The Rock and John Cena's final confrontation: photos

"2004; WrestleMania XX. The Rock competed in what many thought would be his last match ever. Ever since then, the question has been asked: 'Rock, when are you coming back?'"

"The Rock didn't know until WrestleMania XXVII ... when The Rock delivered a Rock Bottom heard 'round the world ... that's when The Rock knew it was over."

"There's only one man who the people wanted The Rock to face at WrestleMania."

"John Cena, in The Rock's last WrestleMania he competed in, that was your very first. Since then you've transcended the industry ... but make no mistake: you have never - and The Rock means NEVER - seen anything like The Rock."

In comes John Cena for his final rebuttal.

"Ahh, my movie-star nemesis. As usual you're only half right. Because you will never see anything like John Cena."

"For the past year now I have listened to the best trash-talk from undoubtedly the best talker in the business ... oh, Rock, you talk trash. You are the best, but you are not the first."

"When you left there was a 10-year gap, and in that gap, when anybody wanted to make a name for themselves, there was one name who always got thrown into the meat grinder ... and that was me."

Cena says of all the past Superstars who have left WWE, "finally, there's one man with a set of ideals ... that simply does what the t-shirt says. I rise above, Rock, and here's the kicker: I rise above, and I win."

"That's why I have to win at WrestleMania. After WrestleMania, life goes on for The Rock ... after WrestleMania, Rock, this is still my life."

Cena says he won't be able to stomach it if The Rock "comes [into WWE] as a visitor - good as you think you are, and take my life from me."