The Crock

[sequoiagoddess]

I am too sick of the Rock........when are they going to just get rid of the overrated piece of&*$$%?????????

The Goddess;)

crinkle crinkle

[irishkb]

they won't be getting rid of him anytime soon.. he is too good with the fans.. they love him.. when he leaves to go film a movie and stuff wrestling is hurting... What they really need is to bring back Shane O Mac....

"Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be merry"... Ben Franklin you are the man........

[Se7en]

Barring injury, and the call of Hollywood, count on the Rock staying around for another 10 years or so. They're going to milk everything they can out of him, and I don't see him getting stale to the fans any time soon.

There's some backlash against the Rock amongst the smart fans, though. He's a solid worker, but he rarely every changes his character (as opposed to Stone Cold, who totally reinvented himself when he was a heel earlier this year) and his moveset seems somewhat limited. But the guy sells like a champ and is willing to put other guys over when they need it (unlike SOME people in the WWF), so I think it all balances out.

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"Being a bastard WORKS."
--Spider Jerusalem

[RF Godfather]

Goddess, you obviously are not the only one thinking along the same lines. The Rock aka The Crock in many smark circles sadly, will not discipate as long as he has his overrated catchphrases and that pathetic "People's Elbow."

At first he was fun and entertaining now it's just too repetitive! He also needes to work on applying the Sharpshooter correctly. I'd love to see Bret or Sting lock that bad boy on him as blood crimson slowly cascades over his face. I'd stick that on my wall! Terrible wrestler but as Se7en has said he sells like no other, that I give to him but his acting is usually way over the top though.

His fans are growing, hun, just grin and bear it...

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This message was edited by RonFez Mark on 12-30-01 @ 6:33 AM

[hatetreehighway]

Never And I mean ever liked Johnson.
Rockys little boy. The Crock needs to be cracked with a steel pipe by who else than
the genetic freak. Then put on the shelf. Then real feuds can go on. Big Poppa Pump one on one with its time ta play The Game.. Remember I smell what your cookin. Think back making fun of legends catch phrases.
Now this retard has more then any of them put together. And
finally the crock has come back to give you the peoples elbow.. Remember my little haters.. Theres only one elbow
on it was flying..."OH YEAH"
LISTEN UP EYEBROW YOU COULD NOT HOLD
SAVAGES JOCK..IF YA SMELL WHUT
THE MOCK OF RASSLIN IS BOOKING
T-THE SPIN-O-ROONIE RULZ[quote]"NEVER CROSS THE HIGHWAY"


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[sequoiagoddess]

Thanks all, I was starting to get a little worried that I was the only one not fooled by the Crock of sheeeeet.

The Goddess ;)

crinkle crinkle

[hatetreehighway]

No Prob. Remember it's the millions and million of crocks fans chanting. Can you please
"SHUT THE HELL UP" The Taker
should throw him off the stage like he did to the the 3 team extreme.. Yes i did just say that. The Book Sez " Don't hate the player hate the game"[quote]"NEVER CROSS THE HIGHWAY"


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[RF Godfather]

hatetreehighway, has a point. As long as "sports-entertainment" exists there will always be the Rock around spouting off his nonsense.

but on the same token, I can not get enough of Austin's "WHAT?" trademark phrase?

<marquee> WHAT?!? WHAT?!? WHAT?!? WHAT?!? </marquee>

It's so much fun to say, not sure if I'll get tired of that but I said that about the Rock originally too. Hmmm...

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[impactplayer2k1]

The Rock = Next Hulk Hogan

Expect the rock to be in the sequel to No Holds Barred.

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[JustJon]

Next time, listen to the cheers for the Rock. They're a lot higher pitched than say Stone Cold's because most of Rocky's fan base are the women. That's why Rocky is so over.

but on the same token, I can not get enough of Austin's "WHAT?" trademark phrase?
So you're one of those tools who does it during <b>every</b> promo now, huh? ;)

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[JustJon]

Next time, listen to the cheers for the Rock. They're a lot higher pitched than say Stone Cold's because most of Rocky's fan base are the women. That's why Rocky is so over.

but on the same token, I can not get enough of Austin's "WHAT?" trademark phrase?
So you're one of those tools who does it during <b>every</b> promo now, huh? ;)

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[fatty]

whenever i get too sick of the rock i throw on some of my corporate champion tapes or early Nation of domination stuff and i remember that he was one of my favorite heels ever. everyone hated him and it was the best. he's the money heel, his face stuff will never be as good. overall he's great for the sport, not Y2J great but great.

it's true,
it's damn true!

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[hatetreehighway]

Y2J Great...Ya gotta be kidding.. 2ND tier wrestler at best. "GREAT" is thrown around to easily.... "GREAT" defines carrying the sport..."THINK ABOUT" IT.[quote]"NEVER CROSS THE HIGHWAY"


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[Se7en]

Oh come on now. I don't quite think it's fair to put Rock in the same boat as Hogan. Rock is, IMO, a better worker than Hogan ever was, he actually sells AND jobs for people (not everyone, sure, but he's already put over more people than Hogan ever has), and unlike Hogan, he's been in at least one 5 star match. The Rock may be no Chris Benoit in terms of ability in the ring, but he's better than Hogan.

As for the What?! stuff....I loved it. Up until the goddamn marks got cute with it and started doing it at every other word that comes out of someone's mouth during a promo segment. Way to overkill it, tools.

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"Being a bastard WORKS."
--Spider Jerusalem

[RF Godfather]

As for the What?! stuff....I loved it. Up until the goddamn marks got cute with it and started doing it at every other word that comes out of someone's mouth during a promo segment. Way to overkill it, tools.
Jon and Se7en, welcome to this tool's insane smark world!

This is for you guys!

<marquee>WHAT... WHAT... WHAT... WHAT... WHAT.... WHAT?!?</marquee>

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[JustJon]

Jon and Se7en, welcome to this tool's insane smark world!
you misspelled it. There's no s in mark. :p

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[hatetreehighway]

Who the hell in the blue moon was comparing Hollywood and
Da Crock..... I hate them both
the same.. Thats the bottom line cause hatetree said so...
Sidebar terry made rassling
sports entertainment. [quote]"NEVER CROSS THE HIGHWAY


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[RF Godfather]

Mark and smark can be meant for either JustJon.

Talk to other guys about it...

<marquee> WHAT!?!? </marquee>

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[Se7en]

Here's my lingo (and you can find this used elsewhere on the net).

The "marks": Your average wrestling fan. Nothing wrong with that, since they are the ones who are mainly buying the product. Those are the ones who I was referring to as saying "What?!" 8 billion times per promo, because they think it's a nice catchphrase. These were the same kinds of people who, a few years back, were doing crotch chops with DX. Mark behavior can be fun...but occasionally annoying. I mean, I think it's cool that Austin's new phrase has carried over from his heel turn and is popular now, but when it's done SO much every broadcast, to me it approaches overkill.

Then there are the Smarks, or "smart marks", aka smart fans. Those are the ones who go beyond just standard fan behavior, and actually engross themselves in the insides of the business. They're the *really* diehard fans. They know more of the "real story" behind the storylines and characters, or at least try to. For example: Wrestlemania 4. From a mark perspective, we saw Randy Savage win his first WWF title. From the smark perspective, we see him win the title because the Honky Tonk Man refused to job the IC strap to him, and so the WWF was forced to elevate him as their top babyface as a result (instead of sticking him in the midcard). A smark could probably tell you the circumstances of the story which led to the Savage title reign. Smarks usually try to be more knowledgable of the business than the marks, who are more inclined to not nitpick the small details and are just content to accept the program at face value and enjoy it.

So, I don't consider "mark" and "smark" to be the same entity.

BTW, I consider most of you to be smarks. ;)

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"Being a bastard WORKS."
--Spider Jerusalem

[RF Godfather]

Se7en with the definitive answer, thanks for clearing it up, forgot the difference.

There you go, this is RonFezSmark... hitting you up again.


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This message was edited by RonFez Mark on 1-4-02 @ 8:14 AM

[hatetreehighway]

seven your trying to tell me that my hero of our great sport.. was: A-babyface..THINK
AGAIN. B-mid-carder... someones sniffing something funny..
"NEVER CROSS THE HIGHWAY"
"""""OH YEAH-DA MACHOMAN""""

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