The Rock Explains Why He Oversold Every Stone Cold Stunner

[fukkyalifestyle]

god damn it I miss this era of wrestling.

 

[feelosofer]

Rock was a hell of a performer in the ring and this is just one thing that shows it.

 

[NYChase718]

It's actually very smart to do a signature sell of a specific move. As you can see it eventually started to make it's way into video games. Look at The Rock's sharpshooter. A lot of people don't like it, some hate it. But when you see it, you know it's his. It looks different from Bret's or Sting's. That's important. Eventually The Rock's sharpshooter made it into video games too. It's important to switch up how you do certain moves, they'll stand out and become memorable. The Rock setting up The Rock Bottom by readying himself also made it into games. His entire move set was able to be adapted and it doesn't look generic, you know the Rock's moves. Even his specific spine buster, it differs from HHH's which differs from Arn Anderson's.

It's the reason why in video games you don't just get one frog splash, you get one from Eddie, RVD and D'Lo because they all differ and standout. The super kick has become boring because so many people do it without putting their own spin on it. Shawn stomping the ground beforehand makes it memorable.

Rock's stunner sell is one of the most memorable things in wrestling. His entire move set is, from the spine buster, to the sharpshooter, to people's elbow, to Rock bottom, to the damn eyebrow. Hell, even the way he stomps people made it into video games. The way he punches as well. Why? Because he made sure every single thing he did was different and unique to him personally. This is one of the most important things, making sure that people actually remember your move set. Beyond your finisher, your whole damn move set.

The way you walk as well, how you talk, how you dress and catchphrases. There's a reason Rock had so many of them. Guess what happened? Eventually those catchphrases became marketable(games, music, shirts, etc) and they are of course memorable.

Yeah the way rvd sells his own frogsplash always cracks me up. Makes u think he could lose cuz of it

 

[Kingshango]

The dubbing always kills me.

 

[Dog Based Gremlin]

It's actually very smart to do a signature sell of a specific move. As you can see it eventually started to make it's way into video games. Look at The Rock's sharpshooter. A lot of people don't like it, some hate it. But when you see it, you know it's his. It looks different from Bret's or Sting's. That's important. Eventually The Rock's sharpshooter made it into video games too. It's important to switch up how you do certain moves, they'll stand out and become memorable. The Rock setting up The Rock Bottom by readying himself also made it into games. His entire move set was able to be adapted and it doesn't look generic, you know the Rock's moves. Even his specific spine buster, it differs from HHH's which differs from Arn Anderson's.

It's the reason why in video games you don't just get one frog splash, you get one from Eddie, RVD and D'Lo because they all differ and standout. The super kick has become boring because so many people do it without putting their own spin on it. Shawn stomping the ground beforehand makes it memorable.

Rock's stunner sell is one of the most memorable things in wrestling. His entire move set is, from the spine buster, to the sharpshooter, to people's elbow, to Rock bottom, to the damn eyebrow. Hell, even the way he stomps people made it into video games. The way he punches as well. Why? Because he made sure every single thing he did was different and unique to him personally. This is one of the most important things, making sure that people actually remember your move set. Beyond your finisher, your whole damn move set.

The way you walk as well, how you talk, how you dress and catchphrases. There's a reason Rock had so many of them. Guess what happened? Eventually those catchphrases became marketable(games, music, shirts, etc) and they are of course memorable.

 

[Lord Scion]

The craziest thing is, my favorite stunner sell is from the Rock

But it wasn't any of them he oversold.

It was the one he took the night after WrestleMania 17. Austin and Triple H are done beating him to a bloody pulp and Stone Cold gives him one last emphatic stunner. But rather than selling it like he usually does, he just goes down like a man who exhausted every ounce of fight left in him. He was beaten, the evil won... no chance of him kipping up and beating down the bad guys and sending the crowd home happy. He was just lying there in a pool of his own blood with the Power Trip standing triumphant, and he will never be seen for months after.

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Though my second favorite sell was him at WrestleMania 19. "AUSTIN STUNNED HIM RIGHT OUT OF HIS VEST!!!"

 

[luckyse7enz]

I literally just went on a tangent yesterday about how The People's Elbow is probably the greatest wrestling finish of all time due to the fact that The Rock built up a persona charismatic enough to sell us the idea that him dramatically taking off his elbow pad and charging from one side of the ring to the other before dropping it was devastating enough to render a person helpless for a 3-count.

shyt was essentially a taunt at first, like the Steiner bicep-kiss elbow drop...but with every promo, catchphrase, signature characteristic, and performance, he got it to the point where dude had the camera zooming out at WrestleMania with thousands of cameras flashing to see this large man run back and forth to drop a basic elbow.

No damage to his spine. No risk of concussion or paralysis.

An elbow drop with the occasional added dollop of swag sauce on it.

Just brilliant, man.

 

[Playaz Eyez]

Just Bring It and it's 3000MB taking up shyt

Funny, this was the wrestling boom period where guys did moves that were barely athletic and printed money..... just saying.

It was also the era of greatest creative freedom to get you invested in those characters. I'd like to know how much money Khali, Heidenreich, Nathan Jones, Matt Morgan, and Snitsky were bringing in.

 

[Berniewood Hogan]

Funny, this was the wrestling boom period where guys did moves that were barely athletic and printed money..... just saying.

Should Fat Kevin and the Taxi Driver dumb down their moves to double their dollars?

 

[Momentum]

It was also the era of greatest creative freedom to get you invested in those characters. I'd like to know how much money Khali, Heidenreich, Nathan Jones, Matt Morgan, and Snitsky were bringing in.