6. The Rock Takes All Comers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k_QYTaWe14 Quote: "Ah shut your mouth, you thong wearing fatty!" Who Said It: The Rock Who Received It: Rikishi When The Rock wants to bury another wrestler, he doesn't have to physically beat the guy. Sometimes, all it takes is a perfectly timed promo. The Rock was almost too good at what he did. The Rock didn't make his fans boo his opponents. He made his fans mock his opponents, and when the heel is a laughingstock, it's difficult to take him seriously. In one, masterful, funny promo, The Rock took a blowtorch to every main event contender at the time. He saved his most brutal treatment, however, for his fellow Samoan-in-arms, Rikishi.
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