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Originally Posted by Boris The Great
Which was well after his feud with Austin that I mentioned. I am talking about their IC title feud in 1997. Rock had been put in the Nation and was doing nothing. The Nation was doing Gang Warz with DOA and Los Boricuas. They couldnt have been less important.
Austin was feuding with Owen and the Hart Foundation, but they all left after Survivor Series and Austin needed a new opponent. He got Rocky. Almost to a man, the reaction at the time was like why is Rocky getting another chance? Austin was the hottest guy in the business and they were sticking him with this guy?
But in that feud he became The Rock and turned into a star. Sometimes guys get hot right away, some times it takes another try, and some guys never make it no matter how many times they get pushed (Billy Gunn leaps to mind).
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And look up his promo when he first calls himself "The best damn Intercontinental Champ there ever was."
It was a textbook example of how to cut an egotistical promo without relying on cheap heat.
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