The Rock’s epic WWE return lifted up a Bad Blood show that had some issues

The Rock is back and he doesn’t appear happy with Roman Reigns and Cody Rhodes – with a simple hand gesture signaling his feelings.

The massive return ended and lifted up a mostly entertaining Bad Blood pay-per-view from State Farm Arena in Atlanta on Saturday.

It delivered a superb Hell in a Cell match,a trio of returns and some creative bumps in the middle of the card – including one booking decision that appeared to be rejected by the crowd – as four of the five matches included some form of outside interference.

It ended, however, with a stellar flourish that has The Bloodline story on the path to Survivor Series and WarGames.

Here are five takeaways from Bad Blood:

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Most of the match between Solo Sikoa and Jacob Fatu against Cody Rhodes and Roman Reigns feels inconsequential because it was all a setup for the returns and moments at the end.

A few things to note would be Reigns getting a stronger babyface reaction than Rhodes after both got WrestleMania-like entrances with live music.

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