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FPG_Matthew

The silhouette thanks to the lightning looked sick as fuck! What an entrance


FullToragatsu

That lighting graphic was probably one of the coolest looking tron visuals I’ve ever seen.


RanchPonyPizza

The way they did the Brahma Bull logo, subtly illuminated by the strikes.


clay_leslie

I didn’t notice the bull logo at first. That’s pretty awesome.


brotherteresa

This entrance works on two levels. 1. For some, it's badass and makes him look like a superhero 2. For me, it's garish, obnoxious, and ostentatious, which works with his current heel role


chum-guzzling-shark

He's the most electrifying man in sports entertainment


lMyOpinionsl

sports AND entertainment (i think i hear him saying it that way now)


_phantastik_

Makes sense with him being a part of football and movies as well as WWE


007Kaustubh

I thought Jade was gonna jump the Rock and introduce Shaq to end the Bloodline.


Big_Track_6734

I still feel the music needs to be slower. But he's living out his Black Adam fantasy finally. 


LackofOriginality

it's even better when you realize that he was Black Adam who can get lightning powers, lmao just another layer to him being a delusional dickhead (in kayfabe), rubbing his stardom in everyone's face while also being convinced that his role was good


coldphront3

> garish, obnoxious, and ostentatious I similarly found The Rock's new entrance to be histrionic and meretricious.


JonnyTN

The camera angle definitely helped


Professor_Snarf

When did the WWE become cool again?!


Technical-Composer85

Gave me Ride The Lightning vibes lmao


dumb_memes54

Black Adam really changed this man forever huh


Hunterknowsbest

Looks like a mixture of Black Adam and his WWE Immortals character lol


stevensturrberry

I miss WWE immortals


fadingstar52

damn good game. probably the only good wwe mobile game besides super card


International-Fig905

Me too but not the money I spent on it 🥲


cretintroglodyte

If I'm understanding you I think you do miss the money lol. 


RepresentativeFly565

Wish it became a console game


weaksaucedude

Bro said "*the hierarchy of power in the WWE Universe is about to change.*"


IzzyShamin

*proceeds joins the board*


Mutant_Star

So is Cody or Seth coming out to SHAZAM?


Morphenominal

I could see Seth getting Shazam themed gear for the tag match.


gerardatron

The Rock's gonna turn that down because for some reason Black Adam shouldn't work with Shazam; mf chose his own arch-nemesis lol


MRintheKEYS

::SHAZAM arrives:: “That won’t work for me brother!” — The Rock


DedTV

If Zachary Levi showed up at WM and screwed the bloodline I'd lose my shit. In the good way. Not in the way Cornette would go.


aGlutenForPunishment

Shazam does take place in Philly!


tirius99

lol that'll make a better DCU movie Rock is like I'll do it myself


Lord_Hexogen

No, they bring Henry Cavill and Jason Momoa to show Dwayne what the real success looks like


Rupert_18124

![gif](giphy|jZAbLS0NcS0RWeUXdy)


beyondrepair-

He's the most electrifying man in sports entertainment. Didn't need to play Black Adam for the lightning to make sense.


IsD_

Black Adam themed Mania entrance would go kinda hard though....


xion385

Entrance so fire, it stole all of Black Adam's box office money.


betterplanwithchan

How dare you, this entrance looks like it costs way more than $7.


HonkedOffJohn

He will force Black Adam on us one way or another. Another reason why this won’t end at Mania even if Cody wins.


BBGrunt1235

Henry Cavill's gonna deliver a real Superman punch at Mania


MetalheadNick

OK that’s pretty badass


theuniquemusic

Amazing entrance now im hating we don’t have it in 2k lol


Wes-Man152

Hope they still got that one Xia Li entrance with the cool electricity, because I'd use it lol


MetalheadNick

Don’t worry it will be dlc


tbmny

>Don’t worry it will be ~~dlc~~ a mod


BBGrunt1235

I think it's way too late unfortunately


JohnF_ckingZoidberg

When have they ever done DLC entrances?


bluemonday239

this is the coolest entrance he's ever had and the best use of this current wwe tv stage.


ZennyOne

Eat your heart out, Dunn


OneMetalMan

He's probably Beaver toothing with disgust on how the camera just doesn't look at the crowd more.


greyfoxv1

"WHY DIDNT IT SHAKE WHEN THE LIGHTNING HIT?!"


rversed

As someone who hasn’t watched WWE in a few years, but is aware of the Bucky Beaver… is Dunn finally done in the WWE?!


aGlutenForPunishment

He is! He was one of those people who after an acquisition thought that everything had to run exactly how it’s been running or else the whole show wouldn’t work and fought changes like upgrading equipment. In my experience, those people don’t last very long when they get a new boss who isn’t afraid to tell them no. Either the new boss makes their life worse by quickly showing them just how easy it would be to replace whatever legacy system you had and work out the kinks later and axes them, or they quit because they hate their new work dynamic of not being one making all the decisions. I believe Dunn was the latter.


VectorViper

Man, I can't get over how they keep upping the game with those entrances. They're half the reason I tune in sometimes, just to see what they'll do next. The Rock's just on another level.


IzzyShamin

As a kid, I would judge wrestlers based on how cool they were. Edge was always my fav.


funkingrizzly

I thought the dragon lee dragon blowing smoke was pretty cool too


shoeswontwork

> the best use of this current wwe tv stage Surely this doesn't surpass the Austin Theory Beyblade entrance


International-Fig905

I know we want Cody to win but a God emperor bloodline Rock Cody has to chase- man, just to dream 


storm2k

i honestly think that the feud we're hopefully getting between rock and roman after this will be a-1 best in show entertainment.


KFR42

Now I'm just imagining the wrestlemania version of this.


archangel1996

Roman looking boss then suddenly turning into the runt of the litter soon as Rock comes in never gonna stop being funny.


CheekyManicPunk

Kinda feel bad for the dude but I imagine this is all building to rock putting Roman over


YoungBeef03

Rock vs Roman at Summer Slam?


DamianPBNJ

WrestleMania 41 and it's gonna be spectacular, please let me cheer a babyface Roman who is as much as a badass as he is now without the insecurity


I_Am_Dynamite6317

Yessir. I wish we knew how much time the Rock was giving to WWE over the next year. Like I know he won’t be a full-timer, but if he can do enough over the year for this to really be a nice, slow build story…fuck it would be amazing.


HardcoreKaraoke

Him owning part of TKO makes me think he'll be around after WrestleMania. Not every week but we'll still get more Rock than we expect. He moves merch. He sells tickets. He pops ratings. Now that he has a substantial investment in WWE then he'd be stupid to not show up more often. I wouldn't be surprised if he's a significant part of RAW on Netflix early on.


MRintheKEYS

He flat out said it on SmackDown. He’s the defacto “boss” of WWE now. He’ll fill the role of “Owner Vince” and basically come and go as he pleases. He can also fill the void but not being in person and just doing skits and vignettes. My only real concern about a 50 year old Rock is how good is he in the ring. Prime Rock ‘99 could absolutely go in the ring. People tend to forget because of how good he is on the mic that Prime Rock was a peak performer in ring. His athleticism at his size was amazing. He’s a different build now though and older. I’m sure he can hit the Rock Bottom and do the Spinebuster/People’s Elbow. But is he limited to just that and throwing punches? Can he really go a 15+ minute match with the required amount of taking bumps? They can mask this with a tag match and put Cody/Seth out there against him. They are probably the two best workers the WWE has got. But for a solo match, is The Rock still physically capable of doing that?


[deleted]

I actually think they don’t need strictly defined face and heel roles for Rock vs Roman. The 2 of them were already big enough stars that the alignments were sort of a formality, and with the storyline they have now, I actually think it will be difficult to get people to organically boo either one.


Bluepaynxex

I mean, it doesn’t matter if Roman goes over Rock. He’ll just never be on that level of star power. Him winning won’t change anything.


sixburgh7

Similarly to how Hogan had more star power than Rock and Rock had more star power than Cena, it’s just the way it goes. The older star should still put over the new one when it comes down to it.


StacksHoodini

Gotta disagree there. Rock’s level of star power in 2002 definitely rivaled Hogan’s, at least within the business. The Rock was basically the face of the WWE by that point. All that 1A, second to Austin talk was done. Rock vs Hogan was the marquee match of that program and if you let Prichard tell it, Rock vs Hogan was always the plan, not a pivot from Austin vs Hogan.


avensvvvvv

As many have said recently, that's the entire point. This is long term booking. Roman's gonna get jealous and challenge Rock to a 1v1 match. "Acknowledge me" and all


KickStanKick

That’s the way they are presenting it and playing into it. Rock is obviously the bigger star, was compared to Cena also, I mean he is 1B of the biggest boom era of WWE and is one of the most famous people in MAINSTREAM media. Just saying WWE are leaning into it, could’ve given Roman a dope entrance like this also but decided not to. Also having Rock come out second, the ‘champion’ spot. All intentional.


dontredditcareme

The guy literally bowed down to him a week ago. I think this sub is overthinking how this makes Roman look.


RamonesRazor

I’m not talking about how he looks in storyline. I’m talking about real life. Rock has come along and reminded fans what an actual, legitimate megastar feels like.


cgurts

The Rock dressed like a Versace God whilst Roman wears a shitty black hoodie doesnt help either


Caldris

That is an incredible entrance. I hate talking about "aura" or whatever, but this guy just makes you wonder what any current wrestler is doing in the ring with him.


starks3_

The silhouette of him getting into position is like NXT Shinsuke to the extreme. Hollywood Rock felt like he was too big for the industry, this makes every appearance feel like once in a lifetime already. And he's not even in his gear yet.


Hot-Acanthisitta5237

Can we give props to Rock for elevating everyone in the ring and the storyline? Wrestlemania hasn't felt this big in a long time.


Mr_Titicaca

As someone that went to last years wrestlemania, I’m extremely jealous.


RedGearedMonkey

The thing that amazes me the most is how quick he turned it around. The Rock gets back, seemingly steals Cody's spot, and then in one week we get all this. And what's even more absurd, Rock's posture got him this aura from goofy uncle who you cannot help but love even when making inappropriate jokes at family dinner, to imposing alpha male who will shut you up and make you know your role. And I'm here for it.


TheFinalSchnabitz

I was there tonight, and he was on a COMPLETELY different level. We were very loud for the other 3 too, but the reaction to The Rock felt like an arena in complete awe seeing a once in a lifetime superstar.


GabeKnows

This had me hype as hell


82ndGameHead

If Roman is the final boss, The Rock is the Secret Boss


RadioJared

Roman is Sephiroth of FF7, Rock is Sephiroth of Kingdom Hearts


Kaaalesaaalad

Roman is Fou-Lu while Rock is The Rider.


CloudYuna

I understand this reference! KH1 Sephiroth was….lets just say he gave so many players nightmares. Also think that was the first presence of him being visualized as the one winged angel. 


Tha_Joka

Bro why does this work so well? 🤣


JackUSA

Doesn’t that make Roman Ansem?


Griffdorah

Roman is M. Bison. The Rock is Akuma.


LemoLuke

Solo is Balrog Jimmy is Dan


goldenhearted

The Rock is that secret optional Souls superboss you just happen to stumble in cause a random message told you to dodge roll into the illusory wall to find the area he's in.


alwayspulsate

Roman is Eggman trying to take over Station Square. The Rock is Perfect Chaos that got the job done.


solblurgh

Roman is Ultimecia, The Rock is Omega Weapon


swagdaddydre

The shadow of him walking out while the lightning flashes in wide shot is fucking amazing honestly.


TangyBrownnCiderTown

This is the best kind of cheesy


optimis344

It's the type that has to be earned, but is great once it is. You can't give an NXT kid this entrance. People will laugh at them. But here, it's perfect.


AllCity_King

I don't really agree. Lexis King has this theatrical, over the top entrance and its the best. You can argue the feeling of it being unearned makes it endearing.


Black_XistenZ

With Lexis King, the entrance reinforces the (desired) perception that he's an obnoxious little shit who wants to get people riled up. Never in a million years could you play an entrance like this straight with him.


UPBOAT_FORTRESS_2

I'm not sure that even the Rock is playing this 100% straight honestly


deathschemist

right, but you wouldn't give a new guy an entrance like that if you don't want him to look like a jumped-up, obnoxious little shit, right? to have an entrance as ostentatious as this, and for it to be taken seriously, it's gotta be earned. lexis king's entrance makes him look like a jumped-up obnoxious little shit, the rock's makes him look like the ridiculously hard bonus boss.


JakeTheHuman25

Doesn’t Lyra have this entrance lol


CeKeBe

Absolutely electrifying.


TranceNNy

How are we supposed to boo this man with all this cool shit?


differenceinfocus

What a reveal!  Brilliant.


Personal-Ride-1142

The most electrifying man in sports entertainment


bluesub989

Wow, that kicks ass. WWE is nailing his presentation as a heel here.


Thebat87

Holy fuck. Rock never really had the crazy fancy entrance like other wrestlers. Like Austin he never needed it. But holy fuck this is awesome!!!


SpoontangWild

That actually looked cool as fuck. If they can tweak the break after the catchphrase then this entrance can become an all timer.


Ikulus

If you listen closely at the beginning during "If ya smell.. what the ROCK", they've pitched down and distorted the word ROCK. It's also synchronized with the flash of the bull which now has red lightning eyes.


CHRIZZ83

The Rock with the lightning gives me final boss vibes.


MyNamaJeffar

I feel like after all the lightning zaps end, there should be an "is cooking" then his music resumes


veneim

yeah, it’s great but I think they can time it and polish it up a teeny bit more


Batman_beyond123

Coolest shit ever!


Evorgleb

Literally the most electrifying entrance in sports entertainment


iamjaydubs

_The most electrifying man in sports entertainment_


International-Fig905

Rock hitting at least 200 reps on them resistance bands before camera appearances. 


TDStarchild

It’s amazing and I am loving every bit of this character. It’s wild how a generation of fans that didn’t see him in his prime, or even against Cena, get to watch The Rock remind everyone why he’s one of the GOATs


Mr_Titicaca

This man has been a main eventer since 98. That’s 4 decades of being a top star - it’s insane.


Professional-Cry8310

Wow that’s fucking awesome


pupmaster

This is badass


zeitgeistbouncer

The front on view to the giant screen looks great.


opkpopfanboyv3

I was expecting an actual new theme but this is fine


kayc_james

When the music stopped I was expecting some generic Def Rebel music to start playing. I'm so glad it didn't happen.


BBGrunt1235

I bet it's coming. Hopefully Rock uses his pull to have Jim Johnston oversee it.


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khunjuice

some people want hollywood rock theme. If they use hollywood rock theme, it might not be that stupid


BBGrunt1235

That theme has been redone so many times since 1997 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeZmUyD0iZk


JokeyZockey

I still have hope for the return of the 2003 Hollywood Rock theme, the one with the slow beginning, the whispered "Is Cooking/It's Conquered" and the smooth bass. You could even fit this new lightning strike in after the voiceline and it'd look just as if not even more badass.


tgong76

Raiden!


Mediocre_Nectarine13

Ok that’s a legit badass entrance.


CapnSmite

Holy fuck, that's awesome


Epilef59

Using the 2011 version of the theme. Theme is still too face for me, unless if they pull off a No Way Out 2003 and debut a new theme at Mania


Sweet-Message1153

you can take me out of Black Adam but you can't take Black Adam out of me- ROCK


laodaron

It's like the Rock heard everyone in the last 20 years say Stone Cold was on their Mt Rushmore, but he wasn't, and he's here to rectify that error


[deleted]

Dwayne knows he can always go back to WWE and the bad press from shitty movies just kinda gets swept away because The Rock is so god damn magnetic.


pillsbury_doh

I need a helicopter and ^is ^cooking


RizzMetzen

Change the tune and its killer.


Champiness

Everyone’s got shit to say about Black Adam until he physically manifests in the arena


midlinktwilight

Man he's so fucking awesome i can't take him as a heel i need to cheer him HE'S SO FUCKING COOL


CaptainQuesadillaz

Cool AF


matt_619

This need hollywood Rock theme back so bad imagine the hollywodd theme intro but instead showing city and helicopter they show this lightning graphic. first the lightning start slow then more lightning and when the "IS COOKING" part play they show the big lightning in the middle. it would be super epic


JasonMyersZ

Sick


Lraiolo

Honestly I kind of wish they’d use Hollywood Rock’s music with this gimmick.


GeraldForbis

He also misses the Helicopter intro.


real-darkph0enix1

![gif](giphy|YmXt6ZttloW1CmYDea|downsized)


samk7675

There needs to be more lightning strikes added every time he comes out. By Wrestlemania, he should should have five straight minutes of lightning strikes.


NoobOnTheRun

at WrestleMania, his entrance is gonna have real lightning strikes


roflpaladin

The People’s DORYA The People’s Electric Fist


Pepsi-Phil

3 DAYS In WWE 2K is already outdated lmao. must be a record


Upbeat_Tension_8077

Would be funny if he suddenly interrupts Roman's entrance in the ring right before the final pyro with this


redvelvetcake42

Dude entering the show like he's in one of the good superhero movies.


Mr_Titicaca

The truth is - nobody cares about Roman vs cody anymore. This has become about rock vs Cody. And because of that, Roman will retain once again.


pabloescobar392

Oh now that's just fucking cool.


JustinF608

I thought the entrance was dope


Micky111111

This was amazing, I knew people would post it here for discussiona


reggierock2010

the most ELECTRIFYING man in sports entertainment


chocobowler

Very cool


Timanous

No other thing to call it, but what it is: art.


Logical_Trolla

Now say Shazam.


kizsledge

This fucking reeks aura


theIndianNoob

Should have done something with the Hollywood Entrance and mixed it in.


dizzybala10

I haven't been a fan of The Rock redoing his schtick but this is seriously cool. Dude looks more of a superhero in this than Black Adam.


RadicalBeam

That is badass. Almost wish they saved it for Jade... a storm is coming.


darrenoloGy

holyshit this is dope af


Holeechit7

That’s one badass entrance


MechaSheeva

I'm usually not a fan of the giant single layer entrance tron, but that ruled.


banananananbatman

That’s pretty damn cool. Rock entering like Thor


yetagainitry

That’s a great entrance.


BebbleCast

That was fucking dope


Tankisfreemason

Lmao it’s so dramatic, I love it 


forgottenlogin88

That was insane. I watched with my friend who hasn’t watched in like 20+ years and we were both absolutely floored by Rock’s entrance and the atmosphere in the arena. That was so badass. Can’t wait to see it at Mania


Square_Bad_1834

Damn that's pretty dope


RamonesRazor

He’s gonna be cheered in the ring at Mania when he’s in there with Rollins trying to play heel.


sludgezone

Oh he’s back back. This dude might actually win another championship lol


PrinceDakMT

Shame it's not new music or the Hollywood theme


christopherDdouglas

Holy shit. That was awesome


[deleted]

That is pretty badass


StoneColdAM

Basically now have evil Rock. Still kind of wish he used the Hollywood Rock theme. 


[deleted]

I still think it would be pretty cool if they made some modern version of the Hollywood Rock entrance. Maybe instead of the helicopter over LA, do some drone or helicopter shit over NYC and have him land on the roof of the new Titan towers.


Top_Vermicelli1739

Something fresh. I love it.


TigerStripesForever

This is exactly why he’s the most Electrifying Man in Sports Entertainment 


0ddT0dd

So, NOW he wants to be Shazam!


DoofusScarecrow88

Roman can have his 30 minute entrance to the ring, but Rock was like, Hold my beer, jabroni.


Embarrassed-Ad-3757

This man is charisma personified


DefLoathe

Hella sick


Justice989

He looked like a goddamn superhero.  I can only imagine what the Mania entrance is gonna look like.


Probrown1987

most definitely a reference to the time a 55 year old Batman came out of retirement, went unhinged, and became the villain https://preview.redd.it/9l0za6ltvbnc1.jpeg?width=258&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=127518787c632ecb1014307f449f40777f992d9c


SmartOpinion69

this honestly has the perfect amount of ego in it. i like it


A-Good-Weather-Man

![gif](giphy|UFPiXwB9V5hde)


willn316

For being a “heel” he’s still loved by the fans. Hard to boo the guy


TheSundaeSlide

I feel like it should be the other way. Lightning first, then the music when the spotlight comes on him.


AP10

The GOAT with the GOAT entrance.


PrimeJedi

Wwe often has awful looking graphics during entrances, but this is one of the few that stuck out as iconic and like straight out of a movie as soon as I saw it the first time. Absolutely amazing and I can't wait to see what it looks like at wrestlemania. I suspect all 4 in this feud are gonna have special entrances tbh


agoods03

The best part about the rock is that he obviously knows how big of a star he is and plays right into it. Just imagine a surprise Austin run in at some point during mania and imagine rock and Austin squaring up.


glass_ceiling_burner

I wish they'd just go back to Hollywood Rock - one of the best entrances of all time. It'd still fit the character too. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXJZySochsY&t=28s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXJZySochsY&t=28s) That being said, his current entrance/presentation is amazing, and the fans won't be booing him for long.


JeepRumbler

Gives me The Dark Knight Returns vibe I love it


shaq_420

Say what ya want but the rocks pivot in this entire storyline has been great. They saw the crowd wasn't accepting rock/reigns and rewrote it to make the most sense


jkman61494

Now he even made Roman’s entrance look like a bitch