10 Powerful Wrestling Promos That Never Uttered A Word

10. The Rock

Ahead of No Way Out of Texas, Farooq cut a promo promising to draw a line under the Nation of Domination's war against the Disciples of Apocalypse. Everything about those words together in sequence was as dire as it reads. It is bonkers to consider that the Rock, in 1998, was involved in something so listless.

To incredible world-building effect, Rock knew this too.

He did utter a word, to be pedantic; when Dok Hendrix asked for thoughts from the leader of the Nation, hilariously, the Rock tried to take the microphone from him. Farooq cut him off: "Boy, you're just begging me to whoop your ass, ain't ya?"

The Rock then proceeded to enter a bravura boy-popper of a performance - but not after foreshadowing the story to come with a menace-laden stare-down.

It was now time to perform. To entertain. To steal the limelight destined for him. You could listen to Faarooq's promo for millions - and millions - of years, and you'll still never register a f*cking word he is saying. In a spellbinding performance that told a sensational story, it was all about the Rock. So iconic that it continues to dominate Twitter replies 22 years later, Rock dominated the screen. This was a silent peacock strut of a promo in which his eyes orbited the sun, much less rolled around his head, to convey the sheer disdain he held towards his so-called leader.

There are two awesome things a pro wrestling heel can do to put across the idea that they are, in fact, great: they can do the "I have the belt" gesture, and they can do the muscle tiddy-popping flex.

Rock, because he could do it all, did both at the same time.