Dwayne Johnson/Awesome: Difference between revisions

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* For a year, Rocky Maivia was massively pushed as a babyface. However, the [[X Pac Heat|fan reaction was very negative]] to the point he was seen as a [[Creator's Pet]]. Rocky returns after an injury and turns [[Heel]], joining the black supremacist group the Nation of Domination. Rocky opens his [[Face Heel Turn]] promo with this.

* 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.

* Anytime he and [[Mick Foley]] team up, it's going to be a Crowning Moment of Awesome. Their first team-up against Undertaker and the Big Show where they pulled off a double People's Elbow certainly counts as one.

* His match against [[Hulk Hogan]] in the "Icon vs Icon" at Wrestlemania X8 in 2002 will no doubt go down as a classic.

* During his four-mouth kayfabe suspension imposed by Vince after Wrestlemania X7 (Johnson was busy filming [[The Scorpion King]]), the InVasion storyline was in full swing, with Vince running the WWF, and Austin as the crown jewel of [[Shane McMahon]] and Stephanie's WCW/ECW Alliance (Austin having [[Face Heel Turn|FaceHeelTurned]] by defecting to the Alliance). Vince lifts The Rock's suspension, but [[Genre Savvy|he knew this doesn't necessarily mean he'll return to the WWF]]. Who will the Rock join? Shane and Vince each make their case: the former establishes precedence of [[Corrupt Corporate Executive|Vince screwing The Rock over and over again]] via Wrestlemania, while the latter gives a truthful response, coming from "the devil that you [The Rock] know, as compared to the devils you don't [Shane and Stephanie]". Ultimately, Vince demands The Rock gives the people what they want: he plants Vince with the Rock Bottom. All seems doomed until Rock shakes Shane's hand and pulls ''him'' into a Rock Bottom, followed by the People's Elbow. The Rock gets on the mic and announces where his loyalty lies:

** Near the end of the storyline, The Rock joined Austin in the ring, the first they'd done since Wrestlemania X7. Both are the top stars of their respective factions, the world champions of each others' factions, with [[The Rival|an ocean of bad blood between them]]. What do they do? Sing a duet of "Margaritaville". To end the promo, The Rock gave him a Rock Bottom.

* Valentine's Day, 2011: [[And the Fandom Rejoiced|The Rock is revealed as the host of WrestleMania XXVII]], getting a pop louder than any other pop in ''years''. He proceeds to bash [[Michael Cole]], mock [[John Cena]], and completely tear down the PG image today's WWE has been building. And [[This Is Sparta|it. Was. GLORIOUS.]]