Real Reason WWE RELEASED The Rock Dwayne Johnson In 2005!
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
- Real reason WWE released The Rock Dwayne Johnson in 2005 in this WrestleTalk video.
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The Rock from about 1999 until 2001 had the most powerful starpower in pro-wrestling history. It was insane hearing that reaction from the fans just because some guy shows up, and he could make crowds around the world do whatever he commanded. That's power.
Seekarr I try to tell people that man the most popular wrestler all time
Sagar Talreja Austin and rock was neck and neck but rock brought more ratings
@@swam2922 Rock is a sellout.
@@fightingforce8498 lmao says the smark
@@swam2922 coz by the year 2000 Austin wasn't there and WCW had already collapsed and there was no rival promotion like WCW for WWF to counter in terms of ratings but when Austin was the face of WWF from 98-99 WWF was still within a war with WCW n yes because of Austin WWF defeated WCW in the war. There is a reason why Austin is the greatest megadraw of WWF and yes I don't hate the rock
Vince absolutely HATES the idea that somebody became successful without him.
The Sage wwe still gets cuts from wwe superstar movies lol
It was WWF that made the Rock a star. I think you mean "more" successful without him.
Tyler Blad no they don't.It's only if the guy uses their gimmick name. If Dwayne uses "Starring The Rock" for example, WWE would get a cut of the profit, but since he only uses "Dwayne Johnson" now, WWE doesn't get shit.
The Sage j
Look at hogan biggest star ever and now he is pretty much broke and blackballed from the wwe the rock just did what he had to do to be his own brand like brock lesnar with the ufc
The Rock got so big as an actor that he doesn't NEED WWE. That makes Vince McMahon and a few of the higher up people in WWE's front office upset that WWE don't have power over him. He says what he wants, does what he wants, comes and goes like he wants because he is considered one of the top 10 professional wrestlers of all time if not number 1. And he can make millions of dollars for just one movie so WWE hates that fact that he has ALL the negotiating power when it comes to making a contract with him.
Ross Malagarie wwe gets a cut off of every movie the rock stars in...
Tyler Blad source?
Tyler Blad maybe only if he calls himself the rock, which he really doesnt anymore
Ross Malagarie same with Batista
Ross Malagarie the rock is so bug as a actor when he takes his place in the WWE hall of fame they would need add him to celebs side and wrestling side of WWE hall of fame he's the greatest of all time if not he's up there in top 5 and one of the most popular of all time #TeamBringIt #TheRockHOF
I respect the rock for never talking bad about wwe after all the shit they tried to do to him though. At the end the rock still respects the business and wwe now kiss his ass because they know he’s bigger than wwe lol.. they tried shading his acting career from the beginning and now what.
They let his contract expired thinking that his movie career would fail and he'll be crawling back to begging for a job with the company...boy were you wrong, Mr.Haitch.
hus hus the damn bitch WWE.
They treat the company like a bunch of mobsters and it's bitten them in the ass more than once. Bunch of idiots.
I am sure Triple H told that to Vince.Vince is probably burying Hunter's guys for that reason Lol
Yeah that last zombie movie was suppose to hurt him but the scorpion king lit a match the one vince has control of lol
Cena’s one to talk. He’s following the same blueprint. Shows up to promote movies and PPV here and there and is gone for months. Envy is a mother.
Yeah exactly. Cena recently just apologized to Rock because he realized he's a hypocrite. Rock got the last laugh either way.
It goes to show how much hypocritical Cena is, Rock was minding his own business doing what he normally does time and day that it eats up Cena's core seeing Rock doing more success in the movie business than wrestling, and now today Cena is riding Rock's coattails doing the same thing, why should Cena care what the Rock does?
Albert Rockett Says Job Morrison Sucks John Cena wasn’t jealous of his success dummy
SAMCON7 hold on everybody, don’t hate so hard on Cena, he was just ignorant at that point in his career as to how much work it was to do a movie. Once he found out he apologized to the Rock very quickly. He’s granted more make a wish wishes than anyone in history (a cause that’s really important to me) so I actually think Cena for all his faults and his assholery to other wrestlers when he was on top (his constant burials) he has grown as a person and become better as he’s gotten older. That should count for something. Yes, we should hold him accountable for the wrongs he’s done in the past, but we don’t need to arbitrarily hate on him for everything. I really dislike how he buried guys when he was on top, it was messed up. But now he comes back to put guys over, i think that redeems him at least a little bit. People are people and make mistakes, no one is perfect and he has done a lot of good in the world in addition to some bad. Don’t pile all the hate on me for this opinion, i’m just trying to be fair.
It may look like Rocks had a longer career in hollywood than Wrestling but it was wrestling that was a stepping down that made the rock a moviestar
HHH was NEVER as good as The Rock ... in the ring ... on the mic ... on the screen. It's never even been close.
myspacevidguy he was good with roids 😂😂😂
HHH had a better ring entrance I would give him that much
myspacevidguy Good one 😂
@@ikaboone9028 hhh is way better... he's still in wwe. the rock is a sellout who just goes for the money...
@@fightingforce8498 hhh is there in wwe only because he is vince mcmahon son in law and ass kisser
I'm sure HHH had a lot to do with it. He just got way too jealous of his success. He even married the owner's daughter to try to get above him.
HELLO. People don't realize the real reason Triple H married Stephanie was to gain the upper hand on The Rock, but The Rock said, CHECKMATE, GAME OVER! The Rock was smarter than everybody there period. I remember he even called Stephanie easy to manipulate in one of his promos lol.
True very true I think it was either Mick Foley or mostly Stone Cold Steve Austin that was big at that time Triple h saw it tbat as a threat so he dumped chyna for Stephanie McMahon. The Rock used to dish out Stephanie McMahon like anything back in the days.
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There's no way a "clerical error" that big happens and you get to keep your job for years after that. It's always been clear that The Rock was let go on purpose. Maybe now some of the fans will stop the stupid notion that he doesn't care about the business and was bad for business.
Waygookin Way John Laurinatis was in charge of talent at the time and let that happen.
Rock was always too good for the wrestling business. Especially the whiney bitches who turned on him in 2002-03. They were lucky he came back even for a short time when he did in 2011.
Raymond MacMichael exactly ! Ungrateful ass fans.
And those are the same ones that say "Rock is the best wrestler ever. He's always been my favourite."
So true why risk a serious injury in a wrestling ring for chump change when he can so much better in films and have a family life
@@johnnyruttley1598 I think that's the reason why many wrestler left.
Smarks
The Rock is good he doesn't need the WWE they need him because Raw sucks so bad SmackDown was good but now it's boring to
akai ghoul it does'nt matter what he wants
Wwe sucks
Cain Young I know you're excited for No Mercy man. It's going to be a great PPV.
Rikku Freak it wasn't
Rae’s a bit good cause of the shield John cena and brawn straw man and kane but wwe needs the rock
Without even watching the video I speculated that HHH had something to do with it.
This was long rumored too because with Rock & Austin gone, HHH had all of his reigns with the title, it's funny Cena had the same kind of reigns after he did lol. I always hated how Cena, Orton, Punk and others dissed Rock when he was gone. I remember one time Flair was talking about Cena and he said: "We won't have to worry about him leaving us for Hollywood!" I was like: "Wow." smh
Stephanie and all her dumbass writers came up with that crap so he would come back.
More like the reason the rock released the WWE 😂😂😂 10 times more famous in movies than a WWE wrestler 😂😂😂 smartest decision the rock ever made. He took his Fame and actually did something with it worthwhile and started an entire movie career making and famous not just in wrestling but all over the world I would say he let the WWE go not vice versa.
Drone Worship , exactly.
Right! Wwe needed the rock not the other way around.
David Wayne 😂 he’s the most highest paid actor in Hollywood are you lost lol
David Wayne you make no sense lol
David Wayne lol ok 12 year old kid
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"My name is Rey Mysterio, and I am the FASTEST wrestler alive!"
KingBurger52 😂😂😂
KingBurger52 no your not
TheSpookyBoi sin cara
Triple h will always be riding Rock's coattails. Period.
true
facts
trips and cena
I would say Shawn Michaels coattails. Especially in the early attitude days.
Shiiiiiit. Jean Paul isn't even at Mick Foley status in my book. He's 9th best in his generation
Pettiness in WWE even against Rocky?
...Yeah, I wouldn't doubt it.
The WWE is the one that need The Rock
dont forget the rock was in Walking tall! and the Run down... i love those movies
There could never have been a better thing for Rock to be released in 2005. That made him Hollywood top star. At least they should have kept Rock in a friendly relation throughout the years.
Tipu Imran but the rock knew he was done in 2004
The Rock leaving in 2005 was a good thing, he gets to do big things in hollywood and thrive. Hot Wrestler like Brock, Angle, Undertaker & Eddie gets the main event slots.
all i have to say about the Cena thing is Dwayne sold tickets
OVERCOME72 what?? The mummy and scorpion king?? You need to get your facts straight those movies didn't blow even.in this video it was stated how highly successful those movies were. Now if you talking about the disney movies he made you may be correct but those were not his first movies
I was talking about wrestling tickets not movie
I love how my argument was about wwe ticket sales and you guys are debating movies.
James Smith With all do respect, Rock's movies suck. He hasn't ever done a truly great film. Cena has come close with Trainwreck, but that's as far as it goes.
+link biff really and he is the highest paid actor to date
cena has mentioned recently that he was unaware of the politics of the rock leaving, he thought it was dwayne not wanting to come back
Can't say that rock made a bad decision to leave wwe.
At the end of the day The Rock made the right move he’s one of Hollywood’s biggest superstar making more then any wwe superstar could ever dream of.
Also health wise too. He had a real severe injury on his side I believe.
And now Cena is doing the exact same thing lol
Ronicko Keith Yeah, but Cena going to Hollywood is a good thing, I'm really tired of him in WWE, I don't even hate him, I'm just tired of him in WWE
Dont think Cena can last.... The Rock is entertaining and charismatic.... Cena is boring in my opinion n needs someone to make himself look good...
Karthik S Since when?
Can be more specific? Like adding a context to your question...
Ronicko Keith just not as talented
Whenever someone from WWE tries to go to Hollywood , WWE thinks that person is gonna fail . happened with Hogan , The Rock , Batista even Cena . Honestly , Vince has seriously 0 vision besides his wrestling (oh I mean "Sports Entertainment" ) company .
SAIBAL CLUB that might be true and kind of ironic because Vince has a film company called WWE films.
EdLuvsTab4ever nd all it makes is those illogical and unfunny Scooby Doo series and .. ohh... Chaperone never mind 😂
Hogan had no movie succees in relation to his popularity
SAIBAL CLUB count out rock pls
Hogan did fail
Cena has wanted to be the Rock his entire career. It obvious in a lot of his older promos. Then he criticized The Rock for going to Hollywood and now is doing the same thing. I hope Roman calls him out on that shit, but he won't cus WWE won't allow it.
Cena wasn't saying that Rock can't have a Hollywood career. Rock went seven years without making an actual appearance on WWE Television (excluding the 2008 HOF) and at the time it looked like he was trying to distance himself from WWE by removing "The Rock" from his name (that ended up not being the case later on). Cena (atleast at this point) still comes back every now and then, have a big feud and wrestle while Rock didn't at the time Cena did that interview. Considering that interview was YEARS ago, Cena probably has since changed his view on it.
I wasn't saying that The Rock should come back and wrestle. I was pointing out that it's a little early to call Cena a hypocrite over him pursuing a Hollywood Movie Career when he still shows up on WWE Television regularly.
Alice Sinn Fuck Cena !
WLV _ W
Alice Sinn Roman did called him out on it.
This really reflects the stories I heard (Probably on wrestletalk) about with Batista and Drax. He wanted to do some tie in at Summer Slam before Guardians came out, and HHH allegedly turned down the offer, thinking that the movie would flop and didn't want to bother with the mess. It plays into the whole Cynicism part this video touches on.
Samoan dude who was a hated baby face. Wins first title at survivor series and main events three consecutive wrestlemanias. Who does that remind you of?
Silverdarlin reigns is the $1 store version of the rock.
Cena or Roman?
Rico Salvaje Reigns is the dollar store version of Diesel. He doesn't even come close to The Dwayne
Silverdarlin that other guy you trying to hint out doesn't have the charisma like The Rock
Silverdarlin well half black half samoan
After the way WWE snubbed The Rock, why in the hell should he come back for anything Raw-related? Now I can't be mad at him for being gone so long.
The company was already at the end of the road by 2005 anyways. They were freefalling since the WCW buyout, making them a monopoly and them dropping the WWF Attitude Era. A lot of superstars left the business between 2004-2005.
By the time WWE moved back to USA it was a completely different product, it was PG.
Rock didn't leave after Mania 19, he stayed until after backlash when he lost to Goldberg.
This report just proves how idiotic WWE reacts to when they make someone into a big star and they become too big for them to control. WWE, collectively, are all whiny arses that get butt hurt out of jealousy. It happened when they cut ties with Hogan in the early 90's, it happened with Rock the Dwayne Johnson, and it's happening again right now with Cena.
Jason Jimerson they dont want someone to become more powerful than the promotion it seems. They'll make or break vince's company. With wcw out, he could afford to do this without the repercussions of a Hogan, macho man, bash, hall like ordeal that hurt him greatly.
Easy because he made a big hit in Hollywood
I actually heard that The Rock was originally planned to face & defeat JBL for the WWE Championship at WM 21. But WWE didn't think it would've made sense for a part timer to be champion & they ended up changing it to John Cena winning the title instead.
They tried to bury him, and look what happend.
Disrespectful
Xemnas now they’re all up the rocks ass.
Nothing but a bunch of Jabroni's.
@@aloha_oe311 They finally accepted defeat lmao. WWE is the pits...they need him to help them. It's clear that HHH and Stephanie are not very smart people, Shane is IDK, and Vince has clearly lost it. The Rock done made a movie about one of their female wrestlers, put Reigns in a movie, set them up with Rousey, and put more Wrestlers over than anybody in history. Like, who hasn't he wrestled and lost to? He's a better person than me. I would let Mr. and Mrs. Mcmahon drown lol. But I think he goes back just to troll Triple H honestly.
what I dont get it is the Rock amicably leaves wwe to go on to become one of the biggest Hollywood stars and these bitter assholes crucify him for it but Cm Whiner has a hissy fit and goes on to get ass kicked in the UFC yet he gets praised by like a god for standing up to the big bad establishment the double standards are almost comical to me.
I’m glad I wasn’t the only one who realized that.
Professional wrestlers ALWAYS work hurt. Guarantee you, there isn't one single professional wrestler who's never stepped into the ring hurt or sick. CM Punk isn't the first, and he sure as hell won't be the last. Big Van Vader popped an eyeball literally out of the socket in a match and was expected to finish the match, so he just popped it back in and never complained about it afterward. The difference is, Punk pissed and moaned about it, whereas others DON'T.
I remember all the UA-cam videos and it's comment section back in 05'.. "he's wasting his time in movies", "he'll never make it", "other wrestlers are making fun of him for trying movies and choosing to be called Dwayne The Rock Johnson", "He should quit"..
was i the only one who read “ROCK the dwayne johnson” in olis voice?
Joseph Aguilar nope
Luke should've known to have Rock The Dwayne Johnson in the title. Disappointed.
MellowJoe in his voice it's Wocky lol or Wok
Adam Emond It's Dwayne The Rock Johnson.
Rock in movies like Walking Tall really let people after all those years in WWE know what he really was, my guess WWE wasn't too cool with that !
MrFree2BeMe1 What clue gave it away?
No. It's just that, any film with "The Rock" in the title filters money back to WWE in a producing capacity, since WWE owns "The Rock" trademark.
TherealRNO actually The Rock owns the rights to The Rock. At the time he filmed, "Walking Tall" he didn't.
TherealRNO Vince gave it to him
Releasing the Rock was a major faux pas on WWE's side of it. Now I bet they wish they still had him.IJS
Taisha DeMay
Rock is still around and working with WWE, isn't he still doing that Paige movie with WWE studios?
Kamran khan, I know that. I meant in the ring.
If rocky was still had him in wwe 2005, Cena won't be shit 😊
Taisha DeMay you act like he's not coming back.. Wait until May 2018.. You know he'll make his yearly birthday appearance
Jay York, I didn't say he wasn't coming back. He said he wasn't coming back. How do I know this? I'll let you in on a secret, I asked him.
He didn't leave after WrestleMania 19, he left after backlash 2003 after Goldberg beat him😣
25m per movie or 4m per year working for the wwe spending like 200 days on the road away from family. I know what I would rather choose
Now if he returns they have to give 4 million for match
........
I've read Triple H and Rock have had real life issues.
Oddly enough I remember Rock mentioning them being friends now and I was surprised to hear him say that
The rock is friends because he is postive and making power moves, triple h is well, he has the money and power but i feel he has self esteem issues
Umm elson turner he’s half African so yah he’s half black 👌🏻
The Rock, Rikishi, Umaga, etc all have Somoan blood.
Haha...the rock is half black...deal with it...and we all now black is the dominant colour genetically..so yeah he is BLACK
cpk1994 but he never promoted his African roots. He always showed love to his Samoan side.
HHH politics backfired so much it made the Rock the highest earning actor in hollywood in the past couple of years. Kudos to the Rock for not speaking out in the middle of the turmoil. It backfired to a point making WWE for 12 year olds.
If HHH made the Rock a consistent champion from 1999-2001 the Rock might not have thought of leaving WWE early and trying other ventures. In those years HHH was in full control of WWE and was padding his belt wins. I remember the Rock losing to HHH multiple times.
The Rock = 200mil networth
HHH = 25mil networth and that includes kissing McMahon asses since 1998 and til the day he dies.
He was kissing Vinces ass in 97
Rick beat triple h few times on raw not much at fully loaded 1998 pov that same yearbefore king of the ring tournament in june 1998 episode of Raw he deftated him
In a triple threat match in summerslam 2000 with kurt angle In Raleph NC and only other time Rock beat triple H was in king of the ring 2000 in a fatal four match triple h then wwf champion against kane and Undertaker when he beat all three men including Vince McMahon or triple h dont remember. Prher thsn that all of Rocks losses with triple h had to do with outside interferences. Without that Triple hbwould have never beaten the Rock. One more time The Rock beat Triple h was for the wwf in the attitude era was in Backlash 2000 at the ppv when Steve Austin was going through neck surgury The Rock battled for the wwf title Rock beat Triple h evening the score as the odds were against him Stone cold Steve Austin came out helped The Rock win. It was all backstage politics to keep guys like The Rock down. Other wrestlers when they tried their luck in Hollywood before sfter wrestling bombed miserable like a box office flop. No matter how many tv guest and appreances and talk shows they went into. The Rock John cens and Batista should do a movie together probabily 4 th edition of expsndables. I thought they would put hulk hogan or Nicholas cage or The Rock even John Cena in the 4 th expandables
He doing it before that 95 when he first came in wwf. Putting him
In midcsrd level events givibg crappy officals putting in hogpen matches with hillbillies from Arkansas.
Triple h isn't as talented as The Rock. He got to where he is because of backstage politics msnipulations.
The rock is the greatest of all time period
Issh.. He is one of the them, but one could argue it was Hulk Hogan or Stone Cold, but I would put Randy Savage up there.
Trips with his shovel.
I thought it was a shuffle? Roman thinks so.
Please triple h has helped more talent as a wrestler than most. He constantly lost to the rock, vince,Kurt angle, cena, Batista, he lost to hulk hogan, Jeff hardy, hell he lost to Shawn Michaels in the elimination chamber. Recently the shield, Daniel brian, Kurt angle and Ronda.
Matt Clancy don't forget john cena
Shovel and dirt .......
Like The Rock said in one of his very iconic promos, "When you live by the dirt, you die by the shovel."
The Rock was never released. His contract expired. He intended to quit. Who said so?
Rock said so.
This is an urban legend.
2000 he film mummy returns
2001 he left to film scropin king
2002 he left to do rundown n
2003 I believe he left for walking tall
2004 for be cool n doom
Get it right bro
Because he did told wwe what he was cooking
Smh. The Rock is very very smart!!
He knew that Triple H was going to be in charge of the WWE in due time. So he knew it was the right time to leave and focus on his movie career. If a asshole like Triple H who tried to mess up his career in the beginning. That's my opinion
He tried messing Rocks carrer alright that whole kliq cancer lockeroom but he made alot of money more than some of them he didnt mess up his life snd career with Drugs alcohol or being arrested anytime unlike other superstars he got big in wrestling and in Hollywood. Hes real estaes 3. Homes in Malibu Beverly Hills and Miami got a new movie coming up. I only wish his Rock t-shirts were still available in the market. He made a bit more money thsn Mick foley shawn Muchaels and Stone cold Steve Austin I mean he's loaded. In 2000 during the attitude era triple h definately tried buring the rock like he did for so many wrestlers in wwf tried ending steve Austin only to return months later from neck surgury he made Mick Foley retire him and shawn Michaels both tried buring The Rock like they did so others but it failed as The Rock went to become a big superstar main eventing wrestlemsnia and other ppv events winning titles. In the beginning ge wasnt that popular but I guess he beat Triple on few times. The Rocks timings were good. Rumor has it he might run for president. Triple h and stephanie may be running wwe but it has fallen to the ground like Mona Lisa statue. Triple h
Nxt is crap MTV tough enough was better. Only thong missing was if The Rock had a solid ass whopping with shawn Michaels in the Attitude era or in the early 2000’s. Either at Raw smackdown any ppv events or better around Wrestle-mania it would for the ages. Like if Sting vs undertaker came out. Or even if Sting fought Kane. Instead of triple h cause hhh just buried another Legend. Triple h is jealious of the Rock cause he knew one day ge would be a bigger star than him or he would get more title shots then him or become a bog moviestar i. Hollywood grossed to a billion dollars. Triple h only became big because of Carrying shawn Michaels jockstrap DX and marryed Vince McMahon daughter if he hadnt dine that this asshole would’t be where he is today. There was a time when Vince McMahon was screwing with triple h alot. Only wish Rocks wrestling a career was a bit longer. The Rock vs Sting would have also been the best or him and Rey Mysterio in my book Ray Mysterio was better in Wcw than wwf period. Did anyone notice that The Rock in his prime looked a bit like Giant Gonzolas. Imagine if The Rock and steve Austin teamed up to fave Triple h and shawn Michaels during the attitude era.
Triple h never ruined the ricks career the rock left in no time as his contract expired. Olus hollywood was opening doors for him.
I doubt HHH would do that. Those two and stone cold were the big 3 back during the attitude era. The rock wouldnt have been as successful if it wasnt for HHH being a good heel against him.
Triple H is the reason why obviously!!! He's always been jealous of Rock. Him and HBK. They got a lot of hate in their hearts
Ash God but why for so many reasons ?
alex kanyima Some men just want to see the forest burn?
Ash God because "what's best for business"
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Yeah I think the rock never has any issue towards HHH and Shawn I mean the rock even acknowledged both when he inducted his dad and grandpa in HOF 2008. I think both were just jealous of the rocks success.
Why is it that when Cena does something it never goes unmentioned but Triple H including Vince has done a lot worse if you wanna talk about Burying talent let's look back in the early 90s there was a lot of good talent that was on they way to the top and Vince wasn't having that
Tha Taurus
Are you kidding me? Who doesn't mention all the stuff that Vince has done?
kamran khan i never said they don't mention what Vince has done what im saying is he has done way worse than what they say John has done
Tha Taurus Triple H still doesn't do it, in fact Triple H has helped newer stars a lot since 2009. As for Vince he is the boss.
Cena is mentioned a lot simply because it's the current topic with current line of superstars.
Akseer Khan unless they are not a Triple H guy.
Akseer Khan What about Lesnar. He is older than Cena. Ruined young people their chances to be the first to beat Taker at WM. Completely destroys younger talent in matches. Say what you want, but at least Cena lets the young superstars dominate him for part of the match
Cenas just jealous he will never contol the crowd or be as great as the rock.
packlesswolf1 they was talking about triple h
And Cena does get as big reaction by the crowd the rock will never get over with the kids as Cena does
Stephon Grandberry agreed
Cancer
Correction. The Rock missed a week of WWF in May of 2000 to film Mummy Returns. As Triple H even makes comment on a May 2000 Edition of Smackdown! when he claims Rocks excuse for not showing up this week is filming the sequel to The Mummy. Its April and May of 2001 when he films Scorpion King.
Since wcw was gone there was no major promotion for The Rock to go to and help beat wwe. I don't think Vince wants another Hogan, Austin, or Rock since they kind of make or break the promotion that made them after they reach a certain level and become more powerful than the company that made them. They get the upper hand if so and the company evolves around them. It would be cool if the Rock would have bought TNA and put it on competition level with WWE. His name alone would have done it in my belief.
There is now
Like this guy in the video says : "The Rock is one of your biggest stars in the WWE and you let him go ?" But yet the fans think it's The Rock's fault ? He's part of the reason why the WWE was successful over the years while he was around. Why do you think the TV ratings went down the toilet while he was away ? These idiots drove The Rock out of the WWE and it came back to bite them in the ass.
He left because of Acting. Beat decision of his life. Look at him now
The death of the Attitude era was between May-August 2002... When it chasngef to WWE, Stone Cold walked out and Rock loses to Brock. That's the official last nail in the coffin of the best era ever. 1996-2002
Not completely sure about the contract speculations but I’ve been a passionate supporter of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson since I was 6, he once informed in an interview that he quietly walked away where he wanted to find more success and that is admirable trait. Vince also mentioned when a kid grows up it leaves the house and wants to live independently. Dwayne achieved whatever he wanted to in the WWE and he wanted to grow in his career as an actor. His contract expiring was a Happy coincidence and if Dwayne needed to renew it, he would have, but he didn’t Rock the boat. He wanted to do it on his own that’s why he only uses his birth name Dwayne Johnson in every movie after The Gameplan. Shoutout to my man, my hero and a “father figure” to me ever since I was 6, Thank you Dwayne, I love you. ❤️
Actually The Rock did not leave after Wrestlemania 19, he left a month later after Backlash 2003.
yep. his last act was to put Goldberg over on his debut... He legitimately made himself look so weak and beatable in that match too... people have no idea how much the man did for wwe right till the end
@@fgcpeak9591 Yep, The Rock even put The Hurricane over. It's a shame that he never got his WrestleMania moment. He was so popular that we overlooked it, but notice The Rock never ever won the WWF Championship at 'Mania?
Makes ppl wonder if HHH ever did something worthwhile during his prime....
Karthik S he just married into the business
Karthik S no......power and money destroyed his talent.....after banging bosses daughter he had everything he needed/wanted.
@@fafazaj6726 That proves Scott Steiner's words right
Dwayne Johnson for president 2020 like if u agree
Bcadenn. Gamer we can't have back to back WWE hall of Famers as president. 2024 he's got my vote
It's Burying Time thats not a rule bihh
Cody Goodwin I agree
He's a Barry Soetoro supporter so I won't vote for him.
Yep. Let's get another guy with no political experience to be president. Y'all shouldn't be allowed to vote.
I don’t believe WWE expected rock to fail in Hollywood. Everyone knew he was a start way back when he first got started they knew he was going to be big after the Scorpion King Movie. I do believe a lot of Wrestlers are jealous of his success such as Shawn Michaels and HHH. Vince love Rock because Rock is everything Vince wants out of A WWE wrestler who wants them to also be movie stars. The Rocks Hollywood success opened doors for other wrestlers to step on the movie scene as well.
THE ROCK MADE SMACKDOWN
The rock doesn't care about wwe anymore he's a hollywood guy
محمد علي nothing wrong with that it's something he wanted to do let him do ot
I didn't say there's something wrong with that did I ?
He does care
Austin era: 1997 - 1999
Rock era: 1999-2001
They want home grown talent who has no other ambitions other than to wrestle forever and who will leave this world at the age of 80 in a WWE ring..Simple as that..
And now they are just lucky if rock shows up once in a while
Imagine WWE releasing the rock today Oh wait that won't happen
new DION ok?
Big fan of the rock but definitely criticised him for being away for so long when he said he loved the WWE, this makes a TON of sense.Big fan of HHH too, but can totally believe this theory. Very interesting, I'd literally never heard anything on this, even the quiet release.
They got the movie wrong. It was the Scorpion King he filmed in 2001.
Rock left after wrestlemaina 17 to flim The Scorpion King not mummy returns
Chris Moore If Oli was doing it, there would have been no mistakes #FACTS
He was only gone for four months in 2001
themadrapper101 but the rock is crucial
Also, he wasn't gone after Wrestlemania 19, he left after Backlash (after his match with Goldberg)
Steven Herrera after Wrestlemania 17 or
I liked Blade 3. Had HHH, Reynolds, and Beil. The action was good and the storyline was fun. Screw all the critics. I enjoyed it. And HHH character.
timotheus1973 funny how they blame HHH for a WESTLEY SNIPES movie bombing.... But praise ROCK in a BRANDEN FRAISER bomb....smh
timotheus1973 I liked both blade 3 and the mummy movies they wasn't great but they wasn't bad either
Keith Crockett bro The Mummy 2 was not a bomb. That shit killed the summer when it came out.
Keith Crockett the movie made 400 mill at the box office. Are u high?
*WWE in 2005* : Yeah Rocks had it. He's not worth it anymore. Let him go.
*WWE in 2011* : Here's a blank check, your versing Cena at WM next year.
Cena referring to Rock's Hollywood run as some form of betrayal to the wrestling industry is quite ironic by the end of the 2010s, as dude himself gets to come back from his own Hollywood projects and be the one who ends AJ Styles' 1st WWF title reign, then get a spot at that year's WM to beat another full-timer in Miz and propose to his then-girlfriend only for that relationship to end too because he didn't want kids.
There's a lot of BS in here. Rock has always thanked WWE for their support - especially Vince McMahon - since The Scopion King days. Other WWE staff have been cited saying nothing but good wishes to Dwayne Johnson.
Much of these were TV interviews and WWE/WWF sketches throughout the years. There's just so many inconsistencies in what the video presents from what I'm aware of.
My thing is if the Rock was let go in 2005 why should he have to come back to wwe. Rock made a killing in the movies... i wont mention doom... i wont mention doom... I can though see why hhh was petty but it was nonsense. The rock had charisma when he became a heel and it was obvious he could make it in hollywood. The way he sold stunners should of told you that. I am sad though rock best gimmick is edited out due to copyright reasons... 1st rock concert...
akuma matata the rock was gone after Wrestlemania 20
it says he was released in 2005 the last time we seen him was wm 20
Doom wasn't horrible, it wasn't good but definitely not the worst movie out there.
He actually left after losing to Goldberg at Backlash 2003 not Wrestlemania XIX against Stone Cold.
He wasn’t released. His contract expired and he didn’t re-sign. He’s said so many times.
I've heard abt that beef backstage with triple h n I wouldn't put it pass him. And that straight bullshit that they didn't noticed his contract wasn't coming to an end... And Cena shouldn't be saying shit abt what the Rock can or can't do that not his place. And is not like the rock wasn't trying to come back cause he even said it when he inducted his father n grandfather into the hall of fame... WWE fucked up here not the Rock
All about jealousy. Wwe is not the same since rock left. Good on the rock for making that smart move.
I always wondered why The Rock of all wrestlers just disappeared from WWE without any mention
For the people who say "WWE will be so much better once Vince dies and Hunter takes over!"
Are we thinking of the same guy?
Ask The Rock, Foley, Booker T or CM Punk to give an uncut opinion of the guy whose idea of "building talent" is getting guys from Japan or Ring of Honor and sticking them down in developmental for long enough that he can get credit for "discovering" them.
So you talking about that dip s***. John Cena yeah John Cena's movies are garbage partly because he has no idea what the hell he's doing in that department, The Rock just has Charisma personality and can reach the rest of society, the rapping Marine doesn't
rock contract expires. triple h reign of terror made wrestling not worth watching
Its really hard to believe this story . Rock was bg in 2005 he was already a hollywood star by that time .
Oh, yeah, a "clerical error" made them forget about renewing the contract for THE DAMN ROCK.
Apparently Luke gave up his honeymoon to record this video.
HHH was always bothered by the rock, he and HBK never wanted the rock to be champion. But rock outdid them all even stone cold in some ways go back to 98 it's even on podcasts here before corporate rock, his face pops were even louder than austin''s it even questioned the heel turn at the time, in which wwe still went with it because austin still was their guy regardless of the rock's popularity. Then come late 99 before survivor series rock's face pops yet again were getteing bigger than austin's he was even the favor to win the triple threat match at survivor series even moreso than austin, austin decides to take the time off for his much delayed neck surgery which worsened since 97 when owen hart piledrived him on that kiss my ass match. austin left the rock carried the company with ease and the ratings did not change a bit. HHH hated that. HHH straight hated seeing rock on top, he made sure he had the domination against the rock during their feud. go back to that feud. in no way a heel should have had that kind of domination over a top face. When hogan was the dominant heel of the nwo, he almost never beat nobody clean at all. He cheated all the time and showed fear against sting and goldberg on more than one occasion. BUt I think over the years one thing that's proven right when HHH stepped down as a full time wrestler and took over jonny ace's position let's give him credit even in interviews he put the rock over nicely more than you woudl ever expect. the bitterness others had on rock didn't come out of HHH's mouth and HHH spent time trying to get wrestlers to bury the hatchet witht he comany hence WARRIOR, JIM CORNETTE, etc. he's been the one trying to get these legends united with wwe in the hall of fame. Hell even kurt angle. Angle had a bad situation with wwe when he left in 2005 and even whent hey tried to renegotiate with him 4 years ago it went sour because they wanted him straight full time and not as a part timer. HHH was able to get mends made and after angle's hall of fame award winning speacht he next night he got a job as raw GM . HHH also had the power struggle against austin expecially after austin came back in 2000. the madison square garden incident took his spot out of king of the ring and as a run as main eventer in 96 to feud with shawn michaals for the title in which shawn admitted he was going to put HHH over. so he had that sour feeling with austin as well, I mean hell the man beat austin in a 3 round match straight super clean the month before wrestlemania x-7. yet even got more sour that he was not going to be in the main event at wm x-7 as he tried to pitch them to do the triple threat match austin/hhh/rock, the match you didn't get to see at survivor serious 99. wwe shot it down, they knew wm x-7 was going to be one of if not the biggest since hogan vs andre at wm 3 putting the two biggest stars against eachother in the history of wwe against with the exception of hogan. HHH hated it, didn't even want to feud with undertaker because HHH would not even come close to using his power against the lockerroom leader himself undertaker and that feud saw HHH lost clean as a whistle. The undertake was vince's most loyal guy next to shawn michaels, and what undertaker wanted, he got. So yeah rock was not the only one HHH had issues with, he had issues with austin and taker but now as the COO, he's done well withmaking mends with people and getting these legends back in the company in some way shape or form. so with that I think he;'s changed a lot and for the good. I can only imagine how good he's doing with NXT how wwe can be when he takes over the company completely
Well said my man 👍🏽
He was gonna do some appearances in 2006 but after how they treated the death of Eddie Guerrero he was disgusted he said and didn't want anything to do with the company
SinSlasher795 how do you know
The Rock and StoneCold was a rivalry, The Rock and TripleH was just TripleH being very obviously jealous of the Rock. I could also put Cena and Mick Foley in that same category, they had alot of hate for the great one, but at least Foley tried to hide it.
epp6681 yeah the heat was real
Him and Foley were cool though for the most part
Foley had good for his heat on the rock, how many chair shots did he take to the head? And it took rock almost a year to apologise.
First off The Rock released WWE not the other way around get it right.. he is worth more then Vince McMahon himself what yall mean..
Sean Kehil Exactly the WWE never released The Rock, The Rock released the WWE. Great on him being successful post wrestling.
These "reasons" videos are great, keep up the good work Luke
The Mummy movies and spin-offs were released by Universal, not Warner Bros.
No mention of the Rock getting a new agent who told him to drop ‘The Rock’ name become Dwayne Johnson and stop being part of Wrestling because it would hurt his career? Despite, the opposite being true.
The rock cannot be released from WWE.Oohh come on he came to WWE many times after 2005
Like the rock cared
Man it’s crazy how much better your production has gotten lol
The Rock's role in the Other Guys was as a cameo. When you do a cameo you are contractually obligated to not talk about it.