Originally Posted by The One
This is one of the most retarded things I think I’ve ever heard. On so many levels I can’t begin to count.
Let’s start first with people being all butt hurt that The Rock made fun of people at a WWE event. I think I’ll say that one more time because it bares repeating. People are angry that The Rock made fun of people at a WWE event, with WWE fans in attendance expecting to see The Rock. Did WWE advertise that Dwayne Johnson was going to induct his father and grand father? No. They advertised The Rock. What they got was The Rock. Give the man a mic and he will say whatever, WHATEVER it is that he knows will get a reaction out of the people in attendance. They TRAINED him to do that. They PAID him to do that. And now, in a pathetic attempt to get him to show up for even one night, they grant his dad and granddad in the HoF, largely as a ploy to get him to come back. Well he did, he came back, he did exactly what the 2nd most advertised wrestler was supposed to do. And this is somehow wrong? The speech was funny. The Rock is supposed to be funny, that’s why he’s, you know, The Rock.
Now let’s move on to people, WWE workers, marks, smarts, movie goers, XPW fans, whoever it is that seems to have a problem with The Rock doing movies. Take your jealousy, shine it up real nice AND STICK…you know what you know where this is going. Let me just say this, FUCK YOU. Fuck you for feeling like this guy is somehow indebted to you. He entertained you for years. Isn’t that enough? And before people get all on my ass about how he was built up by the company and blah blah blah…let’s not forget this is the man who dropped the WWE Gold to Brock Lesnar in his rookie year, without so much as a peep of complaint. This is the man who before leaving the company he put over Goldberg. This is the man who, despite not needing to, and despite it being an inconvenience for his schedule, came out of retirement to be in a match with Foley where they could put over Orton & Batista (and Flair, but, well, you know). WWE did build him up, but he played the game honorably. Have you ever, EVER heard him say “no”, complain, or politic his way out of jobbing or putting someone over? Ever. Go ahead I’ll wait for an example. No. He was a business man who put his company before his own ego. I mean he put over The Hurricane twice for god sake. And now, AGAIN as an inconvenience, he goes out of his way to continue to do what is best for the company that made him, and honor his love and history with wrestling by coming back, getting a mic in his hand, and doing what he does best...but people bitched about that too.
Dwayne Johnson is a man, a man with a family, a man with bills to pay. If anyone can tell me one logical reason why he should step inside the squared circle again, I’d love to hear it. The points of money, safety, and time spent with family have been covered to nausea...but have you ever considered maybe he’s genuinely happier doing movies? Does the fact that he could be having the best time of his life matter to you? And while we’re at it, let’s talk about fans. The Rock has more people going to watch his movies than he does people who watched him wrestle. I know a lot of people that love The Rock as an actor but would never watch pro wrestling for him.
And now, after Hollywood has spent MANY millions more on building Dwayne Johnson up than WWE ever did building The Rock up, Dwayne should turn his back on the people who helped him get there? His agent, his manager, his friends from the movies, his cousin who can now make a living off of being his stunt double...yeah fuck them. What’s really important is that he stops performing for the world and goes back to performing for the esoteric little universe of Pro Wrestling.
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