i watched wwe:last wrestlemania,next raw after wrestlemania,THE ROCK's birthday and now i will watch wrestling just whenTHE ROCK will come again in wwe because now wrestling sucks except when THE GREATONE is coming to electrify us!!1
@AXAGUS The Rock sells the Stunner like complete fucking dog shit, and I will never understand why so many idiots think he sells the Stunner so well. There is no need to make himself flip like a fucking fish out of water. In order to make that move look good, it requires subtly and crispness by the person taking it. You can tell that Rock is forcing himself to flip like that, which makes the move look ridiculously stupid and weak. Overselling doesn't equal good selling. There's a difference
@Canny911 Thats what you call overselling? Then your the idiot, overselling is when Shawn Michaels jumped back at every hit Hulk Hogan did at him. This is just pure entertainment between the two learn wrestling please.
@AXAGUS Riiight, because making yourself do an unnecessary back flip by pushing yourself off the mat, is totally not overselling. I mean everyone sells it that way, right? Yeah. How many unnecessary flips did HBK do when Hogan did something minor to him, again? Let me see here, oh that's right, A FUCKING LOT.
I love when morons like you tell me to learn wrestling. Especially when the majority of the people who actually know wtf they're talking about, will tell you the EXACT same thing.
@Canny911 rock sold it that way to make it a joke honestly but it backfire since ppl love it anyway..so dude..get over it..well you type this 3 weeks ago so im sure you're done with it
@mcdowall1995 I think you're the ONLY one who actually said they agree. You wouldn't believe how many people think The Rock sells the Stunner amazingly. (or maybe you would) If you look up like, top 5 Stunner sells, or top 5 stunners, he's always number one. It's so annoying
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Attitude era is bland.... u pussies watch fake wrestling... its all bout real wrestling.... yeah im sure the rock really sent an email to rikishi.... wow this is bullshit.
why bring up this whole rock is better austin is better nonsense ? im a rock fan but in my opinion they are both equal. they both push the other and frankly neither would be as good without the other man. so to summerise stop fighting between you and enjoy them both because once they leave wwe forever wrestling is dead in my eyes
Neither did I, like you said bringing up merchandise sales is kind've irrelevant. Look at the nWo, sold tons of merchandise just like Austin did but didn't come close to the high ratings that WWF had in 1999-2000.
Too bad Austin wasn't #1 on wrestling observers top drawing lists. You can bring up merchandise sales but it still doesn't change the fact he was #2 that year.
Well in your opinion Austin was more popular that year and 2,187 thought so too, but 3,613 thought other wise. Bro like I said I didn't even a big fan of Rock's character by late 2000, so I'm not talking as a fanboy.
Attn Rock fans. Lookin back at the 'Tude Era when did Rock ever have any attitude? Stone Cold was the middle finger wavin, ass kickin, beer drinkin, crazy SOB, Undertaker was a devil worshiping Lord of Darkness, Triple H was the sledgehammer carryin cerebral assassin but what was Rock? He didnt have much attitude durin the attitude era
He was arrogant and dressed in $500 clothes, seems like character for me. Sure in this vid he seemed kind've of generic but in '99 he had way style in his promos.
@Taz I remember the Attitude Era and although Rock was probably the best comedian of all time on the mic, overall I think he wasnt better than Stone Cold or HBK. Since HBK wasnt around in the attitude era most AE fans have a bias for the Rock over HBK but I agree Rock couldnt cut a promo w/o some generic boring catchphrase or yelling "IT DOESNT MATTER WHAT YOU THINK". When Rock stopped the insults and the "YOU'RE A MONKEY PENIS" crap he didnt have much to really say
And I honestly thought The Rock from 1999 way way better The Rock in this vid so I don't really care that he got booed during this confrontation. I looked at some Raw/Smackdown recaps from late 2000 he did get booed on some of the shows, but in 1999 as a face he never got booed at all. Very different years my man.
I was a huge Rock fan but even Rock admitted how big Austin was in the company. Stone Cold was the first Attitude Era superstar to appear on any television show and he really revolutionized that era of wrestling. People dont know this but Rock never even got close to the single year merchandise sales record that Stone Cold broke. Stone Cold holds the record for merchandise sales in a year, followed by Hogan and *gasp* Cena. Rock isnt even on the list, not 2 take ne thing away from him
And yes I've read about that but Austin was #2 in Wrestling Observers top drawing stars for 1999, not #1, so I'm sure Austin did get his record broken in '99.
@LChris6 I respect your opinion and as ive stated Rock may have had small periods where his merchandise outsold Austin but looking at 1999 it was probably late 1999 after Stone Cold left for surgery. If you are talking overall merchandise sales kindly go to this website "welovewrestling,net/p/wwe-media" and Rock is #4 in merchandise behind Stone Cold, Hogan, Cena and then its the Rock
XD! Austin was gone in mid November, he was already being outsold by the summer that year, check the old wwfshopzone hot selling items from the waybackmachine,org site. Yes I saw that link before but still there's a link where Austin was the #2 draw in 1999. Google "Wrestling observers list of top draws" and it's the first link you see, it's not made up because it goes all the way back to the early 20th century.
@LChris6 as myself and several others have stated it is true that Rock may have had SMALL PERIODS where he did better in merchandise than Austin but OVERALL Stone Cold is the top seller. Im not talking about small periods. Google "WWE official 50 greatest of all times" and tell me what you find. google that website that I posted and see the truth. Never did I say Rock never outsold Austin, he may have had small gains but overall Austin was a bigger draw
@LChris6 you talk about 'Rock did better than Austin in 99' but im not arguing small periods im arguing overall stats and the overall stats say Austin outsold Rock by a WIDE MARGIN. Stone Cold holds the single year record for merchandise sales..Rock holds no record for single year merchandise sales. Rock was an instrumental figure in the Attitude Era but maybe Rock returning recently and nostalgia is making u remember the Rock as bigger than he actually was. Overall numbers say Austin>Rock
@LChris6 I hope you check the link because ive thrown this link around to many Rock fans and they seem to never want to click but just argue off their bias toward the Rock
We all know wrestling is scripted so its actually quite foolish to argue matches between these two (although if I wanted to I could say Stone cold holds a 6-2 advantage over the Rock in singles competition" but judging from overall mic skills, merchandise sales, and popularity I think the edge goes to Stone Cold. Rock could cut a funny promo but he was only great on the mic when he was insulting someone. Austin can cut a promo and never use any generic catch phrases
@LChris6 they werent teasing a Rock heel turn. It was the company's choice to see who was more popular between the two and watching this video and hearing that crowd erupt when Austin came out and hearing some boos for the Rock when he called out Stone Cold. The leadup to WM 17 saw Stone Cold get cheered when he would attack the Rock and Rock booed when he attacked him.
Again you don't get it, this was in late 2000, I'm talking about 1999. Look at some recaps from Raw/Smackdown shows in 1999, Rock was slightly getting bigger pops than Austin. On the Raw before Summerslam '99 Rock got all of the chants throughout the night during commercial breaks and Austin didn't get a single chant throughout the night until the Mankind/HHH match, and this was when Austin was the champion, I know what I'm talking about.
"they werent teasing a Rock heel turn. It was the company's choice to see who was more popular between the two and watching this video and hearing that crowd erupt when Austin came out and hearing some boos for the Rock when he called out Stone Cold."
Did you watch throughout 1999?!? After No Mercy '99 Austin and Rock were about to go at it and the fans definitely weren't chanting for Austin during it. Why would the fans boo Austin when Rock was being hinted for the heel turn?
@LChris6 go to the youtube search bar and type "Stone Cold vs the Rock the Sad Story: and here Vince McMahon, the owner of the company say "Rock, as popular as he was, was never quite Stone Cold Steve Austin". Thats the owner of the company saying and its near the beginning of the video so you dont have to wait long for it. Rock had his fans no doubt but looking back I agree with Hammer, That era will ALWAYS be called the Austin era
Why would Vince pick The Rock? Austin/McMahon was the feud of the era, Austin/McMahon symbolized the era but The Rock was still slighty more over when both were babyfaces in 1999. Judging who was more over in this vid makes no sense since Austin had just came back and Rock was starting to lose some of his character. And don't say he wasn't because he was, watch some of his promos from 1999, they're very different from this one in the vid.
@LChris6 why would Vince pick the Rock? Well he was speakin as owner of the company, not some promo and Vince loved the Rock. Austin/McMahon feud did symbolize the era but to say Rock was slightly more over when both were babyfaces in 1999 is a matter of opinion. Stone Cold was over the Rock in 1999 when they were both faces and in 2001 when they were both faces leading up to Mania 17. Its useless to keep goin back and forth because its just arguing opinion and it wont change
@ThaHammer1001 austin was was more popular then, the rock is more popular now(even with all the shit surrrounding his movies career,people mark out more for a rock return than any austin return). and yeah u seem to have forgotten smackdown. the rock's catchphrase which became a show. so i guess they are even now.
Wow The Rock made that look so hurtful. But people that take the RKO Make it look so fake. Even though it is but at Least try people. it ENTERTAINMENT!
Alot of fans complain that they want the rock to come back but in 2001 fans were chanting rocky sucks when austin came back aand im sure thats another reason the stars leave.
Damn Kurt has changed his attitude over the years... He was an "American Hero" Villian, who no one liked and ran his mouth into a fucking violent machine! But I've always respected Kurt's ability in wrestling... Great Stunner by Austin... God Rock loves to sell the stunner, loves putting impact into it! lol
i truly think people do not understand how retarded the rock sold the stunner. yea it looked good when you were 14, get real, HHH sold it the best hands down no comparison ROck overdoes it
You know what LChris6 you're right. I went on that same link on archive.org and on the "Hot Stuff" where it had the Top 20 Selling Items Rock had 12 at the top while Austin had 5. Other than The Rock I don't recall anyone else during Austin's peak years having more merchandise on the top 20 list than Austin himself. So yeah Rikishi was lying, Rock was the one dominating Shopzone's top selling items, not Austin.
Merchandise sales were going down? Haha that's definiely a lie because in October 1999 (the month before Austin was on the sidelines) Rock had 5 of the top 10 items on Shopzone's top selling items list while Austin had 3. The first 2 items on the list where Rock merchandise (Rock sunglasses and Rock baseball jersey) while Austin was #3 on the list (Austin baseball jersey).
So the "Rock only started becoming #1 in merchandise sales and a huge draw when Austin was injured" stuff is a whole myth.
Even storyline wise it made no sense because in the buildup to SvS '99 it was obvious how Rock's popularity was already skyrocketing before Austin's absence.
@LChris6 I know you wrote this comment 8 months ago but Rock never outsold Austin in overall merchandise. He may have had periods of higher sells but overall he is nowhere near Austin
I never said overall, I said in '99 when both were faces. Rock was listed as #1 and Austin as #2 on Meltzers top drawing stars lists for that year. Comparing merchandise sales isn't really fair anyway since Rock wore $500 shirts way more than his T-shirts. His T-shirts were secondary to the $500 shirts.
@LChris6 Im sorry but Stone Cold was better and more popular. He was so popular he had the attitude era named after hi attitude. Austin was so influential the Attitude era started when eh won at WM 14 and nearly everyone agrees that it ended when he turned at WM 17. Rock was funny on the mic and had his one year of super popularity in 2000 but 97-01 is known as the Austin era not the Rock era.
Said he was doing it for his people for a coloured person can succeed in the WWF. The Rock was pissed Austin was pissed and kicked Rikishi's ass. But then Rikishi said he had an accomplice. Someone told him to do it and said it was The Rock. And we all are watching how this unfolds. Best part of the whole thing though is that it was really Triple H. lol...as usual the Cerebral Assasin
This is one of my favourite story lines. Stone Cold got hit by a car and was gone for a year. In this time The Rock started blowing up, even gave him his own show (SmackDown) Austin come back badgering every superstar about it and came up with the conclusion that The Rock profitted the most off of his absent. All of a sudden Austin started getting clues. One clue being that the driver was blonde. Rikishi admitted to it and said he did it for The Rock. He actually pulls the race card lol
For those who were unaware of the storyline, the guy in the black mask Rikishi was talking about was HHH. I have a question though, Rikishi mentioned that The Rock wanted Austin out of the picture because of his declining sales in merchandise. Does anybody know if that was true at the time (maybe Vince wanted The Rock to sell more items and sought this as a jab at him) or was it just part of the storyline?
non kayfabe wise at around survivor series when the run over happened, austin was still THE biggest star in the business & as far as i know them merchandises were going off the shelves as fast as they were in the past.
& only reason for the break was Austin's neck surgery that he needed since owen broke it back in 97.
also this was the opportunity that Rock used to grab the number one spot as many say had austin not left at that time rock would not be as big as he later became
The Rock has always been popular, so no- Austin wasn't taken out so The Rock's merchandising sales could increase. This is basicially a way to give the show a sense of realism- that what's a show for us is a workplace for them in a sense.
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''But Your Story Stinks More Than Your Fatass!'' LMAO
theawesomedude956 1 week ago
the rock has the best reactions to finishing moves LOL
nbkay69 2 weeks ago
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extremelucky 1 month ago
PROUD TO B AN 90's BABY! good music, good wresling! ATTITUDE 4 LIFE
TH3DUD34life 1 month ago 3
the rock can splid him in 2 halfs in real life
prokickboxer123 4 months ago
Every time Kurt Angle spoke he always reminded me of a nodding dog, nodding his head after a sentence. It's True, it's true!
rrwryan 5 months ago
Shit austin.... He doesn't trust Rock
kkmurali143 5 months ago
The Rock always oversold that stunner.
FluffMaster101 5 months ago
@FluffMaster101 his sell was lengendary they used it for the finisher in a wrestling...
TH3DUD34life 1 month ago
kurt angle's awesome!
TheGleneden 5 months ago
WOW I cant believe im still young after look back on the whole 90s!!! eat your heart out Justin Bieber!!!
MrFrsh2010 5 months ago
those 9 dislikes must be those dumb-ass clown cena fans who has no brains about wrestling !!
shrestha841 5 months ago
He's an idiot.
Yes, that's true.
Xbot70 6 months ago
9 People have a fat-ass like RIKISHI :D
kikillahihrwisstscho 6 months ago
this segment was on the day my little brother was born
acefunacho 6 months ago
@acefunacho - nice to know that.......congrats !! :)
shrestha841 5 months ago
TNA Anderson wanna act like WWF SCSA. acting fail, skills also fail.
HMFAITH 6 months ago
@HMFAITH sharkboy is the wanna be
acefunacho 6 months ago
Worst Stunner sell in the biz
Canny911 7 months ago
i watched wwe:last wrestlemania,next raw after wrestlemania,THE ROCK's birthday and now i will watch wrestling just whenTHE ROCK will come again in wwe because now wrestling sucks except when THE GREATONE is coming to electrify us!!1
roumanianMJfan 7 months ago
Lmao The Rock sold that stunner so well
AXAGUS 7 months ago 7
@AXAGUS The Rock sells the Stunner like complete fucking dog shit, and I will never understand why so many idiots think he sells the Stunner so well. There is no need to make himself flip like a fucking fish out of water. In order to make that move look good, it requires subtly and crispness by the person taking it. You can tell that Rock is forcing himself to flip like that, which makes the move look ridiculously stupid and weak. Overselling doesn't equal good selling. There's a difference
Canny911 7 months ago
@Canny911 Thats what you call overselling? Then your the idiot, overselling is when Shawn Michaels jumped back at every hit Hulk Hogan did at him. This is just pure entertainment between the two learn wrestling please.
AXAGUS 7 months ago
@AXAGUS Riiight, because making yourself do an unnecessary back flip by pushing yourself off the mat, is totally not overselling. I mean everyone sells it that way, right? Yeah. How many unnecessary flips did HBK do when Hogan did something minor to him, again? Let me see here, oh that's right, A FUCKING LOT.
I love when morons like you tell me to learn wrestling. Especially when the majority of the people who actually know wtf they're talking about, will tell you the EXACT same thing.
Canny911 7 months ago
@Canny911 rock sold it that way to make it a joke honestly but it backfire since ppl love it anyway..so dude..get over it..well you type this 3 weeks ago so im sure you're done with it
tevansith106 6 months ago
@Canny911 i agree. there is no need for him to sell it that way
mcdowall1995 6 months ago
@mcdowall1995 I think you're the ONLY one who actually said they agree. You wouldn't believe how many people think The Rock sells the Stunner amazingly. (or maybe you would) If you look up like, top 5 Stunner sells, or top 5 stunners, he's always number one. It's so annoying
Canny911 6 months ago
@Canny911 he oversells it. way 2 much
mcdowall1995 6 months ago
@Canny911 yeah he oversells it, but its whatever lol
216supafly 6 months ago
Haha when Kurt Angle's music hit Austin looked at the Rock like "Why the hell did you call that idiot now?"
manik5455 8 months ago 35
The Rock made stunner look fatal......
sachit23 8 months ago 2
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Attitude era is bland.... u pussies watch fake wrestling... its all bout real wrestling.... yeah im sure the rock really sent an email to rikishi.... wow this is bullshit.
ethanhasnofriends1 9 months ago
@ethanhasnofriends1 You call that PG-Shit and Impact God-Awful Catfighting REAL WRESTLING?
Do you need your head checked? o.O
Killagy 7 months ago
I laughed so hard when Austin looked at Rock when Kurt came out. He was like are you serious. LOL!
southernbeauty23 9 months ago 4
Ahahahahha its been eleven years since i have seen that footage. nice CLIP!!!!!
kotrci86 9 months ago
Hahahaha gotta love the way the rock always sells stunner :D
Srky6P 9 months ago
why bring up this whole rock is better austin is better nonsense ? im a rock fan but in my opinion they are both equal. they both push the other and frankly neither would be as good without the other man. so to summerise stop fighting between you and enjoy them both because once they leave wwe forever wrestling is dead in my eyes
Ghoshlad1989 9 months ago 5
Rock just got owned
its true its DAMN true
spazrulzworld 10 months ago 3
@spazrulzworld YES AND IN THE OTHER MATCH STONE COLD GOT OWNED BADLY
solomanz10 9 months ago
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spazrulzworld 9 months ago
the rock sold that stunner like a explosion
Renzzo 10 months ago 3
@ropiez
Neither did I, like you said bringing up merchandise sales is kind've irrelevant. Look at the nWo, sold tons of merchandise just like Austin did but didn't come close to the high ratings that WWF had in 1999-2000.
QuackyQuack1 10 months ago
@surprisinigly1
Too bad Austin wasn't #1 on wrestling observers top drawing lists. You can bring up merchandise sales but it still doesn't change the fact he was #2 that year.
QuackyQuack1 10 months ago
@Tazmainian122
Well in your opinion Austin was more popular that year and 2,187 thought so too, but 3,613 thought other wise. Bro like I said I didn't even a big fan of Rock's character by late 2000, so I'm not talking as a fanboy.
LChris6 10 months ago
Attn Rock fans. Lookin back at the 'Tude Era when did Rock ever have any attitude? Stone Cold was the middle finger wavin, ass kickin, beer drinkin, crazy SOB, Undertaker was a devil worshiping Lord of Darkness, Triple H was the sledgehammer carryin cerebral assassin but what was Rock? He didnt have much attitude durin the attitude era
surprisinigly1 10 months ago
@surprisinigly1
He was arrogant and dressed in $500 clothes, seems like character for me. Sure in this vid he seemed kind've of generic but in '99 he had way style in his promos.
LChris6 10 months ago
@Taz I remember the Attitude Era and although Rock was probably the best comedian of all time on the mic, overall I think he wasnt better than Stone Cold or HBK. Since HBK wasnt around in the attitude era most AE fans have a bias for the Rock over HBK but I agree Rock couldnt cut a promo w/o some generic boring catchphrase or yelling "IT DOESNT MATTER WHAT YOU THINK". When Rock stopped the insults and the "YOU'RE A MONKEY PENIS" crap he didnt have much to really say
ThaHammer1001 10 months ago
@ThaHammer1001
And I honestly thought The Rock from 1999 way way better The Rock in this vid so I don't really care that he got booed during this confrontation. I looked at some Raw/Smackdown recaps from late 2000 he did get booed on some of the shows, but in 1999 as a face he never got booed at all. Very different years my man.
LChris6 10 months ago
@LChris6
the rock didnt get booed in this video.....people were booing stone cold because he wouldnt come out when the rock first asked him to come out
lxtheasimxl 9 months ago
@lxtheasimxl no they didn't lol
RayMagic12192 7 months ago
I was a huge Rock fan but even Rock admitted how big Austin was in the company. Stone Cold was the first Attitude Era superstar to appear on any television show and he really revolutionized that era of wrestling. People dont know this but Rock never even got close to the single year merchandise sales record that Stone Cold broke. Stone Cold holds the record for merchandise sales in a year, followed by Hogan and *gasp* Cena. Rock isnt even on the list, not 2 take ne thing away from him
surprisinigly1 10 months ago
@surprisinigly1
And yes I've read about that but Austin was #2 in Wrestling Observers top drawing stars for 1999, not #1, so I'm sure Austin did get his record broken in '99.
LChris6 10 months ago
@LChris6 I respect your opinion and as ive stated Rock may have had small periods where his merchandise outsold Austin but looking at 1999 it was probably late 1999 after Stone Cold left for surgery. If you are talking overall merchandise sales kindly go to this website "welovewrestling,net/p/wwe-media" and Rock is #4 in merchandise behind Stone Cold, Hogan, Cena and then its the Rock
surprisinigly1 10 months ago
@surprisinigly1
XD! Austin was gone in mid November, he was already being outsold by the summer that year, check the old wwfshopzone hot selling items from the waybackmachine,org site. Yes I saw that link before but still there's a link where Austin was the #2 draw in 1999. Google "Wrestling observers list of top draws" and it's the first link you see, it's not made up because it goes all the way back to the early 20th century.
LChris6 10 months ago
@LChris6 as myself and several others have stated it is true that Rock may have had SMALL PERIODS where he did better in merchandise than Austin but OVERALL Stone Cold is the top seller. Im not talking about small periods. Google "WWE official 50 greatest of all times" and tell me what you find. google that website that I posted and see the truth. Never did I say Rock never outsold Austin, he may have had small gains but overall Austin was a bigger draw
surprisinigly1 10 months ago
@LChris6 you talk about 'Rock did better than Austin in 99' but im not arguing small periods im arguing overall stats and the overall stats say Austin outsold Rock by a WIDE MARGIN. Stone Cold holds the single year record for merchandise sales..Rock holds no record for single year merchandise sales. Rock was an instrumental figure in the Attitude Era but maybe Rock returning recently and nostalgia is making u remember the Rock as bigger than he actually was. Overall numbers say Austin>Rock
surprisinigly1 10 months ago
@LChris6 I hope you check the link because ive thrown this link around to many Rock fans and they seem to never want to click but just argue off their bias toward the Rock
surprisinigly1 10 months ago
@surprisinigly1 Wht the fuck does merchandise sales have to do with anything? I'm a huge Rock fan and I never bought any official merchandise.
ropiez 10 months ago
We all know wrestling is scripted so its actually quite foolish to argue matches between these two (although if I wanted to I could say Stone cold holds a 6-2 advantage over the Rock in singles competition" but judging from overall mic skills, merchandise sales, and popularity I think the edge goes to Stone Cold. Rock could cut a funny promo but he was only great on the mic when he was insulting someone. Austin can cut a promo and never use any generic catch phrases
Tazmainian122 10 months ago
As great as Rock was and as popular as he was he just cant beat stone Cold Steve Austin
ThaHammer1001 10 months ago
@ThaHammer1001
This was in 2000 when Austin just came back and they were teasing a Rock heel turn, in 1999 it was a very different story.
LChris6 10 months ago
@LChris6 they werent teasing a Rock heel turn. It was the company's choice to see who was more popular between the two and watching this video and hearing that crowd erupt when Austin came out and hearing some boos for the Rock when he called out Stone Cold. The leadup to WM 17 saw Stone Cold get cheered when he would attack the Rock and Rock booed when he attacked him.
ThaHammer1001 10 months ago
@ThaHammer1001
Again you don't get it, this was in late 2000, I'm talking about 1999. Look at some recaps from Raw/Smackdown shows in 1999, Rock was slightly getting bigger pops than Austin. On the Raw before Summerslam '99 Rock got all of the chants throughout the night during commercial breaks and Austin didn't get a single chant throughout the night until the Mankind/HHH match, and this was when Austin was the champion, I know what I'm talking about.
LChris6 10 months ago
@ThaHammer1001
"they werent teasing a Rock heel turn. It was the company's choice to see who was more popular between the two and watching this video and hearing that crowd erupt when Austin came out and hearing some boos for the Rock when he called out Stone Cold."
Did you watch throughout 1999?!? After No Mercy '99 Austin and Rock were about to go at it and the fans definitely weren't chanting for Austin during it. Why would the fans boo Austin when Rock was being hinted for the heel turn?
QuackyQuack1 10 months ago
@LChris6 go to the youtube search bar and type "Stone Cold vs the Rock the Sad Story: and here Vince McMahon, the owner of the company say "Rock, as popular as he was, was never quite Stone Cold Steve Austin". Thats the owner of the company saying and its near the beginning of the video so you dont have to wait long for it. Rock had his fans no doubt but looking back I agree with Hammer, That era will ALWAYS be called the Austin era
Tazmainian122 10 months ago
@Tazmainian122
Why would Vince pick The Rock? Austin/McMahon was the feud of the era, Austin/McMahon symbolized the era but The Rock was still slighty more over when both were babyfaces in 1999. Judging who was more over in this vid makes no sense since Austin had just came back and Rock was starting to lose some of his character. And don't say he wasn't because he was, watch some of his promos from 1999, they're very different from this one in the vid.
LChris6 10 months ago
@LChris6 why would Vince pick the Rock? Well he was speakin as owner of the company, not some promo and Vince loved the Rock. Austin/McMahon feud did symbolize the era but to say Rock was slightly more over when both were babyfaces in 1999 is a matter of opinion. Stone Cold was over the Rock in 1999 when they were both faces and in 2001 when they were both faces leading up to Mania 17. Its useless to keep goin back and forth because its just arguing opinion and it wont change
Tazmainian122 10 months ago
@ThaHammer1001 austin was was more popular then, the rock is more popular now(even with all the shit surrrounding his movies career,people mark out more for a rock return than any austin return). and yeah u seem to have forgotten smackdown. the rock's catchphrase which became a show. so i guess they are even now.
jensapsable 7 months ago
Lol listen to that crowd. Rock was popular but not big as Austin
ThaHammer1001 10 months ago
LOL the rock flies when he gets stunned!!! 5:54
jorge10928 10 months ago
THAnx to YOUTUBE I CAN RElive those dayz!! wwe sucks now.
candyman298 10 months ago
its wierd to listen Kurts theme song without the YOU SUCK chant
allroundmma1 11 months ago 6
I miss when it was difficult to decide whether RAW or SmackDown was better. Nowadays, it's difficult to decide which one is WORSE.
ThrexyX 11 months ago 117
@ThrexyX LOL
anticenasquad31 10 months ago
@ThrexyX Smackdown is for wrestling, Raw is for promos.
arana001 10 months ago
hahahahaahahahahahahahahahahaahahah!
mdumar316 10 months ago
@ThrexyX Thats the same thing...
TexiG 9 months ago
@ThrexyX amen to that
Eniyi04 9 months ago 2
@ThrexyX Couldn't agree more there. You really couldn't miss either, our you missed a lot and ended up behind in what was going on.
satanxhhhx 8 months ago
@ThrexyX lol
yes indeed
RANDOMFLOWZ 6 months ago
@ThrexyX u sir r right we were the best generation of wrestling
jesussmokes1 6 months ago
kurt angle sounds like he just hit puberty
MrMroverton 11 months ago
i love you rocky , youre pure money! just look at how he sells the stunner!
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TheSportysporty 11 months ago
"Oh it's true......it's damn true." Kurt Angle. Amazing.
rudygay2 11 months ago 2
LMAO at how Rock sold the Stunner
codebreaker212p 1 year ago
Does anyone know what happened after this? Was the rock involved or not?
omario8822 1 year ago
@omario8822 no the rock wasn't involved it turned out that triple he was the one who hired rikishi to take out Austin
mack20102 11 months ago
Wow The Rock made that look so hurtful. But people that take the RKO Make it look so fake. Even though it is but at Least try people. it ENTERTAINMENT!
xXxPuppysxXx 1 year ago
u have to luv Kurt angle LMAO
Dwaynewade2478 1 year ago
5:35 rikishi says , rock just from looking at your eyes.....The rock is wearing glasses lol how can you tell ????
prinzeV 1 year ago 3
Stone Cold Looked at the Rock like did you have to say kurt Angles name
armykidgrace 1 year ago 2
Kurt Angle is nothing without WWE. I keep forgetting that he works in TNA.
1000sidney 1 year ago 5
this was before john cena ruined kurt angles intro song/career
aznxblaz3 1 year ago
@aznxblaz3 it was actually edge
superpeanut0423 1 year ago
if iu was the rock i would of fucked his face
Superawami 1 year ago
rock floppin around like a fish lol
trudon 1 year ago
Alot of fans complain that they want the rock to come back but in 2001 fans were chanting rocky sucks when austin came back aand im sure thats another reason the stars leave.
GodsAvenger 1 year ago
@GodsAvenger
it was his heel turn at the time i think
MetallicaFan58 1 year ago
Triple H Sold The Stunner The Best, The Rock Just Flips Lmao
iLyricalDemise 1 year ago
THE ROCK SUPER STAR ОН ЗВЕЗДА
zz135z 1 year ago
the way the rock was trying to explain to austin made the rock look a bit shock lol
ovafiend 1 year ago
man gotta love the way he sold the stunner.
avansies 1 year ago
Rocky is a stone cold stunner seller
lewiswinner 1 year ago
shades were such a cool thing to wear back then.
RobTheBernardinosaur 1 year ago
the way RIKISHI said it: "we don't trust you either"
labelyorself589 1 year ago
these were the good days
dpistons149 1 year ago
wat in de blue hell waz the rock doing..... he should knw tht austin is a rattle snake, he cn stun anybody anytime anywhere....
thekinng09 1 year ago
Damn Kurt has changed his attitude over the years... He was an "American Hero" Villian, who no one liked and ran his mouth into a fucking violent machine! But I've always respected Kurt's ability in wrestling... Great Stunner by Austin... God Rock loves to sell the stunner, loves putting impact into it! lol
MrPunisherHudson 1 year ago
i truly think people do not understand how retarded the rock sold the stunner. yea it looked good when you were 14, get real, HHH sold it the best hands down no comparison ROck overdoes it
fijiian4life01 1 year ago
@fijiian4life01 i disagree.
Crimmyboy 1 year ago
If you watch stone cold give stunners the rock sold it the best
JamesBalor 1 year ago 4
@JamesBalor the rock and vince was the best actors vince made me die laughing when austin music came on
TheEaglesfanindc 1 year ago 3
Damn, that was an awesome Stunner.
Austin has that look on his face like "To Hell with this."
BAM!
Rock backflips in his $500 shirt.
BlueSkyeReynolds 1 year ago
lmfao!!!rock always backflips with austin`s stunner
neworleansalgiershus 1 year ago
Sometimes im hesitant to watch these old videos because i miss these days so much..........anybody eles
armykidgrace 1 year ago 57
@armykidgrace we all do
kungfumasta2000 9 months ago
didn't triple h run him down
bigsugedadon 1 year ago
finaly the truth is comin out
South817side 1 year ago
No one sold a Stunner like The Rock
danlfc1983 1 year ago 2
stone cold shoulda been like face to face rock and flicked him off
OsoWaveyTV 1 year ago
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QuackyQuack1 1 year ago
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@LChris6
You know what LChris6 you're right. I went on that same link on archive.org and on the "Hot Stuff" where it had the Top 20 Selling Items Rock had 12 at the top while Austin had 5. Other than The Rock I don't recall anyone else during Austin's peak years having more merchandise on the top 20 list than Austin himself. So yeah Rikishi was lying, Rock was the one dominating Shopzone's top selling items, not Austin.
QuackyQuack1 1 year ago 4
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QuackyQuack1 1 year ago
Merchandise sales were going down? Haha that's definiely a lie because in October 1999 (the month before Austin was on the sidelines) Rock had 5 of the top 10 items on Shopzone's top selling items list while Austin had 3. The first 2 items on the list where Rock merchandise (Rock sunglasses and Rock baseball jersey) while Austin was #3 on the list (Austin baseball jersey).
So the "Rock only started becoming #1 in merchandise sales and a huge draw when Austin was injured" stuff is a whole myth.
LChris6 1 year ago
@LChris6 dude it's storyline
RayMagic92 1 year ago
@RayMagic92
Even storyline wise it made no sense because in the buildup to SvS '99 it was obvious how Rock's popularity was already skyrocketing before Austin's absence.
LChris6 1 year ago
@LChris6 I know you wrote this comment 8 months ago but Rock never outsold Austin in overall merchandise. He may have had periods of higher sells but overall he is nowhere near Austin
ThaHammer1001 10 months ago
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LChris6 10 months ago
@ThaHammer1001
I never said overall, I said in '99 when both were faces. Rock was listed as #1 and Austin as #2 on Meltzers top drawing stars lists for that year. Comparing merchandise sales isn't really fair anyway since Rock wore $500 shirts way more than his T-shirts. His T-shirts were secondary to the $500 shirts.
LChris6 10 months ago
@LChris6 Im sorry but Stone Cold was better and more popular. He was so popular he had the attitude era named after hi attitude. Austin was so influential the Attitude era started when eh won at WM 14 and nearly everyone agrees that it ended when he turned at WM 17. Rock was funny on the mic and had his one year of super popularity in 2000 but 97-01 is known as the Austin era not the Rock era.
ThaHammer1001 10 months ago
@LChris6 *cough* cool story bro
jinheat 1 year ago
WWF = WRESTLING WAS FUN
WWE = WORST WRESTLING EVER
emanuelbull 1 year ago 3
@emanuelbull tngay is much worse than wwe dude.
86Stooy 11 months ago
austin suckss
TyloSz 1 year ago
@TyloSz TOTALY AGREE
xxxthemanxxx123 1 year ago
@TyloSz ?
RayMagic92 1 year ago
Said he was doing it for his people for a coloured person can succeed in the WWF. The Rock was pissed Austin was pissed and kicked Rikishi's ass. But then Rikishi said he had an accomplice. Someone told him to do it and said it was The Rock. And we all are watching how this unfolds. Best part of the whole thing though is that it was really Triple H. lol...as usual the Cerebral Assasin
AceAngell 1 year ago
This is one of my favourite story lines. Stone Cold got hit by a car and was gone for a year. In this time The Rock started blowing up, even gave him his own show (SmackDown) Austin come back badgering every superstar about it and came up with the conclusion that The Rock profitted the most off of his absent. All of a sudden Austin started getting clues. One clue being that the driver was blonde. Rikishi admitted to it and said he did it for The Rock. He actually pulls the race card lol
AceAngell 1 year ago
can rikishi stop screaming???
DrDevilDD 1 year ago
Random Stunner... LMAO...Im a bigger rock then stone cold fan, but that was funny
armst012 1 year ago
For those who were unaware of the storyline, the guy in the black mask Rikishi was talking about was HHH. I have a question though, Rikishi mentioned that The Rock wanted Austin out of the picture because of his declining sales in merchandise. Does anybody know if that was true at the time (maybe Vince wanted The Rock to sell more items and sought this as a jab at him) or was it just part of the storyline?
DarkReapersGrim 1 year ago
@DarkReapersGrim
non kayfabe wise at around survivor series when the run over happened, austin was still THE biggest star in the business & as far as i know them merchandises were going off the shelves as fast as they were in the past.
& only reason for the break was Austin's neck surgery that he needed since owen broke it back in 97.
also this was the opportunity that Rock used to grab the number one spot as many say had austin not left at that time rock would not be as big as he later became
sayanroy36 1 year ago
@DarkReapersGrim
The Rock has always been popular, so no- Austin wasn't taken out so The Rock's merchandising sales could increase. This is basicially a way to give the show a sense of realism- that what's a show for us is a workplace for them in a sense.
HellspawnSpectre 1 year ago
I miss this Kurt.
arana001 1 year ago
STUNNER
funny1cute2 1 year ago
STONE COLD+ROCK+VINCE+BRET HART+SHAWN MICHAELS+UNDERTAKER+CHRIS JERICHO= WWE. THE WWE TODAY SUCKS. JOHN CENA+HHH+RANDY ORTON+ALL REMAINING WRESTLING = CRAP. WWE NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY NEED GOOD WRESTLER ACTORS WHO CAN PULL THE CROWD TO THE ARENA. TODAY THERE ARE ONLY WRESTLERS NOT ACTORS. ALSO GOLDBERG WAS GOOD. EVEN JBL IS GOOD. EXCEPT FOR CHRIS JERICHO TODAY OTHERS ARE ALL CRAP.
aniketbarve2009 1 year ago
@aniketbarve2009 how could u say hhh is crap? he is one of the best
LILYAYO911 1 year ago
"rikishi's thong" rofl
DroXDarkFire 1 year ago
Sorry, Rikishi, but no matter how plausible most of your cover story was, no one bought that line about The Rock's merchandise sales suffering.
azapro911 1 year ago 3
LOL listen PG ERA JOHN CENA FAN!! the attitude er was the time when wresting was full o GOD DAMN I AINT GONNA EXPLAIN IT TO YOU!! your a damn john cena fan so FUCK YOUAND FUCK JOHN CENA
qasim158 1 year ago 4
u see da cheer 4 stone cold
AUSTINCENA96 1 year ago
no 1 dare to fight STONE COLD dats y dey all planned runnin him over
AUSTINCENA96 1 year ago
@AUSTINCENA96 none of this is real you know....
sab567 1 year ago 3
STONE COLD IS OBVIOUSLY BETTER BECUZ U SEE ROCK CHEATED ON STONE COLD ROCK u little pussy
AUSTINCENA96 1 year ago
@AUSTINCENA96 wtf does that mean?
sab567 1 year ago
i bet u wouldnt call the rock a pussy when ur face 2 face with the great 1
VeLoCiTy511 1 year ago
you thong wearing fatty!
ermonski 1 year ago 2
Rochester isn't that bad. Screw Kurt Angle. D:<
InterwebzHasYou 1 year ago
I love that belt I hate todays belt
ThePhenomm 1 year ago 2
What was ATTITUDE
WWEINC1 1 year ago
when kurt's music played. austin was look was like now what..
nooberlishes 1 year ago
These were the good old days.
TheMYERSFAN25 1 year ago
what fat ass liar but when the rock is story is more stinka than his fat ass that was so fucking funny
ONINFL 1 year ago
so did the rock do it? i miss these old WWF days its not the same anymore it sucks now....i dont remember how this turned out though.
carl276 1 year ago
no HHH did it
kcjustice08 1 year ago
rikishi was workin wit HHH to frame the rock?
carl276 1 year ago 3
@carl276 no HHH was working w/ Rikishi to run over SCSA. Rikishi lied about The Rock's involvement so SCSA would be mad at him.
kcjustice08 1 year ago
I don't remember; did Rock ever get that payback on Stone Cold for that stunner at the end?
TheAttitudeEraFan 2 years ago
Y, later on the show stone cold help the rock vs rikishi and kurt and than he gave stone cold the rock bottom ;)
painandsadness 2 years ago
God damnit get that TPAYAS INC. shit ou