As noted by Bully, Rock’s “People’s Championship” belt had been a gift that the “Great One” had received at the WWE Hall of Fame ceremony on Friday from the widow of boxing legend Muhammad Ali. Regardless of where it came from, Bully couldn’t help but admit that it muddied the waters too much for him, especially when WWE was trying to establish Rhodes in his new position as the company’s top champion.

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“Even when I saw The Rock carrying it out at WrestleMania, to me, it’s [a] distraction,” Bully said. “With a babyface with Cody, I don’t need any of the attention taken off of him…I don’t need to see anybody else with a championship that can even be perceived, for a moment, as something more important than that Universal Champion. If The Rock wants to be backstage in a vignette or a promo holding it, I get it. But now walking to the ring, and then last night, what’s The Rock holding? I don’t know; Cody is the Universal Champion. I want every ounce of my attention on him.”

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