Rock at mania

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If something along this lines has been posted apologies but......

Surely the rock is making an appearance at mania since he is doing the hall of fame the night before.... surely........i mean it would be so pointless to not stay one more night.....

[Mac]

yeah i said in the HOF thread Im assuming the only reason they're inducting two mid carders like Johnson and Maivia is to get Rocky to show at Mania and maybe sell a few tix to the HOF ceremony.

Im still guessing he Rock Bottom's Santino.

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that would do for me

[Shockmaster's Son]

Don't get ahead of yourself there, buddy. He will likely be in attendance at Mania if only to see his dad paraded out in front of the audience, but there's a damn good chance he won't be doing anything. He's been fairly adamant about that.

[The Summer of Muskrat XVII]

mikeybadnews said:

yeah i said in the HOF thread Im assuming the only reason they're inducting two mid carders like Johnson and Maivia is to get Rocky to show at Mania and maybe sell a few tix to the HOF ceremony.

Im still guessing he Rock Bottom's Santino.

Whoa, whoa, whoa there son. While I agree that Soulman Rocky Johnson was a midcarder, although he did draw a big African-American fanbase.

But High Chief Peter Maivia was an incredibly important wrestler in the 60's and 70's. He was a god and legend to the Samoan and Hawaiian people, and popularized pro wrestling in Samoa. He was incredibly over in California as well. He is as important to the history of wrestling as Gagne in his territory, Sammartino in the WWWF, and Harley Race in the NWA. He was much more than "some midcarder"

A

[danny]

Surely he'll be making an appearance?


Two words: Bret Hart

[thegame415]

I'd love to see this be the launch of his return...plus smackdown is in miami the following week....

Hey, I can dream, right?

[MysteryPartner]

i would be on him doing something at wm.. its the biggest show of the year and hes goin to be there for the hall of fame so why not pay him maywether money and do a peoples elbow thats all we need

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danny said:

Surely he'll be making an appearance?


Two words: Bret Hart

yeah but that was totally different

[destrucity]

muskrat said:

mikeybadnews said:

yeah i said in the HOF thread Im assuming the only reason they're inducting two mid carders like Johnson and Maivia is to get Rocky to show at Mania and maybe sell a few tix to the HOF ceremony.

Im still guessing he Rock Bottom's Santino.

Whoa, whoa, whoa there son. While I agree that Soulman Rocky Johnson was a midcarder, although he did draw a big African-American fanbase.

But High Chief Peter Maivia was an incredibly important wrestler in the 60's and 70's. He was a god and legend to the Samoan and Hawaiian people, and popularized pro wrestling in Samoa. He was incredibly over in California as well. He is as important to the history of wrestling as Gagne in his territory, Sammartino in the WWWF, and Harley Race in the NWA. He was much more than "some midcarder"

A

And let's not forget that when he went to NY, he main evented the Garden in feuds against Billy Graham and Bob Backlund.

[Mac]

muskrat said:

mikeybadnews said:

yeah i said in the HOF thread Im assuming the only reason they're inducting two mid carders like Johnson and Maivia is to get Rocky to show at Mania and maybe sell a few tix to the HOF ceremony.

Im still guessing he Rock Bottom's Santino.

Whoa, whoa, whoa there son. While I agree that Soulman Rocky Johnson was a midcarder, although he did draw a big African-American fanbase.

But High Chief Peter Maivia was an incredibly important wrestler in the 60's and 70's. He was a god and legend to the Samoan and Hawaiian people, and popularized pro wrestling in Samoa. He was incredibly over in California as well. He is as important to the history of wrestling as Gagne in his territory, Sammartino in the WWWF, and Harley Race in the NWA. He was much more than "some midcarder"

A

While Peter Miavia may have brought in that hard to get Samon demographic of viewers the soul reason he's being inducted into the HOF is the fact the WWE wants his grandson there for star power this weekend.

He was pretty good, popular I've seen some of his work through second and third hand tapes, mainly WWWF stuff. I don't have a great deal of Australian and New Zealand wrestling in my library. But for those wrestling fans who actually know who he is, its because hes The Rock's grandfather.

[The Summer of Muskrat XVII]

mikeybadnews said:

While Peter Miavia may have brought in that hard to get Samon demographic of viewers the soul reason he's being inducted into the HOF is the fact the WWE wants his grandson there for star power this weekend.

He was pretty good, popular I've seen some of his work through second and third hand tapes, mainly WWWF stuff. I don't have a great deal of Australian and New Zealand wrestling in my library. But for those wrestling fans who actually know who he is, its because hes The Rock's grandfather.

Oh, I definatly agree about that being the main reason he's being inducted. WWE's putting him in to get The Rock to show face around 'Mania. And that's a damn shame, because he more than deserves to be in there on his own merit. Hell, I wish he wasn't sharing the induction with Rocky Johnson.

The High Chiefs importance to wrestling in California, Hawaii, Samoa, etc is something that seems to all to often forgotten in todays day and age. Although, so are alot of things.

Also, Destuicity, you had a good point about him headlining MSG as well.

[Mac]

muskrat said:

mikeybadnews said:

While Peter Miavia may have brought in that hard to get Samon demographic of viewers the soul reason he's being inducted into the HOF is the fact the WWE wants his grandson there for star power this weekend.

He was pretty good, popular I've seen some of his work through second and third hand tapes, mainly WWWF stuff. I don't have a great deal of Australian and New Zealand wrestling in my library. But for those wrestling fans who actually know who he is, its because hes The Rock's grandfather.

Oh, I definatly agree about that being the main reason he's being inducted. WWE's putting him in to get The Rock to show face around 'Mania. And that's a damn shame, because he more than deserves to be in there on his own merit. Hell, I wish he wasn't sharing the induction with Rocky Johnson.

The High Chiefs importance to wrestling in California, Hawaii, Samoa, etc is something that seems to all to often forgotten in todays day and age. Although, so are alot of things.

Also, Destuicity, you had a good point about him headlining MSG as well.

Guys like Waldo Von Erich, Bob Duncum, The Great Mortier and Tarzan Tyler also hedlined the Garden against Sammartino... Look the guy has some solid acheivements, and I dont question his popularity in the South Pacific and west coast, I'm just saying that 99.9% of the reason he's being inducted into the HOF is because they want his grandson at the event.

I guess a part of me for some reason i sure as hell dont understand wants to pretend the HOF is legit.

[MysteryPartner]

yes this has been posted like 50 kabillion times and I am here to set the record straight.. I am the Rock's agent and No he will not be appearing at wrestlemania

[Dr. Bunsen Honeydew]

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danny said:

Surely he'll be making an appearance?


Two words: Bret Hart

yeah but that was totally different

Yes, becuase Bret knew he would be begged to do an angle with Shawn Michales, and wanted nothing to do with that.