Triple H Comments on The Rock's WWE Future amid Roman Reigns, WrestleMania 39 Rumors

Triple H said Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson "has an open invitation" for WrestleMania 39 in April but doesn't expect the star to make an appearance.

Triple H addressed The Rock's status during the Royal Royal Rumble press conference and told reporters he doesn't think an appearance is "in the cards" despite ongoing conversations with someone who is "incredibly busy."

"He wouldn't want to do it unless he could absolutely do it," Triple H said. "There is no way he would show up here and half-ass it. There's no way he would show up here and not come in and want to put every single thing he had into it to make it the best he could possibly be."

There have been rumors that Johnson would fight Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 39, but Dave Meltzer of Wrestling Observer Radio (via Subhojeet Mukherjee of Ringside News) reported The Rock "indicated" he does not believe he can be in the proper shape to do so.

Reigns addressed such a report during an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon (h/t Mukherjee):

"I believe he just came out with a statement saying that he's not gonna be ready in time, which, that's the face that everyone's making, like, 'Hold on! He trains every single day. He's huge!' In his defense, it's one thing to train with weights, the bodybuilding, the look, the part… but, to be able to get in the ring and do a main event match, a championship match, it takes a lot of conditioning, it beats up your body.

"So there's more that goes into it than training in the weight room. It's a professional athlete type of situation where you have to condition. He does two out of three things perfectly. His nutrition and weight training is on point, but you have to condition yourself, you gotta be ready to fall down."

It seems like the fight is not going to happen, but speculation will surely continue until WrestleMania 39.

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