna turn down a movie that he wants to do to do WrestleMania, that doesn’t make any sense. But if there’s no movie project on the table that he wants to do, and he wants to do WrestleMania, then I’m sure Vince [McMahon] isn’t gonna go, ‘hey, we don’t need you, we don’t want you.’ Especially trying to break into China, because The Rock’s movies are doing just giant business in China.”