"I am not a joke! I am serious!"

[The Rock spricht über den Royal Rumble 2002 und seine Teilnehmer]

The Rock: "....IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO'S GOING TO WIN THE ROYAL RUMBLE! The only thing that matters is that the Rock can face them all, he can face Austin, he can face the Undertaker, the Rock can face Mr. Perfect, the Rock can face Punky Brewster on an ice cream SSSSSSSAMMICH - the fact of the matter is this: is that the only thing Undisputed is goin' to be the Rock LEAVING the Royal Rumble the Undisputed Champion and there ain't NOTHIN' - AND THE ROCK MEANS NOTHING--"

[WWF Champion Chris Jerichos Musik unterbricht The Rock]

Chris Jericho: "Cut that music! Cut the damn music NOW!! How dare you, Rock. How dare you disrespect me, Rock! I AM THE UNDISPUTED CHAMPION - I AM THE MAN YOU WILL BE FACING THIS SUNDAY AT THE ROYAL RUMBLE AND YOU HAVE NOT EVEN MENTIONED MY NAME ONE TIME! On top of that, everybody's talking about facing you at WrestleMania as if it's some kind of a foregone conclusion that you're gonna beat me this Sunday - as if I'm some kind of a fluke champion, or a transitional champion, but they can all go to hell if they think that!

And all of YOU all can go to hell if you think that! But most importantly, Rock, YOU can go to hell, too. Because there's something a lot more painful than any beating you can get, Rock, and that is the truth - because the truth hurts! The truth hurts, Rock, and the truth is you had the chance to become the Undisputed champ last month at Ven gea nce, but YOU FAILED! YOU were beaten by ME!

And you wanna talk about facing the Undertaker or Steve Austin at WrestleMania - you can face anybody you want at WrestleMania, but it won't be for this Championship! Because this championship is not yours, Rock - this championship is MINE - it's MINE - IT'S ALL MINE - IT'S ALL MIIIINE - and the truth is...Chris Jericho is the most overlooked champion in WWF history! But you know what else is the truth, Rock? At WrestleMania, I will STILL be the Champion - because this is MY championship - this is my championship, dammit, and this is my show, and this is MY--"

The Rock: "Whoawhoawhoawhoawhoawhoawhoawhoawhoawhoawhoa whoa whoa whoa whoa! Let the Rock clarify something to you, Undisputed champion or not, this is not YOUR show...this is SmackDown!, this is THE ROCK's show! And what you're failling to realize is everybody is talkin' about WrestleMania, facin' the Rock, for one reason: because THEY know, them in the back, they know, the guys in the back, they know, them, the MILLIONS...and millions of the Rock's fans, they know that the Rock...is better than you.

You see the guys in the back know it, everybody around the world knows it, you know it - and you see, Chris Jericho, the truth, it does hurt - it really really hurts - but not as much as the Rock is goin' to hurt you this Sunday at Royal Rumble IF YA SUH-MELLLLLLL--"

Chris Jericho: "NO!!! NO NO NO NO NO!! THIS IS NOT A JOKE! I AM NOT A JOKE! I AM SERIOUS! AND YOU WILL NOT LOOK PAST ME, YOU STUPID SON OF A (BITCH)!"

[The Rock kommt die Rampe hinauf zu Jericho]

The Rock: "The Rock DOES NOT THINK that this is a joke. The Rock is not smiling - he's not laughing - [wandert um Jericho herum] - so you know, The Rock is taking you very serious, Chris Jericho - dead serious, Chris Jericho - and cannot wait to whoop your candyass... [Rock steht hinter Jericho] ...at the Royal Rumble this Sunday night. And just so you know, and you never forget...if you ssssssssssmell...what the Rock... [Nase an Nase] ....is cookin'."