The Lunatic Fridge
why is my name here?
I'm not on about Rock today, I'm on about Rock when he was still a wrestler.
Rock was a big reason you had the boom period, it was because he was able to connect with people outside of wrestling and bring them in.
Austin's program/push with vince is widely regarded as the "boom" period of WWE more and more adults tuned in to see a guy beat the **** out of his boss and everything else took off on top.
Not to say that rock did not help propel WWE to the juggernaut it is today, but again, people are just throwing out accolades for the guy as if he needs anymore recognition than he has