10 WWE Moments Only The Rock Could Get Away With

It Doesn't Matter What The Rules Are!

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The live crowd in attendance at Monday Night's Raw event were almost privy to the first words uttered by CM Punk through a WWE microphone in over three years. Not because 'The Straight Edge Superstar' was anywhere near the Staples Centre in Los Angeles though.

This eye-popping moment was a gift from The Rock, who was addressing the live crowd and responded to chants for the former WWE Champion by first trying to Facetime him, then leaving a voicemail when Punk was apparently out walking his dog.

It's not the first time 'The Great One' has taken liberties with his freedom to do and say as he pleases under WWE's roof.

There are (rightfully) few with the sway of The Rock, and even then, those VIPs may not escape some of his testier moments without punishment.

Furthermore, his innate persona and magnetic connection with the crowd protects him from insults often thrown at other performers, with fans endlessly forgiving of The Rock, too excited for the next word uttered or elbow dropped in his follow-up display.

There's only one Dwayne Johnson, and he can do just about anything he wants...

10. His WrestleMania 32 Segment

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The worst offender during the nadir of WWE's catastrophically-organised WrestleMania 32, The Rock managed to set new records in self-aggrandising (even for him), whilst using his appearance to parrot WWE's attendance lie and pin one of the company's young talents in six seconds.

It was a tour-de-force of audience no-no's, with The Rock's glacial delivery unable to garner his required responses from an exhausted crowd that had already experienced over three and a half hours of action (and that's if they arrived after the pre-show).

Having lit an effigy of his own name with a flamethrower in the entrance before spouting the nonsense figure, Rock was supplied The Wyatt Family to bounce his punchlines off, before disposing of Erick Rowan in a six-second match then beating down the trio with a returning John Cena's assitance.

From his entrance to his exit, the extended skit nearly went half an hour, which was loosely acceptable on the freewheeling broadcast, but would ordinarily be a complete disaster in anybody else's hands.

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