i still can't believe that was the rock. i was born in 1995, so there would be no way in hell i would remember this unless somebody showed me a dvd that covered the rock's wrestling career from his early days until 2004
It's amazing how this man went from a super babyface to the most electrifying wrestler.
Add the fact that his voice changed and his facial features went from a chubby samoan look to a skinnier looking diluted black (his eyes still carry that oceanic look) and hardened face. His character also changed and he was more confident.
He's a fucking Pokemon, and he's more elctrifying than Ash's Pikachu.
The difference is about 13 years- wrestling in a different place entirely back then. The difference is also that Yoshi a is Japanese face, what the fuck else is he gonna do in WWE? Besides the era being different the gimmick was completely out of line with The Rock's real personality. Besides that it was really generic and one of those pointless gimmicks Vince would hand out.
I'm not buying that ass. Tatsu probably isn't being turned on since there's little else to enjoy in WWE's current field of voiceless faces (Primo, Bourne), heels (Kozov, Jackson, Swagger) or yet another slow-promoing in monotone heel (Jericho, Miz, Orton, Sheamus, McIntrye)
Most of us grew up watching wrestling since Hogan was around in the 80s.The thing that was we grew
We got sick of superstars wrestling big matches 3 times a year with half the match being rest holds.We wanted better wrestling the NEXT part was hating how cheesy it was.
We got sick of overpushed shiny sappy 1950s leave it to beaver characters who seemed better fit for cooking a souffle than fighting the Undertaker.Rocky represented mediocre wrestling getting a huge push and being a pussy
Who ever would have thought that the Ringmaster, Dude Love, the blue blood Hunter Hearst Helmsley, and Rocky Maivia would would help turn the WWF from a financially struggling company to a global corporation with a market cap of $1 Billion dollars. If somebody told me that in 95-96 I would've laughed my head off.
Give a bit of credit to character changes. Austin found his Rattlesnake character in ECW. Triple H hit it off as a blue blood and everything went easy from there. Mick Foley was given an opportunity so its all simple from there. They gave him 'The Rock' gimmick with all that smarmy one-liners and come backs and it was all set!
True that. Besides, Dude Love was only a temporary thing with Foley. He was mostly over as Mankind and sometimes as Cactus Jack. Austin totally found stardom at KOR 1996.
I love that the text was derived from WM13. Still, Rocky deserved better in those days, but to think about it, it was for the best.
umk23 1 month ago
Im The Rocks biggest fan and Im going to have to pretend I didnt just see that.
TheCamsmit 2 months ago
@TheCamsmit If you were the Rock's biggest fan you would've already seen this 20+ times. xD
GlibSweaterVest 2 months ago
@GlibSweaterVest Notice his name Rocky Maivia not THE Rock I never said i was rocky maivias biggest fan.
TheCamsmit 1 month ago
See there is hope for Santino after all... yeah that was a bit of a strech.
dak1474 2 months ago
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@dak1474 Lol
From Napoli, Italy, he is... El Camorra!
Hitmonchan107 1 day ago
Lol his hair~!
VacancyOfReality 3 months ago
This is a million times better then John Cena's titan tron.
napalmman420 3 months ago
man did he suck when he debuted at survivor series, but in a few months he become the most electrifing man in sports entertainment history
jmoney31705 3 months ago 4
How come all non-white superstars in the WWE have to adopt some stupid, undignified "cultural" gimmick?
Nethrezar 4 months ago 3
This actually isn't all that bad, the only reason it IS bad is because of how awesome The Rock has become since then
JHarmon10 6 months ago 5
@JHarmon10 Yeah, ha-ha! U're right! Ha-ha-ha. . .
I don't think anyone could think about the fame that was ahead of him.
As a matter of fact, I don't like that the title says "...videos" - it's just a couple of seconds turned into a 2 and a half minute video.
vagadar 4 months ago
lol sellout rocky
wrestlemaniax18 6 months ago
From this to the most electryifying titantron in entertainment.
PrinceOfNsanity 6 months ago 2
is that the rocks father?
jmaster779 8 months ago
@jmaster779 no, that's a young rock :)
HarumPL 7 months ago
@jmaster779 THAT IS THE ROCK, that's how he looked like when he first debuted. The rock's father is Rocky Johnson
Gorrrillla5 3 months ago
Fuck you WWT u don't understand clasics!!!
HarumPL 8 months ago
DIE ROCKY DIE
Townie01860 8 months ago
If that's electrifying, than I'm not paying my light bill.
tlcwrestlingx 8 months ago
i still can't believe that was the rock. i was born in 1995, so there would be no way in hell i would remember this unless somebody showed me a dvd that covered the rock's wrestling career from his early days until 2004
Lazer81095 9 months ago
This guy has come a loooooong way.
TheSecondEvolution 9 months ago
It's amazing how this man went from a super babyface to the most electrifying wrestler.
Add the fact that his voice changed and his facial features went from a chubby samoan look to a skinnier looking diluted black (his eyes still carry that oceanic look) and hardened face. His character also changed and he was more confident.
He's a fucking Pokemon, and he's more elctrifying than Ash's Pikachu.
Hitmonchan107 10 months ago 5
And then he became The Rock.
McRabbid9 10 months ago
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TheLeofacter 10 months ago
@TheLeofacter epic fail
patato67 10 months ago
rocky maivia turns heel because fans were booing him.
fans have been booing cena for 5+ years but no heel turn????
rpoed01 11 months ago
@rpoed01 Back then Vince wasn't all about the money. Back then Vince needed quality wrestlers tor ival WCW.
Nowadays, you can boo all you want but Cena ain't turning heel unless someone kills his dad.
Hitmonchan107 10 months ago
>johncena>the miz>Rocky>The rock/dwayne Johnson
Demonh8ter 11 months ago
@Demonh8ter Are you fucking retarded?
Hitmonchan107 10 months ago
@Demonh8ter u put the >'s the wrong way.
Lazer81095 9 months ago
The Theme and Video is badass.
MEGADETHTHRETH 1 year ago
the people's hair
DolchOfHate 1 year ago
And this guy ended up becoming one of the most electrifying man in sports entertainment!
SpaceScreaminJohn 1 year ago
epic haircut.
kanenite10 1 year ago
It always has to be the most hated subject in an industry to be mentioned that gets the most thumbs up doesn't it?
Music = Justin Beiber
Wrestling = John Cena
Movies = Twilight
xanderdude123 1 year ago 6
He's the Jambro-...Wait...Wrong guy,
kigo555 1 year ago
@kigo555 It's Jabroni, with no m but I see what you did there.
Hitmonchan107 1 year ago
It seems to me like Rock has more massive body here like at 2003.
HermanHermes 1 year ago
Dwayne Johnson got NO shit on this guy...
ROCKY FOR WWE CHAMP!!!!
Hitmonchan107 1 year ago
This has 90's WWF written all over it
MotorsportRevolution 1 year ago 2
The song sounds badass though.
Hitmonchan107 1 year ago
stupid gimmick. eh at least it's better than cena.
jwhittle91 1 year ago
the rock sucks
rocky maivia ftw
mk4013 1 year ago
I fucking love Rocky Maivia.
chipsandcheesecurlz 1 year ago
God, what a douche. I'm glad he never caught on.
dorr213 1 year ago
I love how it use to be that non white wrestlers always had a cultural inspired outfit..hahaha. Yikes........
bigorange2082 1 year ago 2
@bigorange2082 What about the British Bulldog, or ... the british bulldog. Shit your right.
tmanuel44 1 year ago
@bigorange2082 To be fair it was supposed to be a mix of Rocky Johnson and Peter Miavia.
richardshort2001 1 year ago
He started with a bad titantron as Rocky Miavia and ended as one of the best in the company's history, The Rock.
tmanuel44 1 year ago
>this titantron
SHOULDERBREAKERS
SPASMS
CROSSBODYS
THWAGGER THMILE
Pcfan11 1 year ago
@Pcfan11 The perfect face of the WWF.
Hitmonchan107 1 year ago
This song would have been better in the 80's, not the 90's.
rocker316ify 1 year ago
This is not that bad.. I like it.
7LucasCabrera71 1 year ago
Rocky Miavia Aka The Rock, Hope to see you as a special guest on RAW.
gummyword 1 year ago
@gummyword i believe he was going to but he had to turn down the offer cuz of the tooth fairy movie or somethin
nubcake1r 1 year ago
This titranon isnt bad. Only the Theme.
haarbal1997 2 years ago
I'm unfamiliar with Rocky Miavia in context, but it doesn't seem a million miles away from what Yoshi Tatsu's doing right now.
Organasm 2 years ago
The difference is about 13 years- wrestling in a different place entirely back then. The difference is also that Yoshi a is Japanese face, what the fuck else is he gonna do in WWE? Besides the era being different the gimmick was completely out of line with The Rock's real personality. Besides that it was really generic and one of those pointless gimmicks Vince would hand out.
princesstamika 2 years ago
I'm not buying that ass. Tatsu probably isn't being turned on since there's little else to enjoy in WWE's current field of voiceless faces (Primo, Bourne), heels (Kozov, Jackson, Swagger) or yet another slow-promoing in monotone heel (Jericho, Miz, Orton, Sheamus, McIntrye)
Glad I solved that myself.
Organasm 2 years ago
Remember TAKA?
Same thing.
princesstamika 2 years ago
i actually like this video , dumbass
afcajaxhuntelaar 2 years ago
To all fairness of The Rock he tried his best with the character but no one could have got that over in 96/97.
Coolquip 2 years ago
thats the rock??!
StonexxDemonmaggot 2 years ago
Cheese.
Puppykins88 2 years ago 4
this theme = WWE trying too hard with Rocky Maivia...although I wish someone would do the shoulder breaker every so often
nWoArmenian4Life 2 years ago 3
EPIC FUCK JOHN CENA
EGO66d 2 years ago 47
@EGO66d good for you
xsonicyouth81 1 year ago
at least he is better than the jackass cena
KiranTaker270 2 years ago 64
Oh No, as Rocky Maivia he was waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay worse than Cena. THE ROCK was a completely different thing though...
pldsbig 2 years ago 3
Ahah He's Got A PineApple HairCut! Its All poofy At Tha Top!
StanKingston420 2 years ago 3
rotflol omg thank God he changed for the better
blackiechan52 3 years ago 6
Ricky Ortiz is the new Rock!
Shadeprint 3 years ago 5
You smell what The Rick is cookin?
BigBlackAL 3 years ago
Most of us grew up watching wrestling since Hogan was around in the 80s.The thing that was we grew
We got sick of superstars wrestling big matches 3 times a year with half the match being rest holds.We wanted better wrestling the NEXT part was hating how cheesy it was.
We got sick of overpushed shiny sappy 1950s leave it to beaver characters who seemed better fit for cooking a souffle than fighting the Undertaker.Rocky represented mediocre wrestling getting a huge push and being a pussy
TrollCapAmerica 3 years ago 5
Isn't it kind of ironic that he did high flying moves as Rocky but as the Rock did mostly low impact moves?
princesstamika 2 years ago 4
rocky is better as the rock
edvdylanfan 3 years ago
This has the same aura as the Gunner Scott titantron.
wrts34 3 years ago 6
Oh god, he looked like such a poser back then.
DELC1 3 years ago
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bret hart music for black people
Xtremebyrd2k6 3 years ago
And people wondered why the fans chanted "Die Rocky Die"
notftomearth7 3 years ago 4
ROFL!!! that was a funny promo. I miss the Attitude era
thebigmarvinski 3 years ago
Rocky suffered a tassels casualty. Because of this no one uses tassels in WWE in a cool way as much anymore.
newagepun 3 years ago
what are you talking about?
GLazz85 2 years ago
looks like a boogey wig.
syxodude91 3 years ago
Sounds like alternate music for Reverend D-Von
rpscarlet 3 years ago 2
this should be theme AND video are worst
vendetta941 3 years ago
Anyone else find that organ noise shit scary and sinister?
Rulinator 3 years ago
Just think, no one ever thought he would end up becoming one of the biggest stars in WWF/E history
Fozzitude 3 years ago 6
Lucky for him he came in at the tail end of the Federation Years, along with Steve Austin, Mankind and Triple H.
Is it coincidence that these four men would help propel the WWF to dizzying new heights?
DarkPuIse 3 years ago
Who ever would have thought that the Ringmaster, Dude Love, the blue blood Hunter Hearst Helmsley, and Rocky Maivia would would help turn the WWF from a financially struggling company to a global corporation with a market cap of $1 Billion dollars. If somebody told me that in 95-96 I would've laughed my head off.
nkzeroG 3 years ago 6
Give a bit of credit to character changes. Austin found his Rattlesnake character in ECW. Triple H hit it off as a blue blood and everything went easy from there. Mick Foley was given an opportunity so its all simple from there. They gave him 'The Rock' gimmick with all that smarmy one-liners and come backs and it was all set!
newagepun 3 years ago 2
True that. Besides, Dude Love was only a temporary thing with Foley. He was mostly over as Mankind and sometimes as Cactus Jack. Austin totally found stardom at KOR 1996.
TheManAbove 3 years ago
lol talk about weird
dooperly 3 years ago
nice hair you got there rocky. haha
wrestlingeek11 3 years ago 2
blue chipper - well in the words of good ol' j.r
joeroerebel 3 years ago
Ah, thanks, WWT. Always wondered why absolutely no-one liked this gimmick, and now I know.
Isn't the same without the "DIE, ROCKY, DIE!" chants, but I can't fault you for that. Cheers!!!
QuicklimeTime 3 years ago