Rock held the IC Title and successfully defended it for a number of months. That's what got him over. Well that and his mic work, his taking over The Nation and his cocky attitude. He lost to HHH at Summerslam 98, but then built up another set of wins to get the belt at Survivor Series 98. He lost a few matches in between there by screwjobs from the Corporation. But you never saw Rock losing to Shamrock clean or anything like that.
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