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Personally I liked The Rock's speech. I could see while I was watching it how some people would be bothered by it, I didn't agree with why they would be bothered by it, but I could see that they would be.
Look at the faces in the crowd while he was up there. Did you see anybody scowling at what he was saying? Austin was laughing, Jericho smirked and agreed when The Rock made fun of his hair, Coach laughed, he and Mick had a classic exchange, Stephanie laughed at what he said about her being pregnant, even that no-talent waste of space Cena laughed when he got cracked on for The Marine. He even put Santino over some while he was there, because as we know, The Rock can rip on anyone and help put them over. So what the fuck was such a problem about what happened? I didn't see any wrestler get up and dash for the door, or boo, or anything like that. Triple H said what he said, but Triple H is pretty much known for shit like this. He didn't come off as an ass to me, he came off as The Rock, the guy who entertained us for years and who has every right to come back and be himself.
As for The Rock owing wrestling anything, that's bullshit. He fulfilled his contract, he did what was asked and put people over, what else does he have to do for some people to feel that he has fulfilled some sort of fanboy debt? He's not Hogan, he doesn't come back, hold up for money, refuse to job, then leaves and acts like he's the only wrestler to ever draw a crowd. He has nothing to prove, nothing to accomplish, nothing that he needs to do for wrestling. And personally I'm glad to see that he's not like some guys who've retired, as sad as I hate to point out Foley I have to here, he doesn't have to come crawling back to the business. Let's be real, if you had a chance to switch jobs for more money, less risk, and you accomplished everything there was to accomplish at a certain job, would you leave? Hell yeah you would! This bullshit about the Rock not loving wrestling is ridiculous. He gave to the business, he left on his own terms, and he left the business better than he found it.
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