Dwayne Johnson’s ‘Joke’ as The Rock That Went on to Add Millions in His Account

A joke that becomes something iconic and makes millions for an individual would sound like a scene from a movie. Such a thing happened in The People’s Champ’s life. But the life of the former WWE superstar was not less than a roller coaster ride as well. The Hollywood big shot, Dwayne Johnson, aka The Rock, has faced numerous ups and downs and surreal incidents throughout his life. 

One of his happy accidents involves his most iconic move in the WWE. The Rock’s people elbow is known as ‘The Most Electrifying Move in the Sports Entertainment.’ But do you know the idea of it came from a joke that was staged between the WWE superstars? 

In an interview with TMZ Sports, Triple H revealed the story of ‘The People’s Elbow’ while talking about Undertaker. According to The Game, the move was an attempt by the DJ to make Mark Calaway break his character.

We’d spend a lot of time in that match, especially me, Austin, and Rock, Foley too, trying to make Undertaker break character. Just trying to do whatever we could to make him crack or laugh or anything he just never did. […] I believe the first time Rock did, the people’s elbow was in a match where we were trying to make Taker crack.” said Triple H.

The joke became a blessing in disguise for The Rock

Despite the many attempts by the superstars, they failed to make The Deadman break his character. But it gave birth to the iconic to the character of The Rock.

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After that, the move became a hit and added millions of people to his fan list. The move became so iconic that The Rock was recognized by it in later years.

Dwayne Johnson turned the joke perfectly for his own benefit after seeing the audience’s reaction to his move. Somehow, the move was also perfect for the Samoan wrestler’s gimmick. But to think of if there was any other wrestler in his place that would’ve pulled off this kind of thing is unimaginable. 

Only DJ had the caliber to take a funny move and turn it into something iconic, and it is one reason for him to be the best of all time.

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