Jim Cornette on The Rock Being Bullied By Shawn Michaels & Triple H
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From Episode 153 of Jim Cornette's Drive Thru
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Bret looked out for both Stone Cold and The Rock. Both turned out to be the biggest in the Company
@mattysquizzato7094
3 жыл бұрын
Because Bret wasn't a selfish prick who actually understood the business. He could see beyond himself.
@greatomeister675
3 жыл бұрын
Bret also basically caused the attitude era with the montreal screwjob.. his actions created the most succesful era in modern wrestling.. wow.
@mattysquizzato7094
3 жыл бұрын
@@greatomeister675 Yessir. Bret understood that the business would need new stars to go on and thrive. Who have HHH or HBK put over to the point of superstardom? Nobody. That's who.
@MichaelCorleone654
3 жыл бұрын
I think that down the line when we get past the WWE revisionism Bret Hart will go down as an even more significant figure than he already is.
@michaele.francis
3 жыл бұрын
Bret was the one to persuade Vince to hire Austin because Bret saw superstar written all over Austin before Vince did. He wanted to work with Austin to help get him over.
And Rocky now looks down on them from his mountain of cash.
@fmthebaron
4 жыл бұрын
They all have mountains of cash.
@cornelllebreaux
4 жыл бұрын
Mitch Gill the Rock is almost in the billions hhh and Shawn Michaels will never see that type of status individually
@CraigSmithII
4 жыл бұрын
@Mitch Gill Rock is out of the business HBK & Trips are still in the business
@SomePotato
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I'm pretty sure HHH and HBK cry themselves too sleep on pillows full of cash every night because Rock has a couple million more.
@mclovin6039
4 жыл бұрын
@@NeverIast 🤣😂👍🤦♂️
When Bret was working with young Rocky, he approached Vince and said, “I don’t think I should beat him. He is going to be something in the future”. I know this pissed off Shawn and HHH.
@hdot89
3 жыл бұрын
Bret & Owen took Rock under their wing in his early years. That’s why Rock always said he owes so much to Bret Hart especially with the Politics backstage.
@jerry85g7
3 жыл бұрын
HHH & HBK were pushing for Bret to bury Rocky
@highjim7778
3 жыл бұрын
Rubbish, Bret above all others hates not being the winner.
@thepublichousebrandcom
3 жыл бұрын
@@highjim7778 Bret never beat Rock clean to my knowledge and also was very good to him backstage. Every champ hates losing but at same time Bret always did what was best for business.
@tortugadave8765
3 жыл бұрын
@@thepublichousebrandcom Truth. There was a blurb in his book about Vince wanting Bret to beat Rocky for his IC title before feuding with Austin (or during, don't remember) but Bret thought that woulda hurt the young Rocky and changed Vince's mind on the finish, instead pushing for a DQ "injuring" the Rock with his outside Corner figure 4. Bret always had good things to say about the Rock, other than his sharpshooter though lol.
The more Jim speaks, the more I lose respect for the professionalism of HBK. He said when WCW went out of business is the same time Shawn's back healed up 🤣.
@dcap79
3 жыл бұрын
Except WCW went out of business in March 2001. Shawn didn't wrestle until SummerSlam 2002 almost a year and a half later.
@GUnSNRoSeSrOcKzz
3 жыл бұрын
The more Jim speaks, the more I think he is just a whiner.
@mattd687
3 жыл бұрын
@@dcap79 They didn't bring him back right away because he had drug problems. The story was he showed up at Wrestlemania 17, or one of the shows leading up to Mania, completely wasted and slurring his words.
@uainjansun
3 жыл бұрын
@@dcap79 he did wrestled at another promotion back in 2000 and was a referee in FMW around the same year or before
@mox19380
3 жыл бұрын
the more nearly anyone with credibility speaks i lose respect for HBK. of course a great talent but a selfish douche at the highest level
Damn who ever would of thought rocky miavia and the ring master would go on to be major main event stars in 3 years
@dungeon-wn4gw
4 жыл бұрын
Just goes to show that there is still potential. Ignorant people are always saying "yhere will never be anyone comparable to the rock and stone cold" yeah because talent keeps getting buried so we don't see the potential.
@Nicksuavemusic
4 жыл бұрын
Fanboy Hunter yep
@infesticon
4 жыл бұрын
Well people who saw him training thought he was gonna be champion some day.
@Nicksuavemusic
4 жыл бұрын
Stuart Dawson Rock I wasn’t sure about back in the day Austin after his ecw run with the promos I saw maybe
@horrorfan4-life689
4 жыл бұрын
Or the blue blood Hunter Hearst Helmsley
The fact that Rock v Micheals never happened is proof enough something was going on.
@oIRONITEo
3 жыл бұрын
And the timeline, with Shawn's back don't really lineup. Shawn didn't come back till 03'. By that time Rock was starting to get into Hollywood, and was on the way out.
@Heneggsboss
3 жыл бұрын
Exactly
@Lostboy_Collections
3 жыл бұрын
Timeline dont add up. Rock was leaving as Shawn came back and between 96 to 98. They both missed time in 97 and both were faces and heels at the same time. So they had no chance or reason to ever have a match
@karlitosway7474
3 жыл бұрын
The Thomahawk wrong he came back in the summer of 02 and rock was still around though slowly veering away from the ring
@oIRONITEo
3 жыл бұрын
@@karlitosway7474 yeah, got my dates mixed up, but Shawn was working that program with HHH throughout the summer, and fall, then worked the feud Jericho at mania 2003. By that time Rock was on the way out.
Bret Hart was right all along.
@willjohnboy
4 жыл бұрын
And yet people still call him everything under the sun, he just speaks his mind and when what he says ends up being true which is 99.9% of the time they praise him
@chadk890
3 жыл бұрын
@@willjohnboy Bret always seemed truthful and honest. Always preferred him over Hogan.
@pizzahighfive2612
3 жыл бұрын
People hate on Bret just cause he isn't a "everything is awesomeeee" attitude. The man has lost his entire family he used to wrestle with, his career ended not so good, and who knows what else. Bret is strong.
@apotaycary662
3 жыл бұрын
@@willjohnboy it's honestly just because he looks like a bitter old man in some shoots from a year ago. He's not one, but that's what he comes off as
@TRoller927
3 жыл бұрын
@@apotaycary662 Even if he was bitter, I wouldn't blame him, he got chewed up and spit out by the industry. The same industry that cost his brother and brother-in-law their lives. I might have disagreed with how he went about things even 10 years ago. But it turns out he was right about pretty much everything.
“They didn’t bully Rocky, they did the same thing to everyone.” So they bullied everyone.
@-Trauma.
3 жыл бұрын
Man...I would have gone to prison if someone put their literal feces in my food.
@100016
3 жыл бұрын
Thats not bully, thats harrasment. Bullying is face 2 face, trolling is more cowardly
@BIGTABBY420
3 жыл бұрын
Back then it was called 'hazing' or 'ribbing'
@Cobralalalala
3 жыл бұрын
Pretty much. I've noticed in other videos that Jim only thinks of bullying the way you see it in high school movies, but everything they did fits the definition as well.
@TL2354
3 жыл бұрын
So you’re saying The Rock wasn’t capable of defending himself?
A 33 year old Shawn and a 29 year old Hunter acting like grade school children
@RossMalagarie
4 жыл бұрын
High schoolers never grow up, they just get paid to act the way they acted in High School.
@TheJaviferrol
4 жыл бұрын
They still are sometimes
@akumawani
3 жыл бұрын
nah. chronological age doesnt even matter with a cut-up. cut-ups never get older than 11. and thats 11 if your lucky- a lot of them get into their late 50 and 60s and still theyre pulling the same stuff they were back in the 70s and 80s its a sad sight to see...
@TNLable
3 жыл бұрын
That's why I never buy their bullshit on NXT pushing the likes of Adam Cole and Tomasso Ciampa and Shayna Baszler, simply to make up on the talents they bullied and buried in the past
@hdot89
3 жыл бұрын
They knew their spots were going to be taken away
The bullying probably gave the rock that extra edge to become the best
@doomstan
2 жыл бұрын
Thats when he started hearing "it's about drive, it's about power" in his head
The Rock seriously deserves everything he got in his life, he's a living legend.
@aleksc4376
3 жыл бұрын
He's so likeable even his ex wifes current husband likes him and works for him.
@MrAdamske
3 жыл бұрын
@@aleksc4376 looooool
@akhenatenamarna484
3 жыл бұрын
No he's another illuminati sell out that shills for satan. Need proof? He shilled for Biden. He's over.
@LP-lp6qr
3 жыл бұрын
He choked an old lady shut up.
@myquest666420
3 жыл бұрын
@@akhenatenamarna484 lol
Oh boy and here we are in February of 2024 and the rock has more power than HHH and Shawn because of TKO. I don’t wanna be that guy but this is some form of karma.
Jim says they didn't shit in The Rock's food. According to Mark Henry, who witnessed it, that's EXACTLY what they did.
@Speedyreedy1218
3 жыл бұрын
That was Xpac.
@sudochop
3 жыл бұрын
"I did it for the Rock." -Rikishi
@wrestlingisdeadmoveonwithy8939
3 жыл бұрын
Lol I could just imagine Shawn beating the f out of the croc
@artisticskillz01
3 жыл бұрын
Xpac
@marka.graffakasnakebitenat3736
3 жыл бұрын
I'm just trying to picture that shit happening. No pun intended.
Wouldn't surprise me but I'll bet their tune changed quickly when he became a mega star.
@walterharris4681
4 жыл бұрын
HHH eventually did but it was too late for Michaels. As soon as Rocky became a main eventer and achieved some backstage stroke, he told upper management that he would NEVER work with Shawn. He said something to The Rock's mom backstage that made her upset and that was probably the final straw.
@austinlee3239
4 жыл бұрын
@@walterharris4681 it was rock grandma chief maivias wife
@herpderp7264
4 жыл бұрын
HHH will never be the star that Austin or Rock were and Shawn Michaels was champ when WWF had some of its lowest ratings.
@TheTennesseeFistMachine
3 жыл бұрын
By all accounts HHH and the rock are good friends, HBK however remains to be seen.
@roodypoochrisw
3 жыл бұрын
@@walterharris4681 That's so wrong. Go back and watch the 2008 Hall of Fame, Rock said he was great friends with Shawn, and they both smiled at each other, it seemed really genuine.
Rock is TKO board now....
Cream always rises, and The Rock never forgot how good Bret was to him. He’s still close to the Hart family to this day. Nattie has talked about how Rock called her when her dad died, and gave her encouragement.
I mean look how that turned out though. The Rock is now bigger than both of them
@kamfisher1714
4 жыл бұрын
Now but at that time and basically thought the 2000’s the rock was not as big
@davidjsaul
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, literally and figuratively. And financially.
@jahmeirduncan6870
4 жыл бұрын
Kam Fisher Oh he surpassed them before that in the late 90’s it was Rock and Austin. He’d already gotten past Shawn, Triple H did become a huge star but I guess it’s a toss up between the two in the early 2000’s. But after that The Rock is what made Wrestlemania 28 the most successful (not best in quality) Wrestlemania ever. Triple H and Shawn combined couldn’t do that
@hectorrodriquez3182
4 жыл бұрын
I knew he was a punk getting punked
@kamfisher1714
4 жыл бұрын
Real Son Triple h was the best wrestler in the world in 2000 the rock didn’t become a mega start until like 2011 or 2012 when he did the fast five movie
Now HHH and HBK work for The Rock. Talk about full circle 😂
The more I learn about The Rock, the more I like him as a person.
@TheJuise26
4 жыл бұрын
Agreed 100%
@mr.tonywilliams1236
4 жыл бұрын
He's a good dude
@jayare4237
4 жыл бұрын
And the more I learn about hhh n Shawn the more I learn why wrestling was destroyed
@edgarj.3588
4 жыл бұрын
Didn't The Rock pipe Trish Stratus when she had a bf?
@ryanvogel9610
4 жыл бұрын
ROCK 2020
Meanwhile Bret goes out and has a great match with IC champ Rocky Maivia, allowing Rocky to show his wrestling skills and no-quit attitude. Bret beats him down and gets DQ'd at the end, and further buries his own character as a loser and a heal. Bret did more in his last 2 years to help elevate the future stars for the WWE than anyone, Austin, the Rock, and he even did the honors for Shawn with the Iron Man match. It really sounds like Shawn just continuously dropped the ball every time he had his shot, and looked to blame everyone else and be an A-hole politician behind the scenes to Vince. Bret gets labelled as a guy who turned his back on the business and wouldn't drop the belt on his way out, but I can see why he would take that stance with Shawn. The fact is he was very true to the business and had no problem helping push guys that had that same respect for the business, just like Curt Hennig did for him. In that match Bret v Rocky, Rocky does a Perfect-Plex, maybe was to honor Curt? I know the Rock would often use the russian leg sweep and the sharp shooter in his matches, I'm pretty sure he was paying his respect to Bret for helping him out.
@Lord_Bibulous
4 жыл бұрын
Rock first used the Sharpshooter when the Montreal Screwjob was recreated in the 98 Survivor Series. After that he may have continued using it as a tribute to Owen Hart, who was a good friend of his. Still for a guy who knows Bret personally and could probably set up a teaching session. There's no good reason Rock's Sharpshooter is so horrible looking.
@user2176
4 жыл бұрын
@@Lord_Bibulous ya Bret was a bit bow legged and had a lower center of gravity, he always looked really balanced for some reason. Maybe that's why his sharpshooter always looked the best, he got real low on it and sank it in. Always thought Bret's looked better than Sting's also, but Sting had the other finisher and the Stinger Splash, plus he could press slam guys, so.
@Lord_Bibulous
3 жыл бұрын
@Justin B The relationship goes back to their fathers. Rocky Johnson trained in The Dungeon and wrestled in Stampede for a time.
@maldini883
3 жыл бұрын
Don't forget Shawn wasn't 39-40 and when he did come back in better mental shape he pt on great matches and did a lot for younger ones.
@kevinconnor6035
3 жыл бұрын
@@user2176 Bret's moves always looked better than everyone else's. His Russian leg sweep and suplex were perfect. Most guys put in a lot of work on the entertainment side, but you could tell Bret really practiced the craft of wrestling. It looked real when he did it, and he never used moves that were obviously fake. The choke slam, for example, looks awesome, but 95% of the time, you can see the victim jumping up on cue and then tucking in his legs to make it easier for the Undertake to hold him up longer. Even Bret's second-rope elbow drop looked legit. Jumping off the top rope looks awesome, but it's so impractical. It takes too long to get up there and the risk of injury would be too high if you missed or got caught by your opponent. An elbow drop from the second rope makes much more sense from a "real" wrestling standpoint. I always really appreciated that stuff. Hennig is the only other guy who made it look so real.
Bret Hart's influence on wrestling is absolutely priceless. Got Austin to the spotlight with some of the best matches of all time and was edgy enough to start a war with Vince. Taking up for The Rock proves further the guy saw talent when he seen it. Legend!
@Lord_Bibulous
2 жыл бұрын
It wasn't only that. Their families knew each as well. Rocky Johnson worked for Stu Hart in Calgary.
This graphic is hilarious!🤣
The Rock usurping both HHH & HBK has a funny irony to it.
Imagine if Rock ends up buying WWE one day and ends up being Triple H’s boss?
@barbequejack970
4 жыл бұрын
Man, I can imagine that. Id be playing curb your enthusiasm all damn day and laughing myself to the grave if that happened.
@ericroma-garcia7158
4 жыл бұрын
Triiiiple H aaaaaaaaaaaaah.....You are aaaaaaaaaaaaaah........Fired aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
@aboriginalson
4 жыл бұрын
@Cactus Jack He is the highest paid hollywood actor, you never know.
@crowjre00
4 жыл бұрын
@@barbequejack970 He would need to be part of a bigger group of investors. Like the one that bought the UFC. But he is better off just starting his own wrestling company for less money. Or buying AEW if it ever goes under.
@Awells89
4 жыл бұрын
Jo M I know but I can dream.
Chad frost lays down for no one
I believe Bret Hart in his claim. Shawn Michaels has had various issues with other wrestlers in this fashion. Triple H has always kissed Shawn Michael's ass especially at that time. Owen Hart has always been a nice person according to various different people in wrestling. There's a lot of jealousy and envy in wrestling.
The Rock first defeated HHH for the Intercontinental Championship on a Thursday edition of Raw, the same show where... Shawn Michaels “lost his smile”
@emanueli.josephii5529
3 жыл бұрын
When I first heard Shawn say that, I was like. maaaaan fuck yo smile. lol
@michaelbandada9887
3 жыл бұрын
@@emanueli.josephii5529 he said that he suffered an injury and that he wouldn't be able to defend the WWE title at WrestleMania 13. However, Bret Hart said that HBK is just trying to come up with a BS excuse to avoid defending the WWE title against him at WrestleMania (and win the title as well)
@emanueli.josephii5529
3 жыл бұрын
@@michaelbandada9887 I thought the same thing
@michaelbandada9887
3 жыл бұрын
Emanuel I. Joseph II Shawn and Bret really hate each other’s guts and they even had a fight in the locker room (Shawn even had the nerve to expose Bret Hart’s affair with Sunny on live TV) And when the two bitter rivals are about to face off at Survivor Series 97, Bret declared that he wouldn’t lose the WWE title to HBK at Canada yet he proposed that their match at Survivor Series will end in a DQ and he will vacate the title on Raw before migrating to WCW And when Survivor Series 97 arrived... the Montreal Screwjob happened
@emanueli.josephii5529
3 жыл бұрын
@@michaelbandada9887 Yeah I remember all of that
And that man went on to be the highest paid actor in Hollywood GO ROCKY GO!
@swinetrek
3 жыл бұрын
Actor?I don't think so. A C-elbrity yes, but an actor no way.
@BrotherNero777
3 жыл бұрын
@@swinetrek Huh? check the stats, You don't need to like it.
@diegopena122
3 жыл бұрын
@@swinetrek finally some who agrees with me, and doesn’t kiss the Rock’s ass like everyone else
@chrisjprod
3 жыл бұрын
@@diegopena122 "finally someone who ignores facts like me!"
@diegopena122
3 жыл бұрын
@@chrisjprod what facts ??
Bret had mentioned this situation in his book many years ago.
@91mercedez
4 жыл бұрын
Yes also people ahve said the rock told hhh and shawn that he was not black and that his dad was white
@rambler8496
3 жыл бұрын
@@91mercedez It was Ahmed Johnson who said it and I don't trust a word of it. Imagine that that The rock would disrespect his father to people who he knew were trying to sabotage his career.
@takerdust
3 жыл бұрын
@@rambler8496 Ron Simmons said Ahmed Johnson was always full of shit when he was asked about Johnson's accusations of Stone Cold being racist.
@metalhead95123
3 жыл бұрын
takerdust great googly moogly!
@91mercedez
3 жыл бұрын
@@rambler8496 who knows if its true or not i wasen't there maybe he did say that
I like the way people in the business talk about Rocky. Jim, Bruce, JR, Vince just seem to love him and his professionalism. Such a great wrestler, will never be replaced
Man. I remember watching Rock's debut at Survivor Series as a 13 year old kid. Amazing to have watched his journey to what he is today.
@Masutora
10 ай бұрын
Yeah I remember his early days. I actually liked the early gimmick, in a good not great sort of way. But once he took on the moniker of "The Rock" he really started to entertain.
So, the answer is yes, they did try to bury him
@mellowman1020
3 жыл бұрын
And then proceeds to rant and rant and somehow say no. Even though the answer is yes.
@KB-hh8rt
3 жыл бұрын
@@mellowman1020 Love Corny but that was horsesh*t. He just admitted that Bret was right and that Shawn was a complete pr*ck who was out to bury The Rock and anyone else he felt was a threat or didn't like.
This is why Bret Hart is my top 5 he literally loved the business versus the corny ass Kliq.
@williamfreemon3878
3 жыл бұрын
Seriously right on with Kliq being corny af. They are so cringe then and even more now so. Always so corny and not funny
@sleazyfellow
3 жыл бұрын
Bret gave 2 kliq members the best matches of their careers in diesel and kid. Hbk never gave someone a rub on the level of Steve austin got against Bret even though he won. Bret could do that. Shawn has gotten some matches that were excellent but never elevated someone. Where did razor go after the ladder match? Midcard for life, Shelton Benjamin years later? Nowhere.
@KB-hh8rt
3 жыл бұрын
@@sleazyfellow Exactly, even Kevin Nash admitted that his best matches were with Bret, same with the 1-2-3 Kid. Shawn never helped get anyone over ever.
@mitchjames9350
2 жыл бұрын
@@KB-hh8rt Michaels also didn’t sell Nash’s finisher and they where in the same cliq.
@Matt-cr4vv
2 жыл бұрын
@@sleazyfellow Midcard for life? Are you forgetting the whole big enough star that he was a part of the minor storyline nobody ever heard of called the NWO? Or that Shawn is responsible for Nash even coming into the WWF? I mean you don't gotta love the guy but be real.
I don't get why Jim is so triggered by use of the term "bullying" to describe HBK and Triple H's asshole behavior. The Kliq, Bradshaw, Bob Holly, and Chris Benoit have been called backstage bullies for years and no one had a problem describing them as such until now.
@uainjansun
3 жыл бұрын
Wait benoit and holly too? Well from benoit he did bullied miz tho
@TL2354
3 жыл бұрын
Because if you’re a wrestler yo can defend yourself. Bullying is a 12 year old doing it to a 6 year old, not grown men that are wrestlers. If you can’t figure out the difference then you shouldn’t be talking
@mohammedriadh4990
3 жыл бұрын
@@uainjansun yup, holly sometimes will be very stiff on purpose if he wasn't in a very good mood, unfortunately for him he picked the wrong for that ( brock lesnar)
@SpiralPoliFemboy
2 жыл бұрын
@@mohammedriadh4990 That's actually an internet rumor. Bob Holly only stiffed Dupree, Puder and Cappoteli. Cappoteli because during tough enough while taking bumps in training he was prancing around and laughing and giggling so Hardcore Holly showed him that wrestling isn't a joke. Dupree was because of him getting drunk in his rental car and pissing him off. Puder was because he tried to shoot on Kurt Angle and as a punishment, Eddie Guerrero, Chris Benoit and Bob Holly stiffed him at the Royal Rumble. In fact lots of guys that worked with Bob said he wasn't a bully and he was just a tough guy. He pushed lots of young talent to get better and guys like CM Punk and John Morrison thanked him later on. Also, Holly didn't stiff Lesnar. Lesnar was sick with the flu and was groggy at times during the match, he didn't have proper grip on Bob and as a result dropped him on his neck. Lesnar later apologized to Holly and Holly accepted and a year later worked a main event program with Lesnar around November 2003 to January 2004 that saw Bob Holly become a crowd fave for a little while and helped Lesnar beat another legit tough guy, so it was a win win. They're cool with eachother Everything about Bob is just internet rumors and bullshit. Knowing Benoit and what he did he could've been a bully tho.
@SpiralPoliFemboy
2 жыл бұрын
@TheBestFighter Look up the Puder and Angle Incident. He legit tried to shoot on Angle and they had to stop it. Puder getting stiffed by Holly, Guerrero and Benoit was punishment for shooting on one of the main event guys. So 3 of the locker room enforcers beat the daylights out of Puder at the Royal Rumble.
I think I've heard several times that the Rock and Owen were always mates.
@TheOfficialMorningSonder
3 жыл бұрын
The hart family loved the rock
@crist3809
3 жыл бұрын
@@TheOfficialMorningSonder the whole locker room (well except kliq members) love him, so many good testimony about him and taker.
You forgot about Shawn's career ending smile injury too. The man's been through a lot Jim.
@TJ-zu4fp
3 жыл бұрын
Lmao "I lost my smile" has to be the gayest thing I've ever heard.
The story is Shawn was furious that The Rock did a top rope dropkick (I actually think Bret is mistaken and is referring to the the top rope crossbody, since neither Rocky nor Shawn ever used a top rope dropkick) in a match and he chewed him out in the locker room saying it's HIS move and he never wants to see him use it again. Then, he stormed out and slammed the door. The Rock was apologetic, but Bret told him Shawn was full of shit and nobody can claim the rights to a move that's as common as that and even Owen uses it. Bret said both Shawn and Triple H were jealous of The Rock, saw him as a real threat, and tried to wear him down little by little until he lost all his confidence. I'm sure they were just a little triggered when The Rock ended up stepping over Paul and took the main event spot within a year while Shawn was crippled at home watching RAW high on somas.
@TheSweetestScience
4 жыл бұрын
Wow, crazy the bit you wrote at the end
@chinmoydas764
4 жыл бұрын
Shawn is a twat. For me he was never the greatest wrestler is the world not even close. Without backstage politics and Vince's boot licking Shawn would have been no where. For me Chris Jericho(although some may argue with his run in AEW) and arguably Aj styles are better than Shawn they always have been and they have been successful all around the world.
@rysonthomas8551
4 жыл бұрын
You could try as an wwe story writer trust me.. you hv good future in it.... 🤮
@darkheart407
4 жыл бұрын
And then the Impossible happen with Triple H getting with vince's daughter. He knew if there was one way to get to the main event it was her lol.
@MattSingh1
3 жыл бұрын
Correction: the heat between Johnson and Michaels actually goes back to in the mid-late 80s when Michaels was working in Hawaii for Johnson's grandmother Lia. I'm not aware of the specific incident(s), but the heat goes back to when Johnson was a teenager.
who is here after Chad Frost?
They saw him as a genuine threat to their positions as top guys and they were correct to view him that way. They were trying to cut him off at source before he could reach the true potential they saw in him. Thankfully it didn't work as they hoped. An age old story and battle in life for all organisms. Those on top want to stay there. Those below want to rise up. Will always lead to a confrontation at some point.
Always thought that hbk and rocks beef started waaaay back when hbk dissed the rocks grandma and because of that rocky never had an interest in working with him And Hhh's beef with the rock was always just jealousy lol
@thesupervisor3270
4 жыл бұрын
@mitch gill racist? Isn’t HHH NXT champion black?
@imakickass
4 жыл бұрын
@@thesupervisor3270 He meant HBK not HHH
@berniebasset9465
4 жыл бұрын
@Mitch Gill Triple H and The Rock are friends. I don't think Triple H is racist but he should be more outspoken about his in laws connections to Trump...
@aboriginalson
4 жыл бұрын
@Mitch Gill Triple h did black face, pretending to be The Rock. Naming himself the Crock. People forgot that racist angle he did with Booker t before their match at wrestlemania.
@Retromags_Brian
4 жыл бұрын
@@aboriginalson I'm guessing that the rock and booker were both okay with those angles at the time.
Hearing Rock talk about how at Survivor Series '96 that Crush happily put him over and even offered him words of encouragement reminds you that despite how cutthroat wrestling used to be there were always guys that saw the bigger picture/greater good like Crush, Bret, Undertaker.
HHH and HBK have very fragile egos, they couldn't stand someone taking the spotlight from them.
@hornylorney8150
3 жыл бұрын
Had. This was 25 years ago.
@TheAutistWhisperer
3 жыл бұрын
@@hornylorney8150 So?
@hornylorney8150
3 жыл бұрын
@@TheAutistWhisperer you said have. What kind of comeback is so? I could have said so to your original comment. Who cares about multimillionaire egos of people you don't even know?
@TheAutistWhisperer
3 жыл бұрын
@@hornylorney8150 It wasn't a comeback, it was a question asking for an elaboration DUH! and your follow up question is a deflection, I have no emotional investment nor do I care what they do, I merely expressed an opinion on their fragile egos, which judging by their handling on NXT, is still very much fragile, not that I care cause show is trash.
@Jackaljkljkl
3 жыл бұрын
I don't know. HHH did many big jobs at Wrestlemania. However, the key thing is, these were all after he was well-established.
They weren't bullying Rocky as much as they were going behind his back putting him down to Vince.
As a kid, I loved Bret Hart the wrestler. In ring or even on the mic, I tuned in to watch Bret Hart. Stories of him being a backstage good guy are wonderful to hear, specially seeing as it's always good to know that your childhood hero was respected by those of his peers who are worthy of respect.
@BIG_FISH55
2 жыл бұрын
Never understood the habit of burying upcoming talent.. like who the fuck are you going to have programs with to help get you over going forward? Or help you "climb" back to the top.
@HhhHhhh-nu4lm
Жыл бұрын
@@BIG_FISH55 veteran wrestler are afraid if a young guy becomes too over he they would take their spot . it like that in every work place
@One.Zero.One101
Жыл бұрын
Bret really loved the business. He was taught well by his father in Canada.
Now the Rock getting the Last Laugh, Bret did tell us about HHH and HBK
The "Kid n' Play haircut" 🤣🤣🤣
Actually according to Mark Henry they did put DooDoo in his food
@jordanhutton5787
4 жыл бұрын
They tried to get Rock and ended up getting Mark Henry
@justino5222
3 жыл бұрын
GravityLee shit sandwich
@mistermann3225
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, Mark said they shit in his food box and when Rock confronted them, he almost got jumped....
@jordanhutton5787
3 жыл бұрын
XPac came out and admitted to it at a later time
At the very least, we got two very good lengthy feuds out of The Rock and HHH in 1998 and 2000.
At one point in time Rocky Maivia and The Ringmaster were midcard mainstays while WCW had Hulk Hogan, Macho Man Randy Savage, Ric Flair and Sting. In just two years the WWF midcarders would evolve into the biggest stars in wrestling and catapult the WWF right back on top
So your telling me that "Central Intelligence" was right on with the rocks past.
@TL2354
3 жыл бұрын
You’re
@slimshead8100
3 жыл бұрын
Hahahaha. My wife and I just watched that again last night. So hilarious to see the Rock looking fat. Lol.
This aged very well 😂
@agentchaos5572
3 ай бұрын
How so?
@dxtremecaliber
7 күн бұрын
@@agentchaos5572the rock is their boss lol
*'Success is the best revenge'*
"They're cruises on Lake Have-a-Soma" LOL!
I doubt they would have bullied someone like, say... Brock Lesnar.
@lunakitty1990
4 жыл бұрын
That would a death sentence or a long time coma.
@stevenman013
4 жыл бұрын
Isn't there a story of HHH trying to talk Angle out of getting the belt because he was 'too small'? What a dickhead.
@dirtmcgirt8269
4 жыл бұрын
@@stevenman013 IDK about that, wouldn't surprise me in the least bit, but he did put the kibosh in the love triangle storyline between himself, Steph, and Kurt because he thought it wasn't 'believable.'
@budwyzer77
4 жыл бұрын
@@dirtmcgirt8269 Yeah, there's no way an Olympic Gold Medalist could steal a girl from the New Hampshire state bodybuilding champion!
@micahjohnsonboxing6409
4 жыл бұрын
To be fair they did bully Mark Henry.
I mean, shitting in someones lunch box, -or even having the audacity to do something like that to other people in the locker room is pretty horrible and cartoonishly villainous. Just making the environment in the locker room like that is very bullying.
@91mercedez
4 жыл бұрын
Yes its messed up but also people forget that back in the 90's it was very toxic all them where young and assholes like who wasn't also people have said the rock told triple h and shawn that he was not black and that his dad was white and shawn and hhh where confused
@91mercedez
4 жыл бұрын
@Mitch Gill like i said the 90's where very toxic like Chris Jericho said everybody was dumb stupid young and grew from all that if the rock is not bothered by it and he is friends with both Shawn and triple h why does it matter and last time i checked the rock did some stuff to he told triple h and shwn he was not black and that his dad was white the rock dad even said that
@aboriginalson
4 жыл бұрын
@@91mercedez Could just be a pr move with The Rock since HHH is Mcmahon's son in law.
@91mercedez
4 жыл бұрын
@@aboriginalson idk but none of us where there so who knows what happen
@insupportofjunhado
3 жыл бұрын
Konnan maintains to this day that X-pac was actually the one that shat in Juventud Guerrera's bag before his and Guerrera's infamous locker room brawl that got Guerrera fired. Whether or not Konnan's lying, applying consistency with the Kliq suggests X-pac would be the more likely guilty party, the perfect person to frame even if he was innocent.
Well rock is laughing all the way to the bank And his daughter will be booked like Charlotte The anoi I family wins lol
@ChaosTheory9
4 жыл бұрын
If Nia is booked the way she is and she’s only his cousin, I can only imagine how high his daughter would be pushed to
@joshyfox1
3 жыл бұрын
What do we call the Daughter of "The Rock"? Do we call her "Pebbles"?
@rickytpb2164
3 жыл бұрын
@@joshyfox1 Roxy Maivia
@ericsmusic5927
3 жыл бұрын
@@joshyfox1 The Pebble
@theghostofthomasjenkins9643
3 жыл бұрын
in the WWE, the anoa'i family always wins.
The Rock is now the world's biggest movie star and Sean is lucky to get a few minutes on a low rated cable show.
@hornylorney8150
3 жыл бұрын
Shawn is widely known as one of the best of all time, has a cushty well paid job with HHH on NXT and will be employed by WWE for the rest of his life. He's made millions for 25 years. He's doing alright
@myles7553
3 жыл бұрын
My name is Myles Elgaard, and one day I’m going to be the worlds biggest movie star.
@JessicaChastainFan
3 жыл бұрын
Exactly. Shawn is garbage overall. Bret and Rock are superior.
@nevermindgaming6848
3 жыл бұрын
Who's sean? Lol
@robertbailey2570
3 жыл бұрын
Those whö are first Will be last...u know the rest
The Rock is such a class act though that he aint out rubbing it in their faces.. what a true Legend
"Cruises on lake have a soma" lmmfao
According to Rock's father Rocky Johnson, Shawn tried getting in Rock's face one time and Rock took him down quick time 😂
@TRoller927
3 жыл бұрын
How did Shawn think he could get away with that? Jannetty while on drugs and drunk beat his ass back stage. What chance did Shawn possibly think he had against The Rock?
@daherreysso2826
3 жыл бұрын
That was the second Smackdown in August 99 and the main event was HHH vs Rock for the WWF title and HBK super kick him and Rock confronted him backstage and Shawn said something to him and Rock took him down
@alexanderanderson6605
3 жыл бұрын
@@TRoller927 Shawn was on a real ego trip back then, a mixture of substances and thinking his shit didn't stink. Bret beat him up Jannetty beat him up The Marines beat him up Taker threatened to beat him up Only once he got away it and that was with Vader and that's because Vader despite his bad-boy persona and roughhouse in-ring antics was actually a kind-hearted soul who blamed himself for Shawn's unprofessional behaviour.
@TRoller927
3 жыл бұрын
@@alexanderanderson6605 Yeah, he grew up and sobered up eventually. I would just think after the first couple times getting his ass kicked that he would have learned his lesson.
@abdouibrahimdaher3894
3 жыл бұрын
Alexander Anderson he got away with the Vader one coz he had pull backstage if Vader got up and whipped his ass he would’ve been fired that’s why Vader didn’t do anything
"Chew up crackers and blew crumbs on him. " Haha. Damn. That would be fucked.
HBK and HHH had a history. Shane Douglas, Bam Bam, Mabel etc. all said the Kliq was horrible to deal with. The HBK/Rock stories abound. There's quite a few of them floating around. HHH, though, its damn near personal with The Rock. They're onscreen heat helt so real, it has to be real. Go watch any post-1996 match between Rock and HHH.
@kurtohrenberger366
4 жыл бұрын
It translated into some great matches and an all time great feud.
@ajsgaming8003
4 жыл бұрын
@Mitch Gill Kliq Not Clique
@ajsgaming8003
4 жыл бұрын
@Mitch Gill no i was currecting you on ur misspelling of the word Kliq, And If Shawn Was Racist why was he sitting nxt to and chatting and smiling with the rocks mum in 2008 at the hall of fame??
@billyjoe6787
3 жыл бұрын
Triple H copied Shane Douglas
@mistermann3225
3 жыл бұрын
The Klig bullied Vader as well...
That Rock pic is hilarious. I remember when he wore that goofy outfit.
The Rock accomplished more in a short period of time then HBK and HHH(Both Legends) if you're looking at the main 6 to 7 year push he had.10x World Champ, 2x I.C Champ and 5x Tag Champ.
@bighuc
4 жыл бұрын
@Javy 22 I clearly said HHH and HBK are both legends.HBK put on better matches and stole more shows then Rock.But!... Numbers don't lie.The Rock won more titles in a shorter amount of time
@bighuc
4 жыл бұрын
@Javy 22 HBK went through his phase where Vince still was tryna hold on to heavy weights going at him like Sid, Vader,Diesel and Taker at times.As much as I like the Rock...HBK put on 5 star matches with Brett, Taker, Austin,Angle, Y2K and even put Cena over.The Rock greatest performance matches were with Austin and HHH
@fuzzluvver69
3 жыл бұрын
@@bighuc What a fu**ing mark you are. Clearly Rock IS a bigger star. He's a worldwide megastar. He has more money. He is more likeable. Etc. But the basis of your argument is hilarious. The fast title changes that began in the late 90s are part of what RUINED wrestling. A lot of people could recite to you the entire WWF/E championship lineage until you get to about 1998 and then it all went crazy with a change every other week. In wrestling terms, Hogan's 6 title runs, Randy Savage's 2, Backlund's single 5 year run with the belt AND Shawn's 1996-97 2 (at that time) run mean WAY more than the 142 bazillion titles that the attitude era wrestlers had. No matter who statistically beats it, nobody will ever surpass Ric Flair's runs as champion either.
@bighuc
3 жыл бұрын
@@fuzzluvver69 Lol..."The Rock is clearly a bigger star" Who were you rambling with before you made that comment.I never once stated the most obvious blindfolded statement by questioning Megastar appeal.I never once spoke on Hogan, Backlund(I thought maybe you would say Bruno instead) or Savage's title runs.I been following wrestling since 83.I started with NWA, WWF and later WCCW, AWA and UWF.Did you see what I just did 😉.I just rambling on about something that had nothing to do with the comment I made.Looks like you rubbed off on me already Scooter
@greatomeister675
3 жыл бұрын
fuzzluvver69 You sure it wasn’t Cena’s decade long push that ruined wrestling? You mark.
Cruises on " Lake Havasoma " BRILLIANT!
Rock looked like a chump coming in.. he certainly was not one tho.. Shawn or H would've got those hands
@johngurule7221
4 жыл бұрын
😂 Rock ain’t whooping nobodies ass. Muscle don’t mean you know how to fight
@rickytpb2164
4 жыл бұрын
John Gurule The Rock was a football player at the University of Miami. Hunter and Shawn probably never played a real sport in their lives. Guarantee you Dwayne would’ve kicked their asses.
@vlada
3 жыл бұрын
@@rickytpb2164 playing with balls doesn't mean you know how to fight. Unless it's sumo.
@rickytpb2164
3 жыл бұрын
vlada it means he has real competition experience not just play fighting. He was a defensive lineman. So his job was to literally overpower a 300 lb human being and get to the QB or RB.
@insupportofjunhado
3 жыл бұрын
@@vlada Thing is, Rocky did know how to fight. He wasn't any martial artist, bouncer or soldier, but he could handle himself against a guy off the street, or a punk in the football locker room, which is actually one of his more embarrassing moments as he chased a guy across a football field threatening to kill him. And The Rock actually did know how to legitimately wrestle. Again, not like he was some Pan Am Games champion or anything, but he was as much go as he was show.
Jim doesn't remember HHH vs Rock at Summerslam 98. Do a watch along with that one then.. Classic match
The Rock always been humbled I mean he let the Hurricane get a cheap victory off of him
Interesting. So Shawn who retired from in ring wrestling in 1998 was paid till 2001 just to keep him from going to WCW? And then when wcw folded WWE refused to pay him money and he was kinda forced to return? So his back injury had nothing to do with any of it?
It doesn't surprise me to hear things like this especially as Shawn Michaels tried to have The Rock taken out of the WM15 main event in favor of Triple H but looking back at everything that's happened, he still went on to become one of the biggest stars ever in the wrestling business and is now the highest paid actor in the world. So it's more than safe to say that in the end, Rock did indeed get the last laugh
@alexiscardoso778
4 жыл бұрын
FOR SUURREE!!!
Certainly The Rock has enough payback because of his success, and I think the relationship between HBK and him has improved over time. The Rock said he regreted not working with Shawn when he was inducting his father in the Hall of Fame, and Shawn was sitting right next to Rock's Grandma. Old wounds are apparently healed.
Rock did what Jordan did in the NBA. Accomplished so much in a little bit of time
Rock is looking at Triple H and saying whose your boss now
Whoever does the drawings is a legend haha. They crack me up and this one, with the old Rocky Maevia get up is hilarious.
So translation: "They were in fact bullying and antagonizing him as they did anyone else that they were jealous of or thought would get in the way of them ruling the company but I'm going to beat around the bush and refuse to use the word bullying even though that's exactly what they were doing."
@gregoryfuller9736
3 жыл бұрын
I heard Shawn and hhh was trying to convince Vince not to put rock in the maina main event against Austin and but mick in their in match instead which rock has stated that Austin was actually his best in wwf when he was in the wwf Austin even bet rock beer if he could make Austin laugh that why rock oversold the stunner like crazy because he was trying to corpse Austin
@mellowman1020
3 жыл бұрын
Exactly. This video is dumb.
Triple H and HBK also buried CM Punk when he started. The ‘click’ group huh. They sound like jerks.
It's funny how HHH and Rock have a damn near sibling like relationship and are both running the entire WWE and that only happened because of Shawn leaving in 1998. If you think about it that injury caused some crazy butterfly effects.
Always fun listening to Cornett.
That's why Ultimate Warrior buried HHH in Wrestle mania...
The Great One!!! one of the absolute best persons to ever exist, what a legend
The fans bullied the rock too. Lets not forget the pure hatred and die rocky die chants
@daherreysso2826
3 жыл бұрын
Wasn’t it signs only ? but there was loud Rocky sucks chant
@roodypoochrisw
3 жыл бұрын
Well yeah thats because the Rocky Maivia character was one of the worst of all time, then he embraced the hate, and eventually people started to love him. The chants payed off in the long run, it turned Rocky Maivia into The Rock
@tjdecena8997
3 жыл бұрын
Whether it was Hunter, Shawn or the fans who bullied him, Dwayne was just meant to be great. it was just his destiny.
@forgaven3346
2 ай бұрын
And also "Rocky Sucks"...
Has Bret been on Young Rock yet?
This aged well now rock is both triple h and Shawn Michael’s boss.
Rock and stone cold didn't get high. That's why. Lake Have a Soma. Those Comas are no joke
@bradpaton3927
3 жыл бұрын
@Pitt Burgh steroids, maybe?🤔 Also, higher-than-average, athletic, body mass!
It seems like literally everyone outside of the Kliq hated Shawn Michaels, it makes me wonder why the Kliq even liked Shawn, it seems like the guys in the Kliq buddied up with Shawn more for the influence that he could provide them.
In the Soviet Union Kruschev got to the top position by being Stalin's funny fool for many years. Same thing with HBK and HHH
Rocky I think won his first ic title the night Shawn "lost his smile" and forfeited the belt
Another reason for me not to like Michaels.
@91mercedez
4 жыл бұрын
I mean that was years ago people grow from that yall forget that in the 90's wwe was very toxic they all where assholes im pretty sure the rock was to
@legendarytsuna6530
4 жыл бұрын
@@91mercedez he wasnt
@91mercedez
4 жыл бұрын
@@legendarytsuna6530 how do you know you never met the rock i heard he was a asshole to nwo when they first came to the wwe
@BluesRiffage
4 жыл бұрын
@@91mercedez I doubt that, but I hope it's true. If there were any three assholes in the world who deserved to eat shit served up by a relevant mega star, it's those three bozos.
@legendarytsuna6530
4 жыл бұрын
@@91mercedez that was kayfabe
just a reminder that no individual in the thumbnail has a full head of hair
@mistermann3225
3 жыл бұрын
Crazy what time does....Father time is undefeated....
Mark Henry told a story about someone taking sh*t in the Rock’s food.
@daherreysso2826
3 жыл бұрын
It was the kliq
And how am I supposed to interpret this picture?
What’s funny is The Rock became a much bigger star then HHH and Shawn Michaels I mean look at him now he is the most paid actor in Hollywood and owns a Football company, maybe future president of this country there is no limit for the Rocks potential, so Michaels and HHH can keep the WWE since is at an all time worse now in 2020 .
@minniemouse7608
3 жыл бұрын
You are right wwe SUCKS.
Lol he literally described them as bullies
I love these thumbnails.
Just watched a Sunday night Heat video with the Corporate Ministry and Jim on commentary, would love to hear his thoughts on the stable and the angle in general
You could tell back in ‘97 the Rock was going places. Everyone knew it. Triple H always seemed like the guy who he personally didn’t really bother anyone but his friends caused all the trouble and he just turned a blind eye.
@ngawangr5324
Жыл бұрын
thats why triple h is the most succesful out of all of them . He aimed high and worked his ass off instead of fuckin around and injecting all kinds of shit in his body. Still surprises me that a clean and hard working guy like hhh would hang around with crackheads who got the mindset of children. This is why I think HHH used the kliq to gain an advantage in his career the same way he used stephanie. He really is the game and you gotta respect that, second richest wwe wrestler of all time , right below the rock
@bigolebot
3 ай бұрын
No you couldn't lol he was getting pushed too soon and that smiling rocky Miavia gimmick was horrible.
Remember kids, it's not bullying if you bully everyone.
Cruising “Lake Have-a-Soma” 😂😂
Damn Shawn’s back being broken all those years was a work? All these years I thought the man was legitimately hurt.
@daherreysso2826
3 жыл бұрын
He was fine by late 99 he could’ve comeback but had to deal with drugs and pills that’s what kept him out till 2002
@davekemp1808
2 жыл бұрын
@@daherreysso2826 You do know that the same kind of injury that Shawn had legitimately ended the career of Steamboat, right? Almost the exact same thing, to a T.
This is the big difference between Bret and the HBK's and HHH's. Bret knew part of his responsibility of being a main guy wasn't just to perform but also bring the new guys through (passing the torch). Fair enough HHH and HBK are trying to do their bit now but this is mostly behind the scenes. Bret would do this for these guys in the ring where it matters.
@HhhHhhh-nu4lm
Жыл бұрын
i dont condone what hhh and hbk did but hbk did put over a lot guy in his second stint in wwe and hhh had a lot more clean losses then people remember . he lost to shelton benjaim ,beniot ,cena ,goldberg and undertaker clean
@HhhHhhh-nu4lm
Жыл бұрын
hhh is like flair in wcw he might have buried a lot guy but he had a lot o clean losses too .