The Rock Interview

This week The Rock was a guest on the "Alone With Rome" segment on ESPN's "Jim Rome is Burning" TV show. Rome annd Johnson touched on a variety of subjects:



- When asked if he's now officially "Dwayne Johnson, actor",
Johnson said he became "Dwayne Johnson, actor" when he quietly retired.
It's been four years since he last wrestled.



- Johnson said he loved wrestling,
grew up around wrestling, his grandfather wrestled. His first love was
football. When he didn't make it in the NFL, he knew he'd have to close
that chapter, which turned him to wrestling. He loved the showmanship
of wrestling.



- Johnson was asked about Chris Benoit. He said Benoit was a "great
guy." He said the Benoit he knew, the guy he worked with, was a great
guy. He didn't know the guy who committed "those heinous crimes."
Johnson stopped trying to figure out why it happened said people like
them didn't have the wiring inside and would never be able to
understand why. "Great guy, hated to see it, my heart still goes out to
the family."



- He was asked about his reaction when he heard about the Benoit
family tragedy. "I got upset. I cried like a lot of guys did. I knew
him, I knew his wife. I met his children. It was difficult."



- Does he miss wrestling? He misses interacting with the crowd. A
live crowd "keeps you on your toes." Rome followed up with the point
that you didn't get that same immediate reaction from movies. Johnson
agreed but noted that when a scene is happening and things are
clicking, you get into a zone where you feel you can't do anything
wrong, like athletes have.


I Guess this means he's done with wrestling This sucks he was one of the best.

He'll probably make 1 or 2 appearances over the next few years. Something like the promo for the Trump/McMahon feud. I kind of expected his full-time retirement would be decitded after his last little return in his programs with Hurricane.

to be honest, i think he could have still been a better wrestler, i never thought he was that good.

Lol! The rock was better than 3/4 of the people in the WWE now, including the current WWE Champion. He had mic Skills, Ring skills and just overall talent.

2g_ wrote:

Lol! The rock was better than 3/4 of the people in the WWE now, including the current WWE Champion. He had mic Skills, Ring skills and just overall talent.

The Rock was my all time favorite wrestler.

He will probably make appearences and wrestle at least one more match, but I doubt he will ever do it full time again.

2g_ wrote:

Lol! The rock was better than 3/4 of the people in the WWE now, including the current WWE Champion. He had mic Skills, Ring skills and just overall talent.

I still think he wasn't all that great, for me he was a overrated, but at least like you said he was better than most guys on WWE rigth now.

joelider wrote:

I still think he wasn't all that great, for me he was a overrated, but at least like you said he was better than most guys on WWE rigth now.

Who are you kidding? The Rock was the most electrifying man in Sports Entertainment!

StuffOfLegends wrote:

joelider wrote:

I still think he wasn't all that great, for me he was a overrated, but at least like you said he was better than most guys on WWE rigth now.

Who are you kidding? The Rock was the most electrifying man in Sports Entertainment!

Amen!

StuffOfLegends wrote:

joelider wrote:

I still think he wasn't all that great, for me he was a overrated, but at least like you said he was better than most guys on WWE rigth now.

Who are you kidding? The Rock was the most electrifying man in Sports Entertainment!

maevy his charisma was good, bit his skills were ok.

His mic skills were entertaining.

His in ring skills were good also, to me he is a WWE Hall of Famer

2g_ wrote:

His in ring skills were good also, to me he is a WWE Hall of Famer

Yeah the only thing I don't like is he never had a goodbye match he just left.

Admin wrote:

2g_ wrote:

His in ring skills were good also, to me he is a WWE Hall of Famer

Yeah the only thing I don't like is he never had a goodbye match he just left.

Yeah know, he said that he "Quietly Retired"

2g_ wrote:

Admin wrote:

2g_ wrote:

His in ring skills were good also, to me he is a WWE Hall of Famer

Yeah the only thing I don't like is he never had a goodbye match he just left.

Yeah know, he said that he "Quietly Retired"

I know.It still sucks though.

Admin wrote:

2g_ wrote:

Admin wrote:

2g_ wrote:

His in ring skills were good also, to me he is a WWE Hall of Famer

Yeah the only thing I don't like is he never had a goodbye match he just left.

Yeah know, he said that he "Quietly Retired"

I know.It still sucks though.

Yeah he really got my hopes up in March i think it was when he came on during that battle of the billionaires was going on and he said he has returned to Monday Night Raw, but now 6 months later... lol

2g_ wrote:

Admin wrote:

2g_ wrote:

Admin wrote:

2g_ wrote:

His in ring skills were good also, to me he is a WWE Hall of Famer

Yeah the only thing I don't like is he never had a goodbye match he just left.

Yeah know, he said that he "Quietly Retired"

I know.It still sucks though.

Yeah he really got my hopes up in March i think it was when he came on during that battle of the billionaires was going on and he said he has returned to Monday Night Raw, but now 6 months later... lol

I know