In this video I highlight The Rock's greatest moments from the late 90's and early 2000's that made him the biggest wrestling star on the planet and the people’s champion.
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00:00 - INTRODUCTION
01:12 - INSULTS
02:52 - IMPRESSIONS
04:34 - TRASH TALK
06:29 - CATCHPHRASES
10:01 - TAUNTS
12:14 - FASHION
13:04 - HOLLYWOOD ROCK
14:50 - SINGING
Damn, I genuinely forgot how funny this man was and what he brought to the company.
Rock was the best stand up comedian of the 90s. Not Chris Rock... THE Rock.
You know that one of the scriptor of Conan OBrian was writing his quotes?
@@evalangley3985 Just about everything is written by someone else in WWE. If that is true, doesn't mean giving the quotes or lines to someone else would be delivered the same way.
He and Stone Cold, followed up with the Mankind persona of Foley, saved the WWF. If Eric B hadn’t fired Austin and instead let him be himself, along with Paul Levesque, they could have pulled the Rock to WCW as an NWO member and buried the WWF. Imagine if Austin went Texas Rattlesnake with HHH in a form of the game earlier and Hogan and Flair and Savage in the 90s?!?! No DX and no Attitude era. All from a stupid firing and a misread on a single talent.
Rawdy Roddy Piper was 100x better
The Rock taught me to embrace my charisma without feeling weird if people don't get it... He was truly the most charismatic, electrifying & entertaining wrestler of all time.
Exactly The Rock was the fucking 🐐
The Goat Chiseled Adonis 🎙️🔥💪
Great perspective on it
ChiseledAdonis the 🐐
@@retronerds6884 NO HE WAS THE bRAHMA bULL
I'm glad to say that I was old enough to witness all of his greatness during the Attitude Era. Pure Gold!
AND THE SMACKDOWN!!!!!!!!!!!
The Peoples Eyebrow !
Attitude Era from 1997-2007?
@@macdeep8523 yup but that's not when I started watching as a whole
@@sidekick4 IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT GREATNESS YOU THOUGHT YOU SAW.
I knew Rock had a lot of catchphrases, but didn't realize how many till hearing them all in a row. Charisma.
The stutter on the “It doesn’t matter” with the Dudley boys is still one of his best ones
Don't forget the one with Kevin Kelly. Turns into Chris Benoit😂😂😂funny stuff
Am I the only one who sees the comparison between the two, and that is what makes it so funny
Facts😂😂😂😂😂
Am wheezing 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@ohi441SMILE HERMIE😂
The Rock is UNTOUCHABLE in the mic, freaking HILARIOUS
That why Cena called him out having his lines in his wrist? lol I think Rock is number 1B behind Cena 1A
@@tmac731That was on his return way after his great run in WWF and WWE
@@tmac731 John Cena has no mic skills his mic work is just screaming saying cartoonish childish nonsense like fudging and super hero quotes like hustle loyalty and respect he is nowhere near top 50 talkers he is only praised by 2000s kids who grew up during pg era.
@@TobiramaRockcena was good on the mic stop denying it. The rock is good but repeated the same things over and over and threw 175 catchphrases out every three seconds. Austin was also the bigger star so the title of this video is even wrong
@@socks92 Cena’s promos are repeated throughout his career he just stands there screams to make children and girls excited talking in a superhero way of I will beat you and these people are supporting me I am nothing without them blah blah blah and for Austin no he was not, he was the most overrated wrestler of the attitude era his character became stale and meaningless once his feud with McMahon ended and The Rock was and is the biggest draw in wrestling history proven by numbers he broke Hogan’s number in 1999 and broke his own number in 2000 during his time as face of WWE the company and wrestling in general reached it’s greatest peak in 2000 never seen since.
He had it all. Mic skills, in the ring and charisma. ❤
He is THE GREATEST! The charisma was off the charts insane.
King was the best hypeman ever. He's bigging up the Rock in almost every clip. Lawler was the Flavor Flav to The Rock's Chuck D 👑
I never thought of it like that. Jerry Lawler made the rock as big of a star as JR did for stone cold
@@Biggucci97fax with his over the top reactions😂😂
@@Biggucci97most definitely ‼️‼️🤞🏽
Facts
@@Biggucci97yup exactly they both would add that little extra
Geez, The Rock wasn't just an excellent trash talker. His exaggerated facial expressions, impersonations and comedic timing were top-notch. It's hard not to laugh.
Well I have been hurting and you didn't even care. I've been away from you
He was so funny a great entertainer ❤
The best part about all of this is that you can make a 16 minute video about how The Rock was one of, if not the best pro wrestler of all-time, and not even mention his actual in-ring skills. That's something that the wrestlers/fans/bookers just can't seem to comprehend these days.
Never again
We had Austin AND The Rock peaking during the Attitude era. It's just insane. That kind of talent usually comes once a gen, if that, that gen we had two of them. It was so difficult for me to pick between Austin and The Rock but for me Austin just edged it so slightly but goddamn I loved both. Incredible talent.
For me it was The Rock
The Rock was UNMATCHED on the mic! No one even came close! His catchphrases and mannerisms were insane and yes; ELECTRIFYING! He was my absolute favorite along with a few others (i.e., Booker T, Triple H, Stone Cold, and The Hitman, etc.). To this day, whenever I travel through airports, regardless of the city that I am in I look at my wife and say; "Finally, we've come back to....." Thanks, for all of the memories Rock! 😎
I thino rick flair was the greatest. But you cant go wrong with the rock at the top of list
@manman3792 the rock he could make you boo, cheer, laugh, and go angry all in one promo
@@bigdonald123 this is true
Stone cold. Scott steiner as far as unintentional hilarity
The Rock, Triple H, Stone Cold, The Hitman ........ and damn Booker T
That People's Elbow on the bulldog was probably the most hilarious one he ever did! I watched that live and that slide just killed me 😂😂😂😂
I like his father as a wrestler Rocky Johnson
He was the powerhouse of entertainment.
From the mid 90s when Dwayne Johnson came to the wrestling scene , I had this feeling that I was encountering a great man and thank God I wasn't mistaken . When people said he sucked , he proved to the millions he has lots more to give for he did make many of us smell what he was , is and still is cooking . Dwayne Johnson is an inspiration to me. How he could say the things he says is unbelievable. I call it God given talent , can never be taken away or duplicated. I hope to meet him someday one way or another. .....
Amen 😇
Man that skit with the dudley boys and the rock gets me every time 😂 IT IT IT DOESN'T MATTER😂
Literally hilarious. Laughing my ass off
I find it mindblowing how young and short Rock's career was. He debuted at Survivor Series in November 1996 age 24 and retired from full time wrestling in 2003 age 30. So that basically meant that much of everything from Nation of domination to the Corporate champ to the peoples champion...was him in his 20s. Like looking back at the old clips its pretty amazing how the Rock at 26 or 27 years old..dress like a sigma drug lord and command the crowd's attention so strongly and having them hang by his every word. To put that into today's perspective..thats like having Austin Theory, who is in his mid 20s now, being that over and popular.
He was basically a part timer from 2001..
@@Vaibhanshulate 01 after his movie
I think men in general were more mature in their 20s back then. Not that the Rock’s gimmick was mature.
@@francolive5718 exactly 💯. Look at his photo at the age of 16 or 17 something. He looks like a man who is in his early or mid 30s
@@Ryan-rp4yv 2002, The Rock stopped wrestling full time after losing the WWE championship at Summerslam to Brock Lesnar. Before that, he was on every WWE show every week until then, and only missed a few months like he did in 01. By 2003, Rock only wrestled for a few months and then largely disappeared from WWE television except for one night only surprise appearances, with only one WrestleMania match in 2004, and then Rock went back to the one night only appearances again. The last of those was the pie eating contest on RAW for the Diva search, and then he disappeared for years and was never seen again until 2007.
Even out of context and as clips, compiled is more entertaining than 80% of the current wrestling industry
I used to tune in every week to Monday Night Raw purely to see how he would outdo himself selling the Stunner hahaha. Absolute legend!
Looking at this really gives you an appreciation that The Rock was more than just a bag of predictable catch phrases. This was a dymanic man who could both prepare great promos but also improvise and had perfect timing with everything
He was all about Triple H & Mr. McMahon back then. Other legendary hype men: Bobby Heenan-Ric Flair McMahon-Bret/Shawn And of course, JR-Stone Cold
I could watch the Rock's promos for hours and hours and still be entertained, Great video man.
The funniest standup comic of the 90s wasn't Chris Rock. It was THE Rock.
Yeah, but it's often The Rock's earlier promo work from the late 90's and early 00's that I enjoy more than what came later, because when he came back from his first hiatus after doing The Mummy Returns or Scorpion King (or whatever movie that was) in 2001 or 02, he was never the same again. He stopped wearing the silk shirts, changed his music, and even his catchphrases became ridiculous, the whole "Sweet cream on an ice cream or bolonga sandwich" shit, it was so stupid. I hate that version of The Rock.
Neither !@@MPHswayze
@@jerelminter one of The Rock’s best works was during this time especially 2003 Hollywood Rock.
This makes me appreciate Stone Cold even more. I mean how can you get toe to toe with this man and most of the time get an even louder reaction than the rock.
The greatest wrestlers and entertainer in the greatest era of Wrestling. All the wrestler's in the attitude era all played a part, the Rock took it to another level we all owe the rock a Thank you for the memories!
3:14 "Big Slow... Scarin' all the Rocks fans"😂
IT IT IT IT IT DOESNT MATTER !! 😂😂😂😂
I Lost it 😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂
I lost it there too 💀💀💀💀
4:13
Honestly Stephanie was a legend to stand there and always be roasted like that. Cant do that nowadays in 2023
iconic, charismatic, entertaining, truly a legendary individual till this day.
The Rock is the GOAT on the mic 🎤 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Not really
@@abdinasirahmed4063 wrong, plain and simply wrong.
@@501GAN jhon cena , stone cold, paul Heyman are better than the guy who writes his promos on his arm
Scott hall😂
@@abdinasirahmed4063 🥴😂😆🤣
What makes The Rock the GOAT mic worker and the most charismatic wrestler of all time is that it's pretty much impossible to replicate his character work, verbal charisma, delivery and crowd control. The Rock could make a baby babbling into a selling T shirt, its not that he was about catchphrases, is that he had the ability to turn any little shit into a catchphrase. Other wrestlers would kill to get one catchphrase over with the crowd, and yet The Rock has a dozen of them. You could argue that a competent film actor or public speaker can cut better promos than guys like Flair, Austin, Piper, Dusty, Savage, Jake, Foley, Heyman, Cornette, Jericho, Punk, Cena, etc. But no person in history of human kind can electrify the building as much as The Rock did with just moving his eyebrows and rising the microphone up his mouth. It's also worth mentioning that The Rock can cut great promos without using his catchphrases if he wants to (not that there's anything wrong with using them). I recommend watching the "WWE Raw After Show" DVD. It contain the best off air segments in Raw history and about half of those segments are 20mins Rock ad lib promos. The Rock kept using his catchphrases a lot because it drew money, ratings, and put asses on seats.
Broo! 🔥 comment. The Rock has next level charisma that most wrestlers let alone most men would love to have even a fraction of. Truly the most electrifying man in sports entertainment!
Austin was still #1 😂😂😂😂
@JarThaGemini na in 2000 Rock became bigger than Austin
I wish he'd stayed In WWE, when people go to Hollywood Their ego starts to rot and they Turn into selfish jabroni's
What made characters like rock, Cena, stone cold unique was they were original
When I was young and he would call himself the most electrifying, I would always think damn how can he think that of himself, but as I got older is finally hit me that he was by the far the best entertainer we ever had
his charisma and his aura was incredible .. he feeded off the crowd .. very few wrestlers had that .. ppl just tuned to see him trash tlk
I wanna thank the Rock for getting me into wrestling as 6-7 year old back in 2000. One look at him and it’s like I knew he was special so I kept watching
10:45 😆 the Rock is the only person who ever made "talk to the hand!" look menacing and cool
Undertaker sitting up during the people elbow one the best planned theatrics in a match they ever did. Rocks face lol and the shuffle kick.
LOVE that Triple H Attitude Era theme in the beginning. Back when he used to come out with Chyna in 1999 🔥💯💪
People forget how good the rock was. Just saw a post on twitter that said John Cena was better in every way possible. Like c’mon not even close
It's the Cornette fans who have turn everything into a mico analysis of what cornette likes. John Cena would just have been another Road Dogg in the attiude Era. Also, it didn't help that HHH used his postion to try to bury the Rock. When the Rock was part of the corporation his W/L ratio was like 85%, and HHH was 70%, once the ROCK was on fire in 99 it coincided w/ HHH marriage to stephanie, suddenly the Rock's W/L ratio was 60% and HHH skyrocket to 90%. HHH win to loss ratio was as if he was the 'guy' and the Rock w/l ratio was a clear burial, Vince & HHH didn't want the ROCK to be the guy, bc Austin, Cena & Hogan had w/L ratios of 90% . How could the ROCK who saved the wwf from collapse and who transcended into becoming wrestling & hollywoods icons be given such a low winning percentage at his height while HHH's boosted despite HHH having the lowest selling merch and lowest pops. These Cena boasters don't know that the ROCK could have easily beaten Cenas scripted accolades had the Rock not been around HHH's peak reign of terror.
Rock didn’t care win or losses because he not a mark loser he left wrestling for bigger and better thing
@@robmartin5448 Bruh, people used to literally toon in to the WWF/E just to watch The Rock's promo, then turn it off when it was over... No one else has ever done that
cena wasn't even close
The internet is generally “controlled” by the 18-25 crowd. Unfortunately we’ve hit the point in time where “cena fans” are at that age. So the vocal majority is currently the people who weee 5-7 year old kids when Cena debuted. They’re on a mission to call anyone who dislikes him “an old head” and have nostalgia goggles on. Real ones know how strongly he was rejected by the fans.
4:16: IT IT IT IT IT IT DOESN'T MATTER! Jerry: “laughing”
Classic Jerry Lawler laugh. Dude was hilarious in his own right.
The Rock is the GOAT.
I feel like The Rock was the Michael Jordan of wrestling. Yes there were other greats/legends before him, and there were legends that wrestled with him. However none has transcended the game the way he has!
Flair
@@tas4u93 Yeah no, most non wrestling fans have no idea who Ric Flair is. Anyone with internet access in the last 10-20 years knows who The Rock is.
@@tas4u93lmfao the delusion.
Rock Roasting Hogan promo was sooo good lol 😂😂😂
Should've included the moment when The Rock said "...it doesn't matter" to Bill Gates while he was presenting the XBox on stage 😂
Legendary 😂
Watching Rock is gold !!!! No matter who says what he will ever be the best wrestling entertainer ❤️❤️
Rock and Austin are the GOATS
9:26 IT DOESN'T MATTER IF THE ROCK COUNTS TO THREE! and the famous sliding People's Elbow. Those 2 things are literally the only memorable moments from that Bulldog run
Stephine is legend the way she allowed rock and jericho to roast her is amazing
I remember the "Rocky Sucks!" chants and how it evolved into the most electrifying pops that rivaled and surpassed even Austin. We knew we had a legend on our hands.
Facts my bro 👍🏽🐐
11:00 that kick to undertake was unexpected 😂
Little correction, Muhammad Ali was the original People's Champion and it was from that Ali passed that on to The Rock. I believe Rock asked Ali if he would be okay with him doing that too. That said, it's incredible that this guy made such an impact in a what, only 8 year run in WWE? That's not very long considering how long some people have been there since and have made little to no impact in comparison.
Wow he asked permission from Ali
@@abrahamannan5801Facts. It was handed down from the Original People's Champ Ali to the Rock.
@@brandonbyes7344 And The Rock was a worthy successor indeed. Muhammad Ali would be proud 😎
The People’s Champ 🏆
I remember Undertaker saying he did not remember when Rock career started and when it ended but he became the greatest.
It was said by Rock in an interview, that when he was in the Nation of Domination, that if he was given one chance to speak on the mic as himself, he'd show what he could do. So, when at a match the crowd chanted that he sucked, he responded with, "The Rock might be a lot of things, but he doesn't suck!"..and it was off to the races...
It actually goes. “ The Rock might be lot of things, but sucks isn’t one of them”
The Rock had charisma and entertaining factor like none other. He was way ahead of his time . Current day wrestlers will put you to sleep with just by speaking
Ikr..just look at guys like Roman Reings
3:15 "Big Slow... Sits there scarin' all the Rock's fans" might be my favorite thing he ever said 😂😂
Greatest of all time 🐐
The reason why the rock is the most electrifying man in all of entertainment he's proved time and time again that he is without a shadow of a doubt the people's champion the Brahma Bull and you can always smell what The Rock is cooking he is the greatest wrestler of all time and when he gets inducted into the Hall of Fame it will be the most spectacular moment ever he is my favorite wrestler I have all of his DVDs definitely in my opinion the greatest best wrestler ever if you smell what The Rock is cooking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I always look up funny Rock compilation but the clips you got are by far the best ones ive seen, really shows how great he was during the attitude era
I've never seen anyone in any type of media that has charisma he had
The Rock & Steve Austin. The front end to Attitude Era
There's no one ever again on mic like the rock 😂😂😂😂❤❤
Rip Attitude Era, you are missed!
So so much!
If I ever get a chance to meet Dwayne, I will thank him and give him a big hug. He began inspiring me from his wrestling career and that's carried on well into the social media era. If I hadn't found The Rock when I was a kid, I would not be doing what I'm doing right now.
This 16 mins is way better than entire episodes of 2023 raw
Facts.. sad but true 🤷🏽♂️
If The Rock were in WWE for the rest of his life, people nowadays would watch it like a soccer match.
Peope forget that Rock in 00 was the most over guy, ever. Bigger than Austin, Hogan, he was something else.
Hogan was literally one of the most famous people in America in the 1980s to even people who never watched wrestling. Hogan was a household name to even non wrestling fans. Only Hogan and the Rock truly transcended wrestling but I would argue that Hogan relative in his era in the 1980s was even bigger in the mainstream culture than the Rock today.
@@jasonh5547 Rock in 00 was legit one of the most famous people on planet earth
@@Stowerslemalu Hogan was still the most famous overall relative to his era.
@@jasonh5547 for sure
@JakeStowers266 facts down in the Caribbean of st maarten
The most electrifying superstar in all sports entertainment. The people's champ, the great one, the jabroni beating, pie eating, eye brow raising. The greatest of all time.
Best on the micro phone ever, no one can be as robustly entertaining on the mic as him
Thaaaaank you so so much for making this video . I can't remember when was the last time that I had laughed this much and that too straight from my heart .
I swear this is called TALENT❤ Nobody can do as good as him
IDC if people think it's a dumb or pointless finisher. That sliding People's Elbow was the slickest shit that's ever happened in pro wrestling.⚡️🤨⚡️
The very GREATEST of ALL time!
The sliding people's elbow missing from the people's elobow montage is criminal IMO
It was literally there
Rocks charisma.. greatest ever to hold the mic... His promos were gold! #goat
My very very serious dad loved the Rock.
7:19 this is wild Silenced the whole arena in a second
Absolutely love his catchphrases and trash talk🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
The Attitude Era would not have done NEARLY as well without The Rock. As great as Austin is, he could not do it alone.
In just two years Austin increased ratings so much that wcw was struggling to compete rock only became the man after he was injured
@@nikhilhembrom8952lmfao the delusion.
This was when The Rock was cool
He could hold a crowd hostage for days on the mic
He's the sole reason I watched WWF wrestling back in the early 2000s when it seemed the sport was dying. He was necessary for the culture and its not a coincidence because it's in his blood. I really felt a nostalgic sense of my youth watching The ROCK 🪨 aka The People's Champion 🏆 entertain and then masterfully transition to Hollywood which he was destined to go. Thank you Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson for sharing your talents and gifts with the world 🌎.
That slide into the People's Elbow is s legendary
WE NEED THIS ROCK BACK
This video captured my childhood pretty much, really well done!
That Nation of Domination promo where he claims he is the leader always cracks me up with his facial expressions.
He had a back n forth with Chris Jericho that was probably the best promo ever (boy bet that would start a big debate,what was the best promo)Jericho really held his own(remember Jericho debuted in WWE during the Rock promo)
The rock was truly the best!
the sliding People's Elbow is still my favourite
A lot of people don't want to admit it buh he is the Greatest of all time.
they don’t want to admit it because he’s black and became bigger than the genre.
@@WellnessWinsWonders facts....always said the same thing
Trash talk is the art THE ROCK verified 😂😂
I was watching WCW and WWE a lot around 1998, and the way that the Rock transitioned from Rocky Maivia to The Rock was amazing. I rember each Friday night (Raw and Nitro was shown on a friday night in the UK), i would come home from my job at the store and see the crowd get wilder and wilder for the Rock each week. I knew his status was unassailable when he was walking up the walk way and one of the Divas was waiting on the ramp looking admiringly at him, and he stopped and invited her to hook up backstage. It was scripted of course but it showed he was liked by a diverse crowd. Women and men.
My fav version of the Rock was the Versace shirt wearing version
Only like 7 years stay in wrestling but the impact he gave is bigger than anyone else
Dude this guy is bigger than Hollywood
Watching Wrestling for over 50 years and without a doubt The Rock was the greatest promo cutter ever 😂
Bro, the rock coined "Just bring it" and they made a whole WWE video game around it. That's iconic.
When you think about him and Jericho on the mic during the attitude era..2 perfect guys for that period of wrestling
Everybody knows he is the greatest of all time. Period.
The rock impressions bubba ray is killing me😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
13:35 rock does the hogan impression 😂😂😂 rackle rackle rackle
That's why he's the most electrifying man in sports entertainment