10 WWE Moments Only The Rock Could Get Away With

5. The F-Bomb

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Whilst not entirely The Rock's fault, there are few that could squeak the 'F-word' onto a live edition of Monday Night Raw and get off scot-free as 'The Great One' did back in August 2001.

In fact, the last person to do it was Vince himself, in a remarkable outburst during a dressing down of his own son Shane during a particularly heated segment in the run-up to last year's WrestleMania.

As part of a joust with Chris Jericho in which the two babyfaces tore strips off 'Alliance' members Rhyno, Booker T and the McMahon children, the pair broke into limericks, with 'Y2J' offering "The Gore and The Whore" as a lurid team name for Stephanie and 'The Manbeast'.

Rock aimed to go one better, referring to Booker T as the "WCW Champion, Sucka" and his partner Shane McMahon as the "Silver-spooned motherf***er".

That line was due to be abbreviated by an interrupting 'Billion Dollar Princess', but she missed her cue slightly, allowing the expletive to sneak out on live television.

The promo continued unabated, and completed the build to the tag team main event, with the flub currently appearing completely uncensored on the WWE Network.

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