July 30, 201411 yr comment_5616122 Great promo by The Rock. He first denies tapping out which he did. Rock has gifts for the nation and they play this up perfectly. Henry/DLO/and Kama get rolex watches. Rock has what looks like a piece of artwork for Farooq. JR hypothesizes that it is some rare art. It ends up being a big photo of The Rock. Farooq is miffed at this gesture and throws the picture down.
August 7, 201411 yr comment_5617707 Rock was awesome here with his insincere apologies and his "gift that is not really a gift" for Farooq. Also thought the announcers did a good job in letting the angle play out on its own rather than narrating the obvious.
August 13, 201411 yr Author comment_5618736 Obviously a Jim Cornette angle, as this was copied directly from early 80s Memphis when the same thing happened with Cornette giving a picture of himself to Dutch Mantell. I miss the early heel version of The Rock.
May 1, 20169 yr comment_5750018 Still a little weird in retrospect for Rock's promos not to be so catchphrase-centric and the catchphrases he does use ("The best damn Intercontinental champion there ever was...") being different from normal. This is a hilarious angle where Rock gives Kama, D'Lo, and Mark Henry Rolexes and Faarooq a portrait of himself, much to Faarooq's bemusement.
June 13, 20169 yr comment_5756939 There was a version of this in Memphis around '88 I think with the Stud Stable and Fuller giving Brickhouse a watermelon or something racial like that. The Rock is #2 in WWF on the mic at this point. Not even close.
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