QUESTION - If everyone "acted" heelish (and let the fans react however they wanted)..

[Heyman]

Originally Posted by Know Your Role

At Summerslam 02', The Rock got flat out booed against Brock Lesnar. Earlier that year when The Rock fought Angle and Taker in a triple threat match for the Undisputed heavyweight title, the crowd was pro-Angle. The Rock almost generated as much heat as Undertaker.

At Wrestlemania 18 earlier that year, almost everyone cheered Hogan against The Rock.

The Rock's decrease in popularity may have been accelerated by other factors as well (i.e. the fans realizing that The Rock would never be a full-time wrestler again). However - the main thing that The Rock did WRONG in 2002, was he started kissing the fans' ass........a CARDINAL sin (he was actually doing this in mid/late 2001, but the fans still loved The Rock based on his past reputation).

The absolute "Rock Bottom" for The Rock (as a face), was during the Awards Night (greatest in the last decade?). This might have been in early 2003 however. The Rock cut a promo from Hollywood, and used material on Stephanie McMahon that was "original" in 2001. During that promo, The Rock received almost ZERO crowd reaction and got a few boo's.


So - to answer you 'WTF' smilie, I believe that The Rock had clearly become stale for all of the above reasons.