TPWW Forums - View Single Post - DEBATE: Should The Rock make a semi full-time return to Wrestling?

**The CyNick** · 03-03-2004, 01:27 AM

Would it be nice to see more of The Rock? Hell yeah, he's the best all around performer that exists today.

However, why would he come back full time? He makes over $10 million a picture, which I dont think he can make in a full year of wrestling, even if business was on fire (which it obviously isn't).

So where is the incentive for him to come back? Heyman, you seem to think that he is being over exposed in Hollywood, but really he's basically on a 2 movie per year pace, which is what most major actors do. Its all about striking while the iron is hot. He made his name in the WWE when they were on fire, and if he doesn't make an impact in Hollywood now, he will be forgetten about. So for Rock's movie career it makes no sense to go back to wrestling for any length of time because he will risk being brushed off to the side.

Rock has been on the go since he started his first solo movie. Between wrestling and shooting or promoting movies I dont think he's been off for more than a month at once. Right now he's committed to the movie he's doing, he's got Spy Hunter after that and then he has at least one more. So thats still over a year before he can even think about doing anything besides movies. And I would assume he'll want to take some down time after his last picture.

The way I see it, that'll likely mean he couldn't even consider coming back for any length of time until the Summer of '05. Like I said, it would be nice to see him more, because he's so good and of course he would do good for business, but it really makes no sense for him to come back to work a full schedule getting beat up for 6 months when he can get paid over $10 million without ever having to take a bump.

03-03-2004, 01:27 AM	#30
The CyNick Make the IWC Great Again Posts: 8,922	Would it be nice to see more of The Rock? Hell yeah, he's the best all around performer that exists today. However, why would he come back full time? He makes over $10 million a picture, which I dont think he can make in a full year of wrestling, even if business was on fire (which it obviously isn't). So where is the incentive for him to come back? Heyman, you seem to think that he is being over exposed in Hollywood, but really he's basically on a 2 movie per year pace, which is what most major actors do. Its all about striking while the iron is hot. He made his name in the WWE when they were on fire, and if he doesn't make an impact in Hollywood now, he will be forgetten about. So for Rock's movie career it makes no sense to go back to wrestling for any length of time because he will risk being brushed off to the side. Rock has been on the go since he started his first solo movie. Between wrestling and shooting or promoting movies I dont think he's been off for more than a month at once. Right now he's committed to the movie he's doing, he's got Spy Hunter after that and then he has at least one more. So thats still over a year before he can even think about doing anything besides movies. And I would assume he'll want to take some down time after his last picture. The way I see it, that'll likely mean he couldn't even consider coming back for any length of time until the Summer of '05. Like I said, it would be nice to see him more, because he's so good and of course he would do good for business, but it really makes no sense for him to come back to work a full schedule getting beat up for 6 months when he can get paid over $10 million without ever having to take a bump.