Jim Cornette Reviews A&E's WWE Rivals: The Rock vs. John Cena

From Episode 284 of the Jim Cornette's Drive Thru
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[@truthtyperii7727]

It’s so funny how Cena actually got out on boxes of fruity pebbles because of what The Rock said 😂

[@thugsbunny1790]

It worked actually because I definitely remember buying those when I was younger😂😂

[@seanstransformationjourney2682]

Darren young should have gotten the cocoa pebbles

[@OmegaRedFan]

No. NOT FUNNY

[@johnzeegler8641]

Breakfast of Super Heros I suppose. 🫢🤔

[@benwest1839]

@@OmegaRedFan Okay loser

[@LemoncookieTV]

In retrospective, The Rock's wrestling career was criminally short. Wrestled for six years, then came back a decade later to wrestle a handful of matches and leave again (after promosing he'd never leave again). And we see all those modern guys for twenty years in a row

[@antonlifer4449]

Probably started to enjoy the movie star life where he only has to work so long and make way more money and didn't have to destroy his body 300 nights a year for a fraction of the cost. I probably would of done the same thing.

[@benironside1264]

And that’s why we are all so utterly sick of the current roster. No one needs 15-20 years of Orton, Kofi, ziggler, Tamina, Shelton, Nattie. Bring back drugs I say, shortening careers at least kept the TV fresh 😂

[@jayglenn82]

Rock did more in 6 that cena could dream of doing in 20

[@insupportofjunhado]

There need to be other places for wrestlers to go other than WWE. I guess if you don't mind working the fans a little less and your body a little more, there's UFC, provided Dana White likes you. I like CM Punk too, but why Punk and not Bobby Lashley? Punk might be straight edge but White's on drugs! There's also Mexico, and Japan, if you don't mind getting a passport, but New Japan, CMLL, AAA, each is only a marginally larger club than UFC. More accepting of pro wrestlers, but they already have a ton of their own who don't need passports. Or you know Hollywood/Universal studios, if you're like King Kong Bundy, Big Van Vader, The Rock, Batista, John Cena or...Nathan Jones? God knows there's hundreds of wrestlers over the years who would have been great in movies but never got a second look by casting, directors, writers, actors, executives. Randy Savage was fine as Buzzsaw, why did that not keep going? The Mexican wrestlers used to be big in the Mexican movies. Yeah, Santo Jr killed that off, but maybe somebody should open that back up? Maybe somebody should break into the Nigerian or Indian film scene. Those movies make a lot of money, and I'm sure they'd make even more with big pasty foreigners who looks good with their shirts off. Shango versus Sheamus, Mahamada versus Mustafa Ali! If you're good with Carlos Colon or Savio Vega you might be able to get your hands on some of the money left in Puerto Rico, but the hurricanes are getting worse, and the Richard Negrins tend to be more fickle with that money than the Dixie Carters and Tony Khans. Country music and pro wrestling go well together, supplement you indie income like Mickie James, though country doesn't print money like it used to. Music as a whole has been hit hard by digital piracy...but if you pose nude for a cellphone company maybe you can snag a nerdy chef to pay your bills like Gail Kim. Is Rachael Ray single? Look into that, Damien Priest, Austin Theory! Edit: Better yet, look into starting and Onlyfans! This is why AEW was such a disappointment. Why TNA was such a disappointment. Benevolent billionaires have bought/started something! Finally an alternative...oh look, they've got Big Dick Johnson lookalike wrestling Christy Hemme, they've got a wrestler without legs. Maybe this "Elite" thing can work as a proof of concept for the next...nothing because WWE and AEW both signed 300 wrestlers, ensuring it'll be another five years before anyone can even brainstorm a third national promotion. I still can't wrap my head around two companies having six hundred wrestlers between them while cutting back on dates! Yeah, they're dismissing bodies now, but how did that even happen in the first place? One had been pretending had shareholders to answer to, while Tony Khan doesn't seem like the type to smack down a secretary.

[@benironside1264]

@@insupportofjunhado that’s hullva long reply.. especially considering it doesn’t seem to have anything to do with the OP 😂

[@jaysco5257]

I've been waiting for Corny to review this rivalry. This feud along with THE Summer Of Punk brought me back to wrestling. I left after Backlash 2004, peeped in every once in a while but nothing serious, then came back when Rocky returned as the Guest Host of Mania in 2011. I've been back ever since, for better or worse lol

[@8thaccount535]

Yeah the Punk Era was the last time I really enjoyed the WWE.

[@SpaceGhost92]

You skipped 04-10 just to come back for this horseshit? Yikes

[@SpaceGhost92]

@KennyOmegasDorsaICavity96-98 was the height on the Monday night war, and it was fantastic. But from 99-05 ish wwe still produced some really good stuff and I hung around till hbk and edge retired

[@eddie9244]

My journey was summerslam 1989-WM 1996, stopped watching for a couple years until king of the ring 1998. Was glued until May 2001. Checked in here and there in 2005, 2010, & 2014. Got the network in 2016 and rewatched all WCW, WWE shows and PPV in chronological order from 1985 on. Im currently on summerslam 2015. Its taken me several years to almost catch up. In my opinion the best years were 1997,1998,2000,2002,2003,2005,2006

[@eddie9244]

@Kenny Omega's DorsaI Cavity 1998 will always be my favorite . 2000 was better than 1999 in my opinion

[@frank-bmtz]

All of that worked so well in 2011/2012 because Rock and Cena had legitimate issues with one another.

[@Sky_Blaze]

Both being pre modanna bitches..two sides of the same coin. And John came out looking like a hypocrite. Now he's amovie star doing what the rock did.

[@OmegaRedFan]

Mark

[@AAEJ3]

​@@OmegaRedFan Why?

[@antonlifer4449]

​@@OmegaRedFan how's he a mark? They did have some heat with each other. Cena ended up apologizing years later for it in an interview.

[@JessyNorris]

@@antonlifer4449mark

[@nobleone89]

Cena’s 2015 Us title run is what made the smart fans start liking him.

[@dciach12]

The "open challenge" was by far the most relevant that title has ever been!

[@priyanshukatuwal]

Smart and Wrestling fans are unlikely duo

[@erniejohnson677]

@@priyanshukatuwala pundi hindi and a pretty girl is an unlikely duo😂😂😂

[@JessyNorris]

“Smart fans”

[@jessepaiz6356]

R-truth was actually a great heel. His fued with Cena actually did better ratings than the Punk vs. Cena build to MITB. That's why he rewarded with the Miz tag team and got a bug heel run til the rest of the year.

[@DannyBoy426]

Exactly, that duo should’ve lasted longer. Miz and Truth

[@blakemaxfield4267]

Could have done more with R-Truth tbh other than the guys they always had at the top over n over again

[@seventyseven7815]

The Miz has been in wrestlemania 10 times with a 4 - 6 record and also has had a total of 20 championships. People may hate him but the WWE sure uses him a lot.

[@DBonaldi]

The bald spot on the back 😂😂😂😂💀💀💀💀

[@Lembardi]

Travis didnt have to go as hard as he did on the thumbnail 😂😂😂

[@WallyHays]

I know Brian slipped at the beginning with AEW but I would absolutely love it if someone did a AEW Rivals series. They'd all be two minutes long.

[@jackwagner4010]

They couldn't fill a single tout, combined

[@rollingthunder8223]

aew is like 3 years old

[@jenniferjones8002]

@Kenny Omega's DorsaI Cavity Kenny/Hangman…

[@robertcrist5747]

I still liked Cena's feud with JBL back when he was " The Wrestling God" and John was the "Chaingang Warrior". The I quit match was classic.

[@darksideon]

The promo Rock cut on Cena where he was in front of some mountains was amazing. The reason this feud fell flat is because they weren't on the same page. Rock is cutting storyline promos, while Cena is constantly shooting. I called it back then and said Cena was jealous. Rock was an A list movie star and Cena was doing WWE films. Now look at the irony of Cena's promos a decade later.

[@mrdrumz48]

Cena schooled Rock in a lot of the promos In their feud. Cena is one of the very few that can hang with Rock on the mic.

[@OzzyOscy]

@@mrdrumz48 At the risk of sounding like 'Generic Cena Hater #1539', the guy's cheesy and cringe in promos.

[@sonnypilgrem3536]

Didn’t think the feud was flat at all. Was quality programming in that lead up.

[@socialistbatman1211]

Cena put over that promo, then immediately said that the only time Rock had anything decent to say, it was prerecorded. Forever my goat for that

[@jonjohnson1978.]

​@@mrdrumz48 he schooled him early without doubt and did so for 2 reasons for me, cena when he isn't cutting cringe wwe propaganda promos is very good and the rock had an insane work schedule and wasn't locked in....the humiliation of cena calling him out from thst point the rock cut some great ones

[@JasonKing8113]

I always find it hilarious looking back at this fued especially that Cena talked all that "shoot" stuff on Rock and now look at where Cena is and what he's doing lmao

[@zach7948]

I hope John sent a fruit basket by way of apology.

[@socialistbatman1211]

Cena was fulltime for over a decade, and went hollywood as a middle aged man. Rock left in his prime years, when the company could’ve used his star power for a couple more years.

[@TheRexrapper]

@@socialistbatman1211 The Rock accomplished everything there as to accomplish in wrestling. There was nothing left for him to do. He elevated the company to heights it had never seen and hasn't seen since. Cena can't say that. If Cena was getting big time movie roles at 30, he would have left too. The Rock got the highest contract ever by a first time actor.

[@KingJaymo2k11]

Everyone is reacting to Cena pointing out The Rock with notes on his wrist, but the crowd didn’t react at all when he said it…they could care less

[@tyyrreekk9005]

Exactly Cena gets praised for that feud now but back then everyone was on The Rock's side.

[@TheRexrapper]

Only fans on the internet seemed to care. On RAW, no one gave a damn lol

[@aktatiracanal]

Cena kept saying that The Rock didn't love the business. I thought that idea was misguided from the start. Dwayne Johnson's mother's family is integral to the history of wrestling and so is his dad. If anything, Dwayne probably not only loves the business, but knows it better than most and how to transition to another career afterwards. (On a side note, I wonder if The Rock and Becky Lynch are good friends. She appeared on an episode of "The Young Rock" and her move, "The Manhandle Slam" is similar to "The Rock Bottom.") Cena later admitted that The Rock helped opened doors for him and others and seemed more appreciative of what The Rock has accomplished in WWE.

[@11nytram11]

I remember being infuriated by the Wrestlemania main event where the Miz defended against John Cena because it just highlighted how worthless that Wrestlemania was. The WWE Title Match was just an angle to set up for the next year's Mania, and after having to sit through almost 15 minutes of Micheal Cole vs Jerry Lawler - which should have been a five minute squash match, if that - and being deprived of the advertised Sheamus/Daniel Bryan match, having a double-count finish in the main-event overturned only for the Rock to beat up both the Champion and Challenger all to set up a match for the following year just felt like having salt rubbed in a wound.

[@matthewrock4725]

Well to be fair, pretty sure the finish was slightly altered bc Miz was blacked the fuck out with a concussion towards the end.

[@blakemaxfield4267]

​@@matthewrock4725 When he fell on the concrete right?

[@christiankarlkarganilla2763]

​@@blakemaxfield4267 yep. Kinda feel bad for the Miz. He has said that hie doesn't remember his Mania main event win because he blacked out after that hit to the concrete. I kean we all know the main event sucked but still, I feel bad Miz was not able to remeber his "crowning achievement"

[@JaculaDudek]

20:55 "what was he, fucking 7?" (about Gargano) That one made me laugh HARD 😂😂😂

[@barrystewart5946]

I shouted out “Johnny Sameface” when he appeared.

[@LongLiveRockAnRoll]

Jim calling going to the bathroom "my morning Russo" near the end of the video 😅

[@coltoncampbell3919]

I was either 13 or 14 when the rock came back and started this with Cena. This was the last year before I found out wrestling was truly pre determined and boy I’m glad I didn’t know then because this rivalry was everything among me and my friends! P.S. Chris Jericho was the one who spoiled it for me.

[@mattypaul87]

Ah yes - the feud that in some weird way spawned the 2015 classic "The Flintstones & WWE: Stone Age SmackDown!"

[@Sparkledash1]

And got Cena into a Fruity Pebbles Commercial, which Cena actually thanked Rock for.

[@jackC-1310]

😂😂😂

[@mikewitt8491]

​@@Sparkledash1 77ú Ii my no

[@televiper11]

Probably had to cut out all of Lawler’s legal issues

[@CombatTalkRadio]

R-Truth was back at peak during that time. Heel R-Truth was the best of him. And Corny, we know you hate the New Day, but re: Fruity Pebbles...New Day got their OWN cereal from a catchphrase. That's above being endorsed for an existing cereal.

[@tysontomko]

Remember when he asked someone in the audience for a cigarette? And smoked mid match? Was cool as hell

[@petebagwell6666]

That cereal thats basically made by wwe

[@Daniel-ml6tl]

Cena Doesn't even get boo'd now cause the fans realized he was the last class of wrestlers that actually had passion for the business

[@TheRexrapper]

He doesn't get booed now because he's not in their face every week anymore. If he was with that super Cena gimmick the same thing would be happening.

[@jmc1986Mets]

Disagree with Jim that MJF never had someone to joust with on the mic like Rock/Cena. Guy called CM Punk comes to mind.

[@DefendYoungstown]

1) Alex Riley was an earlier example of WWE needing to change shit for no reason. His whole "Varsity Villain" gimmick was, then, close to what early MJF was before MJF was a thing. And it was working. But it was his own gimmick. So, of course, they had to fuck with it and make him a generic Randy Orton with his "Riley Rage" or whatever. And, like everyone else, that not working was somehow his fault. 2) "The Awesome Truth" tag team was something that needed to be seen in context. It was bigger in the moment than it sounds in hindsight. Also, it makes me think on one of Punk's criticisms on what was going on backstage at the time: "If ratings are down, it's because Cena's not there. If Cena *is* there, and ratings are still down, it's _somehow_ the fault of Miz and R-Truth." (as opposed to the week to week product just being weak). 3) the best zinger in that whole Rock/Cena feud is Cena pulling out the "I Bring It... Via Satellite" shirt.

[@jimaveli]

Unfortunately, when guys go at one another without approving the material upfront, you could end up with a brawl out situation. Or a Sunny Days altercation. Luckily Rock and Cena kept it together.

[@rollingthunder8223]

Rock has nothing to lose

[@benwest1839]

Oh no! You mean like an actual fucking locker room?! That's what wrestling was, you clown. Most guys had the professionalism to keep it together, but if it did result in legitimate friction, it worked out for the better.

[@sonicplys64]

My third favorite era of The Rock (first being Hollywood Heel in 2003, second being the corporate champion after Survivor Series 98).

[@blakemaxfield4267]

I loved corporate and Hollywood rock

[@ethanallen3487]

“It doesn’t take a lot of his gravy to go over my plate.” Cornette’s opinions on Gargano could be a 5 hour show 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@MrFoxxx47]

The promos in this feud were gold but the actual matches were pretty terrible. The Rock was so jacked up at that point that he clearly couldn't move around the same way anymore lol. I'm pretty sure he got injured in one of those matches as well.

[@Sky_Blaze]

The matches sucked cause rock was so steroided out he couldn't go a minute without tearing something.

[@jayturbo3844]

Haven’t seen the doc yet but the ECW crowd at One Night Stand 2006 chanted “fruity pebbles” at Cena

[@fatherfiguredad]

The Awesome Truth were over.

[@jimmyv0997]

It's ironic for Last to say Gerwitz latched onto The Rock 🤔

[@drehgonden1103]

What confused me is you had cody back . Who was there at the time and close to cena . So why didn't they ask for cody to talk in the gargano part.

[@ashleyjefferson4107]

Truth was over in 2011

[@a.r.s978]

This was cena’s biggest money match but Cena vs Edge was his best feud

[@TheGeekBox]

That picture killed me 😅

[@johnnygrind77]

They shoulda done a highlight of Cena vs RVD at One Night Stand instead. Still one of my favorite moments in wrestling.

[@juansanchez209]

Cena vs Rock did MUCH bigger business though. It makes sense why this would get a highlight special

[@johnnygrind77]

@@juansanchez209 Obviously, I'm being a dick because I never liked Cena.

[@HoboWithAShotgun]

Rock called him "a bloated transvestite wonder woman" and its the greatest insult cena has ever had

[@MorganFreemansFavoriteFreckle]

Wrestlemania 27 will always hold a special place in my heart. I watched it when was young so I still thought wrestling was real. It was magical.

[@JacobMobley]

Same

[@boxingfan6766]

Damn you make me feel old lol

[@tinotica]

Don’t know which main event match is more overrated or polarizing: HBK vs Bret Hart at Wrestlemania 12 or Cena vs Rock at Wrestlemania 28

[@kurtm00mau45]

Miz and Truth were actually a team to be reckoned with at the time. They weren't doing comedy

[@Kono_D._Oda]

99% of the roster walked out of RAW because of Miz and Truth _causing_ an unsafe working environment. It's nuts!

[@Sky_Blaze]

Yet the Audience at home wasn't taking them serious and why they lost even more viewers.

[@benwest1839]

Weren't doing comedy my ass

[@plannein]

"and as we see now, they have gotten over it" I haven't. I never flip-flopped on that. Cena sucks and he was never good.

[@cctitansfan]

Some Fruity Pebbles Sound Good Right Now

[@Lord_Bibulous]

Just had some. Some things are meant to be

[@Tmack034]

I liked Awesome Truth. It was the last time R Truth was worth a damn. He's been a comedy act ever since

[@Billinois78]

The era of WWE they speak of was where I stopped watching.

[@honchodamenace1179]

MJF got Ricky Starks if they actually book Ricky correct

[@marcosgonzalez4027]

I was for Cena on that feud because The Rock is such a kiss ass when the fans like him. I like when The Rock is pissed and a asshole that's when he is cool .

[@vinceraven1501]

Their 2nd Wrasslemania match was absolutely horrendous. Why they even did a 2nd one was beyond me, but, it's up there with the Hogan vs Warrior rematch in levels of suckiness. 🤣🤣🤣

[@RyanS881]

The first match had the tagline “Once in a lifetime” jeez

[@tysontomko]

Haha the magic spoon burn

[@arviejustiniano2359]

I ended up disliking this feud. it buried the title. Cena having a so called tough time while just winning all his matches. i tuned out for a while after this feud.

[@lesweenmachine]

R truth and John Morrison were big time over in this era.

[@armanireyes753]

Rock winning the first match was still the biggest mistake they could’ve made for John Cena’s career.

[@spiritsplice]

Contrived rivals because everyone good in the business at that time has already left.

[@lesweenmachine]

18:30 it could have been a 3 way elimination and still had the Frazier Ali feel after both the big bad ken dolls team up to screw punk. Giving him an out and ammunition on the promo.

[@chrisyancey89]

2011 was a weird yet eventful year for WWE "Summer of Punk" & Bryan's rise to stardom. It definitely had one of the worst WrestleMania events ever. It's also the same year Edge retired, Triple H became the "COO", the height of Michael Cole's heel run & time as #1 chief Miz fanboy, the end of the Nexus stable, Kevin Nash returning, Michelle McCool's retirement, A lengthy Jerry Lawler/Michael Cole feud, "Tough Enough" returning, Kane returned with long hair and another half-mask, & Laurinaitis becoming a tv heel authority figure are amongst the other crazy things from 2011. Miz & R Truth were booked as being 2 of the top heels in the company(the other main heels being Del Rio and Mark Henry) & formed a tag-team due to their shared hate of Cena. Miz & R-Truth as a team was serious enough to the point where there was an angle where Miz & Truth were arrested for assaulting officials, talent & trespassing during a Hell In A Cell triple threat title match after they were "fired" by Triple H on an earlier Raw show. Of course, they ultimately broke up as a team not long after the Survivor Series loss to Rock & Cena. Also, someone should read the Wrestlemania 27 match to Cornette. Would love to hear his reaction to Lawler vs Michael Cole w/Swagger, Snooki being involved in a match, & Kane in an 8 man tag team with Santino of all people.

[@CamSTL]

Awesome Truth was a good heel tag team. Heel Truth w no them and the deranged look was 🔥

[@mtwoods342]

Jiim is right, we watched this episode and the Austin vs Rock together and he ask me why was the WWE so much better back then.

[@Gothy420]

Freddy prinze and his wacky team of investigators

[@Doyd317]

Rock vs Cena watch along?👀👀👀

[@markstaffieri5732]

Regarding the 1-hour Biography of Jerry Lawler, the other 1-hour shall be Paige.

[@DannyBoy426]

Miz and Truth was pretty entertaining.

[@patrickboian8545]

Was a big fan of this feud. Cena roasting him for writing his promo on his hand. The return of rapper Cena returning for one night. The first match was great but they did it again but it wasn't as good imo.

[@Tha_Pencil]

Rock should've put Cena over the first time, really didn't need to see twice. I'll always be upset Punk didn't get a WrestleMania match against Cena. That feud was better in every way.

[@On_da_Swivel.BarbershopTalk]

This is what's missing. Guys can't be trusted to do promo work. Or don't have the skill. Rock/Cena was masterful. We have to believe it

[@sheepdavis]

What a PG insult "yabba dabba bitch". Imagine 1999 Rock on the mic vs. Cena.

[@doclank3d6]

It was weird that for about a year, John Cena and the Rock called each other gay on live tv

[@RyanS881]

My Christmas Wish WWE Rivals: Cena vs Punk

[@animegamesmoviesandotherst3037]

Sadly Cena is the last real large star the WWE had or well have at the rate its going. He was just as big a draw as Hogan, Stone Cold, Taker, Macho Man, Flair, Goldberg, the Rock and other top guys of the 80s, and 90s.

[@blakemaxfield4267]

Not as big a draw but a draw nonetheless

[@TheEWFX29]

Last takes a shot at Prichard like Last ever did anything worth anything without it being connected to Jim Cornette. He really must have gotten ignored by the WWE to be this bitter. But look at everything he does. It just ends up petering out unless he has others come in and fix whatever he is trying to do or just come in and do it all to make it worth something.

[@aretnap3653]

Imagine TheAmount of PaperWork & Paper Related "Content", That's Inside CastleCornette... *TONS!* 😜

[@gpostallive5818]

Brian and Jim are my Heroes

[@YeTism]

Cena owned Rock in most of those promos

[@davidnelson4347]

At the time I didn’t want to admit it but looking back now he certainly did

[@5IvanDrago5]

This feud happened at the height of the Dave Meltzer hoard of online wrestling fans. A generation of fans that grew up on the internet where programmed to always look for a bitch or gripe. No matter how good the card or match was fans where programed to find something to gripe about. Then as Jim calls them the, "smart fans" the offspring of a, "as reported by Dave Meltzer" generation got their what they wanted. they got their promotion with AEW where the inmates ran the asylum with a billionaire budget. This is no AEW bash, but AEW has not been the 5 star endless Iron Man matches with new talent emerging. It seems that some of these, "smart fans" that where programmed to itch, moan, and complain about everything have chilled a bit over the past few years.

[@javimercado-pf5tz]

Jim’s right in that Freddy Prinze jr isn’t known to be “that guy” in wrestling. It’s just that how DOES one become that guy? Other than just start being that guy.🤷🏻

[@Karnage316]

Beginning to think Jim got hurt by a Magic Spoon executive at this rate! :D

[@michelledavidson8190]

This was a great program. Love both Rock and Cena.

[@ammagnolia]

20:10 It's weird that these guys mentioned Rock having notes on his wrist and not realizing it was a work. Cena calling him out for it was a work..... Awe :'( come on boys

[@JACQUEZ23]

He wasn't a work

[@anthonynorman7545]

That wasn't a work

[@bestinthebiz45]

@@anthonynorman7545 It was!! He was a Hollywood actor at the time who memorised lines for a living....how would he need to have a couple of bullet points on his wrist to help him remember.

[@anthonynorman7545]

@@bestinthebiz45 you don't know how long it takes, nor how well he does memorizing lines.

[@gothard5]

I enjoyed this episode. I did not watch the Chyna biography at all.

[@dallas317]

Mfj comes off trying to hard.

[@richardcoreno]

Hailing from "Arkanstone"!

[@manuelper]

The Rock's concert where he ripped Cena about divorce was my favorite stuff of the lead up.

[@supermanXL]

Yes his messy self told the world Eva and John had an affair and cena getting a divorce

[@adarshsanthosh3411]

They need to do Christian vs Orton.

[@AMongoose87]

Pretty sure this did happen many years ago for the world heavyweight title. No idea which year or show...summerslam maybe?

[@AAEJ3]

​​@@AMongoose87 yep, for the World Heavyweight Champion in SummerSlam 2011

[@AMongoose87]

@@AAEJ3 my random guess would have been 2013. I'm not much of a historian 😅

[@AAEJ3]

@@AMongoose87 if you weren't paying attention to the product around that time it's logic that you don't remember for sure when it took place. It was around the time when Edge was forced to retire after WM27, vacating the belt which led to Christian winning it the following Pay-Per View and starting the feud with Orton.

[@AMongoose87]

@@AAEJ3 I only even know it happened in the first place thanks to Bryan and Vinny reviewing it 😅 been a while since I heard it so naturally forgot the year

[@tomitaimi3112]

They didn't show footage of the matches because the matches were GARBAGE.

[@jackC-1310]

😂😂😂

[@shubhamdeshpande6609]

My morning Russo😂😂😂😂😂

[@TheJuancho]

MY MORNING RUSSO!!! 🤣🤣🤣💩💩💩

[@bradvestby]

I stopped watching wrestling from 2007 to 2014 because I hated John Cena.. I missed this entire feud.. I'm glad he's only back for one match a year now..

[@bradvestby]

@MaestroAlessandro99... but you couldn't help but acknowledge me now that I'm back hey!? 🤘 The industry needs marks like you bro.

[@bradvestby]

@MaestroAlessandro99 Bradley?! You love me don't you? That's cool, but a lil' weird for someone you to just throw themselves at me on KZbin.. I'll take the compliment! .. good on you though for putting yourself out there though I guess 🤷‍♂️

[@bradvestby]

@MaestroAlessandro99 no one at all... except you! 👌

[@bradvestby]

And your interest is appreciated too.. your probably a good guy, but there are other apps for online dating bro.. You can't even say thats not your intention now either.. your crush just keeps you commenting! Lol.. must be hard being cooped up in your moms basement all the time, but my advice is to try Tinder dude. You'll probably get the reaction you were originally looking for there instead..

[@sugartbube]

I wasn't even watching to see this. i stop with wrestling after WCW went out of business and went Stone Cold retired

[@jacobg8707]

I'm kinda disappointed with Brian and Jim on this one. At the time, the news about Rock's notes on his wrist was that he was too over and was dominating Cena in every promo and every appearance he was making. So, WWE made Rock put those notes on his wrist so Cena would have something he could get himself over on The Rock for a change. And of course a self produced WWE documentary isn't going to tell the truth about such a moment in a behind-the-scenes capacity. They're gonna try and use it as it was originally staged - to keep the idea that Cena was somehow in The Rock's spectrum of popularity. But he wasn't, and kinda still isn't.

[@owl509]

Shout-out to the Flintstones 🔥🔥🔥

[@tallalmk6]

Morning Russo lmao

[@blakemaxfield4267]

Too much Cena and not enough Rock and Austin on top unfortunately no offense to John

[@masonteague4039]

I'm glad rock & Cena are friends now

[@blakemaxfield4267]

Me2 they both doing well in Hollywood too

[@newhere2419]

cena is not a movie star, he appears in stuff.

[@theboxingboy7422]

It was a good feud both guys are top performers it went on for a long time tho an i dont think the Rock should of beat punk for the title an end that long title reign just to have the title in the cena match which never needed it. Because then it was obvious cena was gonna get the win back

[@angryducklinginstitution76]

You know, I SHO' could see how the Rock was staring back at that n!&&@ Cena with his head cooked sideways the nanosecond after Cena started flapping his beak about having your notes on your arm that was it. I thought Rock was about fired for real! 🤯

[@darylbeard6696]

Last is a godamn Je w

[@MajorMotions]

From 2008-2014 the WWE roster was complete trash! I couldn’t watch.

[@alexanderwagner4587]

Jim should do a watch-along of the ladder match between Miz and Lawler just for the absurdity of it and somehow it was actually decent! The closest Jerry ever came to the WWF/E championship ironically

[@metalfacedoom4975]

Brian's shrill screaming is becoming a little much.