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* For a year, Rocky Maivia was massively pushed as a babyface. However, the [[X
{{quote|"Die, Rocky, Die." [[Take That, Audience!|That’s the gratitude I get from you pieces of crap?]] For all my blood, my sweat and my tears?!}}
* His ladder match with [[Triple H]] at [[Summer Slam]] 1998 for the Intercontinental Title. At [[Wrestlemania]] XIV, Rock was wrestling in the midcard for the Intercontinental belt, and Triple H was in Shawn Michaels's corner during the main event. This 26 minute match helped change the way ladder matches were fought and catapulted both men to the main event. Rock got his chance at [[Survivor Series]], and Triple H's time came at [[Wrestlemania]] XV. This also shows just how much the IC title was worth in those days.
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** In many ways, the entire "Rock and Sock Connection" storyline not only served as a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|CMoA]] for both men, but its heartbreaking ending when they lost the tag titles was a greater [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|CMoA]] in itself, for Mankind's betrayal of the Rock and his leaving the ring served to change The Rock from a self-righteous character into the true People's Champion.
* From late 1999 to early 2000, [[Triple H]] had pretty much been dominating the World Championship and, with his then-[[Kayfabe]] marriage to [[Stephanie McMahon]] at the end of 1999, was pretty much running everything ([[Vince McMahon]] "left" the stage after Armaggeddon 1999; he wouldn't return until a few weeks before [[Wrestlemania]] 2000). Any and all of the major WWF superstars, from [[Stone Cold Steve Austin]] to [[The Big Show]] to Mick Foley were beaten and done away with. A month before [[Wrestlemania]] 2000 at No Way Out, he retired Mick and the returning Vince screwed The Rock out of the title at the biggest match-up of the year. Finally, at Backlash in April 2000, Vince did EVERYTHING he could to keep The Rock from winning the belt back. Nevertheless, with a lot of tenacity and a little bit of help from an Austin cameo, The Rock overcame everything to FINALLY get the belt off Triple H.
** Note that this was The Rock's first championship reign as a [[Face]]. With Austin being sidelined due to a kayfabe hit and run (he was getting a [[Real Life]] neck surgery), The Rock was ascended to become the "hero" of the company. Being awarded the most coveted prize was to be expected down the line.
* Though he got screwed out of the title (by Vince ''again'', no less), his match with Stone Cold at Wrestlemania X-Seven in 2001 was considered their best in their long-running rivalry.
* His match against [[Hulk Hogan]] in the "Icon vs Icon" at Wrestlemania X8 in 2002 will no doubt go down as a classic.
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