WZ Tournament myth #48: Being funny on the mic gives you superpowers.
Being funny is one of about 100000 things the Rock had going for him. He is one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time and was great at basically everything. One of the best talkers ever, great in the ring, insanely popular, huge draw, great as a face, great as a heel, huge crossover appeal/success, etc. If he doesn't leave in 2003 and stays in the WWE full time for another few years then he may be at the very top of a lot of lists when talking about the best ever. He was/is that good.
Rock was many things, but dominant wasnt really one of them. Andre traveled the countryside destroying all in his path. I fail to see how he would lose here. Sure Rock can hold his own there & is a funny guy, but he will need to do more than that when facing Andre. Rock gets swatted around, stepped on & laughed at by Andre. The man is just too much for Rock.
Being better at promos or merch sales, does not mean you are stronger or less likely to lose. 90% of the arsenal Rock has will be rendered useless here. He could beat on Andre for a few minutes, then Andre gets mad & knocks Rock on his ass in a second. That means Rocky is going to have to work quite hard to chop down this tree & it means Rock runs out of gas, trying to put a few dents in the big man. Now we have an increasingly exhausted Rock vs an angry giant. My money is on the giant.
And now we get to your two paragraphs of mindless, fictional crap. The Rock was not a small man. He was 6'5, 240 and would still have plenty of moves in his arsenal to take down Andre. The Rock has defeated the likes of Big Show, Taker, and Kane with his offense. Obviously none of them are Andre but it shows his offense can keep down big men. Big Show especially is very similar in overall size and while he wasn't the success that Andre was, he is also extremely underrated on this forum. The Rock Bottom, DDT, and People's Elbow are all still in play for the Rock's offense. Not to mention he can use weapons. Rock has beaten the best of the best in his career. He has beaten Austin, Hogan, Taker, Show, Foley, Triple H, Angle, Cena, CM Punk, etc.. When The Rock was at his peak as a face his only losses really came due to heavy interference. Andre is great but he is beatable and the Rock is one of the guys who could and would beat him.
Your notion that Andre was unstoppable and beat everybody is also fictional. Andre was a huge attraction but the key word is "attraction." He didn't stay in any one region long enough to become a top guy. He was most known for traveling territory to territory and either beating up on heels or teaming with the top face of the region to take on a couple heels. He rarely went up against the top faces (which is what the Rock is) and when he did the match either went to a draw or Andre lost. During his WWE created fictional 15 year win streak, he lost multiple times to the likes of Antonio Inoki and El Canek. Both Canek and Inoki are smaller in stature then the Rock is. Even the big name heels in the territory days like Harley Race and Nick Bockwinkel would take Andre to a draw.
The Rock is the exact type of superstar that has beaten and would beat Andre whether you want to use Andre's time as a face or a heel. Now if you actually have an argument of substance and don't just come with mindless babble of "Andre big, Rock not as big, Andre win, Rock get crushed," then feel free to respond. Otherwise please don't bother.
