Rock did not emulate Austin. Rock was more of a black version of Flair as far as flash, swag and ability to entertain. Austin was raw, in your face and just a pure badass.
Donte Prince Rock absolutely emulated Austin. He wore the gold necklace that was very similar to Austin’s. He referred to himself on the third person, like Austin would call say, “Stone Cold is gonna..” Rock would come out wearing no shirt, a vest and slacks for his promo segments, whereas Austin wore a black vest and jeans. There’s a lot of nuances that are there if you look. It’s not a knock on The Rock, but to say that from ‘97-‘99, Rock wasn’t heavily influenced, is just not true.
@@guyincognito5706 Come on bro. You can't be serious. How long have you been watching wrestling? First off, Jim Ross and Bruce Pritchard are the ones who pitched that idea to the Rock to speak in third person. They got the idea from Deon Sanders who use to do that. It wasn't Austin who influenced him. Secondly the Rock rarely wore jeans. He wore a vest maybe twice but it wasn't a biker vest. He mostly wore slacks and flashy button down shirts. He wore his own t-shirt work out pants and basket ball shoes later in his career. They had completely different wardrobes. Austin wardrobe was very basic. Jeans t shirt and ball cap. I may have seen Rock wear a chain once. They were two completely different characters. Austin was WWE famous and semi mainstream famous. Rock surpassed wwe fame although Austin will always get the bigger pop because he was wwf/wwe of the mid nineties and 2000s.
@Windy City The Rock is black and Samoan. His Dad is Soul Man Rocky Johnson. He was a tag team with Tony Atlas. The first black tag team champions in the WWF/WWE. Thats how Dwayne Johnson adopted the name the Rock.
Guy Incognito not at all they weren’t the same not even dressed the same completely different even with their signature pose at the ropes when they raise their arms
@Windy City Rock does not look black to you and that's ok dude. He is black whether or not you choose to accept that. He's black an somoan and he is proud of being both. He has stated that publicly. Roman Reigns is Somoan and white. Many wouldn't even gues that because he has such a peculiar look to him. His Dad is Afa who was one half of the somoan tag team called the Wild Samoans in the early 1980s.
Austin was the total BA. rebellious and open up a can whip a**. Rock was the swagged, pimped out, catch phrase king. There were no similarities to them except that they spoke in 3rd person
Rock was a talented guy from the day he started and got over with his natural charisma and his use of words and his whitty tongue, Austin was a straight up badass who got over for just being himself and was the ultimate rebel who the fans could relate to. Both guys were very different in their personality and presenation but got over with the fans on their own, they were perfect foils for one another in the attitude era
Kush Vizions ikr. He's usually bashing everyone but wtf. He's over giving credit and praise.😕😕 Idk if this makes a difference but he said, and i quote, "Austin, a very good friend of mind."
Matthew Zablocki What else could he say about the Rock and Austin without coming off sounding like a jealous hater. Nash only stated the obvious about the success of Austin and Rock, and if he had said anything different you would have exposed himself for the loser that he is.
Rock is talented from young age and raised in a wrestling heritage. Austin is a hard worker that built his fame from zero. They’re both excellent by their terms and I don’t see similarities
The rock isn’t even my all time favorite but he’s the greatest of all time. In terms of the total package of athleticism, charisma, and star power there is no one who matches the rock barring maybe Austin and Hogan but the rock is more recognizable than both of them at this point. Sure Austin may have made more money in wrestling but the rock was so good that he has transcended beyond just being a wrestler. He’s the best
Absolutely, Austin was the real deal. Rocky just memorized the lines that were written for him. Still does it to this day in Hollywood. Austin revolutionized the business. Rocky benefited from that.
@@Rschr101 even though I agree with the rock just memorizing lines written for him. He did however possess something that cannot be taught and thays charisma. He had phenomenal charisma and could work any crowd. I still think even if he was given terrible dialogue he would still have made it work simply from his charisma. Steve Austin and the undertaker are by far my favourite wrestlers of all time. Weirdly I was never a huge fan of the rock until 2001 ish. Before that I wasn't too bothered with the rock. But when Steve left and it was on rocks shoulders, I believe he smashed it out of the park in keeping the company going. And ultimately he and Steve was by far the very top of the company and can compete and measure up to any talent of any era. The rock Hogan and Austin are the biggest and most successful stars wrestling has ever seen and no one will ever achieve their level of popularity. Steve was just a hairs width bigger than the rock. They was never equal in terms of popularity even when people would like to say they was 1.a and 1.b, it was never thay equal. Austin was always the bigger star than the rock. And you can see of for yourself from something as obvious as Austin's pops compared to the rocks. Both got godly reactions but Austin's was next level stuff. And no one has had reactions before or since. Hell, even now, when Austin returns i.e on rates annavericy show when he confronted Vince, that was deafening. No one on the current roster even gets 5 percent of the reaction Austin gets even now when he's a retired talent lol
Michael's maybe but Triple H and The Rock built their careers off their rivalries with each other. Especially when they took over the leadership roles of the Nation and DX on the same night.
@@2Tall2ActSmall go look it up, it was stated at the time they both wouldn't. It's not my opinion, it's a fact. Triple H also hurried so many, if the rock wasn't so damn good, you'd know he'd try to bury him.
@Pitt Burgh he was. Nash and Rock weren't getting Al ng backstage and Rock was getting the push that Nash wanted. Austin and Hogan weren't getting along backstage. Scott Hall and life weren't getting along backstage. They really were the poison the storyline said they were.
2:35minutes of absolutely nothing this is why Kevin didn’t make it as long! He has no vision rock and Austin were very different on the mic yet got the same reactions they’re both legends
@@23kingdaze Well fuck, there's only a handful of people who did. You start comparing everyone to those two...they're all gonna pale in comparison. Without Hall and Nash going to WCW and forming the NWO, The Attitude Era likely would not exist.
@@dr.loomis4221 the only guy that made Nash look good in the ring was Bret Hart. After that, it was him and the NWO jerking each other off for the last few minutes of Nitro.
The dudes question to Nash, didn't make sense. Austin and The Rock were pretty much famous during Nash, Hogan, Hall's septation from the WWF. When NWO came back, they had few skits with Rock and Austin but, shortly after, they both left. They came back, NWO was pretty much gone. Rock and Austin had their final feud, then all of them were gone. That's a stupid question to ask. Nash or the trio had nothing to do with Austin and The Rocks success, whether they stayed or left. The question should've been asked: How would WCW turned out if Austin wasn't fired and The Rock showed up? That's what should've been asked.
@@MoparMadness93 no, that's literally what my comment came off of, dude. Nash or Hall, wouldn't had no affect on either ones career, whether they stayed or left.
@@Razaril_93 i definitely know that. In all honesty, Vince McMahon was willing to shell out the big bucks for what he wants and what makes him money. Remember in 1996, Vince re-signed Bret Hart to a multimillion dollar contract that was later reneged in 1997. Then, even when Bret wanted to renegotiate his contract with Vince for less money, Vince still would not take Bret's calls and the time was ticking on that wCw contract so Bret had no choice but to leave. But a month after Bret leaves, what did Vince do? He paid the same money that he was paying Bret Hart to Mike Tyson to help headline the road to WrestleMania 14 and be a special enforcer in the match. I think the WWF would have been much better if Bret and Diesel would have stayed for sure but Vince did not want to lose the war ro WCW.
The rock and stone cold basically carried the best era of wrestling for Wwe and NWO and Goldberg basically carried Wcw Rvd and Sandman basically carried Ecw all legends all goats only think I can say is hulk carried both WCW and WWE in his career so yeaaa Also special mention too the ruthless aggression era which is my second favorite behind the attitude and John Cena and Batista basically carried them All in all these eras of wrestling will always be the greatest so many different wrestlers that are goated Also another special mention in WWE is Brett hart and Hbk carried them for a while and WCW Rick flair and booker t carried them as well
Rock did emulate Austin a few times, with the shaved head, goatee, doing the beer sipping motion in a few of his movies like Austin when calling for a beer.. movies like Journey he did it and a few more times in wwe
truth is if steve didn't have that injury for which he needed a 11 month break in 1999, the rock would never have the room to take the number 1 spot, and if he would still become as big as he is today - that's a matter of question
I was saying this same thing earlier! Everything happened so damn quick too! By late ‘97, Austin was the top guy after his rival Bret left unfavorably even before the second second consecutive of three Royal Rumble wins. By late ‘99, Austin did the car crash incident and left so The Rock basically was stupid over after leaving McMahon and drew the highest Raw and SmackDown promos ever!
That’s just BS first of all their rivalry of 99 was supposed to be series of matches they stopped after Backlash coz Rock popularity as a heel was doubling twice and was going neck to neck with Steve Austin even if Austin was there there could’ve been two #1 guys
I feel the same about 1998. Had Bret not left and Shawn not gotten injured The Rock would never have been WWF Champion in 1998. He was always destined to be a star but the process was speeded up. Austin on the other hand would have been WWF Champion at Wrestlemania 14 regardless of Bret and Shawn being out of the picture.
David Carter probably it would’ve been a triple threat with Austin going over but Rock was in a mega rise in 98 just like Austin in 97 so Bret or HBK being there wouldn’t have stopped him maybe he wouldn’t have been champ in 98 but by Mania 15 he would’ve been
Shannon Swift he was in a mega rise like Austin 97 so them being there would’ve delayed it a bit but they wouldn’t have stopped it so by Mania 15 he would’ve been Champ
@@ExiledByForce1 but he took nothing from him, they didn’t dress the same or talk the same or even walk the same. Rock was completely different than Austin
@@abdouibrahimdaher3894 what are you talking about he started wearing a leather vest to the ring shaved his head. his accent even changed towards the end to a Texas twang.
I hate to say it, but I do agree that The Rock had a few voice inflections that were reminiscent of Steve. But he totally took it and transformed it and became Steve's rival. That's the best way for that to work. Rivals should see something in their opponents that they see in themselves. Also the line about Monday Night Football is hilarious because we forget, wrestling had the NFL on the ropes for a second!
Diesel, Razor and Hunter were clearly jealous of Dwayne Rock Johnson only because he was a better wrestler and entertainer than they all were, combined. Diesel was butt hurt that the rock insulted him on WWE Raw in 02. Diesel was never even close to being half the wrestler that the rock was during the late 90s & early 2000s. And that is a fact
Austin was not only inspired by Tyson but he also emulated Tupac with the middle fingers and rebel attitude, while the nWo was inspired by the rap group N.W.A, i.e. all black gear, nWo "for life", "Easy E" ect.
Monday Night Wars WWF: Rock, Austin, Triple H, Taker, Kane, Mankind and that was it WCW: Sting, Goldberg, Hogan, Savage, Bret Hart, Flair, Lex Luger, Nash, Scott Hall, Rey Mysterio, DDP. Paul Wight, Booker T, Mr. Perfect, Chris Jericho, Chris Benoit and too many to count.
@@paulmoore5392 If WWF didn't make Kurt Angle their most hated superstar maybe. The man on his own I love him. Great wrestler. Almost the original Lesnar.
Eh, not really. If we're counting Hennig (he wasn't Mr. Perfect in WCW), Jericho (who wasn't allowed out of the midcard), then we'd have to give WWF: Kurt Angle, The Hardy Boyz, Edge & Christian, The Dudleys, Chris Jericho (who they actually pushed to the main event), Chyna, The New Age Outlaws. The comparisons kind of ended anyway after '95, at least then you could say: WWF - Diesel, Razor, Michaels, Undertaker, Hart, Yokozuna vs. WCW - Hogan, Savage, Sting, The Giant, Flair, Vader (which match up as opposites)
The Rock and Steve Austin were great entertainment but I am amazed what Scott Hall and Kevin Nash did also verry astonishing they are the groundsetters The Outsiders
That is about the dumbest thing ever said ever. When you say Steve is the "real deal" what does that mean? "Rock is just an actor".. You sound just as jealous as guys like Kevin Nash.
They were very similar, why are so many getting offended over a simple opinion. To be a wrestler you have to learn how to imitate others before you can be yourself.
Nash was 7foot and nothing else. Zero talent. 10/10 though for working every political angel he could to further his career and riding Halls coat tails who actually could work and had a gimmick apart from being tall.
@@Razaril_93 not necessarily NWO, if Nash/Hall don't leave there's no curtain call. there's no HHH losing his push leading to Austin getting his. Austin would have shone w/o NWO
@@gossamer1234 But Vince wouldn't have had a reason to change the style of his brand, so the Attitude Era as we know it wouldn't have come to fruition.
@@Razaril_93 Austin after winning KOTR started to get over. The bloody Hart match put him way over. A lot of the over the top nonsense would not have happened, but Austin was always gonna be big.
I remember when austin was near the top and rock was on his way up I heard rock talking and he started sounding more of a hard ass like stone cold and I thought he was copying stone cold somewhat but then rock took his character to a different place and it was awesome. Both great. I cant understand why wwe cant let wrestlers be themselves. They were so successful without scripted promos and so crappy trying to write promos.
I honestly think it has to do with the partnerships and profit WWE has with other sponsors and what not, don’t want newer stars to make a name for themselves in a non PG way. Seems like they have a death grip on staying PG so long as the cash is rolling i
If we’re going to go with anything I’ll say once they got Rock’s character together he was more like The Bad Guy Razor Ramon aka Scott Hall🤷🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️💁🏽♀️💁🏽♀️💁🏽♀️ 💯 !!!!!!!
Another big doofus like Sid vicious who had hardly any moves and used their size and snarl to get over. Best big man to ever do it is the Undertaker from the 1990's. Tall, big, agile, went to the top ropes when need be.
Man wrestling fans have gotten so toxic, most of the comments just bashing Nash not even realizing that without him there wouldn't have been an Attitude Era. Rock and Austin did have similarities and saying they didn't is foolish.
This Caption Should Be: Nash Tell Me You Really Don’t Care For The Rock Without Actually Saying It.
Kevin Nash is hurt after that Smack down promo in 2002
Rock did not emulate Austin. Rock was more of a black version of Flair as far as flash, swag and ability to entertain. Austin was raw, in your face and just a pure badass.
Donte Prince Rock absolutely emulated Austin. He wore the gold necklace that was very similar to Austin’s. He referred to himself on the third person, like Austin would call say, “Stone Cold is gonna..” Rock would come out wearing no shirt, a vest and slacks for his promo segments, whereas Austin wore a black vest and jeans. There’s a lot of nuances that are there if you look. It’s not a knock on The Rock, but to say that from ‘97-‘99, Rock wasn’t heavily influenced, is just not true.
@@guyincognito5706 Come on bro. You can't be serious. How long have you been watching wrestling? First off, Jim Ross and Bruce Pritchard are the ones who pitched that idea to the Rock to speak in third person. They got the idea from Deon Sanders who use to do that. It wasn't Austin who influenced him. Secondly the Rock rarely wore jeans. He wore a vest maybe twice but it wasn't a biker vest. He mostly wore slacks and flashy button down shirts. He wore his own t-shirt work out pants and basket ball shoes later in his career. They had completely different wardrobes. Austin wardrobe was very basic. Jeans
t shirt and ball cap. I may have seen Rock wear a chain once. They were two completely different characters. Austin was WWE famous and semi mainstream famous. Rock surpassed wwe fame although Austin will always get the bigger pop because he was wwf/wwe of the mid nineties and 2000s.
@Windy City The Rock is black and Samoan. His Dad is Soul Man Rocky Johnson. He was a tag team with Tony Atlas. The first black tag team champions in the WWF/WWE. Thats how Dwayne Johnson adopted the name the Rock.
Guy Incognito not at all they weren’t the same not even dressed the same completely different even with their signature pose at the ropes when they raise their arms
@Windy City Rock does not look black to you and that's ok dude. He is black whether or not you choose to accept that. He's black an somoan and he is proud of being both. He has stated that publicly. Roman Reigns is Somoan and white. Many wouldn't even gues that because he has such a peculiar look to him. His Dad is Afa who was one half of the somoan tag team called the Wild Samoans in the early 1980s.
Austin was the total BA. rebellious and open up a can whip a**. Rock was the swagged, pimped out, catch phrase king. There were no similarities to them except that they spoke in 3rd person
And they had raspy voices lol
@@SeanSwann1 yelling at the top of your lungs 3 to 4 nights out of the week...not 3ven counting practicing lines....will do that
Rock was a talented guy from the day he started and got over with his natural charisma and his use of words and his whitty tongue, Austin was a straight up badass who got over for just being himself and was the ultimate rebel who the fans could relate to. Both guys were very different in their personality and presenation but got over with the fans on their own, they were perfect foils for one another in the attitude era
Wow. This is a very different Nash from the other interviews I've heard.
Matthew Zablocki facts, its weird
Kush Vizions ikr. He's usually bashing everyone but wtf. He's over giving credit and praise.😕😕 Idk if this makes a difference but he said, and i quote, "Austin, a very good friend of mind."
Matthew Zablocki What else could he say about the Rock and Austin without coming off sounding like a jealous hater. Nash only stated the obvious about the success of Austin and Rock, and if he had said anything different you would have exposed himself for the loser that he is.
Editing rooms a bitch.. Kevin is racist
It's very simple. He is friends with both. Austin and Nash have been friends for close to 30 years.
Rock is talented from young age and raised in a wrestling heritage. Austin is a hard worker that built his fame from zero. They’re both excellent by their terms and I don’t see similarities
The rock isn’t even my all time favorite but he’s the greatest of all time. In terms of the total package of athleticism, charisma, and star power there is no one who matches the rock barring maybe Austin and Hogan but the rock is more recognizable than both of them at this point. Sure Austin may have made more money in wrestling but the rock was so good that he has transcended beyond just being a wrestler. He’s the best
The Rock & Austin are nothing alike.
Absolutely, Austin was the real deal. Rocky just memorized the lines that were written for him. Still does it to this day in Hollywood. Austin revolutionized the business. Rocky benefited from that.
@@Rschr101 Thats pure bullshit but okay...
@@realmad2735 absolutely true rock was creation of wwf creative team his push was planned
They both personified the attitude era.
@@Rschr101 even though I agree with the rock just memorizing lines written for him. He did however possess something that cannot be taught and thays charisma. He had phenomenal charisma and could work any crowd. I still think even if he was given terrible dialogue he would still have made it work simply from his charisma.
Steve Austin and the undertaker are by far my favourite wrestlers of all time. Weirdly I was never a huge fan of the rock until 2001 ish. Before that I wasn't too bothered with the rock. But when Steve left and it was on rocks shoulders, I believe he smashed it out of the park in keeping the company going. And ultimately he and Steve was by far the very top of the company and can compete and measure up to any talent of any era. The rock Hogan and Austin are the biggest and most successful stars wrestling has ever seen and no one will ever achieve their level of popularity. Steve was just a hairs width bigger than the rock. They was never equal in terms of popularity even when people would like to say they was 1.a and 1.b, it was never thay equal. Austin was always the bigger star than the rock. And you can see of for yourself from something as obvious as Austin's pops compared to the rocks. Both got godly reactions but Austin's was next level stuff. And no one has had reactions before or since. Hell, even now, when Austin returns i.e on rates annavericy show when he confronted Vince, that was deafening. No one on the current roster even gets 5 percent of the reaction Austin gets even now when he's a retired talent lol
"Ow mah hamstrings! Gimme another drink. Ah gotta beat up mah son and sit out the next wrasslin event!" -Nash
Kevin was the guy who kept pressing Vince to sign Austin.
Bret was
@@matiascandia1107 yeah but also Kevin
@@anthonycampos8057 bret was, and so was jr
Bret Hart put over The Rock because he seen something in him. Michael's and Triple H didn't want to lay down for him.
Michael's maybe but Triple H and The Rock built their careers off their rivalries with each other. Especially when they took over the leadership roles of the Nation and DX on the same night.
@@2Tall2ActSmall go look it up, it was stated at the time they both wouldn't. It's not my opinion, it's a fact. Triple H also hurried so many, if the rock wasn't so damn good, you'd know he'd try to bury him.
Nash is jealous of The Rock
@Pitt Burgh he was. Nash and Rock weren't getting Al ng backstage and Rock was getting the push that Nash wanted. Austin and Hogan weren't getting along backstage. Scott Hall and life weren't getting along backstage.
They really were the poison the storyline said they were.
@Pitt Burgh Nothing wrong with my timeline.
@Pitt Burgh Oh well. Have a great life.
all of the clique were jealous of Rock and Austin. HHH is another big example.
Triple h is jealous, so nash hated rock too.
Steve Austin made wwf again
2:35minutes of absolutely nothing this is why Kevin didn’t make it as long! He has no vision rock and Austin were very different on the mic yet got the same reactions they’re both legends
I'm pretty sure he was in the business longer than both
@@dr.loomis4221 and didn’t have nearly the impact!
@@23kingdaze Well fuck, there's only a handful of people who did. You start comparing everyone to those two...they're all gonna pale in comparison. Without Hall and Nash going to WCW and forming the NWO, The Attitude Era likely would not exist.
@@dr.loomis4221 the only guy that made Nash look good in the ring was Bret Hart. After that, it was him and the NWO jerking each other off for the last few minutes of Nitro.
@@dantrag2890 Sorry, the one week reply window has closed. Sorry for the inconvenience.
I love you Steve Austin
Im sure he loves you as well.
When did they give Rocky Maivia a coconut?
The dudes question to Nash, didn't make sense. Austin and The Rock were pretty much famous during Nash, Hogan, Hall's septation from the WWF. When NWO came back, they had few skits with Rock and Austin but, shortly after, they both left. They came back, NWO was pretty much gone. Rock and Austin had their final feud, then all of them were gone. That's a stupid question to ask. Nash or the trio had nothing to do with Austin and The Rocks success, whether they stayed or left. The question should've been asked: How would WCW turned out if Austin wasn't fired and The Rock showed up? That's what should've been asked.
He was talking about when he and hall left wwf for wcw. Apparently you missed that
@@MoparMadness93 no, that's literally what my comment came off of, dude. Nash or Hall, wouldn't had no affect on either ones career, whether they stayed or left.
Kevin Nash definitely was tuning in to WWF's programming after he and Hall left for WCW.
To be fair Nash didn't wanna leave Wwf but Vince couldn't beat WcW's offer
@@Razaril_93 i definitely know that. In all honesty, Vince McMahon was willing to shell out the big bucks for what he wants and what makes him money. Remember in 1996, Vince re-signed Bret Hart to a multimillion dollar contract that was later reneged in 1997. Then, even when Bret wanted to renegotiate his contract with Vince for less money, Vince still would not take Bret's calls and the time was ticking on that wCw contract so Bret had no choice but to leave. But a month after Bret leaves, what did Vince do? He paid the same money that he was paying Bret Hart to Mike Tyson to help headline the road to WrestleMania 14 and be a special enforcer in the match. I think the WWF would have been much better if Bret and Diesel would have stayed for sure but Vince did not want to lose the war ro WCW.
The rock and stone cold basically carried the best era of wrestling for Wwe and NWO and Goldberg basically carried Wcw Rvd and Sandman basically carried Ecw all legends all goats only think I can say is hulk carried both WCW and WWE in his career so yeaaa
Also special mention too the ruthless aggression era which is my second favorite behind the attitude and John Cena and Batista basically carried them
All in all these eras of wrestling will always be the greatest so many different wrestlers that are goated
Also another special mention in WWE is Brett hart and Hbk carried them for a while and WCW Rick flair and booker t carried them as well
Rock did emulate Austin a few times, with the shaved head, goatee, doing the beer sipping motion in a few of his movies like Austin when calling for a beer.. movies like Journey he did it and a few more times in wwe
Emulated cause of shaved head, goatee and beer sippin... WoW!!! I bet you discovered fire too
What?? His hairline was receding . Rock never emulated austin
The only thing KN had was size.
He also had a brain. He was smart enough to cash in and introduced wrestlers into getting guaranteed contracts.
That’s what she said ...
Nash was always a pretty entertaining promo. That's often more valuable in the business than being a good wrestler.
@@anthonycampos8057 That’s a myth. Guaranteed contracts were around long before Hall and Nash got them from WCW.
So basically Steve was white???
Look at the adjective.... Austin.
truth is if steve didn't have that injury for which he needed a 11 month break in 1999, the rock would never have the room to take the number 1 spot, and if he would still become as big as he is today - that's a matter of question
I was saying this same thing earlier! Everything happened so damn quick too! By late ‘97, Austin was the top guy after his rival Bret left unfavorably even before the second second consecutive of three Royal Rumble wins. By late ‘99, Austin did the car crash incident and left so The Rock basically was stupid over after leaving McMahon and drew the highest Raw and SmackDown promos ever!
That’s just BS first of all their rivalry of 99 was supposed to be series of matches they stopped after Backlash coz Rock popularity as a heel was doubling twice and was going neck to neck with Steve Austin even if Austin was there there could’ve been two #1 guys
I feel the same about 1998. Had Bret not left and Shawn not gotten injured The Rock would never have been WWF Champion in 1998. He was always destined to be a star but the process was speeded up. Austin on the other hand would have been WWF Champion at Wrestlemania 14 regardless of Bret and Shawn being out of the picture.
David Carter probably it would’ve been a triple threat with Austin going over but Rock was in a mega rise in 98 just like Austin in 97 so Bret or HBK being there wouldn’t have stopped him maybe he wouldn’t have been champ in 98 but by Mania 15 he would’ve been
Shannon Swift he was in a mega rise like Austin 97 so them being there would’ve delayed it a bit but they wouldn’t have stopped it so by Mania 15 he would’ve been Champ
Rock absolutely took from Austin. The Rock and Austin have both said the same.
Took what Yh he praise him as a mentor or something like that just like HBK and HHH praise Ric Flair as a mentor
I don't disagree
@@ExiledByForce1 but he took nothing from him, they didn’t dress the same or talk the same or even walk the same. Rock was completely different than Austin
@@abdouibrahimdaher3894 what are you talking about he started wearing a leather vest to the ring shaved his head. his accent even changed towards the end to a Texas twang.
@@ExiledByForce1 that leather vest was different from the one Austin was wearing so come again
I hate to say it, but I do agree that The Rock had a few voice inflections that were reminiscent of Steve. But he totally took it and transformed it and became Steve's rival. That's the best way for that to work. Rivals should see something in their opponents that they see in themselves.
Also the line about Monday Night Football is hilarious because we forget, wrestling had the NFL on the ropes for a second!
Diesel, Razor and Hunter were clearly jealous of Dwayne Rock Johnson only because he was a better wrestler and entertainer than they all were, combined.
Diesel was butt hurt that the rock insulted him on WWE Raw in 02.
Diesel was never even close to being half the wrestler that the rock was during the late 90s & early 2000s. And that is a fact
Wow I didn't know Kamala was in the Dungeon of Doom.
Nash was a businessman. He took his earnings and made money in investing. He is a very smart man.
Still annoyed about 'Big Daddy Bitch'
Austin was not only inspired by Tyson but he also emulated Tupac with the middle fingers and rebel attitude, while the nWo was inspired by the rap group N.W.A, i.e. all black gear, nWo "for life", "Easy E" ect.
I see these comments saying Nash was jealous of the Rock? I'm not understanding where you guys get that from this conversation. 🤔
Yeah ok keep acting stupid
@@osc-oldschoolclips5204, thats funny, I said the same thing to your mom lasy night. Also, I'm not the one using a run-on sentence, genius.
Kevin Nash bitter about the rock and his greatness
Accurate Interview...
Austin didn't copy Tyson. That's BS.
Ripped off Tyson so hard
Nah he copied Sandman?
The Rock and Stone Cold are 2 entirely different characters. Nash is wrong on this.
Rock would be like whoth is this guy..
The are all jealous in got big Ego ..except the x-pac
The man
Monday Night Wars
WWF: Rock, Austin, Triple H, Taker, Kane, Mankind and that was it
WCW: Sting, Goldberg, Hogan, Savage, Bret Hart, Flair, Lex Luger, Nash, Scott Hall, Rey Mysterio, DDP. Paul Wight, Booker T, Mr. Perfect, Chris Jericho, Chris Benoit and too many to count.
No DX?
wcw folded because all they did was buy people from the wwf, have them join the nwo, and did not build new stars.
No Angle?
@@paulmoore5392 If WWF didn't make Kurt Angle their most hated superstar maybe. The man on his own I love him. Great wrestler. Almost the original Lesnar.
Eh, not really. If we're counting Hennig (he wasn't Mr. Perfect in WCW), Jericho (who wasn't allowed out of the midcard), then we'd have to give WWF:
Kurt Angle, The Hardy Boyz, Edge & Christian, The Dudleys, Chris Jericho (who they actually pushed to the main event), Chyna, The New Age Outlaws.
The comparisons kind of ended anyway after '95, at least then you could say:
WWF - Diesel, Razor, Michaels, Undertaker, Hart, Yokozuna vs. WCW - Hogan, Savage, Sting, The Giant, Flair, Vader (which match up as opposites)
Anyone Nash approves of? LoL Every interview I've ever seen he's trashing some one
The Rock and Steve Austin were great entertainment but I am amazed what Scott Hall and Kevin Nash did also verry astonishing they are the groundsetters The Outsiders
Steve is the real deal. Rock is just an actor.
That is about the dumbest thing ever said ever. When you say Steve is the "real deal" what does that mean?
"Rock is just an actor"..
You sound just as jealous as guys like Kevin Nash.
Huh Rock emulated Austin dumb and then untrue statement what was he watching🤷🏽♂️
They were very similar, why are so many getting offended over a simple opinion. To be a wrestler you have to learn how to imitate others before you can be yourself.
@@Razaril_93 not offended I watched wrestling that was not alike sorry
@@Razaril_93 they were nothing alike
@@manman3792 If that's what you think, no point in trying to show you otherwise.
Nash was 7foot and nothing else. Zero talent. 10/10 though for working every political angel he could to further his career and riding Halls coat tails who actually could work and had a gimmick apart from being tall.
There wouldn't be Stone Cold without Nash, no nWo means no Attitude Era.
Smart guy. Cant deny.
@@Razaril_93 not necessarily NWO, if Nash/Hall don't leave there's no curtain call. there's no HHH losing his push leading to Austin getting his. Austin would have shone w/o NWO
@@gossamer1234 But Vince wouldn't have had a reason to change the style of his brand, so the Attitude Era as we know it wouldn't have come to fruition.
@@Razaril_93 Austin after winning KOTR started to get over. The bloody Hart match put him way over. A lot of the over the top nonsense would not have happened, but Austin was always gonna be big.
I remember when austin was near the top and rock was on his way up I heard rock talking and he started sounding more of a hard ass like stone cold and I thought he was copying stone cold somewhat but then rock took his character to a different place and it was awesome. Both great. I cant understand why wwe cant let wrestlers be themselves. They were so successful without scripted promos and so crappy trying to write promos.
I honestly think it has to do with the partnerships and profit WWE has with other sponsors and what not, don’t want newer stars to make a name for themselves in a non PG way. Seems like they have a death grip on staying PG so long as the cash is rolling i
If we’re going to go with anything I’ll say once they got Rock’s character together he was more like The Bad Guy Razor Ramon aka Scott Hall🤷🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️💁🏽♀️💁🏽♀️💁🏽♀️ 💯 !!!!!!!
Another big doofus like Sid vicious who had hardly any moves and used their size and snarl to get over. Best big man to ever do it is the Undertaker from the 1990's. Tall, big, agile, went to the top ropes when need be.
@No More American Idiots Aww, did that mean ole comment hurt you? Show me your boo boo.
And what about John wick 🤣
Man wrestling fans have gotten so toxic, most of the comments just bashing Nash not even realizing that without him there wouldn't have been an Attitude Era. Rock and Austin did have similarities and saying they didn't is foolish.
So what if they have similarities? That doesn’t mean he took his whole style from him? You are a complete doofus if you believe that crap!
Austin and Bret & the montreal screwjob saves wwf...the rest is history
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Itisdoneforever #thankyouAllah
what is that thing? #thankyouGOD
you’re hero is a fiction
GOD IS REAL, but not that thing
Like it or not Austin was the best and going to make it regardless. The Rock was great but never on that level of Austin or Hulk Hogan.
LOL
Nash would not be at top. Scott hall yes Hogan yes but hall is a overrated wrestler
Everything said and done, Nash is better than Trump 🤣
Anybody is better than Trump