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"The Rock knows I am better than The Rock"

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"The Rock knows I am better than The Rock"
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Date:
25.03.2013
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Jerry Lawler: "Thank you! Well, at Wrestlemania, the WWE championship between John Cena and The Rock will be historic, but not before those two make a little history tonight here on Raw. Now in 13 days, John Cena and The Rock will... well, they'll answer the ultimate question: Who will be the WWE Champion? But tonight, John Cena and The Rock are gonna answer questions from a panel of WWE Hall Of Famers and superstars. And right now it is my honor to introduce those superstars right now."

[Booker Ts Musik ertönt als Erstes.]

"He's a former World Champion and a five-time, five-time, five-time, five-time, five-time WCW Champion. And the night before Wrestlemania he'll be enshrined as a member of the WWE Hall Of Fame class of 2013. Ladies and gentlemen: Booker T!"

[Das Krachen zusammenstoßender Autos kündigt nun Mick Foley an.]

"Well, our next legend is one of the most beloved superstars of all time. He's a three-time World Champion, and he'll join Booker T in the WWE Hall of Fame class of 2013. Ladies and gentlemen: The hard-core legend Mick Foley!"

[Als Dritter erscheint Dusty Rhodes auf der Einzugsrampe.]

"Ladies and gentlemen, he's three-time World Champion. He's a member of the WWE Hall Of Fame class of 2007. One of the greatest and most charismatic performers in WWE history: The American Dream Dusty Rhodes!"

[Ein sägendes Gitarrenriff bereitet die Bühne für Bret Hart.]

"Oh yeah! Our next legend is a two-time WCW Champion, a five-time WWE Champion, a member of the WWE Hall Of Fame class of 2006. He's one of my greatest rivals, and he is The Excellence Of Execution: Bret "The Hitman" Hart!"

[Nachdem alle Legenden an einem langen Tisch im Ring Platz genommen haben, stellt der King die Kontrahenten vor.]

"Ladies and gentlemen, the WWE Champion: The Rock!"

[Der Champ performt seinen kompletten Einmarsch und umarmt im Ring zur Begrüßung alle anwesenden Legenden.]

"And now, ladies and gentlemen, the man who, at Wrestlemania, will face The Rock for the WWE championship: John Cena!"

[Als Letzter in diesem stargewaltigen Aufgebot kommt John Cena zum Ring. Er begrüßt die Legenden per Handschlag. Und nimmt an einem Podest links des Tisches Aufstellung, während The Rock eines auf der rechten Seite bezogen hat. Jerry Lawler erläutert die Regeln.]

"OK gentlemen... And here is, here is how this is gonna work. Rock and John Cena, each one of our legends will ask either you, John, or you, Rock, a question, and once you respond, the other will have an opportunity to respond as well. So we're gonna get this thing started with uh... the first question from our newest Hall Of Fame member, Mick Foley."

Mick Foley: "Thank you, King. It's such an honor to be on a panel with these tremendous superstars. Uh, almost ten years ago I'd the opportunity to team up with The Rock at Wrestlemania 20, which was ultimately a match that I lost. I felt a deep sense of regret not only for losing the match myself, but for costing The Rock an opportunity to win what we thought would be his final Wrestlemania ever. So John, I'll be honest. With all due respect that I... you know I'm a big fan, 'cause I get flagged quite a bit for being a John Cena fan, but I felt a tremendous sense of weight off my shoulders when The Rock defeated you at last year's Wrestlemania. And I know how disappointed you were in the loss last year. So my question is for John Cena: Are you prepared to live with the type of regret that might accompany another loss at this year's Wrestlemania?"

[Es keimen erste "Cena sucks"-Sprechchöre auf, welche dieser erstmal sacken lässt.]

John Cena: "There is no... There is no mistaking that April 7th will be a historic day for the WWE. And whether I win or I lose that match, it is safe to say it will change the face of the WWE forever. Mick, if I win, the story is an easy tell. I get satisfaction, I get the WWE championship and most importantly I get much needed redemption. If you would have talked to me last year about losing I wouldn't even speak of the subject because I said losing was not an option. And then The Rock defeated my last year. So I know damn well that losing is an option, losing is a very real option. Mick, you wanted me to talk to you about regret? Well that's a tougher story to tell. I'm gonna try to make you... feel exactly how I would if I would lose that match. Donovan McNabb... [Buhrufe. Cena setzt seine Kappe ab.] Donovan McNabb... [Weitere Buhrufe.] Statistically Donovan McNabb is the greatest quarterback ever to put on an Eagles uniform. But Mick, listen to how the people in the own city that he had played for remember him. Why? Because Donovan McNabb could not win the big one. Philadelphia cares about its teams. Philadelphia's fans have passion, and for that type of passion they deserve someone who can win the big one. Much like the WWE universe. They invested in the WWE and at the end of the day want to look at a man who can win the big one. If I lose on April 7th, I will carry the legacy of Donovan McNabb. State to state, city to city, arena to arena I will get reaction after reaction of disdain, because statistically I may be good, but I will never be able to win the big one. Mick, that's one hell of a lot of regret but at least I'll be able to look in that mirror because I can handle failure. This man right here, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, knows nothing of failure. Well, not yet. But he soon will."

The Rock: "I don't know about failure? I don't know about failure? John, let The Rock tell you something. When I was 23 years old, I was so broke that I had to get my mattress out of a dumpster from the back of an hourly motel. And I can't begin to tell you all the fun things that were soaked into that mattress that I had to sleep on. And in about a year later, what happened? I got my big break from the WWE. And what happened six months after that? I flopped, tore my knee up, they looked at me and said 'Rocky Maivia, it just ain't working. Go home! That's it'. Tore my knee up, I went home. But what I do? I could have quit right there, could have given up my WWE career, but I didn't. I worked my ass off, and I came back. And when I came back into the WWE universe... I came back into the WWE universe at that time and I said one thing: Just give me a mic! Two years after that The Rock became the youngest WWE Champion, headlining Wrestlemania, main eventing Wrestlemania, right here, in this very city which, by the way, reminds me of something. Something that The Rock has to say because he's proud to say and the world is watching, which is: Finally The Rock has come back to Philadelphia! The Rock came back to Philadelphia, youngest WWE Champion. The Rock was riding high that time. Riding high, WWE title in one hand, and Pat's cheese steak in another. And what happened that night? The Rock went out, and he got his ass kicked by Stone Cold Steve Austin. I sat alone in that locker room. I sat alone in that locker room, thinking about the loss, thinking about the failure. That night that I decided, that I might a decision: That I was gonna come back stronger, and work hard and become the hardest working man ever, of all time, and to come back and become one of the greatest of all time, if not the greatest of all time. So that man, that man, those failures led me to be the man that I am today. And the man that I am today is gonna whip your ass at Wrestlemania in thirteen days."

Jerry Lawler: "Okay... our next question... Bret "The Hitman" Hart."

Bret Hart: "Rock, John, you're both good friends to me, but I got to say... I got to say: It really pained me last year to watch the two of you. It seemed to me that you both got overtaken with bad blood. It almost started to become like a Bret Hart/Shawn Michaels kind of thing. And I'm looking at you right now, I can see that something's changed. But what I wanna know, and what I think wrestling fans all around the world wanna know, the WWE universe wants to know: What happened? What changed?"

The Rock: "I'll tell you what happened. I'll tell you what changed. We were two guys, went out at last year's Wrestlemania, want to be the best, the absolute best. There were no cheap shots, there were no screw jobs, just two guys going at it for over thirty minutes. I beat John in the middle of the ring, one two three. After that loss he didn't bitch, he didn't moan, he didn't complain. He took it like a man, and I respect that."

John Cena: "You know, I started all this when I called The Rock out in an interview. Years ago, The Rock would say he loves WWE and I simply said: Prove it! And he did. He came back to host Wrestlemania 27, and then he came back to defeat me at the main event of Wrestlemania 28. That match was billed as once in a lifetime because I thought what you thought. Rock picked his hometown, handpicked his opponent and I think that, after that match, Rock walks off in the sunset and never see him again, ends. Once in a lifetime. But the next day, the guy who says he loves the WWE proves it even more by coming out in front of the world and stating he will not stop until he is once again the WWE Champion, which he is right now. Rock, you have proven your love and dedication to this business, that is not upbraiding. You might have times The Rock and I have hung out since Wrestlemania a staggering zero. The Rock, damnit I respect the hell out of you, and appreciate that you say that I took my loss with class and I took it like a man. And in thirteen days we will see how you will handle yours."

Jerry Lawler: "Alright, uh... next question from our next new Hall Of Famer, Booker T."

Booker T: "John, Rock... well I'm the only person on this panel who has been in the ring with the both of you guys. That is not a question, I just think that is pretty cool, hahaha. But my question is, John: You say that you think that you can beat The Rock at Wrestlemania. But I wanna know why. Everyone here on this panel wanna know why... why are you gonna beat The Rock at Wrestlemania?"

John Cena: [sammelt sich kurz] "Because I have to. That's it, because I have to."

The Rock: "Because you have to... that's it? That's it, because you have to? What kinda shallow, weak answer is that, because you have to? Biggest match of your life, because you have to? How about you wipe a monkey's ass with 'because I have to'. Why don't you tell everybody, John? Tell them the truth! Tell them why you gotta beat me! Tell them why you think you gotta beat me! Go ahead, tell the truth, be honest, rip yourself open! Tell the truth, go ahead, tell Donovan McNa..."

John Cena: "Because you didn't beat me! You didn't beat me. You cannot beat me. I beat me! And that's the first time I have ever said that publicly, but that is fact. One... one bad decision. I get caught up in one personal moment. You know, I come out here, every single week. Some people like me, some people don't like me, it's fun!" [Cena badet kurz in dem Mix aus Jubel- und Buhrufen.] "Every single week for ten damn years, I've been coming out here and have them boo over here, and have them boo over here, and I just go along for the ride. You are the only person that has ever clouded my judgment enough to make a stupid decision. King, you were there. I watched that match a hundred times. I had your ass beat. You threw every ace you had at me. Rock Bottom, People's Elbow, not enough. I handled the best you got and I had you down and out and what did I do? 'What better way to beat him in his hometown by using his own stupid move'. One time, you personally got in the way of me making the easiest decision of my life. Here is the good news: That is never never gonna happen again. In this year, at Wrestlemania on April 7th, I step into the ring with you and I do it my way, on my terms because I know. You want a reason? Here is your reason: I know, I know I am better than The Rock. And much, much more importantly, The Rock knows I am better than The Rock."

The Rock: "Here is what I do know. If you had me beat, you would have beaten me. But you didn't. Here is what happened. King, you were there. Everyone was there, you guys were there, the world was watching. You threw everything you had at The Rock but I had an answer. Before you did the People's Elbow you hit me with the AA. What did I do? I kicked out and I left you speechless. Speechless. Still beat you in the middle of the ring, one two three. In front of these men, these great men, these titans of our business, who I love and admire and respect, there is one more legend, one more legend who when I was young I wanted to be just like him. It's no secret. It's no secret and I'm gonna quote him right now. He got a saying and it goes like this: To be the man... whoo... you gotta beat the man. John Cena, you can't beat the man, because you are not the man.

Dusty Rhodes: "Whow, whow, hey, hey..."

The Rock: "Hold on, hold on! With all due respect, Dusty, with all due respect there is one more thing. And Dust you know I got the People's Elbow from the Bionic Elbow so with all due respect, with all due respect: To be the man you gotta beat the man, and John Cena, between The Rock and you, for the rest of our lifes, you will never, and The Rock means ever, be the man."

Dusty Rhodes: "That's what I'm talking about. You need to take them gloves off. Wrestlemania ain't about respect, ain't about redemption. It's about winning and losing. There ain't no guarantee in this business. You know what I'm talking about, none. Sometimes you don't always get what you want. Sometimes what you want is not always what you get. So let me ask you this question: What do you want? What do you guys really want on April the 7th, that's what I'm talking about."

John Cena: "I wanna win the big one. Not only win the big one, I wanna dominate The Rock. At the end of Wrestlemania, on April 7th, what I want is The Rock is been looking up in the open air sky at Met Life Stadium and he'll finally realize that this ball cap wearing punk, that he says should have never even belong in an attitude era, belongs. And not only that. The Rock will realize that I am better than The Rock. What I want is to do The Rock what he did to me, end up a loss so devastating it will haunt him for the rest of his life. That is what I want."

The Rock: "Haunt me for the rest of my life? Who the hell do you think you're talking to? Haunt me for the rest of my life? I ain't made that way John, I ain't wired that way. These aren't just words on a shirt, I live this. And because I live this, the day after Wrestlemania The Rock is gonna wake up still WWE Champion, still the People's Champion while you're gonna wake up, stuffing your face with Fruity Pebbles, asking yourself: Why? Asking yourself why you couldn't get the job done again. John, you bring it like nobody else in that locker room. It's the reason why we're going to Wrestlemania second time in a row. The bottom line is this: You wanna prove The Rock wrong? Prove The Rock wrong! You wanna prove the world wrong? Prove them wrong! Prove them wrong at Wrestlemania! But better than that, how about you prove me wrong right now?"

[The Rock verlässt sein Pult und stellt sich in die Mitte des Rings. Cena überlegt kurz und entledigt sich seines Shirts, während der King zu beschwichtigen versucht.}

Jerry Lawler: "Gentlemen... John... John, come on. Guys!"

[Cena tritt The Rock Angesicht zu Angesicht gegenüber und zeigt seine 'You can't see me'-Geste. The Rock schubst ihn, doch Cena taucht unter ihm weg und schultert Rock zum Attitude Adjustment. Dieser entkommt jedoch und streckt Cena mit dem Rock Bottom nieder. Mit der WWE Championship in der Hand verlässt The Rock die Halle, während Cena ihm nachschaut.]
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