Fruity Pebbles was fucking hilarious. Since then, I've constantly referred to Cena as simply "fruit" because it suits him with those goofy shirts he always wears. Boots 2 Asses was goofy and proof of how great The Rock is. Takes some of the stupidest sayings and turns them into catchphrases that sell t-shirts. One of Rock's insults that I will not defend however is "popcorn fart" which he repeatedly used in his sporadic appearances after he stopped being a full-timer. He called Coachman that but thankfully, the insult was completely forgotten about after two or so weeks.
The thing about The Rock is his charisma. He can say anything and it catches on with fans, that's how good he is at controlling a crowd. One more thing, though, just because his material is stupid and childish that doesn't mean he can't cut a good promo. He's damn good at it and he has all the tools to be a great mic workers, it's just his material and catchphrase overload wont sit well with everyone even if it does with most people. For good promos from this year, you can check out the one that took place on the go home show for WM28. Both him and Cena delivered on why they needed to win the match and how important it was to them. They were also more serious and no more smiles and fruity pebbles. Too bad Cena's stupid ass character ruined it the night after with that horrible "I lost but so what?" promo.
And "I Bring It Via Satellite" was one of Cena's best insults in the feud. Absolutely hilarious even if his dumb ass haters were still raging because they refuse to give him any credit whatsoever. Cena haters are proof of why most smarks are fucking idiots.
Fruity Pebbles is so not an insult. Even if fans were chanting it at me. I'd be like Cena. Smile, chuckle, and move on. How could that be insulting? Cena even was on a box of Fruity Pebbles following it.
Kung-Pow bitch. How...how is that even...I can't even form a sentence.
Don't think anyone will argue or could argue the presence Rocky has. It's evident. Only some things he says are bad. If he's not on cocaine, then I'm surprised. Especially at Backlash '03. Guy was FUCKED up.
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The Rock's return promo in 2011 felt huge, was huge, and was a really fun promo that I'd be lying if I said I haven't gone back and watched a couple of times.
But almost everything since then has been corny, cheesy, overacting, false 'epic', a poor attempt at comedy, or just straight up BAD. I enjoyed him 'what the fuck'ing at the John Cena garden gnome (what the fuck? indeed, btw), but his loud, higher voice, exaggerated facials promos get old really quickly. His cool low voice 98-00 promos are where the shit be at.
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I still love the one where he asks Michael Cole if he is 'a little cum se cum sa'.
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Rock's rant on the mic during the Foley/Game match the night after Summerslam '99 brings the goods too. Probably b/c it bordered on being a shoot. And Cole took more abuse.
Buries both Billy Gunn & Gangrel
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I guess I really was wrong about Flair being a million times better than Rock on the microphone. The way he delivered that intensity like ONLY HE CAN (because he IS THE GOAT and you better not doubt it) really outdid any passion that Flair conveyed in his promos. I think what elevates Rock over the likes of Flair & Foley on the microphone is his ability to come up with such intense promos in his words, like when he called Cena a "wonder woman transvestite" and proceeded to have an epileptic seizure whilst making various sound effects.
Maybe.... Maybe we're all wrong. Maybe Rocky IS the GOAT, and that promo sure helped convince me that his mic skills are in no way shape or form immature in the slightest. Watching Rock talk about Fruity Pebbles and sticking his foot up another man's rectal cavity truly feels like I'm watching Jordan take off from the free throw line, or watching Pele' take that penalty kick.
Truly, we are all witnesses to the undisputed GOAT.
Rock says silly stuff that's funny the first time you hear it because its ridiculous but then you think....why did I find that funny?
I still laugh at some of his old jokes. The one about Undertaker's "mickey mouse" tattoos and making fun of Kane's "voice box" were pretty good.
However he was shit in his 2011 promos. They were funny at first then I didn't really understand why they were funny. I do like his Survivor Series 2011 promo.
His style is a mixture of intensity and stand up comedy. it works for him but I will forever be pissed because his scripted promos led to everyone having scripts now.
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