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I was watching a Kurt Angle shoot last night when Kurt said something interesting about the early days of developing Kurt Angle as a wrestling character.

Kurt said that Vince wanted to basically re-run a copy of the early Rocky Maivia character. The one where the Rock would come out smiling, trying to get over as a clean-cut face.

We all know that instead of cheers, the crowd booed and "Rocky sucks" was a part of the negative reaction. Vince wanted Kurt to copy this character and get over as a heel, milking the negative reaction by saying that the crowd should not boo an olympic champion.

My question is, what do you reckon would be the outcome for Dwayne Johnson if Vince kept him as the Rock Maivia character, but instead of being a face he was a heel like the early Kurt Angle character?
Do you think the Rock character would have happened at all?

Would Dwayne Johnson have the rise to superstardom like he did if Vince ran with the Rocky Maivia character but as a heel?

 

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ah aint dumb

I thought it was quite interesting tbh.

I thought the Rocky Maivia character was garbage, so it intrigued me to find out that Vince (and it shows his genius) managed to tweak an unsuccessful character into one of the best around for the past decade. Although arguably you could say it was Kurts talent and charisma that got him over, rather than the character.