"As far as I'm concerned, this is home"

The Rock: "Finally The Rock has come back to Oakland! Vince McMahon, what's wrong? You look a little surprised. Were you not expecting The Rock? Were you expecting Steve Austin? Did you think that Steve Austin was just gonna walk down that ramp? Is that what you thought?

[Vince McMahon: "As a matter of fact--"]

IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU THOUGHT! Because you see, what you're bound to realize – it was not Stone Cold Steve Austin that came walkin' down that ramp. No, no, no. It was the living full Brahma bull, jabroni eatin', pie beatin', eatin'--The Rock says: He's walking fast, whoopin' ass, People's Champ, THE ROCK! ['Rocky, Rocky'] And seeing as The Rock is the People's Champ, and he came out here to address the People, and only the People, you've got 15 seconds to get out of this ring, starting now – 1... [das Publikum zählt weiter, während Vince hastig aus dem Ring verschwindet] Oh, and before you leave – take this with you. [The Rock schmeisst eine Bierdose nach ihm, die Vince im Ring vergessen hatte]

Now, we all know that the Rock was supposed to be on SmackDown, we all know that the Rock wasn't supposed to return until next month. But considering what happened last week, The Rock will be damned if he didn't come here at the very first opportunity he had and speak to each and every single one of you, live. Okay, five years ago, when The Rock first walked into this company, he had one idea. One idea and that idea was really simple and that was just to become the absolute best this industry had ever seen. And I will continue to work my ass off to make sure that happens. Because you see, The Rock says this: That very same passion, that very same fire that I have in my eyes is the very same fire that I see every time I walk in the back of that locker room – every single time I walk into a RAW locker room, every single time I step into a SmackDown locker room. All those guys are here because they want to be here. Everyone on SmackDown, all those guys on SmackDown, they are there because they want to be there. They get in this ring, they bust their ass, you love them for that. And they do it because they love to do it. So The Rock says this: If there is anybody in the back - I swear to God, I honestly mean this - if there's anybody in the back that does not want to be with this company, if there's anyone on SmackDown that does not want to be with this company, then - just like the slogan says - You get the F out!

And you see, Vince McMahon, if you're really serious about movin' on-- Well, The Rock will do you one better. Not only does The Rock want to move on, but he wants to move up. So The Rock will tell ya what: The Rock is scheduled to return July 11th on SmackDown. But guess what, newsflash, change of plans. This Sunday, The Rock - King of the Ring. This is really simple. I've got WWE in my blood. The Rock was born WWE. The Rock goes back – history with the WWE. With The Rock – you know, it's really simple, like this – fifty years from now, when the Rock is eighty years old, when he's gotta put in the People's Dentures, he's gotta use the People's Walker to come walkin' down that ramp, just like that. [imitiert das Laufen mit einem Walker] The Rock will still step right in the middle of this ring and say: [in älterlicher Stimme] Just bring it. The Rock has WWE in his blood. From his late grandfather, my grandfather, the late High Chief Peter Maivia, who started his career right here in the Bay Area. To my dad, my dad 'Soul Man' Rocky Johnson, all the way down to the Most Electrifying Man in Sports & Entertainment. The fact of the matter is this: Austin can take his ball and go home. But as far as The Rock is concerned, as far as I'm concerned, this – This is home. If ya smeeeeelllll what The Rock is cookin'."

- Vince McMahon befand sich aufgrund eines davor stattgefundenen Segmentes bereits im Ring.

- Steve Austin verließ im Vorfeld zu dieser Show die WWE.