LYCOS RETRIEVER
The Rock
built 71 days ago
Stone Cold vs. The Rock is one of the greatest rivalries in WWE history. This is the second time they clashed at WrestleMania. Stone Cold came out victorious in their first meeting at WrestleMania XV. Could Stone Cold make it two in a row? Or would the People’s Champ get some revenge?
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The Rock was an arrogant heel that spoke about himself in the third person. As a bad guy, his promos were incredible and he seemed to come up with a new catch phrase on a continual basis. It was during this time that he came up with his signature gimmicks "The People's Eyebrow" and "The People's Elbow" with the joke being that he was the bad guy that the people hated.
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The Rock and Hulk Hogan have had some classic confrontations, but on this edition of SmackDown they were partners, taking on the World Tag Team Champions. Lance Storm & Christian looked like they were about to lose their newly-won tag titles, but then Brock Lesnar made his presence felt. Find out why Lesnar interjected himself into this one.
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Hulk Hogan, what'cha gonna do when The Rock runs wild on you? But you see Hogan, The Rock's gonna tell what's gonna happen. He's gonna tell you exactly what you're gonna do. You're gonna feel electricity like you've never felt before, electricity that's happened like never before. You will hear 70,000 strong chanting your name, chanting The Rock's name. Hulk Hogan, you will see the People's Elbow come crashing down on your chest.
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In 2000, his autobiography, The Rock Says, went to number 1. Hollywood took notice and he hosted Saturday Night Live to promote WrestleMania 2000. His performance was so good that he received the role of the Scorpion King in The Mummy Returns. While it was only a cameo role, he stole the movie and starred in the prequel, The Scorpion King.
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The Rock is presented in its original theatrical aspect ratio of 2.35:1. Created on a high-definition Spirit Datacine and enhanced for 16x9 televisions, this new digital transfer was mastered from the 35mm interpositive and the original magnetic audio tracks. This transfer was supervised and approved by director Micheal Bay. Telecine colorist: Skip Kimball/Modern Videofilm, L.A.
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