10 World Champions The Rock Wrestled Once

10. Christian

The list starts with Captain Charisma himself, Christian. The Rock and Christian were on opposite sides of the ring on TV on numerous occasions, The Rock even overcoming Christian twice in handicap matches that saw the former World Heavyweight Champion team with Edge and Kane. The tag titles were more often than not on the line when they did battle, with two title changes along the way.

The Rock and Christian only went one-on-one on WWE TV once however, and that itself was a match for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. The Invasion storyline was in full flow, and Christian was afforded a home town shot at the world title of the Alliance. The Alliance did all they could to make sure the odds were stacked against The Rock, with Booker T acting as the guest ring announcer and Shane McMahon as the guest timekeeper.

Even so, history has taught us that if the odds are stacked up against a babyface in pro wrestling, the chances are the babyface is going to prevail, and that is exactly what happened here. The two put on a fun little five-minute sprint, Christian getting in a number of believable near falls before The Rock was able to hit the Rock Bottom and pick up the win.

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