“Finally…The Rock has come back to Brooklyn.” The movie star known as Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, returned to his roots on Monday night in a surprise appearance on Monday Night Raw. The Brooklyn fans in attendance were given the surprise of their lives, when The Rock showed up at the Barclays Center in New York to interrupt new WWE star, Rusev.
The Rock last appeared for the WWE in 2013, when he fought John Cena at Wrestlemania. Even more surprising was that The Rock wasn’t even in New York before October 6th. According to sources, the Rock’s appearance with the WWE had been in the works for weeks and it had been kept under the radar by everyone at the company. Courtesy of CEO, Vince McMahon, The Rock was flown out to New York just for tonight’s surprise appearance.
Russian wrestler, Rusev, was in the ring with Lana taunting the crowd and demanding the "Big Show" come out, so he could "crush him". He told the crowd at the Barclays Center that the greatest country in the world was Russia, which prompted a loud “USA! USA! USA!” chant from the New York crowd. Suddenly, the legendary catch phrase that helped form a wrestling generation came booming over the P.A. system, “If you smell….” And then he appeared to a huge ovation by the crowd who started snapping photos as fast as they could in disbelief.
The Rock spoke for a long time about how he had visited all five boroughs in New York, he quoted Jay Z, and he even asked the crowd to chant “Derek Jeter” in honor of the now retired New York Yankees shortstop. Throughout his magic on the microphone, the crowd could be seen yelling, “Holy Shit!”, “This is awesome!” and repeatedly chanting The Rock’s catchphrase, “If you smell, what The Rock is cooking”.
The Rock was interrupted by Rusev, who challenged the great one. The Rock told Rusev to “know his role”, and called him a “jabroni” before smacking him over the ropes and out of the ring. Clearly, WWE is trying to promote Rusev as a new villain for the WWE by taunting Americans, and challenging The Rock. We will have to see what the future holds for Rusev, but tonight was definitely The Rock’s night.
Watch the video of The Rock’s surprise performance below and tell us what you think of his return in our comments section.
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