The Rock's 10 Biggest WWE "What Ifs"
8. Catchphrases
The Rock is the only WWE superstar who is directly responsible for a large chunk of his company’s programming. The sheer off the cuff quotability of the man coined the name of WWE's blue brand, and if we want to take things further, had the Great One not been blessed with the gift of the gab, whole careers could have turned out quite differently.
Granted, with WWE on the up and boasting a stacked roster in mid-1999, it was only a matter of time before they debuted another TV show (especially one serving as a direct attack on WCW’s floundering Thunder). Without The Rock on title duties, though, would it have taken off like it did?
Smackdown made or boosted the careers of future A-listers like Edge, Kurt Angle, and Eddie Guerrero. It may be a stretch to credit The Rock with this, but such was the charisma of the man. Everything he said turned to gold in his heyday - a simple spewed slogan was more than capable of launching a whole new franchise.