Why do some people say Rock wasn't all that in the ring?

[JuvenileHell]

Usually weirdos being salty about Rock. What else is new

 

[JuvenileHell]

Rock's sharpshooter was legit the worst move of all time before CM Punk started doing the elbow drop....

This is also true I know Hitman cringes whenever he sees it

 

[HipHopStan]

I think a lot of people forget that a lot of the IWC once hated The Rock. Solomonster found some old RSPW forum gems from 20+ years ago and read some of them off on his podcast. It's pretty amusing to listen to.



Timestamped.

 

[boriquaking]

Because they’re gay

 

[The Villain]

Cause nerds think flips, spots and a bazillion holds is better than being entertaining as fukk and telling a great story

 

[BelowTheMasonDixon]

Probably because of his crappy sharpshooter

Him doing 1 move badly probably ruined it for the marks.

Holy shyt. I never thought about it. Dude's sharpshooter was AWFUL

 

[TRIPLE M]

Because the Rock never wrestled in the Tokyo Dome

 

[InstantKlassik]

jealousy

 

[raw613]

He wasn't the most technical, but he knew how to make it entertaining and get the crowd invested and those are the most important aspects if you can do that consistently you are good money

 

[Cattle Mutilation]

He was always more of a showman than a work rate guy.

 

[Paper Boi]

didn’t do enough germans or apron bumps

 

[TheGreatShowtime]

It's the same reason why people said John Cena can't/couldn't wrestle.

 

[DANJ!]

Cause nerds think flips, spots and a bazillion holds is better than being entertaining as fukk and telling a great story

Yeap... that's basically their whole reason. They think everybody that isn't wrestling that style "isn't a good wrestler", they're completely lost on what good or even great is. All they have to do is see someone do a bunch of acrobatic shyt and they make it out to be the end-all be-all. Also, people just like to say shyt. They were probably huge Rock fans but you know there's always gotta be the one kid in class at the pizza party that doesn't like pepperoni.

 

[GPBear]

because a lot of his shyt was theatrical Hogan-stuff.

brehs laying in the middle of the ring for 5 minutes waiting to get a people's elbow

 

[Black Man of the Nile]

2001 and 2002 were his best years in the ring. He got better and better as the years went on. People remember 98/99 Rock where he didn't do as much.

2001 and 2002 were his peak years in my opinion. The more he transitioned into Hollywood the better he got in the ring, and on the mic.