Man its us the fans who really makes are favourite faces like the rock he was so over everytime he went heel we always ended up cheering for him even doh he tried to piss all of us fans of
I disagree with anyone who says The Rock was getting cheered bc this was in Canada. I was in high school at the time and it was cool to be a wrestling fan. People were quoting, "Roody poo, jabroni, candy/monkey ass, etc" They were mimicking the eyebrow, and the elbow pad/arm swing of the ppls elbow. In other words, ppl thought he was cool. He got over the same way Austin got over...by being a quotable badass.
I watched this live, and me & my friends' reaction was the same as the crowds.
thats not even an argument, its ignorance...you just gotta watch raw week after week. there was no intention to turn him face, he turned face as he got over as fuck, people loved the heel persona. then obviously he went heel again as the corporate champion
cena shudnt be discussed here but i guess ill put my 2 cents in: i personally dont have too much of a problem with cena himself, but the wwe has done a bad job with his character. cena's done his job, doing what they tell him to do, he's even somewhat improved his poor wrestling skills and its shown in some matches. vince shudve have turned him heel tho, and stopped his whole superman cant be beat persona a while ago! its one of the biggest factors in the wwe sucking today
Behave,John Cena is excellent on the mic if u consider CM Punk to be the best in wwe, he hung with him pretty well in promos as evidenced by Nash's complete faliure. As a wrestler he's technically sound and capable of putting on great matches. I can sense a reapproachment towards Cena from some fans, when he's embraced his mixed fan reactions, got Miz and cm punk even more over and improved on mic/ring. This vid is great cos it shows 3 stars at a career crossroads in which only 2 would emerge
@KungLaoChicken John Cena is a poor poor poor Wrestler, but he isn't bad on the mic. He can cut a half decent promo. If he couldn't then he wouldn't be where he is today.
@grayfoks yeah I can't really disagree with you on that one. Cena's mic skills are really limited cause of the era he's in. As a heel, I thought he was very entertaining...hell even that first year he was a face and won the U.S. Title a couple of times I was fine with him.
@KungLaoChicken Yeah PG really makes John Cena what he is. There's no excuse for his bad technical wrestling skills however. He is clunky and unco-ordinated. I consider CM Punk to be this generations Randy Savage and Cena to be Hulk Hogan... Macho was the match guy and Hogan was the superhero.
@KungLaoChicken yea i agree ken shamrock was horrible on the mic especially when he won king of the ring and he was in that promo but he is one hell of a wrestler
@666rocko i think it was 2 weeks before this on Raw is war where he fought Kane. i was just watching it on here and its the 1st time i saw the whole crowd going nuts for him since he'd joined the nation
@fortesque you damn right - every single fan with a sign, everyone standing, everyone screaming - now the wwe 'universe' (ugh) is like a funeral, everyone seated quietly and clapping - its like a damn cricket match
this was when the wwf was the shit...hands down, i remember around this time when i was in college we used to go to the student center and watch raw and nitro every monday. from 97-2001, but i say it peaked 97-99
@avb6100 He was a Heel. His match at Summerslam against Triple H and this match are pretty much the reasons he was turned Face. Funny thing about Rock is, when he was supposed to be cheered (over Y2J in 2001 and over Hogan at WM 18.) He gets mixed reactions...but when he's supposed to get booed (his heel turn in 2003) he get's cheered...
@grayfoks ya ri8 at wm 18 he was little booed over hogan and wen jericho won the wcw title jericho was cheered and rock was booed right and thnx for tellin me
@grayfoks i think that's because, the rock, whether he was heel or face was always an asshole. The hogan thing was in canada so that really doesn't count, (reactions are always different there). The Y2J thing was people wanting to see a new face on top (Rock, Austin, Undertaker and triple h dominated much of that time period). The golberg thing was people figuring out he well... sucked.
@rnjblast773 I always saw it as the WWE underestimated how big it was to the fans seeing Hogan back in the WWE. It was like a homecoming. Most of us grew up watching Hogan in WWE and to a lot of fans, Hogan was WWE. Same way Steiners, Luger, and Flair are WCW....
A big part of it was nostalgia, bc a lot of ppl (whether they admit it or not) were yellow and red Hogan marks when they were younger. It didn't matter who faced Hogan that night, they were going to get booed out of the building.
@StuUngar that could have been part of it, but if you got back and watch anything wwe did in canada from 97 on it's always a weird reaction compared to the he U.S. The only place that U.S. that even remotely resembles the canadian fan reaction is the chicago fan reaction (ex. wrestlemania 22).
@avb6100 Techincally, he was a Face, but he still acted like a heel, because it was his cocky heel persona that was so entertaining it turned him face.
Undertaker looking spooky as fuck ( bad-ass was a good change but still)
Kane WITH the mask and the costume
Mankind, some retarded fucker but still a good fighter, fuck Cactus Jack
The Rock in Attitude Era...
WWF had the best wrestlers, i mean this period, Taker,Kane,Rock,HHH,Austin,Mankind,Shamrock,Big Show - all these great characters that could've been title winners. They were all charismatic so it was so sick
this is one of my top 5 favorite matches of all time. probably 3rd or 4th. the list would probably be. 5- undertaker vs. michaels wm25, 4- michaels vs. hart wm 12, - 3 this one. 2- piper vs. valentine ''dog collar match" 1- austin vs. hart wm 13. all time classics. notable mention #6- mankind vs. the rock i quit match at the royal rumble. ken shamrock was no slouch in wwe either. great athlete.
@tylerclifford65 I like all of those matches, If i had to choose 5 favourite matches of all time. 5 KENTA vs Bryan Danielson (Daniel Bryan) in NOAH, 4 The Rock vs Stone Cold WM 19, 3 Undertaker vs Shawn Micheals WM 25, 2 Shawn Michaels vs Stone Cold at WM 14 and Stone Cold vs The Rock WM 17. These all had that epic match feel, if you have never seen KENTA vs Bryan then i highly recommend it!!! It's about 40 minutes long and it's absolutely epic!
Shamrock was definitely underrated, but he had an advantage. The fact he was from MMA meant that he knew martial arts (obv) so he had an unfair advantage, and the fact that those gloves hurt when you punch lol
this is the reason why alot of times people cheer for heels... they give the best promos and are badasses that dont care what other people say... thats why i like the heels better
Yeah, Rock wasn't really an "official face" here like he was a year later, remember when he started talked about "People chanting The Rock's name" and "Millions of Rock's fans" he was still a heel, the fans just started to cheer him so it became more natural when he said those 2 things.
Wow, it's crazy how over Rock was here, by the following year he and Austin were not only the 2 biggest draws in the WWF, they were the 2 biggest in wrestling period.
@jeypeepsv1 Goldberg was a draw but he doesn't compare to The Rock or Austin. In fact you could say that Sting and Hogan are the only two people who really matches Rock and Austin in drawing power. When the Goldberg stuff really got into full swing WCW was getting destroyed in the ratings.
kevin kelly:" mankind in tonights cage match it appears ken shamrock is looking for blood and the rock is looking for glory, what are you looking for?"
mankind:"well kevin kelly im looking for the end of world hunger" lol
damn. shamrock is a living legend and ppl dont talk about him as much nemore. hes still going in mma and hes nearly 50 and hes done mma and pro wrestling for nearly 30 years and hes still going strong
@WSFB16 SMDH no no no youngin. The Rock became face after Backlash in 99. But he was still a fan favorite in 98 after the SummerSlam 98 match. Became a heel in 98 after the Surivor Series 98.
@WSFB16 He was a heel until mid 1999, and between that time and the time he first became heel he was face a couple of times. I'm not sure about here, but I think he was face.
@asifmqh Rock was TECHNICALLY a heel here. Though he was being cheered and BOOKED like a face, he was still a heel OFFICIALLY until he left the Nation, which was shortly after this.
this is when the rock turned into a good after leaving nation of domination, but he was good for like two or three months before he turned heel to go to vince in the corpiration
Doom-Doom...The Rock's layin' the smackdown...Doom-Doom...The Rock says, The Rock says, The Rock says, The Rock says...Know your role...Doom...and shut your mouth..hahahahaha...Doom-Doom
Ya know Shamrock was a great athlete but this video proves why he didn't end up a huge superstar in the WWF. As an entertainer on the mic Rocky and Mick absolutely destroyed him.
Quote: "The wrestling ring is undoubtly more dangerous than the octogan"- Holy shit! That couldn't be any funnier. Let's hear them try to say that now, they'll probably kill themselves in embarrasment.
@MMAmachinhead92 The ring itself is more dangerous. Not what goes on inside the ring. You can fall outside the ring and break your neck. You can have your neck broken in the octagon, but that would be the fighters doing.
Actually if you looked up the statistics many more people have been seriously injured, paralyzed, and even been killed in pro wrestling than in UFC and really MMA in general. One of the best selling points for MMA is how actually safe it is but people don't realize this.
@pistan360 If we are talking about deaths, then it's a completely different story. Deaths do not happen in the ring, almost all (except for some rare occasions) have happened outside of the ring and most after long retirement from the ring. Point is, no one (except, said rare occasion) in wrestling has anyone died from injury or accident in the ring.
@snap336 Ok. But again, I've said deaths in wrestling happen on a very rare occasion and that was a very rare incident. And technically he didn't die from wrestling in the ring but if you want to count that as a "wrestling death" than that's fine by me but it's still a rare occasion.
@pistan360 Injuries happen more frequently in wrestling because guys are hitting each other over the head with chairs, slamming each other on a non-forgiving mat and not to mention solid ground and some times pavement, jumping off of ladders/turnbuckles, etc. Basically, in pro-wrestling there is more activity going on which raises the chances of injury.
But if you ask me in which business will fighters or entertainers have the most long term head injuries? Both.
@pistan360 it's safer because of its reality; a guy can give up whenever he feels the need and that's it. in pro wrestling, they know they're going to take that fall or that move and they go through with it for the show, so it's definitely a lot more dangerous. it's amazing that there are so relatively few accidents, and only shows the true skill of these performers.
@MMAmachinhead92 It's actually true. It's much easier to die from a botched wrestling move or minor miscalculation in wrestling. The effects on the body can sometimes be worse. And yes, people have died from wrestling moves and wrestling accidents. Then you've got guys who can turn on another wrestler and "accidentally" injure him for real because of personal animosity. Among other things there are unprofessional opponents that are careless. The #1 rule in wrestling is "protect yourself".
This was really the start of the Attitude Era. You had many new major stars either already bloomed to stardom or about to: Stone Cold, Triple H, Mark Henry, Mankind, Kane, and of course the Rock.
This is one of the first speech's in which the Rock doesnt directly insult the fan's, and this is where you can really see things turn around. That was the key to finding his star persona.
By dropping the insults to the crowd, and keeping his bullyish, and cocky attitude, and by the old saying, "if you cant beat them, join them." by making himself the "People's Champ.", he created one of the greatest entertainers ever. The speech that he gives is one of the best.
He called himself the "People's Champ" since he started in the Nation, so dropping the insults to the crowd was really the only change necessary to turn him face. But yeah, this was one of the best Rock promos ever.
mankind tried to bury the peoples elbow right here but he just made it more popular ironically alot of wrestlers dont like tha peoples elbow because there jealous of it(stone cold) the rock made mankind pay for this comment when he bashed his living brains in at the royal rumble FOR REAL AND DROPPED THE PEOPLES ELBOW ON HIS HEAD FOR REAL that blood was real on mick foleys head he needed 2 dozen snitces the rock doesnt forget anything just ask hbk and toronto lol
he told the rock at they first wrestlemania that he aint lettin him do that "stupid crap" on him backstage notice stone cold moved out the way at wrestlemania
Ohhh that's right. I was thinking he did it ONCE in that match, but no. That was his "Rock Bottom" that he gave Austin in that match. He DID escape the people's elbow.
How did you learn of this conversation backstage? Was it mentioned it one of their books?
watch the rock 2008 hall of fame introduction when the rocks dad got inducted in the hall of fame the rock says it and stone cold was in the crowd laughing
naw when the rock first started when he was rocky maivia wearing the blue trunks hbk didnt like him didnt want to see him make it he use to tell vince to keep him in low midcard trying to sabotage the rocks career backstage and he definetely didnt like rock gettin the ic champion from his boy hhh in 1997 when the rock started shinning in 98 hbk use to say slick shit about him "he had to much to soon" rock aint forget and about toronto remember they boo'd him for hogan and he was face
@1Webbman9 I know. Gives you chills when you watch it. Especially considering Rock was still TECHNICALLY a HEEL here, since he was still with The Nation officially. So when the crowd erupts, I feel it!
@TrueTalkTV actually the Nation was done, however, this theme that he was using during b4 and afterthe match, use still offical until he went head to head with DLo and Mark Henery, then his theme started changing.
@1Webbman9 Oh this was AFTER the Nation? He must've JUST split from the Nation then if that was the case. Because even Lawler (a heel commentator) was still "pro Rock" during this match.
HOLY SHIT!! MICHEAL COLE!!
jasonfreak99 1 week ago
This was the first ppv match of the "attitude era" I ever saw and this match is still one of my favourites
wechildrenof1990 1 week ago
Is it just me or does the "WWF Breakdown" logo look like the "WWF No Way Out" logo from 2002?
wwe395 4 weeks ago
@SayHI2TheBadGuyMang i know live events are great mate i say that was some night the rock finally become accepted by the crowd
Kas58223 2 months ago
Man its us the fans who really makes are favourite faces like the rock he was so over everytime he went heel we always ended up cheering for him even doh he tried to piss all of us fans of
Kas58223 2 months ago
Look how juiced Shamrock is.
Pseudonym25 3 months ago
this was when rock was getting over as a million bucks even as a heel
sayanroy36 3 months ago
I disagree with anyone who says The Rock was getting cheered bc this was in Canada. I was in high school at the time and it was cool to be a wrestling fan. People were quoting, "Roody poo, jabroni, candy/monkey ass, etc" They were mimicking the eyebrow, and the elbow pad/arm swing of the ppls elbow. In other words, ppl thought he was cool. He got over the same way Austin got over...by being a quotable badass.
I watched this live, and me & my friends' reaction was the same as the crowds.
StuUngar 3 months ago
@StuUngar
thats not even an argument, its ignorance...you just gotta watch raw week after week. there was no intention to turn him face, he turned face as he got over as fuck, people loved the heel persona. then obviously he went heel again as the corporate champion
sayanroy36 3 months ago
it was after this match wwf HAD to make the rock a face he was gettin cheered anyway "heel" or not
cfcdaviddcfc 3 months ago
Wrestling at its best here folks..
CreditDue52 3 months ago
monkey crap
BigLoc21 3 months ago
cena shudnt be discussed here but i guess ill put my 2 cents in: i personally dont have too much of a problem with cena himself, but the wwe has done a bad job with his character. cena's done his job, doing what they tell him to do, he's even somewhat improved his poor wrestling skills and its shown in some matches. vince shudve have turned him heel tho, and stopped his whole superman cant be beat persona a while ago! its one of the biggest factors in the wwe sucking today
Fraft2 3 months ago
I miss these steel cage matches, the way they were designed were awesome.
mangafreak923 4 months ago
He said his own name 14 times in a 1 minute promo...........thats just epic haha
jdr8602 4 months ago
considering how long ago this was, this is really good quality
ekamads 4 months ago
John Cena is good on the mic he's just not The Rock
MrJoeJoe556 5 months ago
Behave,John Cena is excellent on the mic if u consider CM Punk to be the best in wwe, he hung with him pretty well in promos as evidenced by Nash's complete faliure. As a wrestler he's technically sound and capable of putting on great matches. I can sense a reapproachment towards Cena from some fans, when he's embraced his mixed fan reactions, got Miz and cm punk even more over and improved on mic/ring. This vid is great cos it shows 3 stars at a career crossroads in which only 2 would emerge
robbodg9 5 months ago
The Rock and Mankind are funny,love thm both.
djg34djg 5 months ago
Sugar coated testies, Mankind easily destroyed his promo and beat the others
DeathRowChris 6 months ago
Wow Ken Shamrock....I finally found someone who is worse on the mic than John Cena.
KungLaoChicken 6 months ago 6
@KungLaoChicken John Cena is a poor poor poor Wrestler, but he isn't bad on the mic. He can cut a half decent promo. If he couldn't then he wouldn't be where he is today.
grayfoks 6 months ago 8
@grayfoks yeah I can't really disagree with you on that one. Cena's mic skills are really limited cause of the era he's in. As a heel, I thought he was very entertaining...hell even that first year he was a face and won the U.S. Title a couple of times I was fine with him.
KungLaoChicken 6 months ago 2
@KungLaoChicken Yeah PG really makes John Cena what he is. There's no excuse for his bad technical wrestling skills however. He is clunky and unco-ordinated. I consider CM Punk to be this generations Randy Savage and Cena to be Hulk Hogan... Macho was the match guy and Hogan was the superhero.
grayfoks 6 months ago 5
@KungLaoChicken yea i agree ken shamrock was horrible on the mic especially when he won king of the ring and he was in that promo but he is one hell of a wrestler
wwfchampiontherock 4 months ago in playlist The Rock vs Mankind vs Ken Shamrock Cage Match
Thumbs Up if you think that was the Rocks best Theme
Ishman221 6 months ago
Sugar Coated Testes has been the name of my fantasy football team for 11 years because of this promo.
omar469 6 months ago
i could be wrong but this is the first time the rock was over huge as this heel character, or at least thats how i remember it......
666rocko 7 months ago
@666rocko i think it was 2 weeks before this on Raw is war where he fought Kane. i was just watching it on here and its the 1st time i saw the whole crowd going nuts for him since he'd joined the nation
2hot4most 6 months ago
@2hot4most
Yep, that's right. It was kind've an overnight thing.
LChris6 6 months ago
SHamrock was just an idiot
asrarulhaq2002 7 months ago
lmfao!!! foley is god!
49ERSATX 7 months ago
Steel cage matches are pretty dumb... putting suspension of disbelief to one side, the match should really amount to a clusterfuck for the cage door!
robbodg9 7 months ago
i remember this ppv, it was a fucking good event, how much more exciting was the wwf/e then, commentators, fans hell everything seems more pumped
fortesque 8 months ago
@fortesque you damn right - every single fan with a sign, everyone standing, everyone screaming - now the wwe 'universe' (ugh) is like a funeral, everyone seated quietly and clapping - its like a damn cricket match
asrarulhaq2002 7 months ago
i think i kinda understood what mick was saying
brucelee7525 8 months ago
The cage back then seem like it can be more destructive u can put somebody leg through the holes and destroy
ziggy7570 8 months ago
this was when the wwf was the shit...hands down, i remember around this time when i was in college we used to go to the student center and watch raw and nitro every monday. from 97-2001, but i say it peaked 97-99
jaecourt 9 months ago
@jaecourt : Nah, the year 2000 was clearly the best of the Attitude Era. Most 1999 PPVs sucked to be quite honest.
Notebookwriter1 8 months ago
From Miami Florida, weighing 273 pounds, The Rock!
hazardous1990 9 months ago
was rock heel or face at this time . coz he got a great pop
avb6100 9 months ago
@avb6100 He was a Heel. His match at Summerslam against Triple H and this match are pretty much the reasons he was turned Face. Funny thing about Rock is, when he was supposed to be cheered (over Y2J in 2001 and over Hogan at WM 18.) He gets mixed reactions...but when he's supposed to get booed (his heel turn in 2003) he get's cheered...
grayfoks 9 months ago
@grayfoks ya ri8 at wm 18 he was little booed over hogan and wen jericho won the wcw title jericho was cheered and rock was booed right and thnx for tellin me
avb6100 9 months ago
@grayfoks i think that's because, the rock, whether he was heel or face was always an asshole. The hogan thing was in canada so that really doesn't count, (reactions are always different there). The Y2J thing was people wanting to see a new face on top (Rock, Austin, Undertaker and triple h dominated much of that time period). The golberg thing was people figuring out he well... sucked.
rnjblast773 7 months ago
@rnjblast773 I always saw it as the WWE underestimated how big it was to the fans seeing Hogan back in the WWE. It was like a homecoming. Most of us grew up watching Hogan in WWE and to a lot of fans, Hogan was WWE. Same way Steiners, Luger, and Flair are WCW....
A big part of it was nostalgia, bc a lot of ppl (whether they admit it or not) were yellow and red Hogan marks when they were younger. It didn't matter who faced Hogan that night, they were going to get booed out of the building.
StuUngar 6 months ago
@StuUngar that could have been part of it, but if you got back and watch anything wwe did in canada from 97 on it's always a weird reaction compared to the he U.S. The only place that U.S. that even remotely resembles the canadian fan reaction is the chicago fan reaction (ex. wrestlemania 22).
rnjblast773 6 months ago
@avb6100 he was a tweener at this point. But the peoples elbow was fully over by this time.
ovafiend 9 months ago
@ovafiend ya ri8
avb6100 9 months ago
@avb6100 i think face
fynnpaul 8 months ago
@avb6100 Techincally, he was a Face, but he still acted like a heel, because it was his cocky heel persona that was so entertaining it turned him face.
shyjames83 7 months ago
I was there...i was expecting to be the only guy cheering for The Rock, but then when he came out the whole crowd exploded, lol.
dohboy200 9 months ago
this is one of the most hilarious matches ever
rnjblast773 10 months ago
8:15 listen to that pop!
JuanitoRocks 10 months ago 2
Damn I wish all of this was on DVD for the Best of Steel Cage matches volume 2
cmhero85 10 months ago
DAmn Ken Shamrock was fucking BUILT!!
songotenz02 10 months ago
Undertaker looking spooky as fuck ( bad-ass was a good change but still)
Kane WITH the mask and the costume
Mankind, some retarded fucker but still a good fighter, fuck Cactus Jack
The Rock in Attitude Era...
WWF had the best wrestlers, i mean this period, Taker,Kane,Rock,HHH,Austin,Mankind,Shamrock,Big Show - all these great characters that could've been title winners. They were all charismatic so it was so sick
mastercooly7 10 months ago
this is one of my top 5 favorite matches of all time. probably 3rd or 4th. the list would probably be. 5- undertaker vs. michaels wm25, 4- michaels vs. hart wm 12, - 3 this one. 2- piper vs. valentine ''dog collar match" 1- austin vs. hart wm 13. all time classics. notable mention #6- mankind vs. the rock i quit match at the royal rumble. ken shamrock was no slouch in wwe either. great athlete.
tylerclifford65 10 months ago
@tylerclifford65 I like all of those matches, If i had to choose 5 favourite matches of all time. 5 KENTA vs Bryan Danielson (Daniel Bryan) in NOAH, 4 The Rock vs Stone Cold WM 19, 3 Undertaker vs Shawn Micheals WM 25, 2 Shawn Michaels vs Stone Cold at WM 14 and Stone Cold vs The Rock WM 17. These all had that epic match feel, if you have never seen KENTA vs Bryan then i highly recommend it!!! It's about 40 minutes long and it's absolutely epic!
grayfoks 9 months ago
I love how JR and King don't know how to react to The Rock getting cheered!
TheAjayKRai 10 months ago 2
Shamrock was definitely underrated, but he had an advantage. The fact he was from MMA meant that he knew martial arts (obv) so he had an unfair advantage, and the fact that those gloves hurt when you punch lol
TheAjayKRai 10 months ago
Despite still technically being a member of The Nation, The Rock recieved a standing ovation in this match.
jayNicks10 11 months ago 12
The Rock and Mankind owned Shamrock!!
nwaamw 11 months ago
the best match of this ppv
hollw4 1 year ago
Thumbs up for the man who pissed on the eletric fence.
sexilicous3 1 year ago
this is the reason why alot of times people cheer for heels... they give the best promos and are badasses that dont care what other people say... thats why i like the heels better
virtualsnake1994 1 year ago
Sugar covered testi's ? Is that a new breakfast ceral???? lol
poochucker007 1 year ago
Yeah, Rock wasn't really an "official face" here like he was a year later, remember when he started talked about "People chanting The Rock's name" and "Millions of Rock's fans" he was still a heel, the fans just started to cheer him so it became more natural when he said those 2 things.
1KoolCM 1 year ago 2
Wow, it's crazy how over Rock was here, by the following year he and Austin were not only the 2 biggest draws in the WWF, they were the 2 biggest in wrestling period.
LChris6 1 year ago 4
@LChris6 Goldberg might have something to say about that! lol
jeypeepsv1 11 months ago
@jeypeepsv1
Goldberg's drawing power declined as WCW began losing viewers in '99, although that had more to do with do WCW's politics than anything else.
LChris6 11 months ago
@jeypeepsv1 Goldberg was a draw but he doesn't compare to The Rock or Austin. In fact you could say that Sting and Hogan are the only two people who really matches Rock and Austin in drawing power. When the Goldberg stuff really got into full swing WCW was getting destroyed in the ratings.
grayfoks 9 months ago
this was when the rock was a tweener good times :P
loyalROCKfan 1 year ago
1998 = the best year fro pro wrestling
superrobz 1 year ago
Rock was still technically a heel then, but was beginning a face turn.
86compgeek 1 year ago
the canadiens cheered for the heels back then. so the rock and mandkind where heels (i think)
jjohnson218 1 year ago
kevin kelly:" mankind in tonights cage match it appears ken shamrock is looking for blood and the rock is looking for glory, what are you looking for?"
mankind:"well kevin kelly im looking for the end of world hunger" lol
jjohnson218 1 year ago
I loved this PPV, definately worth ordering for this match and Austin vs. Kane vs. Undertaker.
MarkPatriots 1 year ago
Heel Lawler= GOLD
hybid100 1 year ago 3
sugar coated testes, is that a new breakfast cereal? too fuckin funny
DangerManG14 1 year ago
Anyone else notice rocks gyno?
papasmurf211 1 year ago
"You think that im gonna lie down in a steel cage and sell that abortion?", When you think about it the Peoples Elbow is a ridiculous finisher
zoso7889 1 year ago
"you're even stupider then i look" Mick Foley was underrated on the mic when he was mankind.
MusicCantNot 1 year ago
"Do you smell what The Rock is cookin...HA!"
hazardous1990 1 year ago 3
"sugar coat testes, is that a new breakfast cereal?" now thats stupid. xD
scuzzlebutt310 1 year ago
Look at 1:10. Even in kayfabe, you'd expect The Nation to come down and help Rock while Kane and Taker were beating on him.
And for those who say "He was already out of the Nation", look at 8:27.
TrueTalkTV 1 year ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
the rock is fine but so overrated
chakazulu87 1 year ago
That's the Rock before the crowd started chanting along - awesome
NoBrianNoGain 1 year ago
Ken Shamrock had a bad ass theme
GreenArrowM 1 year ago
9:28 LOL?
SinisterHan4T1 1 year ago
The Interview On The Rock Is Veri Funny!! =D
SinisterHan4T1 1 year ago
NOTHING rivals the people's elbow for sheer stupidity!
FYTYTY 1 year ago
was Ken shamrock a Heel?
jakethesnakerobertz1 1 year ago
@jakethesnakerobertz1 shamrock was a face and then became a heel when he joined the corporation
neckupyaparrot1 1 year ago
crowd went crazy when Rock's Theme hit
perreo2209 1 year ago
damn. shamrock is a living legend and ppl dont talk about him as much nemore. hes still going in mma and hes nearly 50 and hes done mma and pro wrestling for nearly 30 years and hes still going strong
NotYourAverageJoe321 1 year ago
@NotYourAverageJoe321 maybe 1 day they might have him in the Smackdown VS Raw video games as a Legend.
GreenArrowM 1 year ago
"Boy he's in a foul mood. And no wonder! He had to leave Miami, Florida to come to Canada?" Love the King
rockxwl 1 year ago 11
@rockxwl His dads Canadian, btw
asrarulhaq2002 7 months ago
Lol at Mick shooting on the People's Elbow.
seevideonow 1 year ago
looks awesome how mankinds theme was filmed with the camera cool camera angle views always had great camera work in the old WWF and the attitude era
IlikePiggybacksgirls 1 year ago
one of my favoirte matches ever
buffalowhat11 1 year ago
the rock is heel for face here?please reply
asifmqh 1 year ago
@asifmqh the rock was heel here and until 2001 or 02 I think, but the fans loved him as a heel in 1999 and 2000
WSFB16 1 year ago
@WSFB16 SMDH no no no youngin. The Rock became face after Backlash in 99. But he was still a fan favorite in 98 after the SummerSlam 98 match. Became a heel in 98 after the Surivor Series 98.
mistanderson 1 year ago
@WSFB16 He was a heel until mid 1999, and between that time and the time he first became heel he was face a couple of times. I'm not sure about here, but I think he was face.
wwerulestna 1 year ago
@asifmqh Rock was TECHNICALLY a heel here. Though he was being cheered and BOOKED like a face, he was still a heel OFFICIALLY until he left the Nation, which was shortly after this.
TrueTalkTV 1 year ago 2
@asifmqh
The Rock is heel here but getting face pops, ignore what WSFB16 said he turned face way before 2001/02 obviously....
hazardous1990 1 year ago 3
this is when the rock turned into a good after leaving nation of domination, but he was good for like two or three months before he turned heel to go to vince in the corpiration
outragefanpage 1 year ago
yo grayfoks...big ups 4 posting this...thanx alot
purplehaze3000 1 year ago
This use to be the shit back then
Nate37982 1 year ago
classic
victor22 1 year ago 2
who was the bad guy in this match?
Bernese2461 1 year ago
@Bernese2461 the most dangeruos man Ken Shamrock was
purplehaze3000 1 year ago
mic foley talks like crying
mutsalove 1 year ago 6
Jerry lawler - Vince McMahon always have Fan's interest at heart !! MY ASS !!
shrestha841 1 year ago
sugar coated testes? is that a new breakfast cereal?
djjoelz 1 year ago 3
why is this called a cage match...dummy
Dollarbob 1 year ago
Undertaker is a beast here. So is everbody else really. The best year for me. I loved watching it and wondering what would happen next! 1998!
MrWWFattitudefan 1 year ago
BROTHERS OF DESTRUCTION WAS THE FORCE!!!!
terencewoelke 1 year ago
Doom-Doom...The Rock's layin' the smackdown...Doom-Doom...The Rock says, The Rock says, The Rock says, The Rock says...Know your role...Doom...and shut your mouth..hahahahaha...Doom-Doom
johnlucas1 1 year ago
Ya know Shamrock was a great athlete but this video proves why he didn't end up a huge superstar in the WWF. As an entertainer on the mic Rocky and Mick absolutely destroyed him.
DaydreamerJJJJ 1 year ago 3
nice how mankinds interview was kind of in the dark
natedagr808 1 year ago
"President of this country, sacrificing a nation for a girl that even I would have turned down in high school is probably a stupid thing." LMFAO.
Bash316 1 year ago 2
yeah, the rock promo was awesome.. but mankinds promo is top notch here
cbuckets11 1 year ago 4
@cbuckets11
I agree. Mixing wrestling terms within his promo was clever.
xgooglex 1 year ago 2
Quality match from these three, great performances all around...and one could really tell that The Rock was on the cusp of greatness from here on in.
NMNJFan 1 year ago 2
no one can cut a promo like the "great one"
NBAfuture2 1 year ago
i agree what JR said
darksuperk95 2 years ago
Quote: "The wrestling ring is undoubtly more dangerous than the octogan"- Holy shit! That couldn't be any funnier. Let's hear them try to say that now, they'll probably kill themselves in embarrasment.
MMAmachinhead92 2 years ago
@MMAmachinhead92 The ring itself is more dangerous. Not what goes on inside the ring. You can fall outside the ring and break your neck. You can have your neck broken in the octagon, but that would be the fighters doing.
amk32390 1 year ago 2
Actually if you looked up the statistics many more people have been seriously injured, paralyzed, and even been killed in pro wrestling than in UFC and really MMA in general. One of the best selling points for MMA is how actually safe it is but people don't realize this.
pistan360 1 year ago 28
@pistan360 If we are talking about deaths, then it's a completely different story. Deaths do not happen in the ring, almost all (except for some rare occasions) have happened outside of the ring and most after long retirement from the ring. Point is, no one (except, said rare occasion) in wrestling has anyone died from injury or accident in the ring.
diablo313 1 year ago
@diablo313 owen hart
snap336 1 year ago
@snap336 Ok. But again, I've said deaths in wrestling happen on a very rare occasion and that was a very rare incident. And technically he didn't die from wrestling in the ring but if you want to count that as a "wrestling death" than that's fine by me but it's still a rare occasion.
diablo313 1 year ago
@pistan360 Injuries happen more frequently in wrestling because guys are hitting each other over the head with chairs, slamming each other on a non-forgiving mat and not to mention solid ground and some times pavement, jumping off of ladders/turnbuckles, etc. Basically, in pro-wrestling there is more activity going on which raises the chances of injury.
But if you ask me in which business will fighters or entertainers have the most long term head injuries? Both.
diablo313 1 year ago
@pistan360 the died part is true and injured but not parilised (wwe or wwf.tna and wcw)
dy1an8 1 year ago
@dy1an8 Actually in 98 or 99 a wrestler in WWF got paralyzed.His name was Droz.
brocksamson25 1 year ago
@brocksamson25 droz was calledkizarny in 08 and wrestling so how did he get paralyzed
dy1an8 1 year ago
@dy1an8 His name is Darren Drozdov. Wiki him. D'lo Brown accidentally dropped him.
brocksamson25 1 year ago
@pistan360 it's safer because of its reality; a guy can give up whenever he feels the need and that's it. in pro wrestling, they know they're going to take that fall or that move and they go through with it for the show, so it's definitely a lot more dangerous. it's amazing that there are so relatively few accidents, and only shows the true skill of these performers.
GAKIIIIIN 1 year ago
@MMAmachinhead92 It's actually true. It's much easier to die from a botched wrestling move or minor miscalculation in wrestling. The effects on the body can sometimes be worse. And yes, people have died from wrestling moves and wrestling accidents. Then you've got guys who can turn on another wrestler and "accidentally" injure him for real because of personal animosity. Among other things there are unprofessional opponents that are careless. The #1 rule in wrestling is "protect yourself".
princesstamika 1 year ago 2
i miss these days when wrestling was great
1992Bonzo 2 years ago 2
This was really the start of the Attitude Era. You had many new major stars either already bloomed to stardom or about to: Stone Cold, Triple H, Mark Henry, Mankind, Kane, and of course the Rock.
Carryon871 2 years ago 3
This is one of the first speech's in which the Rock doesnt directly insult the fan's, and this is where you can really see things turn around. That was the key to finding his star persona.
By dropping the insults to the crowd, and keeping his bullyish, and cocky attitude, and by the old saying, "if you cant beat them, join them." by making himself the "People's Champ.", he created one of the greatest entertainers ever. The speech that he gives is one of the best.
Carryon871 2 years ago 11
He called himself the "People's Champ" since he started in the Nation, so dropping the insults to the crowd was really the only change necessary to turn him face. But yeah, this was one of the best Rock promos ever.
Witness2TheWade 2 years ago
Excellent quality picture, BTW.
jacquemar1798 2 years ago 2
Whatever happened to that hot Ken Shamrock?
jacquemar1798 2 years ago
what ever happened to the Rock...is he retired now?
rhhhimapirate 2 years ago 5
since 2004
Zepp900 2 years ago
I massively marked out on this enterance 11 years ago, I'd spent most of 1998 cheering The Rock when ALL my friends booed him relentlessly.
To hear Canada go mental for him despite being a heel and performing numerous heel tactics throughout the match was great!
HitmanKurt 2 years ago 4
Sugar testies is that a cereal? lol
Geek2Greek 2 years ago
god damn even as a heel people loved the rock haaaa
ambiti0nzridah 2 years ago 5
The basis for the Break Down logo was later used for No Way Out (R.I.P 1998-2008)
WWEDX2007 2 years ago 2
mankind tried to bury the peoples elbow right here but he just made it more popular ironically alot of wrestlers dont like tha peoples elbow because there jealous of it(stone cold) the rock made mankind pay for this comment when he bashed his living brains in at the royal rumble FOR REAL AND DROPPED THE PEOPLES ELBOW ON HIS HEAD FOR REAL that blood was real on mick foleys head he needed 2 dozen snitces the rock doesnt forget anything just ask hbk and toronto lol
Washanen07 2 years ago 4
stone cold was jealous of the people's elbow? details, please.
TrueTalkTV 2 years ago
he told the rock at they first wrestlemania that he aint lettin him do that "stupid crap" on him backstage notice stone cold moved out the way at wrestlemania
Washanen07 2 years ago
Ohhh that's right. I was thinking he did it ONCE in that match, but no. That was his "Rock Bottom" that he gave Austin in that match. He DID escape the people's elbow.
How did you learn of this conversation backstage? Was it mentioned it one of their books?
TrueTalkTV 2 years ago
watch the rock 2008 hall of fame introduction when the rocks dad got inducted in the hall of fame the rock says it and stone cold was in the crowd laughing
Washanen07 2 years ago
are u talking in reference of the montreal screwjob, or did michaels do something to the rock at that pay-per-view?
Dahue1983 2 years ago
naw when the rock first started when he was rocky maivia wearing the blue trunks hbk didnt like him didnt want to see him make it he use to tell vince to keep him in low midcard trying to sabotage the rocks career backstage and he definetely didnt like rock gettin the ic champion from his boy hhh in 1997 when the rock started shinning in 98 hbk use to say slick shit about him "he had to much to soon" rock aint forget and about toronto remember they boo'd him for hogan and he was face
Washanen07 2 years ago 6
i love when the crowds cheer for the bad guys
kubbyt 2 years ago
Crowd went crazy when The Rock Music played
1Webbman9 2 years ago 27
@1Webbman9 I know. Gives you chills when you watch it. Especially considering Rock was still TECHNICALLY a HEEL here, since he was still with The Nation officially. So when the crowd erupts, I feel it!
TrueTalkTV 1 year ago 3
@TrueTalkTV actually the Nation was done, however, this theme that he was using during b4 and afterthe match, use still offical until he went head to head with DLo and Mark Henery, then his theme started changing.
1Webbman9 1 year ago
@1Webbman9 Oh this was AFTER the Nation? He must've JUST split from the Nation then if that was the case. Because even Lawler (a heel commentator) was still "pro Rock" during this match.
TrueTalkTV 1 year ago
@TrueTalkTV Yeazzir!!
1Webbman9 1 year ago
the peoples elbow - 'won't sell that abortion', big ol shoot there from st mickles
buckbumble 2 years ago
what???
Washanen07 2 years ago
Wow. I still get the same chills watching Rock's entrance (hearing that crowd) that I did the last time I commented this. Gold.
TrueTalkTV 2 years ago 4
those were the days
nano18able 2 years ago 2