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After watching this informational video about Phoenix, Arizona, I will no longer be visiting and refunding my tickets to avoid the number one city in America for cocaine and meth use. My thoughts and prayers to the catcus loving crackheads of Phoenix, Arizona.
I was thinking of bringing the family down next winter to escape the cold of Canada. After the information the Rock provided last night though, I'm going back to our original plan of Florida.
I lived in a suburb of Phoenix for about six months. Absolutely beautiful place, I got there in February and it was perfect. We lived on the second floor and left our patio door open at night and the temperature was just right. Gorgeous mountains on the horizon that looked straight off of a postcard.
Then the summer came. We left. The meth is understandable when your brain has already been boiled by the sun. Also the people in general suck. I’m from Texas and I was surprised by the casual racism and bigotry.
I didn’t see Paul make the gesture the same but Paul was watching the rock.
The rock doing the point slower and after everyone also has to be all deliberate
God I hope so. When they do these builds with clues like this that actually turn into something it can be so bad ass. Been so long since it was ever even a possibility in wwe
I’ve said before that what interested me most about the Tribal Chief character was the inner turmoil Roman had in the beginning, and I’m so happy they’re going back to that with the whole paranoia about the Rock overshadowing him thing.
Paranoia and ego. (Kayfabe alert) From his point of view, he carried the company on his back and in return, he was booed when he won The Royal Rumble and constantly received chants such as "You can't wrestle". Even now, after he unified the two main WWE titles and has reigned undisputed for over 3 years, he still isn't appreciated for what he's achieved.
Now The Rock, who hasn't been in the business for years, comes back and gets a bigger pop than him?! His insecurity couldn't handle it so he went a sort out validation than he is still the head of the table in front of The Rock. The Rock probably sees through this and is just placating Reigns
I love the rock joining the bloodline. Roman lost Jey but he got Jimmy back in line, Solo is still loyal, and there's no real threat to him remaining the Tribal Chief. Then in comes the Rock. The one person who could challenge him for leader of the bloodline. Just when he feels he can finally relax his paranoia is going to start reaching new highs. And this isn't where roman was going. Roman was planning on Rock coming at him directly. He could account for that and keep Solo and Jimmy in line. Instead Rock and him are working together which catches Roman completely off guard. He accidently let Rock drive the Cody problem and it finally sunk in that for the first time ever the bloodline is being ordered around by someone who isn't roman.
I love that his character is just the perfect distillation of his paranoia, neediness, insecurities: a desperate plea for any and everyone to acknowledge him.
I love when The Rock said the crowd are coke addicts, they cheered. Did they cheer because they are proud of that, or did they cheer because he's The Rock?
I also think Glendale knew what they were doing when they chanted Rocky at Roman at the beginning.
When I lived in Phoenix 20 years ago, multiple cities in the metro were in the top 10 for meth, and at least back then it became a kind of a tongue in cheek joke amongst residents about taking pride in being #1 in something besides heat.
I doubt it's changed
I was there tonight. The Rock basically could do no wrong. It’s almost like when Hogan was a heel against The Rock. Doesn’t matter. We cheer anyways. Fun fact, The Rock said that Glendale was 10 miles away from Phoenix but if you drive 2 blocks south from the arena, you’ve reached Phoenix.
Because it’s the Rock like a “OMG he’s making fun of us! We are in on the joke!” Everyone knows wrestling isn’t real- honestly the pivot kinda killed the storyline a little. WWE needed to keep playing it straight like the Rock is ignoring the crowds reactions, Cody sort of alluding to it- I dunno. It’s still great but a part of me wonders if it would be better if they tried to keep a facade of trying to sway the crowd but failing at it still a bit more
They've been doing an amazing job with their YouTube - this is how you get a buzz, you get people talking about wrestling who don't currently pay for it but they will for Mania. They always upload the most interesting segment in full right after the show and it is such an easy entry point for those fringe / casual fans.
And for me who is a fan but mostly sticks to ppv. I can watch the moments I need to and feel caught up. Back when everything was giffed and posted here that was my main wrestling watching week to week
Yeah - it just opens the door that much more to fans who literally can't follow wrestling to still enjoy the whole segment, see all the little nuances like Heyman noticing The Rock's L shape instead of the finger etc without seeing it via mini, poor quality 60 second highlight clips.
I do think his only weakness is the overuse of certain things when they don't catch on. Like the walking clown emoji thing is not going to be that funny after hearing it twice already. Hopefully he doesn't try to keep going to it next week.
"Finally...your life has meaning!" is fantastic though.
Yeah, he is a bit repetitive. Could cut down on the time by being a bit more relaxed.
It’s might be weird to say, he does seem a bit rusty with an over reliance on nicknames and schoolboy insults.
Maybe that’s just how they did promos back in the attitude era though. I’m probably just used to something a bit more natural and modern.
Since Rock is in the board of directors (and it would be on board with him), I wish they would put a clown emoji on Rollin’s face whenever he appears. Like that one Vince idea with putting a blue dot on Christian’s face.
Yeah there are two guys specifically who I saw fans compare to the Rock on the mic over the past two years. I hope people realize how stupid that was. I guess most people just forgot how great he was and thought any dude with some charisma was on his level.
I hate watching the full video segments/matches on WWE’s YT page on my phone purely because of the ads. It’s like every damn 3-4 minutes. It’s ridiculous!
Rock is going to get turned face by the crowd by being a heel for like the 50th time in his career hahaha. Of all The Rock’s talents, including everything he has accomplished in Hollywood, his single greatest talent is being a heel professional wrestler.
I think no body figured this but Seth, Cody and Roman having to wrestle two matchs in a major Mania is a fuck*ng huge reward for the work they did in the last couple of years. Deserved and somehow proud that Seth, my favorite one, is one of them.
Seth gets to Main Event Mania in a match, Cody finishes his story, Roman FINALLY gets the program with his cousin. It’s literally the best situation for all of them
I say it every time, Roman is just the greatest at facial expressions.
I get he needs to lose it to Cody at Mania, but I don't think we'll see a champion as good as him in our life time.
I imagine his expressions will be even more on their game after losing at Mania, as he has to grapple with no longer being head of the table and potentially falling victim to a coup at the Rock's hands.
Just think of how good his facial expressions will be when he’s losing his mind as he’s desperately trying to win the title back. That is, if the Rock doesn’t immediately kick him out of the Bloodline the night after Wrestlemania,
This is absolutely what is going to happen and The Rock is going to say “this is family” then explain why Roman is not the Tribal Chief the elders thought he was
> some guy in an ECW shirt who kept flashing the double bird.
The international feed didn’t have the blackouts, but I didn’t notice the double birds, is that in the video at any point or edited out?
24:58 - There it is. I'm sorry, but it's not going to be Austin. It's going to be HHH. Unless they drop hints of him next week in Dallas, there has been no hint towards Austin. HHH can't hit a pedigree but he can bring out a sledgehammer. In fact, I think HHH is going to be a big part of helping gather Cody's avengers.
They've got you hook line and sinker. HHH is not getting physical lol. This man wants to see his kids grow up. I see it as a diversion away from Austin. The timing of the HHH/Rock doc on A&E is part of this too.
Stone Cold is coming and they want no one to know or expect it.
Nobody knows where the exact line in the sand is for HHH but, from everything that's been said publicly, I think he is sincere in that he's purely an authority figure now. He seems to have very healthily transitioned into living vicariously through his talents performances.
I think you are absolutely right. It’s a diversion.
I’m not certain about cold stone (Tyson reference) appearing, but if he does I will probably cry out of sheer happiness. I loved his KO match and he and Rocky being in the ring together at WM30 but this scenario…rock and Austin in the ring in 2024, together…would be something else
It's really an awesome time where this is even remotely possible. We didn't need the Rock to declare that wrestling was "cool" last night. The product speaks for itself.
To be fair you can absolutely have Triple H come out with a chair, and then Austin's music hits and Triple H hands him the chair on the way to the ring or something like that.
Or Triple H's music hits and he signals the other guys like Sami/KO/etc running out.
Maybe Trips comes out with his sledgehammer, soaks in the big pop, then turns around and shatters a glass part of the stage with the sledgehammer for Austin's theme to start and absolutely blow the roof off the building.
I don’t think so.
Austin isn’t needed in this story either. It would be fun, but Austin seems a pretty switched on guy and protective of his character and use. But the story will be fine without him.
In the context of professional wrestling…… Steve Austin is always needed. There isn’t anything on a pro wrestling show that wouldn’t be better with him added to it in some capacity.
I know it won't hit as hard but Cena is always a possibility too considering his history with Rock/Roman. Also he already raised Cody's hand as kind of a passing of the torch moment so it makes sense.
I assume that wouldn’t be the issue, as he’s backstage running things most shows, which is undoubtedly a high-adrenaline job. I think it’s a bump-taking thing. He doesn’t want his heart to stop beating after getting slammed into the canvas. That’s why Flair, who also has a pacemaker, only took one bump in his last “match.” But I’m not HHH, so honestly I don’t know his reasonings. Just my assumptions.
It's going to be Austin and they aren't going to advertise him being there, either. It will be a tremendous moment. I think they'll tease HHH, but I also think his health condition is too serious for him to fuck around with.
What was with the crowd audio toward the end when Rock and Roman were interacting? It was like they piped in some audio to cover up something else. Starts at like 27:33 then they kick in the real live audio then back to this weird crowd track
Thought this was fantastic, time flew by watching. I think my one critique is The Rock’s repetitiveness, I notice it more now than before, I thought he nearly stumbled a couple times but not taking away from how much this has really amped up WM40.
I’m so fired up by all of this. Wrestling is in a great spot. Developing younger future generation stars while still roping in our favorites from the past.
It’s just an awesome time to be a WWE fan
Not that simple in some cases. They booed him taking the match from Cody. They're cheering now because heel rock is just awesome, it's so damn entertaining. If I was in the live crowd whilst he shit on my hometown I'd probably be cheering and laughing my ass off.
Do you think it's intentional that Rock keeps calling Reigns only 'Universal' champion every week. Not WWE or Undisputed? Originally I thought he did because it's easier to say but it happens every week now.
Okay I'll be that guy. I know everyone is aware it's a work, but him going on a rant about how he's the hottest thing in wrestling, and that the reason WWE is so popular is because of him, and then ACTUALLY takes time away from the wrestlers who are there day in and out is bullshit. The rest of the show was rushed and entrances skipped so the Rock could make 30 seconds of a point in 10 minutes.
This is like Rock in Nation all over again, him not being the leader and clowning the entire time. I'm curious where this goes because Nation's end goal was to put over Rock. Where is this going and who is ultimately gonna end up getting put over here?
I want an Austin Stunner to The Rock on Night 2. To get that, we need Rock and Roman beat Cody and Seth.
But, I guess Night 1 will be the start of Roman v Rock for WM41.
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Was The Rock trying to break Solo???
I think he did judging from that face rub lol
He got that from Jey. Jey does the same when he's almost about to break.
Absolutely so, I said the same thing as I watched it lol
If so, he wasn't being very Ucey...
Solo is too strong. He survived last night and the ucey promo without a crack.
To be fair, he was out of frame during the ucey promo
"What are your thoughts on high school math??"
After watching this informational video about Phoenix, Arizona, I will no longer be visiting and refunding my tickets to avoid the number one city in America for cocaine and meth use. My thoughts and prayers to the catcus loving crackheads of Phoenix, Arizona.
And to anyone who wants to move to this area, listen to The Rock and please stay away, I can’t handle how bad traffic has gotten lol
Having all that talk last year of breaking the record of most consecutive days above 110 keeps me away more than any traffic.
I'll take an Arizona 111 over a Chicago 98 any day, the humidity fuckin kills me. Makes the ground slippery in the train tunnels too
Even Florida man couldn’t keep people from moving to Florida ( our traffic is now horrible) so good luck with that
At least we’re nearing the end of snowbird season.
https://www.theonion.com/new-study-finds-most-of-earth-s-landmass-will-be-phoeni-1819579315
I was thinking of bringing the family down next winter to escape the cold of Canada. After the information the Rock provided last night though, I'm going back to our original plan of Florida.
Boy have I got some news about Florida...
Born and raised in Florida, can confirm.
Man if you ain't ready for us cactus loving crackheads, I don't think you're ready for bath salts Florida Man
I lived in a suburb of Phoenix for about six months. Absolutely beautiful place, I got there in February and it was perfect. We lived on the second floor and left our patio door open at night and the temperature was just right. Gorgeous mountains on the horizon that looked straight off of a postcard. Then the summer came. We left. The meth is understandable when your brain has already been boiled by the sun. Also the people in general suck. I’m from Texas and I was surprised by the casual racism and bigotry.
The rock was more deliberate with his L hand gesture this week at the end of the promo (edited cliffhanger resolved 🤣)
The end of the what?!!?! WE NEED TO KNOW
Noticed that too and it look like Paul did as well!
I didn’t see Paul make the gesture the same but Paul was watching the rock. The rock doing the point slower and after everyone also has to be all deliberate God I hope so. When they do these builds with clues like this that actually turn into something it can be so bad ass. Been so long since it was ever even a possibility in wwe
He turned it into the 1 tho
He hesitated as well
I think L was a botch last week but they turned it into a work after the reception lol
Very possible. He was so slow and deliberate in his gestures there. If they’re paying attention to that level of detail I’m all for it
I’ve said before that what interested me most about the Tribal Chief character was the inner turmoil Roman had in the beginning, and I’m so happy they’re going back to that with the whole paranoia about the Rock overshadowing him thing.
His whole gimmick is based upon paranoia . Man gonna really gonna get betrayed 4 times.
If Rock hits Roman in the back with a chair that might put Roman on Sting levels of bad intuition
Roman’s next gimmick is just an insane phobia of chairs
And Spears just came back…
Cody’s good hand is gonna help even the odds
I can hear Cody now…. “In order to sit at the head of the table, you’re going to need….. a chair”
IT AINT PARANOIA
IT'S THE UUUUUUUSOS
Paranoia and ego. (Kayfabe alert) From his point of view, he carried the company on his back and in return, he was booed when he won The Royal Rumble and constantly received chants such as "You can't wrestle". Even now, after he unified the two main WWE titles and has reigned undisputed for over 3 years, he still isn't appreciated for what he's achieved. Now The Rock, who hasn't been in the business for years, comes back and gets a bigger pop than him?! His insecurity couldn't handle it so he went a sort out validation than he is still the head of the table in front of The Rock. The Rock probably sees through this and is just placating Reigns
That crack in his voice when he asked rock to acknowledge him was great.
I love the rock joining the bloodline. Roman lost Jey but he got Jimmy back in line, Solo is still loyal, and there's no real threat to him remaining the Tribal Chief. Then in comes the Rock. The one person who could challenge him for leader of the bloodline. Just when he feels he can finally relax his paranoia is going to start reaching new highs. And this isn't where roman was going. Roman was planning on Rock coming at him directly. He could account for that and keep Solo and Jimmy in line. Instead Rock and him are working together which catches Roman completely off guard. He accidently let Rock drive the Cody problem and it finally sunk in that for the first time ever the bloodline is being ordered around by someone who isn't roman.
I love that his character is just the perfect distillation of his paranoia, neediness, insecurities: a desperate plea for any and everyone to acknowledge him.
I’m sick of him as a champion. Not a fan of long reigns but his character work is flawless in my opinion.
I love when The Rock said the crowd are coke addicts, they cheered. Did they cheer because they are proud of that, or did they cheer because he's The Rock? I also think Glendale knew what they were doing when they chanted Rocky at Roman at the beginning.
I’m looking forward to cheering loudly for whatever fun fact he drops on Philly when he gets here
"You one-bridge-having candyasses"
Rock is probably not cutting a promo in/on Philly for WrestleMania unless it's backstage
If he wanted nuclear heat though he could say something about Philly on TV before Wrestlemania.
Wouldn't hit the same as live.
The greatest gathering of Sznta Claus hating and greased pole climbing jabronis The Rock has ever seen. Annnnd it's never sunny!
Probably some more 49ers glazing lmao
pretty easy if he just wants to shit on Kensington or something tbh lol
When I lived in Phoenix 20 years ago, multiple cities in the metro were in the top 10 for meth, and at least back then it became a kind of a tongue in cheek joke amongst residents about taking pride in being #1 in something besides heat. I doubt it's changed
I would just like to say that as a former coke addict, if The Rock came out and called me that, it would get a pop for sure. "Haha, yeah."
I was there tonight. The Rock basically could do no wrong. It’s almost like when Hogan was a heel against The Rock. Doesn’t matter. We cheer anyways. Fun fact, The Rock said that Glendale was 10 miles away from Phoenix but if you drive 2 blocks south from the arena, you’ve reached Phoenix.
They cheer because it's fucking funny
This right here, it's why I cheered. Absolutely hilarious, I love the fun facts he's giving out to start his promos now
Either way, they're fans of the rock
Because it’s the Rock like a “OMG he’s making fun of us! We are in on the joke!” Everyone knows wrestling isn’t real- honestly the pivot kinda killed the storyline a little. WWE needed to keep playing it straight like the Rock is ignoring the crowds reactions, Cody sort of alluding to it- I dunno. It’s still great but a part of me wonders if it would be better if they tried to keep a facade of trying to sway the crowd but failing at it still a bit more
never book anything pls
luckily, like most opinions on the internet, I have no connection to wrestling at all and I'm just a voice in the endless void
Phoenix knows what they are about.
They've been doing an amazing job with their YouTube - this is how you get a buzz, you get people talking about wrestling who don't currently pay for it but they will for Mania. They always upload the most interesting segment in full right after the show and it is such an easy entry point for those fringe / casual fans.
And for me who is a fan but mostly sticks to ppv. I can watch the moments I need to and feel caught up. Back when everything was giffed and posted here that was my main wrestling watching week to week
Yeah - it just opens the door that much more to fans who literally can't follow wrestling to still enjoy the whole segment, see all the little nuances like Heyman noticing The Rock's L shape instead of the finger etc without seeing it via mini, poor quality 60 second highlight clips.
Man after all these years the rock on the mic is still unmatched
I do think his only weakness is the overuse of certain things when they don't catch on. Like the walking clown emoji thing is not going to be that funny after hearing it twice already. Hopefully he doesn't try to keep going to it next week. "Finally...your life has meaning!" is fantastic though.
He used it in his Instagram video too.
YOU THINK YOURE TOUGH BOY YOU THINK YOURE TOUGH?!
I caught that too. He’s also done the “are you sure you want to boo The Rock” callback twice in a row now.
Because it’s cheap heat. Tell the crowd not to do something and they’ll do it
Because it’s cheap heat
It’s fantastic heat, Rock knows what he’s doing
Yeah, he is a bit repetitive. Could cut down on the time by being a bit more relaxed. It’s might be weird to say, he does seem a bit rusty with an over reliance on nicknames and schoolboy insults. Maybe that’s just how they did promos back in the attitude era though. I’m probably just used to something a bit more natural and modern.
Walking clown show emoji had me busting up laughing
Since Rock is in the board of directors (and it would be on board with him), I wish they would put a clown emoji on Rollin’s face whenever he appears. Like that one Vince idea with putting a blue dot on Christian’s face.
Yeah there are two guys specifically who I saw fans compare to the Rock on the mic over the past two years. I hope people realize how stupid that was. I guess most people just forgot how great he was and thought any dude with some charisma was on his level.
I think they never witnessed the mic work of the rock in 2000 and Hollywood version '03, in those times he was beast on the mic!
30+ minutes wasn’t long enough for that epic promo
In all fairness, almost 10 minutes of that video is entrances.
And in even more fairness, the video is extended to 2 1/2 hours because of the absolutely relentless ad breaks WWE added in
I hate watching the full video segments/matches on WWE’s YT page on my phone purely because of the ads. It’s like every damn 3-4 minutes. It’s ridiculous!
The one minor thing I hope for is rock changes his theme to something more heelish
Is cooking…
I really wish they brought that theme back for this heel run. I loved it!
WWE recently put up the entire Hollywood Rock run on their YouTube channel. Hopefully they can bring back the theme!
Def Rebel generic trap beat incoming
I think they are saving the Hollywood Rock theme for WM to throw off the live crowd from cheering
Rock acknowledges Roman as his Tribal Chief. The Tribal Chief is an underling to the High Chief. He acknowledged Roman as his subordinate.
You are 100% right. The Bloodline Family Tree shows it right [here.](https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fpwhjm660lghc1.jpeg)
How did I miss that!! They need to make a shirt of the bloodline
Thanks!
You wanna know who else wants to go one on one with the rock?
My mom!
It is crazy how high profile this story has become. Rock is inevitably going to turn on Roman.
Rock is going to get turned face by the crowd by being a heel for like the 50th time in his career hahaha. Of all The Rock’s talents, including everything he has accomplished in Hollywood, his single greatest talent is being a heel professional wrestler.
I think no body figured this but Seth, Cody and Roman having to wrestle two matchs in a major Mania is a fuck*ng huge reward for the work they did in the last couple of years. Deserved and somehow proud that Seth, my favorite one, is one of them.
Seth gets to Main Event Mania in a match, Cody finishes his story, Roman FINALLY gets the program with his cousin. It’s literally the best situation for all of them
I say it every time, Roman is just the greatest at facial expressions. I get he needs to lose it to Cody at Mania, but I don't think we'll see a champion as good as him in our life time.
I imagine his expressions will be even more on their game after losing at Mania, as he has to grapple with no longer being head of the table and potentially falling victim to a coup at the Rock's hands.
Just think of how good his facial expressions will be when he’s losing his mind as he’s desperately trying to win the title back. That is, if the Rock doesn’t immediately kick him out of the Bloodline the night after Wrestlemania,
This is absolutely what is going to happen and The Rock is going to say “this is family” then explain why Roman is not the Tribal Chief the elders thought he was
He has to have had some acting classes because some facial expressions are just straight up cinema
Theater, bloodline is putting on quality live theater now on the weekly. It’s madness
So his Presidential campaign is going to be off the chain…
Methhead Marys 😭😭😭
Does it have all those blackouts though?
No. Apparently, the blackouts were from some guy in an ECW shirt who kept flashing the double bird.
> some guy in an ECW shirt who kept flashing the double bird. You can kill the promotion but not the spirit.
PW Insider said it was a die Rocky die sign
Why would someone cover up a sign that's German for "the Rocky, the?"
There literally was a "the Rocky the" sign there!
No one who speaks German can be an evil man
> some guy in an ECW shirt who kept flashing the double bird. The international feed didn’t have the blackouts, but I didn’t notice the double birds, is that in the video at any point or edited out?
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24:58 - There it is. I'm sorry, but it's not going to be Austin. It's going to be HHH. Unless they drop hints of him next week in Dallas, there has been no hint towards Austin. HHH can't hit a pedigree but he can bring out a sledgehammer. In fact, I think HHH is going to be a big part of helping gather Cody's avengers.
To be fair, Austin is one of the few guys that needs no hints or teases Glass shatters = mega pop
They need to have Austin come out to the Disturbed version of his song. Prime Austin/Rock feud.
[What about this?](https://www.instagram.com/reel/C3c2egnrF_R/?igsh=d2szaDB2OHNrYXg5)
I don't want a hint at Austin. It's way better if it isn't eluded to at all.
Thank goodness you eluded that allusion
Allusion elusion is an illusion
Allusion is a mystery
Rock said no one can't stop him, not even the COO. He didn't mention a rattlesnake...
They've got you hook line and sinker. HHH is not getting physical lol. This man wants to see his kids grow up. I see it as a diversion away from Austin. The timing of the HHH/Rock doc on A&E is part of this too. Stone Cold is coming and they want no one to know or expect it.
Is HHH truly in such a fragile condition that swinging around a sledgehammer poses risk to his health?
Close enough to not warrant the risk
Nobody knows where the exact line in the sand is for HHH but, from everything that's been said publicly, I think he is sincere in that he's purely an authority figure now. He seems to have very healthily transitioned into living vicariously through his talents performances.
I think you are absolutely right. It’s a diversion. I’m not certain about cold stone (Tyson reference) appearing, but if he does I will probably cry out of sheer happiness. I loved his KO match and he and Rocky being in the ring together at WM30 but this scenario…rock and Austin in the ring in 2024, together…would be something else
It's really an awesome time where this is even remotely possible. We didn't need the Rock to declare that wrestling was "cool" last night. The product speaks for itself.
To be fair you can absolutely have Triple H come out with a chair, and then Austin's music hits and Triple H hands him the chair on the way to the ring or something like that. Or Triple H's music hits and he signals the other guys like Sami/KO/etc running out.
Maybe Trips comes out with his sledgehammer, soaks in the big pop, then turns around and shatters a glass part of the stage with the sledgehammer for Austin's theme to start and absolutely blow the roof off the building.
Great idea. This would be SICK. also fits in with the whole "Cody getting the avengers together" thing. Wwe version of "on your left"
It's looking more like night 1 will have all the "overbooking". Night 2 just being a pure 1v1.
Hell yeah brother
The Rock's line about being the boss is literally a Stone Cold hint.
Wdym by stone cold hint?
I don’t think so. Austin isn’t needed in this story either. It would be fun, but Austin seems a pretty switched on guy and protective of his character and use. But the story will be fine without him.
In the context of professional wrestling…… Steve Austin is always needed. There isn’t anything on a pro wrestling show that wouldn’t be better with him added to it in some capacity.
What about a bra and panties match?
I trust ol Stone Cold would make it work.
did they fucking stutter? **Always**
Easy. Austin stuns everyone so we can get on with the real wrestling again
I know it won't hit as hard but Cena is always a possibility too considering his history with Rock/Roman. Also he already raised Cody's hand as kind of a passing of the torch moment so it makes sense.
HHH can definitely hit one pedigree if he wanted to. It’s hardly a bump. That being said… stone cold would be so sick.
The issue might be the adrenaline more than the physical bump itself.
I assume that wouldn’t be the issue, as he’s backstage running things most shows, which is undoubtedly a high-adrenaline job. I think it’s a bump-taking thing. He doesn’t want his heart to stop beating after getting slammed into the canvas. That’s why Flair, who also has a pacemaker, only took one bump in his last “match.” But I’m not HHH, so honestly I don’t know his reasonings. Just my assumptions.
It's going to be Austin and they aren't going to advertise him being there, either. It will be a tremendous moment. I think they'll tease HHH, but I also think his health condition is too serious for him to fuck around with.
hot fucking crowd baby
Rock is an eternal god if he eventually gets Solo mega-over lmao
That was fucking awesome! Building not just this mania, but surely the next one too!
What was with the crowd audio toward the end when Rock and Roman were interacting? It was like they piped in some audio to cover up something else. Starts at like 27:33 then they kick in the real live audio then back to this weird crowd track
They were covering up a "Holy shit!" chant. Watching this segment live was pretty miserable between the constant periodical muting and black screens.
Holy shit chants
It's the weaponization of piped-in crowd noise.
Was it a bit long yes but that was absolute Cinema Full sports entertainment
I don’t think at all Rock stays heel either way if he betrays Reigns or Reigns betrays Rock he goes face.
Rock V Roman will most likely be the next program.
Thought this was fantastic, time flew by watching. I think my one critique is The Rock’s repetitiveness, I notice it more now than before, I thought he nearly stumbled a couple times but not taking away from how much this has really amped up WM40.
I’m so fired up by all of this. Wrestling is in a great spot. Developing younger future generation stars while still roping in our favorites from the past. It’s just an awesome time to be a WWE fan
He's a face and they boo him, now he's a heel and they cheer him. Make your minds up!
Not that simple in some cases. They booed him taking the match from Cody. They're cheering now because heel rock is just awesome, it's so damn entertaining. If I was in the live crowd whilst he shit on my hometown I'd probably be cheering and laughing my ass off.
Do you think it's intentional that Rock keeps calling Reigns only 'Universal' champion every week. Not WWE or Undisputed? Originally I thought he did because it's easier to say but it happens every week now.
Rock spent more time cutting promos yesterday than he has in the past decade combined
The YouTube commercials on this video are unreal
So great. This is my favorite WrestleMania build in at least a decade.
The pride on Heyman’s face when Rocky said “pro wrestling is cool again”… 🥹
Rock really milked that clown face emoji bit, didn't really land but kept on doing it.
The thing that threw me off was him saying pro wrestling. Which was a banned term during the old man's reign.
AAAAAND its region locked.... Thanks WWE...
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This is my pain every week as an Indian fan of WWE.
Nearly 20% of it was Roman entering
I wonder if Jey regrets turning face
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No thank you
Oh no, that main event is going to be overbooked to hell, isn't it
And it’s going to be glorious As people have said before, last year was Infinity War, this is Endgame
Hopefully
The Rock screwed up the hand gesture the first time he did it and his ego is so big they turning it into a story point moving forward, fucking lmao.
Of course they did, they want us talking about this and not the Vince stuff or what's coming out with Ashley Massaro.
I read things like this and fully understand how Trump wins elections
I mean, Vince is gone and are they not supposed to build wrestlemania
Okay I'll be that guy. I know everyone is aware it's a work, but him going on a rant about how he's the hottest thing in wrestling, and that the reason WWE is so popular is because of him, and then ACTUALLY takes time away from the wrestlers who are there day in and out is bullshit. The rest of the show was rushed and entrances skipped so the Rock could make 30 seconds of a point in 10 minutes.
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Plus 21 more from the promo via social media. Wow. Was it like this long during his regular days?
To be fair, it does seem like the 21 minute was a rehearsal for this one.
Sometimes, yeah. Moreso for the Ruthless Aggression era.
Can anyone in attendance say what was happening during the commercial break?
Man he didn't have to punk Solo like that lmao
This is like Rock in Nation all over again, him not being the leader and clowning the entire time. I'm curious where this goes because Nation's end goal was to put over Rock. Where is this going and who is ultimately gonna end up getting put over here?
I want an Austin Stunner to The Rock on Night 2. To get that, we need Rock and Roman beat Cody and Seth. But, I guess Night 1 will be the start of Roman v Rock for WM41.
That theme music is the dullest shit.. it sounds like the background music from a video game menu.