All his runs combined barely add up to a year. He only ever got lengthy runs with the International title.
He didn't need a belt.
>>16201462because he wasn't a wrestler.
>>16201456All attitude era title runs were just playing hot potato with each other. It was as bad as it sounds
>>16201456He wasn't very good
>>16201456he couldn't really wrestle. he was a just nepo baby with a decent look (after his liposuction) who lucked out by being the right color at the right time. it was all politics.
>>16201456Rock didn’t need the belt to be over, the belt needed the Rock to be over.As usual, those who know don’t ask and those who ask don’t know.
>>16201456Hot potato with Mankind
>>16201456because he was Austins jannetty
>>16201484Na, long title runs are boring. It was fun to know a title belt could change on RAW or Smackdown outside of PPVs
>>16201600ignore the fact that he was the most charismatic guy on the roster who was loved by damn near everyone during his peak
>>16201995>It was fun to know a title belt could change on RAW or Smackdown outside of PPVsThey really could back then. You had so much talent at the top and I'd like to see that again. Weird how there are like twice as many belts but they only really change at PLEs nowadays.
>>16201456From WM13 to WM17, none of the title runs were longer than 3-4 months at best.>WM13: Taker held the title till SummerSlam - nearly 4 months>Hitman held it from SS to Survivor Series - nearly 3 months>HBGay held it from Survivor to WM14 - 4 months>simpcuck held it from WM14 to KOTR - 3 months>Kane held it for a day>simpcuck held it from there till 2 more months>title vacant>Rock won it at Survivor98 and kept it till 4 Jan Raw which put butts to seat>Rock won it again at RR>Rock and Mankind then traded the title till WM15>simpcuck held it from there till Over the Edge - 2 months>Taker held it from OTE to Raw after KOTR>simpcuck held it from there till SS - 2 months>Mankind held it for a day>Gaytch then won it, dropped to McMahon, won it again>Big Slow then won it at Survivor99 and kept it till new year RAW>11 title changes in 1999 itself>Gaytch held it from there till Backlash 2000 - 3 months>Rock then held it for a month>Gaytch held it for a month till KOTR2000>Rock then held it till No Mercy - 4 months>Angle held it till No Way Out - nearly 4 months>Rock held it till WM17The money was in the chase for babyfaces.
>>16201792austinetty was Rock's jannetty.As a matter of fact, look at Simpcuck stevetty's career>Jannetty to Pillman as hollywood blondes in WCW>Jannetty to Bret throughout 1996-97, or i should say JOBBER to Bret>Jannetty to Vince during 1998-99 and mid 2001>Jannetty to the Rock during 1999-2003>Jannetty to HHH in the Power trip in mid 2001>Jannetty to Kurt Angle in late 2001>Jannetty to Debra in 2002>Jannetty to Bischoff during 2003-05>Jannetty to Adam Sandler in hollywood>Jannetty to Michael Cole at WM27>Jannetty to Rock and Hogan at WM30>Jannetty to New Day at WM32>Jannetty to Becky in his own show in 2020>Jannetty to Cody at WM38>Jannetty to Undertaker at WM40>IRL, Jannetty to wild smelly rednecks in the stone-cold winter of 1998 to get bukkake'd KWABKWAB
>>16201600That’s bollocks. He could wrestle fine. Only retards think this.
>>16202401Based on the profile of this site, it's likely that you're an educated 30s to 40s male who is a somewhat casual wrestling fan that lapses in and out. I cannot fathom the thought process you went through in order to write this.
>>16201484You mean it was based and peak wrestling.
>>16201600I hate the fact people keep saying Rock couldn't wrestle. Even is his greenhorn years as Rocky Maivia you could see the guy could be smooth and crisp with the way he moves. Rock is not a technical masterclass, but he's still quite talented in the ring workrate-wise.Add the fact that, like Hogan, Rock didn't NEED to rely on in-work ability and could carry a match with his charisma alone. For fuck's sake, he got a simple standing elbow drop over.The only reason I think people can't see that is because Rock spent the majority of his peak being stuck feuding with either Stone Cold or Triple H.>1998: in a midcard feud over the IC title with Shamrock, then Triple H before moving to a world title triple feud with Mankind and Stone Cold>1999: start of in world title feud with Mankind before moving to finish feud with Stone Cold, turn face, putting Triple H over before his main event push and then spend the rest of 1999 in the midcard>2000: mainly feuds with Triple H again, short feud with Benoit before ultimately feuding with Angle>2001: finished feud with Angle before renewing feud with Stone Cold for the world title, goes to Hollywood, returns and feuds with Booker T, Steve Austin and Chris Jericho>2002: feuds with Hogan and the NWO, beats Hogan at WM, wins world title and ultimately puts Lesnar over before going to Hollywood>2003: becomes heel Hollywood Rock, feuds with Austin again, comedy feud with Hurricane as a side story before ultimately going over Austin on their final WM match before putting Goldberg over and going back to Hollywood.
>>16202415>I cannot fathom the thought process you went through
>>16201462>FPBPRock was so over. He got it just to give the rub to the ones that needed the belt, like Austin. Rock was Taker level
>>16201483>>16201484>>16201490>>16201600Hi Paul.
>>16201484This. Rock should’ve had boring year-long runs like Cawdy and Roman.
The belt was being hot potatoed a lot during that era. Big Show had it and everyone forgot, Vince and Kane had it for a day, and Foley got it because Steve didn't want to lose to Trips. Title changes on RAW were a thing because of the ratings war.
>>16202638>Foley got it because Steve didn't want to lose to Trips.Wrong. That was Jesse Ventura's call. He didn't want to raise the hand of a heel, so Mankind got the win—pinning Steve Austin, by the way. Austin was fine with Triple-H attacking him at the end of the match and subjecting us to the "IIIIIIII CRIPPPPPPPPPPLED THE RATTLESNAKE!" promo, which is as grating as it sounds.
>>16201456Because they were during the attitude era
>>16202465it wasn't even a good elbowthere's been many great elbows that made for fine finishers, but not Rock's. his was a jokehe started the idea of purposely making wrestling less believable he was the first AEW wrestler
>>16202664>He didn't want to raise the hand of a heelyeah, because that never happens in Washington, right Jesse?
>>16202717>it wasn't even a good elbowcope, seethe, and dilate harder tranny.
>>16202722he jumps up and lands flat on his back next to his opponentthat should take more out of him than the light grazing tap of his arm on his opponent and he often barely touched him at allit was just as bad as any comedy spot and he was presented as a top guy and supposed world champion level wrestler. it was ridiculous Lou Thesz used to say his grandmother could do a better leg drop than Hulk Hogan, well he never saw the People's Elbow
The Rock was not as over as Austin during the Attitude Era. Anyone suggesting otherwise is either black or they weren't watching at the time.
>>16202761>The Rock was not as over as AustinThat's right. Rock was far more over than austin. That's why Rock got SmackDown started, and got Hollywood offers, whereas austin got direct to dvd flops
>>16202739This proves how safe Rock is as a professional. Unlike bitches like gaytch, austin, and seth faggins, Rock never hurt his opponents IRL by botching.
>>16201484Quality of reign > quantity of days, all of those reigns were memorable, you can't tell a single thing about Cawdy's reign that you can come back to in a year and rewatch, Gunther is even worse and people already forgot that Damien Priest was even a champion
>>16203237Exactly,>Also the number of title defenses matters.>In addition to PPVs, Rock was defending his WWE Championship on RAWs, SmackDowns and even Halftime Heats.>Instead of 1 title defense a month, Rock was defending his title 4-5 times a month
>>16201995Hey Russo how ya doin
>>16202628kek triple nose is so trash he doesn't even have a copy-paste like carder or stone cold eg: >>16202396 >>16202401Its as if everyone knows he is just c+ wrestler
babyfaces have made for terrible long term champs since the early 90's
>>16201456nobody cares how long title reigns are, foley had it for a month total and him winning it in 99 is the greatest moment in raw’s thirty years, nobody cared because the shows were better the talent was better and this notion that rock couldn’t wrestle is zoomer revisionist crap, he drew more than benoit or angle or any modern loser ever could have imagined>but gatesadjust for inflation moron>but crowdsvince could only ever dream of running stadiums for twenty years because of how over guys like austin and rock were, hell vince himself was more over than even hhh ever wasthe business peaked 25 years ago, anyone under 35 will just not understand because you weren’t there, wrestling from 87-01 was an entirely different experience
>>16201456He was more over than the belt, shitters like Paul needed it more
>>16203288You sure?Look at Gaytch's career>Jannetty to the Rock during 1996-2002>Jannetty to HBGay throughout 1996-97>Jannetty to Chyna during 1997-99>Jannetty to Kurt Angle in 2000, or should i say C.U.C.K. to Kurt>Jannetty to Quad injury in 2001>Jannetty to Hogan and Brock in 2002>Jannetty to Blade in Blade Trinity>Jannetty to Goldberg in 2003>Jannetty to Benoit in 2004>Jannetty to Batista in 2005>Jannetty to Cena in 2006>Jannetty to HBGay again throughout 2006-10>Jannetty to Undertaker during 2011-12>Jannetty to Brock in 2012-13>Jannetty to B+ player Bryan during 2013-14>Jannetty to The Shield in 2014>Jannetty to Stephanie during 2015-2018>Jannetty to Ronda and Kurt in 2018>Jannetty to Becky in 2019>Jannetty to Chinese Virus in 2020-21>Jannetty to Vince in 2022>Jannetty to TKO in 2023>Jannetty to the Rock again in 2024KWAB
Why did WWE give Cena long reigns but not Rock?
>>16203398Cena's main event run started in 2005, when there were two top titles instead of one. Gaytch was hogging one, and driving fans away. Vince wanted a Hogan/Backlund type white meat babyface to have a lengthy run in contrast to Gaytch's reign of terror. That's why
>>16201462This is it. He was a top tier heel without the belt. He was a top tier face without the belt. Always in the main event regardless. Certifiably not a mark during his initial run.
>>16202761Rock didn't need strong booking or self mark clean wins and burying others to be over, he didn't need championships to be over, he was a great babyface and one of the greatest heels. That makes him more over than simpcuck
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>>16203361You forgot ->Haitch's NXT Jannetty to Shawn Michaels NXT
>>16201484Actually, I don't think it's too bad when the talent are at least likeable as they were. Now ones like AE H were insufferable because he had Xpac heat, and I think his reigns were, ironically, typically longer on average.
>>16203524Rocky > simpcucketty stevetty austinetty. And that's the bottomlinetty
>>16201456He had more charisma than the rest of the roster combined. One promo was all it took to get his heat back after a loss.
Bron won the IC title, did nothing with it and dropped it to Jey in his first defense a month later. Jey did nothing with the IC title and dropped it a month later back to Bron. Hotshotting needs to be done well.>>16203398AE was all about TV ratings so the car crash formula also bled to the title runs. Lots of action, lots of title changes kept things fresh and hot so people kept tuning in. After they won, they didn't need to keep doing it.
OP is probably is zoomie who doesnt know how things worked back in the late 90s during Monday Night Wars. Short title reigns were common
Different time. Russo understood the importance of just doing whatever it took to get the bigger rating week by week. Short matches, short reigns, PPV quality angles on weekly show, 100mph 24/7. It's just what worked.
there's never a happy medium long reigns are boring as fuck, look at roman reigns. that's the worst way to go especially in this era of weak champions. cody already feels too long too. but super quick reigns like the Rocks isn't the answer either
>>16201462This, he was literally just out there jobbing to jabronis like crash and the hurricane for fun because it didn't hurt him
>>16206409if it didn't hurt him why did he have to vanish for a full decade immediately after until people forgot about that?
>>16206425you are a retard. Rock left for Hollywood, and was still willing to work a lighter schedule. Gaytch let his contract expire.
Rock is the GOAT. He didn't need the title. The title needed him.
>>16207207>Gaytch let his contract expire.and nothing of value was lost Rock is the WOAT. him getting fired was the best thing to ever happen to WWE
>>16208131>>16208131>Rock is the WOAT. him getting fired was the best thing to ever happen to WWEEnough internet for you today, Gaytch
