WWE Universe turning their back on the Rock at the presser

[DaStangMan]

I kind of felt bad for the Rock as he seemed to not know how to respond to the crowd booing him. This might be a Gen Z thing where they are much more privy to what is happening behind the scenes. Let's be real the Rock has always been a bit narcissistic and lately a bit of a politicker. He tried to make the DC universe revolve around him and that backfired he caused issues with the F&F cast and then had to cry back to them. I think he overestimated the goodwill he would have by just coming in and demanding to be in the main event.

More and more of the audience has not been around when he was at his peak so they don't have that same connection as fans who grew up with him. I remember @R=G mentioning years ago that Hulk Hogan wasn't getting the same monster pops he did in the mid to late 2000s and I told him to wait until Rock has been around more than 20 years and there are new generation fans not born when he was around.

This is all clearly a pivot based on the outrage to make Rock heel and just go with it I highly doubt Rock wanted to come back to being a heel and fully expected the same embrace he has been used to just for showing up. Ultimately it's been the hottest wrestling has been for years so I think the Rock handled the presser as well as he could but it was sad to see the hurt in his face since you could tell he tried in the beginning to get a good response for Rock vs Roman and did his best to get the crowd on his side.

 

[The Prince of All Saiyans]

I didn't get a chance to watch live () but from what i've read this is the opposite of when Hogan went from Hollywood to Hulkamania



Mania Season

 

[DaStangMan]

I didn't get a chance to watch live () but from what i've read this is the opposite of when Hogan went from Hollywood to Hulkamania



Mania Season

Yeah Hogan never really got booed as a face even if it was known that he was politicking. He got booed when he eliminated Sid and in WCW right before he turned into Hollywood. Also more recently due to the racist tapes but sporadically and not deafening just the pops weren't what they were in the 2000s for Hulk but that could just be generational and most fans in the arena not being alive in his day.

It just seems that Rock is getting taken to task a bit for being phony and power hungry.

 

[Drizzy Dre]

Rock knew what it was and began to cook. Heel Rock is $$$

 

[The Prince of All Saiyans]

Rock knew what it was and began to cook. Heel Rock is $$$

think he'd have what it was by just inserting himself into a match for no reason

 

[King Kai]

think he'd have what it was by just inserting himself into a match for no reason

How do you know he inserted himself? SRS? Meltzer and his 45 wrong guesses?

Some of y'all really read anything on SquaredCircle and run with it

 

[The Prince of All Saiyans]

How do you know he inserted himself? SRS? Meltzer and his 45 wrong guesses?

Some of y'all really read anything on SquaredCircle and run with it

where did I post a report? i'm posting from exactly what i've been seeing

now i'm playing catch up right now but it sounds as tho for no reason, this'll now be a triple threat

unless you see me with an article quote, don't post that dumb sh-t about some wrestling page

 

[THE 101]

Shaq on the Celtics

 

[CM_Burns]

So you think he went into yesterday expecting to be a babyface, got flustered at the boos, and then everything with Roman/Cody/HHH was unscripted and freestyled? Lol

 

[Versa]

The facial expressions was part of the showmanship.

The Rock knew how that was going down before he step foot on the stage. Don't fall for the okie doke.

 

[Rayzah]

The facial expressions was part of the showmanship.

The Rock knew how that was going down before he step foot on the stage. Don't fall for the okie doke.

It’s like these guys talk about, read about and watch all this wrestling from all these companies and still have no idea when they are being worked

They think they are so smart but are just as dumb as the casual fan

 

[Mike the Executioner]

The facial expressions was part of the showmanship.

The Rock knew how that was going down before he step foot on the stage. Don't fall for the okie doke.

Only thing Rock needs to work on is his pacing. Took him way longer than necessary to get the words out.

 

[Hey_zeus]

He got Batista'd and adjusted like a real pro does. And now this is more interesting than it has any right to be

 

[ALonelyDad]

Yeah its very similar to the whole batista thing, funny thing is all those idiots vowed to never do it again. Rock is good enough with the mic where he can maneuver

 

[ObsidianDev]

Looking through this thread, I see it's still possible to work fans in 2024