“ | ITS ABOUT DRIVE, IT'S ABOUT POWER WE STAY HUNGRY WE DEVOUR, PUT IN THE WORK, PUT IN THE HOURS, AND TAKE WHAT'S OUR'S! | „ |
~ The Rock's most iconic song. |
“ | If you smell what The Rock... is cookin'! | „ |
~ The Rock's famous catchphrase. |
“ | It doesn't matter what your name is! | „ |
~ The Rock laying the verbal smackdown on his opponent. |
The Rock is a professional wrestler currently signed to the WWE, who wrestles on a part-time basis. He is a third generation WWE superstar and is considered to be one of the greatest in-ring performers of all time.
Aside from popularity, Thehe Rock is one of the central figures in WWE's "Attitude Era", due to his verbal skills, insults, jokes and strength. His character is of a Egotistical Comedian who refers to himself in the third-person. While he has played a heroic figure for a lot of his career, he played a villainous figure, as a member of the Nation of Domination, as the Corporate Rock, Hollywood Rock, and currently the Final Boss. He is the archenemy of Cody Rhodes.
He started off supporting character in 1996, to later a supporting antagonist from 1997-1998, then the deuteragonist of the later half of 1998, then the secondary antagonist from 1998 to the first half of 1999, then the deuteragonist, then the main protagonist from 1999-2000, then the deuteragonist from 2000-2001, then the main protagonist from 2001-2002, then a major antagonist from 2002 to 2003, then a supporting character from 2003-2004, then a major character from 2011-2013, then a minor character from 2014-2024, then the main antagonist from 2024-present.
The Rock's adversaries during his time in the WWE were:
- "Stone Cold" Steve Austin (now friends)
- Triple H
- The Big Show
- Vince McMahon
- Mick Foley
- Faarooq
- Mark Henry
- The nWo
- Goldberg
- John Cena (now friends)
Villainous Acts
- He asked Mark Henry to kiss Chyna
- He brutally assaulted Cody Rhodes backstage
- He abused his power as a board of director of TKO
- He wanted Cody Rhodes' soul and when Cody Rhodes refused, he ends up taking John Cena's soul, turning John Cena heel
- During WrestleMania 40, he threatens to fire the referee just for doing his job by counting him out
- He taunts Mama Rhodes, telling her that her tears will be on the whipping belt and says that her son's blood is on this belt