Hello wrestling fans.
Finally, The Rock has made a biography DVD!! WWE The Epic Journey of Dwayne ‘The
Rock’ Johnson is the latest installment to my collection of WWE DVDs. My
favorite, kind of wrestling DVDs are the autobiographical ones. I've always
loved wrestling and to have a "behind the scenes" look at it just
fascinates me. Learning and listening to a certain superstar's journey gives me
a broad look to the man behind the character. Going through The Rock's timeline
brought back so many memories. My brother and I were at Madison Square Garden,
the night Rocky Maivia made his WWE debut on Survivor Series 1996. Not to
mention, we were at MSG last year when The Rock made his comeback after seven
years away from the ring at Survivor Series 2011. I grew up watching Rocky's
whole wrestling career. I was cheering for him ever since 1996. But it wasn’t
until he became a member of the Nation of Domination that The Rock was born and
his charisma started to show. You just could not help but love the most
electrifying man in sports entertainment. I've mentioned before that he was one
of the pioneers of the Attitude Era. His promos and matches were always
wonderful and entertaining to watch. He had this way with words that made
everyone listen. I think he's made more catchphrases that any other superstar
ever.
The feud between The
Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin is one of the greatest feuds. They've
headlined WrestleMania for a record, three times. There is no doubt that The
Rock is one of the greats, but I must be very honest, I still believe he's a
sell-out. The night Brock Lesnar beat him for the WWE Undisputed Championship;
the crowd was yelling "YOU SOLD OUT! YOU SOLD OUT!" He left to make
movies. He then comes back and made a huge impact. He came back as a heel and
told the crowd to shine it up real nice, turn that sumbitch sideways and stick
it straight up their candy asses. Then he left again. Makes another comeback
for WrestleMania XX, but then leaves again. Seven years later, finally The Rock
has come back, home. He now claims that he's back and is never leaving again.
Claims he never left. As myself, I’m happy he's back and I respect Dwayne
Johnson and everything he's done. As a wrestling fan, I can’t help but feel
betrayed. The seven year absence makes me want to cheer for John Cena next
month at WrestleMania. The truth is Cena is the top guy in WWE. Just like Andre
the Giant did for Hulk Hogan, and Hogan did for The Rock, The Rock has to
"pass the torch" to John Cena. Whether Cena turns heel or stays a
baby face, he will still be the poster boy until someone else comes along. The
Rock also explains that he felt he's done it all in WWE and that’s why he
decided to make it in Hollywood. So if he has "done it all" then he
has no reason to win at WrestleMania. Cena is here and has never left. If The
Rock cares as much about the company as he says he does, he will job for Cena.
On that note, the DVD is a must see for the millions, AND MILLIONS of The
Rock's fans, and I cannot wait to see what happens at WrestleMania 28.
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| Ernesto Heleno Jr. |
I posted a question on
facebook the question was what will be the advantages (if any) if John Cena
wins the match at WrestleMania 28? Many of you answered, but the one comment that
stood out from the all rest: was made by a facebook follower and by my brother
Ernest Heleno Jr., it was “it should be a passing of the torch, like Andre did
for Hogan” and to that I say, no, no, hell no. That particular match was a once
in a life time moment, that can’t never be recreated. I’m not saying, their
comment wasn’t good, but The Rock is no Andre and Cena is not Hogan. Andre The
Giant was an actual wrestler at the time who was getting out of the business
and at WrestleMania III he past the torch to Hulk Hogan. Dwayne ‘The Rock’
Johnson left a long time ago and he took the torch with him; so in my opinion
the time has passed, and this match does not hold this type of significance.
John Cena is the heart & soul of the WWE for many years now, and he does
not need any torch passing ceremony or match, to legitimize his place in the
WWE.
I want to make this perfectly clear; John Cena
shouldn’t win at WrestleMania 28. There are absolutely no advantages if he
wins. The WWE is lacking “heel” on their roster, so there is no competition for
him at the moment. Prime example, what the hell was that crap the WWE did with Cane
& Kane,
Embrace the Hate, nothing positive came out of that storyline. The only logical
step is to turn him heel, put him up against the younger wrestlers and help
create new Superstars. Hulk Hogan explains it best when he made
this comment “When you have everyone telling you how good of a guy he is, turn
him heel give him that edge…and then he will have everybody to work with”. (This
statement was made, when asked why he kept the title off Bobby Roode.) Who knows
better about the significance of passing of the torch match, then the man who
was involved in two of these matches, the Immortal Hulk Hogan. The Hulkster
accepted the torch from Andre and then he passed it to Dwayne ‘The Rock’
Johnson at WrestleMania 18. 
