Friday's episode of "WWE SmackDown" shook things up as "The Final Boss," Dwyane "The Rock" Johnson made two major announcements.

Arriving in 2004, Nick Dinsmore's character Eugene briefly appeared in WWE during the Ruthless Aggression era. While the character wouldn't fly in 2025, he made an impact and appeared in three video games: WWE Day of Reckoning 2, WWE WrestleMania 21, and WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2006.

The Rock and WWE announced on social media that he would be making an appearance on SmackDown. In the post shared to social media, he said: 'Bold and

Welcome to Bleacher Report's live coverage of WWE SmackDown on February 21. This week's show was thrown into chaos before it even started because The Rock's return was announced a day before the show,

Carmelo Hayes was moved from NXT to WWE SmackDown during the 2024 WWE Draft, being select as the third overall pick. Hayes faced Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes in his first official main roster match.

Based on his last few appearances, it also seems like The Rock wants to feud as a face in the match. Showing up to call out Drew McIntyre, who has bullied just about everyone on the main roster over the past year, would put him in that role and also give Drew a match he feels he's worthy of handling.

The Rock had a lot to say during his appearance on tonight’s WWE SmackDown, and after delivering some good news for New Orleans first, he then invited Cody Rhodes to the ring and layed out a plan to make him an even bigger star and Champion,