The Rock: Face Or Heel?
3. Moments
Face:
There's 'This Is Your Life', the legendary skit that humanised the Rock just enough to put him all the way over as a man worth rooting for, and not just being in awe of. There's the Billy Gunn promo so funny that it birthed a running gag of a put-down from which there was no comeback. There's-uh the evisceration-uh of Triple H-uh that actually caused him to look inward-uh and do better promos-uh. There's a contrarian narrative that Rock didn't just use notes to get John Cena over in a sophisticated worked shoot in 2011 - that he was heavily reliant on Brian Gewirtz for his best boy-poppers - but the look of shook indignation on his face at WrestleMania X8 lasted only a second before he went with Hogan's self-serving behaviour. He proved himself an improv wizard.
Heel:
The way in which Rock sold every Stunner is iconic, which doesn't get stated enough as an argument for his in-ring greatness. The Rock could go, and he wasn't afraid to show ass to get his opponent's finish over. He seemed to enjoy playing the fool, when the context demanded. His facials in Halftime Heat are unexplored meme fodder. He was a great bastard too, when throwing Steve Austin in a river like he was the piece of trash he called him in a fabulous heat angle.
Also, simply, "Toronto".
Winner: Face