6. The Rock Debuts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBIJPQXFALw Speaking of Survivor Series, it was six years earlier at that same pay-per-view that audiences saw for the first time the man who would become The Peoples Champion. Not that you'd know it when he first appeared. From a modern perspective, this is like looking at an entirely different wrestler. You can tell just how green Rocky Maivia is by how differently he does everything in the ring, from the way he moves to the way he throws punches. He would eventually take some time away from the screen before returning as an arrogant heel who spoke about himself in the third person in the Nation of Domination. He may have been the sole survivor in this match, but he had a long way to go before becoming the Brahma Bull we all know and love. Still, this was also the first time we heard a "Rocky!" chant, so at least he had that down.
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