Posted May 6, 200520 yr comment_2017875 From Scherer: For those wondering why The Rock's bio is back up on WWE.com, as well as the company wishing The Rock a happy birthday on Raw, it is due to the fact that "The People's Champion" and Vince McMahon mended the rift between them at the post-Wrestlemania party. As of right now, The Rock is on good terms with the company again, and will show up on Raw whenever his movie schedule will allow it. Good news I suppose, although the idea of Rock being a free agent and possibly signing with a competitor would have been a great thing for wrestling in the long run.
May 6, 200520 yr comment_2018388 This was first reported over a week ago in the Observer. Kudos to Scherer for being on the ball with up-to-date news.
May 6, 200520 yr comment_2019358 No, you see, Scherer just wanted to check with his own sources before trusting that unreliable dirt sheet. Gotta keep the journalism credible
May 6, 200520 yr comment_2019386 And here I was thinking it was down to Scherer being a fat schlub and bad at his job.
May 7, 200520 yr comment_2020554 From Scherer: For those wondering why The Rock's bio is back up on WWE.com, as well as the company wishing The Rock a happy birthday on Raw, it is due to the fact that "The People's Champion" and Vince McMahon mended the rift between them at the post-Wrestlemania party. As of right now, The Rock is on good terms with the company again, and will show up on Raw whenever his movie schedule will allow it. Good news I suppose, although the idea of Rock being a free agent and possibly signing with a competitor would have been a great thing for wrestling in the long run. The WWE has a competitor? Since when?
May 7, 200520 yr Author comment_2020591 If The Rock signed with TNA, WWE would immediately have a competitor as long as they could get the word out, and it would probably start a mass exodus of talent. Not that I think TNA deserves to be the company that eventually comes along and provides competition to WWE, but Rock showing up in another promotion would completely change the face of wrestling. It may not happen immediately, but as a lot of frustrated WWE guys' contracts expired, we'd be seeing them head that way.
May 7, 200520 yr comment_2022957 I never knew they were on bad terms. I also never remember Rock's profile being off the website.
May 7, 200520 yr Author comment_2023123 Yeah, back in January, they just let his contract expire because they didn't think it was an important enough issue to worry about. How crazy is that! There were also problems coming up with a plan for Wrestlemania, as Rock and Vince couldn't agree on anything, and the basic feeling according to Meltzer was that HHH had used his influence to finally drive Rock out of the company.
May 7, 200520 yr comment_2023974 It must drive HHH bonkers that the guy who annoys him the most has ties to the one person who's arguably more untouchable with Vince than he is (Afa).
May 7, 200520 yr comment_2027039 If The Rock signed with TNA, WWE would immediately have a competitor as long as they could get the word out, and it would probably start a mass exodus of talent. Not that I think TNA deserves to be the company that eventually comes along and provides competition to WWE, but Rock showing up in another promotion would completely change the face of wrestling. It may not happen immediately, but as a lot of frustrated WWE guys' contracts expired, we'd be seeing them head that way. Don't get me wrong, I fully agree. But TNA is the closest thing to competition right now and it'd still be a longshot that the Rock would sign with him, given his black market wrestling value, plus he has a number of Hollywood projects going right now. Point being, is even if he's a free agent, I don't know if any other company can go after him at this point.
May 7, 200520 yr comment_2029038 It must drive HHH bonkers that the guy who annoys him the most has ties to the one person who's arguably more untouchable with Vince than he is (Afa). Why is Afa so untouchable? Does it have to do with the story about him attempting to influence Vince's steroid trial jury in 1994? The only confirmed thing I've heard about that is that he got kicked out of the courtroom for mouthing "Not Guilty" at the jurors.
May 7, 200520 yr comment_2029385 Rock honestly doesn't need WWE. He'll never be a huge movie star, but he's got enough credible roles in recent years to ensure that he'll probably never have to go crawling back to pro wrestling.
May 7, 200520 yr comment_2029439 If The Rock signed with TNA, WWE would immediately have a competitor as long as they could get the word out, and it would probably start a mass exodus of talent. Not that I think TNA deserves to be the company that eventually comes along and provides competition to WWE, but Rock showing up in another promotion would completely change the face of wrestling. It may not happen immediately, but as a lot of frustrated WWE guys' contracts expired, we'd be seeing them head that way. Sorta like how Hogan/Hall/Nash made WCW a huge draw?
May 7, 200520 yr comment_2029748 Afa might be untouchable because of his and his families ties with the Samoan mafia...ask Jamal.
May 9, 200520 yr comment_2053147 If I were the Rock, I'd load up my movie schedule as much as possible.
May 9, 200520 yr comment_2053163 If I were the Rock, I'd load up my movie schedule as much as possible. He has.
