1 00:00:02,045 --> 00:00:04,948 - We are going to talk about John Cena and The Rock. 2 00:00:05,081 --> 00:00:08,618 This calls for a little bit of this. 3 00:00:09,719 --> 00:00:12,222 This will indeed be a story of multiple perspectives. 4 00:00:12,355 --> 00:00:13,924 Get ready. 5 00:00:14,057 --> 00:00:16,726 - Two faces of their generation. 6 00:00:16,860 --> 00:00:19,296 Two icons in their prime. 7 00:00:19,429 --> 00:00:22,866 - Two of the greatest WWE Superstars ever 8 00:00:22,999 --> 00:00:24,935 going head-to-head. 9 00:00:25,068 --> 00:00:30,440 - 2011, The Rock has not been in a WWE ring in years and 10 00:00:30,573 --> 00:00:34,044 John Cena starts questioning whether or not The Rock 11 00:00:34,177 --> 00:00:35,845 cares about the business. 12 00:00:35,979 --> 00:00:38,648 - John's popping off at the mouth and this is what happens 13 00:00:38,782 --> 00:00:41,351 when idiots have confidence. 14 00:00:41,484 --> 00:00:45,455 WrestleMania 28, John Cena versus The Rock. 15 00:00:45,589 --> 00:00:47,824 - The buzz was huge. 16 00:00:47,958 --> 00:00:49,626 Everyone was talking about it. 17 00:00:49,759 --> 00:00:52,862 - My size-15 boot right up John Cena's candy ass. 18 00:00:52,996 --> 00:00:55,665 It's really going to be a beautiful thing. 19 00:00:55,799 --> 00:00:58,969 - Oh no, Rock Bottom to Cena. 20 00:00:59,102 --> 00:01:03,406 - On a personal level, I just don't like you. 21 00:01:03,540 --> 00:01:04,474 - He came out swinging. 22 00:01:04,607 --> 00:01:05,609 I came out swinging. 23 00:01:05,742 --> 00:01:07,077 It was as real as you could imagine. 24 00:01:07,210 --> 00:01:09,813 I would be damned if you come in a visitor and 25 00:01:09,946 --> 00:01:13,016 take my life from me. 26 00:01:13,149 --> 00:01:15,785 - As a part of management, I'm thinking we really got 27 00:01:15,919 --> 00:01:18,021 to get these guys on the same page, 28 00:01:18,154 --> 00:01:20,023 but another part of me as a fan is saying, 29 00:01:20,156 --> 00:01:21,391 "This is incredible." 30 00:01:21,524 --> 00:01:23,827 - Once in a lifetime. 31 00:01:23,960 --> 00:01:28,965 - You will always be a little boy who will go down in history 32 00:01:29,099 --> 00:01:32,569 as The Rock's bitch. 33 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:41,211 - This rivalry has just escalated into a war. 34 00:01:41,344 --> 00:01:44,914 - When two legends collide, their rivalry stays pinned 35 00:01:45,048 --> 00:01:48,852 in our minds forever. 36 00:01:48,985 --> 00:01:51,488 This is where we break down the legendary stories behind 37 00:01:51,621 --> 00:01:54,758 the greatest rivalries of all time. 38 00:01:54,891 --> 00:02:00,363 I'm Freddie Prinze, Jr., and this is WWE Rivals. 39 00:02:04,300 --> 00:02:05,301 - This is a big fight. 40 00:02:05,435 --> 00:02:06,736 They don't get any bigger than this. 41 00:02:06,870 --> 00:02:09,806 - Two heads of the company at different times. 42 00:02:09,939 --> 00:02:13,843 John Cena and The Rock. 43 00:02:13,977 --> 00:02:16,112 - It's just icon versus icon. 44 00:02:16,246 --> 00:02:18,748 When I tell someone what I do for a living, they say, 45 00:02:18,882 --> 00:02:20,050 "Oh, what's that like?" 46 00:02:20,183 --> 00:02:22,252 I'm like, "You know like The Rock or John Cena, 47 00:02:22,385 --> 00:02:23,153 what they did? 48 00:02:23,286 --> 00:02:24,587 "Oh, okay, yes." 49 00:02:24,721 --> 00:02:26,689 It's hard to explain, but you could say two names 50 00:02:26,823 --> 00:02:28,058 and people get it. 51 00:02:28,191 --> 00:02:30,727 - You want your superheroes to be bigger than life. 52 00:02:30,860 --> 00:02:33,563 That's one of the reasons you like guys like Cena and Rock. 53 00:02:33,697 --> 00:02:36,132 These guys are bigger than life. 54 00:02:36,266 --> 00:02:38,468 Just two alpha males trying to show who is the better 55 00:02:38,601 --> 00:02:41,738 champion from their respective eras. 56 00:02:42,572 --> 00:02:47,877 - Finally, The Rock has come back to Las Vegas. 57 00:02:48,011 --> 00:02:51,181 [crowd cheers] 58 00:02:51,314 --> 00:02:52,949 - Well, The Rock was the most electrifying man 59 00:02:53,083 --> 00:02:54,517 in sports entertainment 60 00:02:54,651 --> 00:02:57,487 and a charisma that was second to none. 61 00:02:57,620 --> 00:02:58,721 - That's exactly-- 62 00:02:58,855 --> 00:03:00,090 - It doesn't matter what you think. 63 00:03:00,223 --> 00:03:01,858 [crowd cheers] 64 00:03:01,991 --> 00:03:04,994 - I had watched how The Rock had climbed the ladder and 65 00:03:05,128 --> 00:03:07,764 really had this business down to an art form. 66 00:03:07,897 --> 00:03:12,001 - In four seconds, they will all chant The Rock's name. 67 00:03:12,135 --> 00:03:16,473 [crowd chants "Rocky"] 68 00:03:16,606 --> 00:03:18,842 - Some of the most classic backstage interviews 69 00:03:18,975 --> 00:03:20,276 with him were so awesome. 70 00:03:20,410 --> 00:03:23,413 - A little professionalism, Lilian Garcia, please. 71 00:03:23,546 --> 00:03:24,981 - The Rock, he was white hot. 72 00:03:25,115 --> 00:03:29,419 - You don't have enough hair on your roody-poo- 73 00:03:29,552 --> 00:03:31,654 - -candy ass. 74 00:03:31,788 --> 00:03:34,491 - He spent a lot of time experimenting. 75 00:03:34,624 --> 00:03:38,895 He turned the promo into his own work of art. 76 00:03:39,028 --> 00:03:46,636 - If you smell what The Rock is cooking. 77 00:03:46,769 --> 00:03:48,004 [crowd cheers] 78 00:03:50,373 --> 00:03:53,376 - To help paint the picture, we're mid-2000s 79 00:03:53,510 --> 00:03:55,411 and The Rock has left the company. 80 00:03:55,545 --> 00:03:58,281 He had a role in a movie called The Scorpion King. 81 00:03:58,414 --> 00:03:59,749 - Three, two, one. 82 00:03:59,883 --> 00:04:01,618 Go. 83 00:04:01,751 --> 00:04:04,187 - You started to see him develop and you saw his work develop. 84 00:04:04,320 --> 00:04:06,422 All of a sudden, The Rock becomes 85 00:04:06,556 --> 00:04:09,859 a massive star in Hollywood. 86 00:04:12,362 --> 00:04:14,998 - There was a lot of concern in the company. 87 00:04:15,131 --> 00:04:19,502 The Rock had become the face of the WWE. 88 00:04:19,636 --> 00:04:22,705 He was a guy that could go on late-night talk shows. 89 00:04:22,839 --> 00:04:24,774 He could host Saturday Night Live, 90 00:04:24,908 --> 00:04:27,977 so that's why everybody was worried. 91 00:04:28,111 --> 00:04:31,748 - Now, there's this huge hole in the lineup and we need someone 92 00:04:31,881 --> 00:04:35,919 to batten down the hatches, and that somebody is John Cena. 93 00:04:36,052 --> 00:04:41,124 - John Cena, the Doctor of Thuganomics. 94 00:04:41,891 --> 00:04:43,660 - What John was able to do, whenever he would come out, 95 00:04:43,793 --> 00:04:45,161 he'd rap when he get in the ring. 96 00:04:45,295 --> 00:04:47,096 It wasn't something that was done before in WWE. 97 00:04:47,230 --> 00:04:50,967 - It's time to make John Cena a household name. 98 00:04:51,100 --> 00:04:54,938 I'm going to win the US title and keep changing the game. 99 00:04:55,071 --> 00:04:56,839 Riding heavy. 100 00:04:56,973 --> 00:04:58,775 Riding heavy, baby. 101 00:04:58,908 --> 00:05:01,711 - I think he was picking up where the Attitude Era left off. 102 00:05:01,845 --> 00:05:05,882 It just hit a certain chord with the youth of that era. 103 00:05:06,015 --> 00:05:11,988 - SmackDown's fastest-rising star, John Cena. 104 00:05:12,121 --> 00:05:12,922 The cover. 105 00:05:13,056 --> 00:05:13,890 - Hook on the leg. 106 00:05:14,023 --> 00:05:15,491 - One, two, three. 107 00:05:15,625 --> 00:05:16,626 John Cena is the champion. 108 00:05:16,759 --> 00:05:18,161 [bell rings] 109 00:05:18,294 --> 00:05:21,364 - John then became the face of the company on every billboard 110 00:05:21,497 --> 00:05:25,935 and poster, sides of the trucks, and on The Today Show. 111 00:05:26,069 --> 00:05:27,971 For the company, that was a huge boon. 112 00:05:28,104 --> 00:05:29,105 - Diamonds are a girl's best friend. 113 00:05:29,239 --> 00:05:30,106 It looks great on you. 114 00:05:30,240 --> 00:05:31,307 [laughter] 115 00:05:31,441 --> 00:05:32,642 - Okay. 116 00:05:32,775 --> 00:05:35,078 - John worked his tail off to get that position. 117 00:05:35,211 --> 00:05:36,412 He built it brick by brick. 118 00:05:36,546 --> 00:05:37,947 Now, the company got behind him. 119 00:05:38,081 --> 00:05:39,315 - The fans didn't want that. 120 00:05:39,449 --> 00:05:41,017 They want to be the ones to choose. 121 00:05:41,150 --> 00:05:42,652 They want to have that effect. 122 00:05:42,785 --> 00:05:44,954 - If the company's choosing him, we're going to boo him. 123 00:05:45,088 --> 00:05:48,825 [crowd chants "Cena sucks"] 124 00:05:48,958 --> 00:05:50,393 - "Cena sucks" was like, 125 00:05:50,526 --> 00:05:52,195 "-- wow." 126 00:05:52,328 --> 00:05:54,998 [crowd chants "Cena"] 127 00:05:55,131 --> 00:05:58,768 - Every kid had a hat, a shirt, and I was just saying 128 00:05:58,901 --> 00:06:01,204 to myself like, "Oh, I get it. 129 00:06:01,337 --> 00:06:03,907 He's laughing all the way to the bank." 130 00:06:04,040 --> 00:06:09,245 It just cements the fact that it was John's company. 131 00:06:09,379 --> 00:06:12,148 - That's what I'm talking about. 132 00:06:12,282 --> 00:06:16,185 Undeniably, unquestionably, John Cena has been the biggest 133 00:06:16,319 --> 00:06:20,623 star in the WWE for years now. 134 00:06:20,757 --> 00:06:25,461 Then I come to find out, John would go out publicly and he 135 00:06:25,595 --> 00:06:29,799 would say disparaging things about me in this roundabout way. 136 00:06:30,266 --> 00:06:33,336 - This is my take on The Rock and he's a genuinely nice guy. 137 00:06:33,469 --> 00:06:37,106 What I kind of get peeved about is he, at one point, loved 138 00:06:37,240 --> 00:06:39,208 wrestling and wanted to do this all of his life. 139 00:06:39,342 --> 00:06:42,412 Then explain to me why he can't come back for a 15th-anniversary 140 00:06:42,545 --> 00:06:45,748 show or why he can't make an appearance at WrestleMania. 141 00:06:45,882 --> 00:06:48,718 Simply put, it's because he wants to be an actor, so I get 142 00:06:48,851 --> 00:06:50,520 why he doesn't come back. 143 00:06:50,653 --> 00:06:51,955 Don't -- me around and tell me 144 00:06:52,088 --> 00:06:54,891 that you love this when you're just doing 145 00:06:55,024 --> 00:06:56,159 this to do something else. 146 00:06:56,292 --> 00:06:57,060 Just show up. 147 00:06:57,226 --> 00:06:58,361 Just say hi and leave. 148 00:06:58,494 --> 00:06:59,662 That's all he's got to do. 149 00:06:59,796 --> 00:07:02,265 Do the eyebrow once and get out of town. 150 00:07:02,398 --> 00:07:05,335 - You say things like that and you say things in such 151 00:07:05,468 --> 00:07:07,503 a dismissive way like come back 152 00:07:07,637 --> 00:07:11,708 and do your little eyebrow and leave? 153 00:07:11,841 --> 00:07:13,409 [chuckles] 154 00:07:13,543 --> 00:07:17,347 You got to be careful with things you say like that. 155 00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:21,050 - What I was thinking was get Rock back on television 100%. 156 00:07:21,184 --> 00:07:23,319 He gave me an opening and because 157 00:07:23,453 --> 00:07:26,456 I was doing all the shows, the same thing he'd done in '99 158 00:07:26,589 --> 00:07:29,025 to bring the company to unseen heights. 159 00:07:29,158 --> 00:07:32,962 You can't see me. 160 00:07:33,096 --> 00:07:35,365 I was telling him, he didn't feel the way he said 161 00:07:35,498 --> 00:07:37,133 that he was all talk. 162 00:07:37,266 --> 00:07:41,070 You see a guy with the world in the palm of his hand. 163 00:07:41,204 --> 00:07:44,741 I'm just flicking a pebble at him and it really got to him, 164 00:07:44,874 --> 00:07:47,810 which proves he really loves the WWE. 165 00:07:47,944 --> 00:07:51,147 - In 2008, Rock comes back to WWE to induct his father 166 00:07:51,280 --> 00:07:55,985 and grandfather into the WWE Hall of Fame and Rock was like, 167 00:07:56,119 --> 00:07:58,788 "What can we do that's going to be really fun?" 168 00:07:58,921 --> 00:08:03,326 The idea was we do like a little roast of the WWE stars. 169 00:08:03,459 --> 00:08:06,195 Let's do a John Cena Marine joke. 170 00:08:06,596 --> 00:08:08,131 - Highway patrol, this is John Triton. 171 00:08:08,264 --> 00:08:09,399 They have a hostage. 172 00:08:09,532 --> 00:08:11,267 It's my wife. 173 00:08:11,401 --> 00:08:13,669 - There was a big controversy with the WWE 174 00:08:13,803 --> 00:08:15,772 and illegal torture. 175 00:08:15,905 --> 00:08:17,407 They would find Iraqi insurgents. 176 00:08:17,540 --> 00:08:18,875 They'd sit them down, them up, 177 00:08:19,008 --> 00:08:22,378 and they'd make them watch copies of the DVD, The Marine. 178 00:08:22,512 --> 00:08:32,488 [crowd cheers] 179 00:08:33,089 --> 00:08:34,390 - Now, I really have something and I think 180 00:08:34,524 --> 00:08:37,493 we really got a chance. 181 00:08:37,627 --> 00:08:39,362 If he's going to come back, I got a chance on 182 00:08:39,495 --> 00:08:42,165 dancing with The Rock. 183 00:08:42,298 --> 00:08:46,936 - This rivalry kicks off on a Monday Night Raw in February- 184 00:08:47,069 --> 00:08:53,276 [The Rock's music plays] 185 00:08:53,409 --> 00:08:56,212 - -when The Rock is announced as the guest host 186 00:08:56,345 --> 00:08:58,281 of WrestleMania. 187 00:08:58,414 --> 00:09:00,183 [music] 188 00:09:00,316 --> 00:09:07,557 - Finally, The Rock has come back home. 189 00:09:07,690 --> 00:09:11,761 [applause] 190 00:09:11,894 --> 00:09:13,396 - I give you my word. 191 00:09:13,529 --> 00:09:16,566 I am never ever going away. 192 00:09:16,699 --> 00:09:19,936 [crowd cheering] 193 00:09:20,069 --> 00:09:24,140 - This was what really kickstarted things because 194 00:09:24,273 --> 00:09:25,675 afterwards, mainly, people were talking about 195 00:09:25,808 --> 00:09:27,810 all of the John Cena jokes. 196 00:09:27,944 --> 00:09:29,245 - You can't see me. 197 00:09:29,378 --> 00:09:33,382 [crowd cheers] 198 00:09:33,516 --> 00:09:34,417 - You can't see me. 199 00:09:34,550 --> 00:09:35,151 What are you playing? 200 00:09:35,284 --> 00:09:35,985 Peekaboo. 201 00:09:36,119 --> 00:09:36,886 You can't see me. 202 00:09:37,019 --> 00:09:37,954 I can see you. 203 00:09:38,087 --> 00:09:39,055 Can you see me? 204 00:09:39,188 --> 00:09:41,524 Oh, believe me, we all can see you. 205 00:09:41,657 --> 00:09:42,892 How the hell do you think we can miss? 206 00:09:43,025 --> 00:09:45,261 You come out here with your bright ass purple shirt. 207 00:09:45,394 --> 00:09:47,129 Before that, your bright green shirt. 208 00:09:47,263 --> 00:09:48,431 Before that, your bright orange shirt. 209 00:09:48,564 --> 00:09:50,066 You're running around here looking like a big, 210 00:09:50,199 --> 00:09:51,534 fat bowl of Fruity Pebbles. 211 00:09:51,667 --> 00:09:54,804 [crowd cheers] 212 00:09:54,937 --> 00:10:00,843 - John Cena, The Rock will see you at WrestleMania. 213 00:10:00,977 --> 00:10:06,249 - This is the pinnacle of entertainment, WrestleMania. 214 00:10:06,382 --> 00:10:08,384 - The Rock is hosting WrestleMania at the time. 215 00:10:08,518 --> 00:10:15,725 - Finally, The Rock has come back to WrestleMania. 216 00:10:15,858 --> 00:10:19,729 - The main event of WrestleMania is John Cena versus The Miz. 217 00:10:19,862 --> 00:10:25,201 - The Miz would defend the WWE title against John Cena. 218 00:10:25,334 --> 00:10:28,771 - You always wondered what the interaction between 219 00:10:28,905 --> 00:10:32,308 The Rock and John Cena would look like. 220 00:10:32,441 --> 00:10:34,877 This is the first time I feel really you had a sense that, 221 00:10:35,011 --> 00:10:36,712 "Oh, maybe The Rock and John Cena could cross paths and 222 00:10:36,846 --> 00:10:38,414 something could happen here." 223 00:10:38,548 --> 00:10:39,982 - The great one coming back. 224 00:10:40,116 --> 00:10:43,185 Remember, it's no disqualification. 225 00:10:43,319 --> 00:10:44,921 Whoa, whoa, whoa. 226 00:10:45,054 --> 00:10:45,922 - The Rock, Rock. 227 00:10:46,055 --> 00:10:47,323 - The Rock. 228 00:10:47,456 --> 00:10:48,791 Oh-- 229 00:10:48,925 --> 00:10:50,760 a Rock Bottom. 230 00:10:50,893 --> 00:10:54,163 The Rock Bottom on John Cena. 231 00:10:59,936 --> 00:11:03,072 Will Miz take advantage? 232 00:11:04,373 --> 00:11:06,209 - Rock interferes in the match and he catches 233 00:11:06,342 --> 00:11:07,510 Cena with the Rock Bottom. 234 00:11:07,643 --> 00:11:09,011 He costs him the title. 235 00:11:10,213 --> 00:11:12,949 This sets us off to the races in a collision course 236 00:11:13,082 --> 00:11:16,385 with two gigantic men. 237 00:11:16,519 --> 00:11:19,221 - The Rock says we make history. 238 00:11:19,355 --> 00:11:22,825 The Rock says we do something that's never been done before on 239 00:11:22,959 --> 00:11:25,962 the grandest stage in the world. 240 00:11:26,095 --> 00:11:29,532 WrestleMania 28, John Cena versus The Rock. 241 00:11:29,665 --> 00:11:32,602 [crowd cheers] 242 00:11:32,735 --> 00:11:35,671 - We've all collectively made the decision that we're going to 243 00:11:35,805 --> 00:11:39,742 announce this match a year in advance. 244 00:11:39,875 --> 00:11:42,345 - Once in a lifetime at WrestleMania, 245 00:11:42,478 --> 00:11:44,680 The Rock versus John Cena. 246 00:11:44,814 --> 00:11:46,015 - You don't do it in boxing. 247 00:11:46,148 --> 00:11:51,454 You don't do it anywhere else, but in WWE form, 248 00:11:51,587 --> 00:11:56,659 we're going to do something new and do it differently. 249 00:11:56,792 --> 00:11:58,394 Where are you at, Cena? 250 00:11:58,527 --> 00:12:00,896 Oh, I can see your monkey ass bitch 251 00:12:01,030 --> 00:12:02,932 Where are you at? 252 00:12:03,065 --> 00:12:06,469 We're going to grab this opportunity and we're going 253 00:12:06,602 --> 00:12:14,076 to go to the -- moon and put on the show of a lifetime. 254 00:12:15,111 --> 00:12:18,714 - How is this even going to work because we're not going to have 255 00:12:18,848 --> 00:12:20,316 The Rock around that often? 256 00:12:20,449 --> 00:12:22,585 It just seemed impossible based on the amount of stuff 257 00:12:22,718 --> 00:12:25,554 he was doing in Hollywood, but they can take shots 258 00:12:25,688 --> 00:12:29,191 at each other on social media now. 259 00:12:30,059 --> 00:12:34,563 - When The Rock talks on Twitter, things trend worldwide. 260 00:12:34,697 --> 00:12:37,033 The best part about having John on Twitter is, 261 00:12:37,166 --> 00:12:41,070 a every once in while, I'll -- with him. 262 00:12:42,071 --> 00:12:46,008 - Oh, yes. 263 00:12:46,142 --> 00:12:49,679 - Thousands and thousands of tweets from his fans, 264 00:12:49,812 --> 00:12:52,648 "You're so mean. Stop being mean to John Cena. 265 00:12:52,782 --> 00:12:55,317 He's the best. Cenation." 266 00:12:55,451 --> 00:12:58,521 You want to be like, "Hey, if you think I'm mean now, 267 00:12:58,654 --> 00:12:59,722 you just watch what I do." 268 00:12:59,855 --> 00:13:02,024 [laughs] 269 00:13:02,158 --> 00:13:03,993 - This is an innovative thing. 270 00:13:04,160 --> 00:13:06,295 Just when I think I don't have to deal with him until he shows 271 00:13:06,429 --> 00:13:12,301 up again, we start going at each other's throats on Twitter. 272 00:13:12,435 --> 00:13:15,304 If somebody's talking trash and I have the forum 273 00:13:15,438 --> 00:13:18,741 to talk back. 274 00:13:23,612 --> 00:13:25,715 I'll jab you back. 275 00:13:25,848 --> 00:13:28,184 I give a damn that he had the balls to stand 276 00:13:28,317 --> 00:13:33,055 in the middle of this ring, said that he was back 277 00:13:33,189 --> 00:13:39,595 and that he was never leaving again. 278 00:13:40,596 --> 00:13:45,334 Yet here I am and we all wonder where is the 279 00:13:45,468 --> 00:13:49,171 so-called People's Champion. 280 00:13:49,305 --> 00:13:51,674 - The Rock's Twitter blew up. 281 00:13:51,807 --> 00:13:53,008 When The Rock said he was never going away, 282 00:13:53,142 --> 00:13:54,210 that he has to be at 283 00:13:54,343 --> 00:13:55,745 every single show, every single night, 284 00:13:55,878 --> 00:14:00,483 every live event, no, John Cena, that's not what it means, idiot. 285 00:14:00,616 --> 00:14:03,586 The Rock has already done it. 286 00:14:03,719 --> 00:14:06,522 Every single thing you're doing right now in the WWE, 287 00:14:06,655 --> 00:14:09,258 John, going to every show running your mouth, 288 00:14:09,391 --> 00:14:11,260 "I'm here, everybody. I'm here, I'm here. 289 00:14:11,393 --> 00:14:12,862 Rock's not here." 290 00:14:12,995 --> 00:14:15,531 Shut up. 291 00:14:15,664 --> 00:14:18,000 - I'm the type of guy that people do come at, 292 00:14:18,134 --> 00:14:20,569 but I'm also the type of guy who enjoys that. 293 00:14:20,703 --> 00:14:24,206 Rock's vignettes were gold. 294 00:14:24,340 --> 00:14:26,308 They were just gold. 295 00:14:26,442 --> 00:14:28,377 - John Cena, you got a lot of nerve coming 296 00:14:28,511 --> 00:14:31,814 to The Rock's house. 297 00:14:34,049 --> 00:14:37,887 Do you know why you'll never be as good as The Rock? 298 00:14:38,020 --> 00:14:40,489 - Because I'm not that talented? 299 00:14:40,623 --> 00:14:45,795 - Yes, John Cena, because you're not that talented. 300 00:14:45,928 --> 00:14:47,563 How does it make you feel? 301 00:14:47,696 --> 00:14:48,798 - I feel-- 302 00:14:48,931 --> 00:14:52,468 - It doesn't matter how it makes you feel. 303 00:14:52,601 --> 00:14:54,904 - Rock is a brash, smack-talking. 304 00:14:55,037 --> 00:14:58,674 His personality is super masculine. 305 00:14:58,808 --> 00:15:02,378 - The Rock is back to scratch a major itch. 306 00:15:02,511 --> 00:15:06,849 Enjoy your Fruity Pebbles, you yabba-dabba bitch. 307 00:15:06,982 --> 00:15:08,350 - I can't outdo that. 308 00:15:08,484 --> 00:15:10,953 The thing is I'm not looking at that defeated. 309 00:15:11,086 --> 00:15:13,956 I'm looking at it like, "Okay, what can I do now?" 310 00:15:14,089 --> 00:15:16,792 This Fruity Pebble that you're dealing with, 311 00:15:16,926 --> 00:15:20,529 I'm not your average jabroni. 312 00:15:20,663 --> 00:15:24,967 I'm like a big purple pinwheel, Rock, so go ahead and blow me. 313 00:15:25,100 --> 00:15:26,602 [crowd cheers] 314 00:15:26,735 --> 00:15:29,538 - Rock called me a Fruity Pebble. 315 00:15:29,672 --> 00:15:31,307 I got a -- cereal sponsorship with that. 316 00:15:31,440 --> 00:15:34,844 Fruity Pebbles is my champion chomp. 317 00:15:34,977 --> 00:15:39,048 - The Rock starts poking holes in John Cena like, 318 00:15:39,181 --> 00:15:42,151 "How many different, colorful T-shirts are you going to wear?" 319 00:15:42,284 --> 00:15:45,754 He manages to take this insult and flip it into 320 00:15:45,888 --> 00:15:48,390 a Fruity Pebbles endorsement. 321 00:15:48,524 --> 00:15:50,426 Only John Cena. 322 00:15:50,559 --> 00:15:52,061 - Action. 323 00:15:56,198 --> 00:15:58,467 - There we go. 324 00:15:58,601 --> 00:16:00,503 - After GI Joe wrapped, Rock had the opportunity 325 00:16:00,636 --> 00:16:01,971 now to come back. 326 00:16:02,104 --> 00:16:04,773 It was perfect timing because Survivor Series is like-- 327 00:16:04,907 --> 00:16:07,910 People say Royal Rumble kicks off WrestleMania season. 328 00:16:08,010 --> 00:16:10,746 For us behind the scenes, Survivor Series really kicks it 329 00:16:10,880 --> 00:16:15,551 off to really ramp up a good WrestleMania main event. 330 00:16:15,684 --> 00:16:18,387 - I'm not going to do this out of friendship, 331 00:16:18,521 --> 00:16:23,392 but if I'm going to defeat The Miz and R-Truth, 332 00:16:23,525 --> 00:16:24,960 my partner is going to have 333 00:16:25,094 --> 00:16:29,331 to be somebody who's going to bring it. 334 00:16:29,465 --> 00:16:34,270 At Survivor Series, I choose my partner to be The Rock. 335 00:16:34,403 --> 00:16:37,039 [crowd cheers] 336 00:16:37,172 --> 00:16:40,609 - Sort of a staple in WWE, opponents teaming up. 337 00:16:40,743 --> 00:16:44,613 There's a lot of interesting elements to having John and 338 00:16:44,747 --> 00:16:47,149 The Rock team with each other at Madison Square Garden. 339 00:16:47,283 --> 00:16:52,988 [music] 340 00:16:53,122 --> 00:16:57,493 - It's a great shot of him with the tattoos 341 00:16:57,626 --> 00:17:00,563 and he's so handsome. 342 00:17:01,797 --> 00:17:05,401 I'm expecting to see a very emotional crowd, 343 00:17:05,534 --> 00:17:07,002 very happy to see Dwayne back. 344 00:17:07,136 --> 00:17:09,872 [crowd chants "Rocky"] 345 00:17:10,005 --> 00:17:11,974 - I'm very emotional about seeing him back 346 00:17:12,107 --> 00:17:13,375 here in The Garden. 347 00:17:13,509 --> 00:17:14,977 We miss him in the ring. 348 00:17:15,077 --> 00:17:16,812 It'll be great to see him back in the ring 349 00:17:16,946 --> 00:17:19,815 and I know he's feeling it too. 350 00:17:21,216 --> 00:17:24,453 - Survivor Series where these two men are forced to be 351 00:17:24,587 --> 00:17:29,491 a tag team and you were there and you saw Dwayne. 352 00:17:29,625 --> 00:17:32,995 - I'm sitting there and Dwayne came down there. 353 00:17:33,128 --> 00:17:35,097 I just remember saying to myself, 354 00:17:35,230 --> 00:17:36,632 "He's the only guy on 355 00:17:36,765 --> 00:17:39,902 the roster that looks better than the video game." 356 00:17:40,035 --> 00:17:42,972 The actual human looks better than the video game. 357 00:17:43,105 --> 00:17:46,709 I'm just like, "He was in shape." 358 00:17:46,842 --> 00:17:49,044 [crowd boos] 359 00:17:49,178 --> 00:17:51,947 - He's walking in the back and you're about to see him go 360 00:17:52,081 --> 00:17:54,450 back out there after so long. 361 00:17:54,583 --> 00:17:55,751 You have the goosebumps. 362 00:17:55,884 --> 00:17:57,653 You have the chills. 363 00:17:57,786 --> 00:18:06,428 [The Rock's music plays] 364 00:18:06,562 --> 00:18:09,798 - Damn, I miss it. 365 00:18:09,932 --> 00:18:12,534 I miss seeing him perform. 366 00:18:16,071 --> 00:18:18,641 [crowd chants "Rocky"] 367 00:18:18,774 --> 00:18:22,444 - I want to see what type of ring shape The Rock's in. 368 00:18:22,578 --> 00:18:25,247 - When he came out, oh, man. 369 00:18:25,381 --> 00:18:26,281 - Wow. 370 00:18:28,884 --> 00:18:30,052 - Big arm drag. 371 00:18:30,185 --> 00:18:31,320 - And the Rock is cooking. 372 00:18:31,453 --> 00:18:33,389 - He's just like riding the bicycle, man. 373 00:18:33,522 --> 00:18:34,623 - Electric. 374 00:18:34,757 --> 00:18:35,991 Always, he's electric like at The Garden. 375 00:18:41,363 --> 00:18:44,099 - I think he's trying to show up John Cena. 376 00:18:44,233 --> 00:18:46,735 - Survivor Series was when they really started planting 377 00:18:46,869 --> 00:18:52,641 the seeds of division and frustration and resentment 378 00:18:52,775 --> 00:18:55,110 between The Rock and John Cena. 379 00:18:55,244 --> 00:18:57,613 - And here we go, folks. 380 00:18:57,746 --> 00:18:59,148 - Top that. 381 00:18:59,281 --> 00:19:00,349 Top that, Rock. 382 00:19:00,482 --> 00:19:02,151 [laughs] 383 00:19:03,018 --> 00:19:04,753 - The Rock started rocking and rolling. 384 00:19:04,887 --> 00:19:08,891 - The most electrifying move in all of entertainment. 385 00:19:09,024 --> 00:19:10,159 Oh, the People's Elbow. 386 00:19:10,292 --> 00:19:13,429 [crowd cheers] 387 00:19:13,562 --> 00:19:16,932 - The Rock and Cena win at Survivor Series. 388 00:19:20,402 --> 00:19:21,603 - They did something I didn't think they'd do. 389 00:19:21,737 --> 00:19:23,972 They stayed on the same page. 390 00:19:24,473 --> 00:19:26,308 - What's going to happen when the next chapter 391 00:19:26,442 --> 00:19:28,777 of this rivalry is written? 392 00:19:28,911 --> 00:19:29,812 - Whoa, whoa, whoa. 393 00:19:29,945 --> 00:19:31,280 - Oh, no. 394 00:19:31,413 --> 00:19:34,149 - Oh, my goodness. 395 00:19:34,283 --> 00:19:37,553 - Rock Bottom for Cena. 396 00:19:37,686 --> 00:19:40,255 - I just didn't get a little physical with Cena. 397 00:19:40,389 --> 00:19:44,393 I Rock-Bottomed that -- lips through the mat. 398 00:19:44,526 --> 00:19:46,929 That's beyond a little physical. 399 00:19:48,831 --> 00:19:50,399 Tonight was my night. 400 00:19:50,532 --> 00:19:54,436 In the end, I got one up on him, but we got a long run to go. 401 00:19:59,675 --> 00:20:04,480 [crowd murmuring] 402 00:20:04,613 --> 00:20:05,314 - I'll be back. 403 00:20:05,447 --> 00:20:06,215 I got to get some more-- 404 00:20:06,348 --> 00:20:08,517 - [background chatter] 405 00:20:08,650 --> 00:20:11,019 - Did we do at least 20% last night? 406 00:20:11,153 --> 00:20:12,688 - We did exactly 20%. 407 00:20:12,821 --> 00:20:14,923 - Not too bad for being booed out of the place. 408 00:20:15,057 --> 00:20:18,227 - Yes, you were 20%, Dwayne, 16%. 409 00:20:18,360 --> 00:20:21,296 - You are -- ribbing me. 410 00:20:21,430 --> 00:20:25,834 They did not like me last night at all, but it's weird. 411 00:20:25,968 --> 00:20:28,570 They'll tell you to -- off and then they'll go buy your stuff. 412 00:20:28,704 --> 00:20:29,938 It's tough. 413 00:20:30,072 --> 00:20:31,306 I don't know. 414 00:20:31,440 --> 00:20:33,809 I don't know. 415 00:20:34,276 --> 00:20:37,279 - We were playing with a lot of different elements 416 00:20:37,412 --> 00:20:40,282 between WWE's schedule, between Rock's schedule, 417 00:20:40,415 --> 00:20:42,684 what dates Rock will be there, what dates he won't be, 418 00:20:42,818 --> 00:20:45,387 but we could still keep the storyline alive. 419 00:20:45,521 --> 00:20:47,156 - I was out here to talk about The Rock. 420 00:20:47,289 --> 00:20:49,725 The guy who's not here this week, the guy who's going to be 421 00:20:49,858 --> 00:20:52,795 here next week to address me. 422 00:20:52,928 --> 00:20:55,063 That's going to be a fun time. 423 00:20:56,398 --> 00:20:59,001 He should show up, raise an eyebrow, 424 00:20:59,134 --> 00:21:02,070 hold the millions in the palm of his hand like only he can, 425 00:21:02,204 --> 00:21:04,640 and then kick it back to Hollywood. 426 00:21:05,340 --> 00:21:07,309 - John's popping off at the mouth. 427 00:21:07,442 --> 00:21:11,480 This is what happens when idiots have confidence. 428 00:21:11,613 --> 00:21:13,315 You find this all around the world. 429 00:21:13,448 --> 00:21:14,716 We all know that. 430 00:21:14,850 --> 00:21:16,151 Sometimes there's a lot of idiots out there who think 431 00:21:16,285 --> 00:21:18,720 that they're kings of the mountain when, in reality, 432 00:21:18,854 --> 00:21:20,656 they're just -- on a little hill. 433 00:21:23,192 --> 00:21:26,995 - This gigantic figure in The Rock is coming back 434 00:21:27,129 --> 00:21:31,099 and everyone is on Rock's side. 435 00:21:31,233 --> 00:21:33,235 It's like John Cena versus the world. 436 00:21:33,368 --> 00:21:35,971 I got to do whatever it takes because this isn't a promo. 437 00:21:36,104 --> 00:21:37,539 This is now war. 438 00:21:39,408 --> 00:21:42,244 - Rock doing his thing with me going out to interrupt him. 439 00:21:42,377 --> 00:21:49,251 90 seconds before my music hit, someone to not be named said, 440 00:21:49,384 --> 00:21:51,053 "Yo, do you see that?" 441 00:21:51,186 --> 00:21:53,055 I said, "See what?" 442 00:21:53,188 --> 00:21:57,626 "I think Rock has something written on his wrist." 443 00:21:57,759 --> 00:22:03,131 Everyone was like, "Yo," because that's just not allowed. 444 00:22:03,265 --> 00:22:06,101 - The greatest on the mic is using a marker 445 00:22:06,235 --> 00:22:09,104 and writing his promos on his hand. 446 00:22:09,238 --> 00:22:12,040 What? 447 00:22:12,174 --> 00:22:15,744 [John Cena's music plays] 448 00:22:15,877 --> 00:22:20,249 - I'll tell you something, Jack, I don't need words like 449 00:22:20,382 --> 00:22:26,255 "respect" and "loyalty" to trend worldwide just like 450 00:22:26,388 --> 00:22:28,757 I don't need my notes from my promo on my wrists. 451 00:22:32,160 --> 00:22:34,296 - John saw there was an opportunity to level the playing 452 00:22:34,429 --> 00:22:36,565 field a little bit, which is a very ballsy decision because 453 00:22:36,698 --> 00:22:41,370 you're basically violating the trust of your dance partner. 454 00:22:41,503 --> 00:22:44,840 - I don't like Dwayne Johnson. 455 00:22:44,973 --> 00:22:48,110 - It just created this disconnect that was growing. 456 00:22:50,846 --> 00:22:52,447 - I was around during that time backstage. 457 00:22:52,581 --> 00:22:54,549 I remember there being real tension. 458 00:22:54,683 --> 00:22:55,951 You come out of a promo segment, you think 459 00:22:56,084 --> 00:22:57,452 everybody's going to be fine. 460 00:22:57,586 --> 00:22:58,887 They're like, "Oh, they can't even talk to each other. 461 00:22:59,021 --> 00:23:00,255 They can't even be in the same room." 462 00:23:00,389 --> 00:23:01,690 I was like, 463 00:23:01,823 --> 00:23:02,925 "Whoa," but it was making for great television. 464 00:23:07,029 --> 00:23:07,763 - I will. 465 00:23:07,896 --> 00:23:08,830 - Understand this. 466 00:23:08,964 --> 00:23:11,366 You strip away WrestleMania. 467 00:23:11,500 --> 00:23:14,603 You strip away the glitz, the glamour, the lights. 468 00:23:14,736 --> 00:23:17,506 You strip away Hollywood, the movies, the fame. 469 00:23:17,639 --> 00:23:19,574 You strip away the catchphrases. 470 00:23:19,708 --> 00:23:21,209 You strip away trending worldwide. 471 00:23:21,343 --> 00:23:23,245 You strip it all away. 472 00:23:23,378 --> 00:23:24,579 Look at me. 473 00:23:24,713 --> 00:23:27,215 You strip it all away at The Rock's core. 474 00:23:27,349 --> 00:23:28,517 - What do you got? 475 00:23:28,650 --> 00:23:29,851 - At the Rock's core. 476 00:23:29,985 --> 00:23:31,119 - When we strip it away, what do you got? 477 00:23:31,253 --> 00:23:33,889 - The Rock is 6'4", 260 pounds of man 478 00:23:34,022 --> 00:23:36,024 that will rip your throat out. 479 00:23:36,158 --> 00:23:38,460 [crowd cheers] 480 00:23:38,593 --> 00:23:43,965 - You will always be a little boy who will go down in history 481 00:23:44,099 --> 00:23:47,436 always as The Rock's bitch. 482 00:23:47,569 --> 00:23:54,776 [crowd cheers] 483 00:23:54,910 --> 00:23:56,845 - We know when The Rock gets out there and he starts feeling 484 00:23:56,979 --> 00:23:59,781 the crowd and John Cena gets out there and starts feeling the 485 00:23:59,915 --> 00:24:03,218 crowd, these are two guys who are more capable than just about 486 00:24:03,352 --> 00:24:07,956 anyone in WWE history at going off the top of the head. 487 00:24:08,090 --> 00:24:10,158 - I don't care if he's-- What did he say? 488 00:24:10,292 --> 00:24:14,663 I don't care if he's 6'4", 265 pounds. 489 00:24:17,532 --> 00:24:18,100 Big set of balls. 490 00:24:20,602 --> 00:24:24,539 - Oh, what was that? 491 00:24:24,673 --> 00:24:26,074 - Wow, huge balls. 492 00:24:27,676 --> 00:24:31,046 - For the past few weeks, Rock's been legitimately pissed. 493 00:24:32,681 --> 00:24:35,183 If you get stuck singing your song tonight, Rock, 494 00:24:35,317 --> 00:24:36,952 it's all in the wrist. 495 00:24:40,355 --> 00:24:41,723 - [singing] 496 00:24:41,857 --> 00:24:45,861 Bet you're all happy you're listening to me and not some 497 00:24:45,994 --> 00:24:48,663 goofy Eminem wanna-be. 498 00:24:48,797 --> 00:24:51,233 Let's rock. 499 00:24:51,366 --> 00:24:54,169 - Who won that promo battle? 500 00:24:54,302 --> 00:24:55,103 - The fans. 501 00:24:55,237 --> 00:24:56,171 [laughs] 502 00:24:56,304 --> 00:24:57,572 - That's what I'm saying. 503 00:24:57,706 --> 00:24:59,174 Most of the time, you can say, "Hey, X beat Y. 504 00:24:59,307 --> 00:25:00,509 Y beat X." 505 00:25:00,642 --> 00:25:01,943 Not in the match, but in the promos. 506 00:25:02,043 --> 00:25:05,313 In this, it's so even. 507 00:25:05,447 --> 00:25:08,884 And they made us want to watch it for a year. 508 00:25:09,017 --> 00:25:10,452 For them to be able to pull that off in the modern era, 509 00:25:10,585 --> 00:25:12,788 I always thought, was special. 510 00:25:12,921 --> 00:25:14,956 - The past year, we've said a lot of stuff to each other 511 00:25:15,090 --> 00:25:18,593 and I feel real comfortable saying this to your face. 512 00:25:18,727 --> 00:25:23,532 I will be damned if you come in a visitor as good as you think 513 00:25:23,665 --> 00:25:27,069 you are and take my life from me. 514 00:25:29,704 --> 00:25:33,642 - The Rock ain't no visitor in the WWE, no. 515 00:25:33,775 --> 00:25:37,846 This house, your house, The Rock helped build on 516 00:25:37,979 --> 00:25:39,848 a professional level. 517 00:25:39,981 --> 00:25:42,651 The Rock needs to beat you. 518 00:25:42,784 --> 00:25:49,191 On a personal level, I just don't like you. 519 00:25:49,324 --> 00:25:53,628 - Cena and Rock are headed down the road to WrestleMania. 520 00:26:01,436 --> 00:26:02,671 - Feeling good? 521 00:26:02,804 --> 00:26:04,840 - Yes, feeling great. 522 00:26:04,973 --> 00:26:06,374 All right, let's do it. 523 00:26:26,661 --> 00:26:29,431 - The last year's been really stressful. 524 00:26:29,564 --> 00:26:32,000 It's a very comforting feeling to walk into the stadium today 525 00:26:32,133 --> 00:26:34,436 and see that we're finally here. 526 00:26:34,569 --> 00:26:36,872 All we got to do tonight is back up all the trash-talking 527 00:26:37,005 --> 00:26:38,406 and put on a hell of a show. 528 00:26:39,908 --> 00:26:41,309 - I eman, there was no other way to put it. 529 00:26:41,443 --> 00:26:45,547 These is two of the greatest superstars in the business 530 00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:47,549 going head to head. 531 00:26:47,682 --> 00:26:49,985 And it had been built up for an entire year. 532 00:26:51,753 --> 00:26:55,257 The fans had been waiting for this match for an entire year 533 00:26:55,390 --> 00:26:57,559 and, finally, it was here. 534 00:26:58,894 --> 00:27:01,163 - The energy was electric. 535 00:27:01,296 --> 00:27:03,565 The thing with two performers like The Rock and John Cena 536 00:27:03,698 --> 00:27:06,868 is that they're both, especially John Cena, 537 00:27:07,002 --> 00:27:09,638 super polarizing, which can create 538 00:27:09,771 --> 00:27:12,274 this incredible energy in the audience. 539 00:27:12,407 --> 00:27:15,544 Our fans love to cheer them and boo them and 540 00:27:15,677 --> 00:27:17,546 just be engaged with both of them. 541 00:27:17,679 --> 00:27:21,016 It was one of the loudest audiences I've ever heard. 542 00:27:21,149 --> 00:27:28,390 [John Cena's music plays] 543 00:27:28,523 --> 00:27:29,691 - Clear, clear, clear. 544 00:27:29,824 --> 00:27:31,493 - This is where I got to leave you, guys. 545 00:27:31,626 --> 00:27:33,161 I'm going to go out and mess around. 546 00:27:33,295 --> 00:27:41,503 [John Cena's music plays] 547 00:27:41,636 --> 00:27:42,571 - What do you think? 548 00:27:42,704 --> 00:27:43,738 Once in a lifetime? 549 00:27:43,872 --> 00:27:46,675 I think so. 550 00:27:46,808 --> 00:27:49,878 - The anticipation in that building was unbelievable. 551 00:27:50,011 --> 00:27:51,713 The hair was standing up on the back of my neck 552 00:27:51,846 --> 00:27:53,782 and that doesn't happen often. 553 00:27:53,915 --> 00:27:59,120 [The Rock's music plays] 554 00:27:59,254 --> 00:28:02,257 - There was tremendous pressure on Rock and Cena to deliver. 555 00:28:02,390 --> 00:28:06,995 The stakes were incredibly high because you don't want to have 556 00:28:07,128 --> 00:28:09,731 that match with so much hype 557 00:28:09,864 --> 00:28:14,169 and so much personal stakes going into it flop. 558 00:28:14,302 --> 00:28:17,005 - Two faces of their generations, 559 00:28:17,138 --> 00:28:20,108 two icons in their prime. 560 00:28:20,241 --> 00:28:25,046 - This match epitomizes WrestleMania. 561 00:28:25,180 --> 00:28:26,281 [bell rings] 562 00:28:26,414 --> 00:28:28,683 - It is thunderous inside Sun Life. 563 00:28:28,817 --> 00:28:32,020 Here we go once in a lifetime. 564 00:28:35,023 --> 00:28:37,892 - For that night, it was the two best where people could see 565 00:28:38,026 --> 00:28:40,261 that they're in their prime and I don't know 566 00:28:40,395 --> 00:28:42,530 what the outcome is going to be. 567 00:28:42,664 --> 00:28:46,301 That's what makes it so special. 568 00:28:46,434 --> 00:28:47,636 [crowd chants "Let's go, Cena. 569 00:28:47,769 --> 00:28:52,407 Cena sucks"] 570 00:28:52,540 --> 00:28:55,377 - You know this was going to happen. 571 00:28:56,578 --> 00:28:59,748 - You felt the fans on that ride through every single step 572 00:28:59,881 --> 00:29:03,251 of that journey from beginning, middle, to end of that match. 573 00:29:03,385 --> 00:29:07,555 Even backstage, we were all just like, "Whoa." 574 00:29:07,689 --> 00:29:09,858 Just to be there, it was unforgettable. 575 00:29:13,161 --> 00:29:14,162 - Now, lay it-- Oh, no. 576 00:29:14,295 --> 00:29:15,597 - Oh, no, no, no. 577 00:29:15,730 --> 00:29:17,432 - Attitude Adjustment by Cena. 578 00:29:17,565 --> 00:29:18,600 Cena's got him. 579 00:29:18,733 --> 00:29:20,168 Cena's got him and The Rock kicks out. 580 00:29:20,301 --> 00:29:22,103 [crowd cheers] 581 00:29:24,973 --> 00:29:27,342 - I went out and I watched it live. 582 00:29:27,475 --> 00:29:30,879 I felt like a fan too because you are. 583 00:29:31,012 --> 00:29:34,049 You're feeling that whole place erupt. 584 00:29:34,182 --> 00:29:35,350 This is it. 585 00:29:35,483 --> 00:29:37,519 You may never see this ever again. 586 00:29:37,652 --> 00:29:38,720 - The Rock. 587 00:29:38,853 --> 00:29:40,121 - You don't see Rock go up there very often. 588 00:29:40,255 --> 00:29:43,291 - The Brahma Bull perched on the top rope. 589 00:29:43,425 --> 00:29:45,060 Cross-body. 590 00:29:45,226 --> 00:29:46,695 Cena rolls through. 591 00:29:46,828 --> 00:29:49,764 Cena powering, powering. 592 00:29:49,898 --> 00:29:52,434 He's got The Rock up. 593 00:29:52,767 --> 00:29:55,470 John Cena with an unbelievable show of strength. 594 00:29:55,603 --> 00:29:57,038 - I can't believe it. 595 00:29:57,172 --> 00:29:57,972 - The AA. 596 00:29:58,106 --> 00:29:59,107 He got him. 597 00:29:59,240 --> 00:30:00,175 Cena got him. 598 00:30:00,308 --> 00:30:01,209 Cena got him. 599 00:30:01,343 --> 00:30:04,012 Oh, Rock, a kick-out again. 600 00:30:04,779 --> 00:30:07,649 - Responding to the audience live is something 601 00:30:07,782 --> 00:30:11,252 that I know Rock and John take a lot of pride in. 602 00:30:13,555 --> 00:30:15,924 Maybe it was like, "I've taken enough -- 603 00:30:16,057 --> 00:30:19,527 and, now, I'm going to throw it back in these people's faces." 604 00:30:21,196 --> 00:30:23,798 - Oh boy. 605 00:30:23,932 --> 00:30:25,667 - What? 606 00:30:26,234 --> 00:30:29,237 Oh, John. 607 00:30:29,371 --> 00:30:30,171 This is great. 608 00:30:30,305 --> 00:30:31,306 - This is awesome. 609 00:30:31,439 --> 00:30:32,707 John Cena. 610 00:30:32,841 --> 00:30:33,875 - It is electrifying. 611 00:30:34,008 --> 00:30:35,877 - There goes The Rock. 612 00:30:36,010 --> 00:30:38,947 Rock Bottom, Rock Bottom. 613 00:30:39,080 --> 00:30:39,981 Rock Bottom. 614 00:30:40,115 --> 00:30:41,983 The Rock has beaten John Cena. 615 00:30:42,117 --> 00:30:44,886 [crowd cheers] 616 00:30:49,491 --> 00:30:50,792 - When you lose the World Series, you have to 617 00:30:50,925 --> 00:30:54,195 get out of the dugout, so there's a long walk back. 618 00:30:54,329 --> 00:30:57,499 - John Cena, literally mocking The Rock. 619 00:30:57,632 --> 00:31:01,569 - Some players just sit in the dugout and contemplate 620 00:31:01,703 --> 00:31:04,072 the season and its enormity. 621 00:31:04,205 --> 00:31:05,306 - Cena had him. 622 00:31:05,440 --> 00:31:09,210 John Cena had him, but The Rock prevails. 623 00:31:09,344 --> 00:31:11,446 - Then you just got to look out in space and be like, 624 00:31:11,579 --> 00:31:13,181 "What went wrong?" 625 00:31:13,314 --> 00:31:16,217 - What does the future hold for John Cena? 626 00:31:22,624 --> 00:31:25,360 - What a night, what a match. 627 00:31:25,493 --> 00:31:29,564 - Boy, boy, boy, what a WrestleMania, Michael. 628 00:31:29,697 --> 00:31:32,534 - The goal was to put on the biggest match of all time 629 00:31:32,667 --> 00:31:35,103 and create the biggest WrestleMania of all time. 630 00:31:35,236 --> 00:31:37,005 It was a team effort by John Cena. 631 00:31:37,138 --> 00:31:39,541 Even though we have our personal issues, at the end of the day, 632 00:31:39,674 --> 00:31:40,642 he just wants one thing. 633 00:31:40,775 --> 00:31:42,076 He wants to entertain the fans. 634 00:31:42,210 --> 00:31:44,112 We went out there tonight, gave it our all. 635 00:31:44,245 --> 00:31:47,916 We left everything in the ring for a record-breaking crowd. 636 00:31:48,049 --> 00:31:49,083 It's a dream come true. 637 00:32:06,734 --> 00:32:09,204 - I thought we had a great conversation. 638 00:32:09,337 --> 00:32:14,008 The basis of my conversation was, "I hope you can see now 639 00:32:14,142 --> 00:32:17,612 that this was just business, and I'm sorry that I didn't let 640 00:32:17,745 --> 00:32:20,181 you in on the fact that it was business, 641 00:32:20,315 --> 00:32:22,617 and that was a choice I made and that's not fair to you 642 00:32:22,750 --> 00:32:24,652 because I didn't give you a choice. 643 00:32:24,786 --> 00:32:25,920 You had to come at me with your best." 644 00:32:28,923 --> 00:32:29,924 I thought he was all movie star. 645 00:32:30,058 --> 00:32:31,659 Son of a bitch is tough. 646 00:32:31,793 --> 00:32:36,231 By doing so, I really think we were successful. 647 00:32:36,364 --> 00:32:37,565 We did the show in a stadium. 648 00:32:37,699 --> 00:32:40,335 That's the biggest buy rate in pay-per-view history. 649 00:32:40,468 --> 00:32:42,537 There's a reason for that. 650 00:32:42,670 --> 00:32:44,973 When I tell you I was just trying to do some good business, 651 00:32:45,106 --> 00:32:46,608 my intention was for the greater good. 652 00:32:46,741 --> 00:32:48,843 My execution was awful. 653 00:32:48,977 --> 00:32:50,812 I just did this to get him back in the ring. 654 00:32:50,945 --> 00:32:52,680 - Hey, Miz. 655 00:32:52,814 --> 00:32:53,815 Hey, brother. 656 00:32:53,948 --> 00:32:55,216 - Good stuff, man. 657 00:32:55,350 --> 00:32:56,084 That was -- awesome. 658 00:32:56,217 --> 00:32:56,918 - Thank you. 659 00:32:57,051 --> 00:32:57,652 - That was really good. 660 00:32:57,785 --> 00:32:58,353 - Thank you. 661 00:32:58,486 --> 00:32:59,187 Thank you. 662 00:32:59,320 --> 00:33:00,188 - Still got it. 663 00:33:00,321 --> 00:33:01,689 - [laughs] Never Lost it 664 00:33:02,857 --> 00:33:06,961 - After WrestleMania 28, Cena and Rock found common ground. 665 00:33:08,263 --> 00:33:11,232 - I think we are going to see the most electrifying 666 00:33:11,366 --> 00:33:15,537 move in all of sports. 667 00:33:15,670 --> 00:33:18,706 - They were able to take a step forward and have a mutual 668 00:33:18,840 --> 00:33:20,775 respect and you could feel that. 669 00:33:20,909 --> 00:33:23,311 - You see, the problem with this is your arms 670 00:33:23,444 --> 00:33:24,712 are way too damn big. 671 00:33:24,846 --> 00:33:26,180 Look at this here. 672 00:33:26,314 --> 00:33:28,650 [applause] 673 00:33:29,150 --> 00:33:32,220 - The way with Dwayne and how I know he is as a person, 674 00:33:32,353 --> 00:33:35,557 he's going to try to find the ways to work through everything. 675 00:33:35,690 --> 00:33:38,927 Once you go out there and you do business, you do business 676 00:33:39,060 --> 00:33:40,628 Because once you get out there and you guys got to 677 00:33:40,762 --> 00:33:44,232 make that magic, you'll make the magic. 678 00:33:44,365 --> 00:33:47,602 - The fact that they had a great WrestleMania main event that 679 00:33:47,735 --> 00:33:50,905 people were buzzing about, it's sort of like, 680 00:33:51,039 --> 00:33:53,608 "Hey, we went to war together and we came out 681 00:33:53,741 --> 00:33:55,276 whole on the other side." 682 00:33:57,178 --> 00:33:59,814 - The Royal Rumble is a very important event 683 00:33:59,948 --> 00:34:02,250 on the WWE calendar. 684 00:34:02,383 --> 00:34:04,919 The winner of the Royal Rumble has the opportunity to take 685 00:34:05,053 --> 00:34:10,358 on the champion of their choosing at WrestleMania. 686 00:34:10,491 --> 00:34:12,760 - Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa. 687 00:34:12,894 --> 00:34:14,595 - He's gone. 688 00:34:14,729 --> 00:34:15,830 He's gone. 689 00:34:15,964 --> 00:34:19,434 - John Cena wins the men's Royal Rumble. 690 00:34:19,567 --> 00:34:22,403 The next match in the main event, The Rock is back 691 00:34:22,537 --> 00:34:27,075 in a championship match with now-champion CM Punk. 692 00:34:27,208 --> 00:34:29,510 - This is vintage Rock. 693 00:34:29,644 --> 00:34:31,112 - Another People's Elbow, yes. 694 00:34:31,245 --> 00:34:34,615 [crowd cheers] 695 00:34:34,749 --> 00:34:35,583 - The Rock has done it. 696 00:34:35,717 --> 00:34:37,051 The Rock has done it. 697 00:34:37,185 --> 00:34:38,319 The Rock has done it. 698 00:34:41,623 --> 00:34:44,192 - At that moment, you as a fan know, 699 00:34:44,325 --> 00:34:48,162 "Wow, we're getting Rock-Cena II." 700 00:34:48,296 --> 00:34:50,765 - The stage is set at WrestleMania. 701 00:34:50,898 --> 00:34:57,005 - John Cena will face The Rock for the WWE Championship. 702 00:34:57,138 --> 00:34:59,507 It does not get any bigger than that. 703 00:34:59,641 --> 00:35:01,743 - When you have something that is magic that people want 704 00:35:01,876 --> 00:35:04,712 to see, you just keep doing it until they don't want to see it 705 00:35:04,846 --> 00:35:08,016 anymore because those are moments. 706 00:35:08,149 --> 00:35:10,218 - No one in that WWE locker room has what you got. 707 00:35:10,351 --> 00:35:13,788 No one has your passion, your drive, your fire, 708 00:35:13,921 --> 00:35:17,291 your will to win, your will to succeed, your will to be great. 709 00:35:17,425 --> 00:35:23,197 No one has that, except The Rock. 710 00:35:23,331 --> 00:35:25,466 [crowd cheers] 711 00:35:25,600 --> 00:35:28,503 - Before, I had to punch up to be equal and that morphed 712 00:35:28,636 --> 00:35:34,075 into our why about respect and it crafted a different narrative 713 00:35:34,208 --> 00:35:36,244 for the match. 714 00:35:36,377 --> 00:35:38,613 - In order to electrify, as I like to say, 715 00:35:38,746 --> 00:35:41,816 in order to lay the smack down on candy asses, 716 00:35:41,949 --> 00:35:43,851 things like that, you need a partner. 717 00:35:43,985 --> 00:35:46,854 As much as we have had our differences in the past 718 00:35:46,988 --> 00:35:48,723 that have been very real differences, 719 00:35:48,856 --> 00:35:53,294 there is no one better of an opponent for me than John Cena. 720 00:35:53,428 --> 00:35:55,263 No one even comes close. 721 00:35:58,766 --> 00:36:00,168 - Now, we're in New York City. 722 00:36:00,301 --> 00:36:02,470 We're in the mecca of fighting. 723 00:36:02,603 --> 00:36:05,473 John Cena is coming back to win the war. 724 00:36:06,908 --> 00:36:10,445 - Our second time around, it allows much more fun 725 00:36:10,578 --> 00:36:13,114 because we could talk to each other. 726 00:36:13,247 --> 00:36:17,752 Man, does it say a world about Dwayne Johnson to come back 727 00:36:17,885 --> 00:36:21,355 to something he does not need to and give of himself 728 00:36:21,489 --> 00:36:23,624 and give to the business? 729 00:36:23,758 --> 00:36:24,926 It's just super special. 730 00:36:25,059 --> 00:36:26,828 It says a lot about him as a human being. 731 00:36:32,333 --> 00:36:33,634 - So here we go. 732 00:36:33,768 --> 00:36:36,938 A big fight feel here tonight. 733 00:36:37,071 --> 00:36:38,773 - There's a good reason it's a big fight feel. 734 00:36:38,906 --> 00:36:39,907 This is a big fight. 735 00:36:40,041 --> 00:36:41,909 They don't get any bigger than this. 736 00:36:42,043 --> 00:36:43,578 The Rock looks primed. 737 00:36:43,711 --> 00:36:46,848 He looks ready to defend that championship. 738 00:36:48,149 --> 00:36:50,084 - Here we go. 739 00:36:50,218 --> 00:36:51,219 [bell rings] 740 00:36:51,352 --> 00:36:54,188 - Rock versus Cena, WWE title. 741 00:36:57,158 --> 00:36:59,193 - It was a huge moment you didn't think you get 742 00:36:59,327 --> 00:37:01,929 the first time, let alone the second time, 743 00:37:02,063 --> 00:37:03,731 and now it's a different story. 744 00:37:03,865 --> 00:37:06,100 It's two guys just wanting to assert. 745 00:37:06,234 --> 00:37:07,935 - There's The Rock we know. 746 00:37:08,069 --> 00:37:12,140 - Who is the number one alpha dog in WWE? 747 00:37:12,273 --> 00:37:14,809 Is it still The Rock or is it John Cena? 748 00:37:14,942 --> 00:37:17,545 - The Rock mocking Cena. 749 00:37:17,678 --> 00:37:19,714 Cena caught him. 750 00:37:19,847 --> 00:37:21,315 AA, cover. 751 00:37:21,449 --> 00:37:22,283 - Redemption. 752 00:37:22,416 --> 00:37:23,317 Redemption. 753 00:37:27,755 --> 00:37:29,991 - Uh-oh, or maybe not. 754 00:37:30,124 --> 00:37:31,325 -Wait, wait, wait. 755 00:37:31,459 --> 00:37:34,128 - Last year when Cena did this, he got caught. 756 00:37:34,262 --> 00:37:38,566 - He's really mocking The Rock now and this is not good. 757 00:37:38,699 --> 00:37:39,667 - The Rock was waiting again. 758 00:37:39,801 --> 00:37:43,538 - John Cena suckered The Rock in. 759 00:37:43,671 --> 00:37:44,505 - Unbelievable. 760 00:37:44,639 --> 00:37:46,741 - Cena suckered him in. 761 00:37:46,874 --> 00:37:48,309 Rock countered. 762 00:37:48,442 --> 00:37:49,577 - The Rock has him. 763 00:37:57,051 --> 00:37:58,419 The Rock's got him. 764 00:37:58,553 --> 00:37:59,353 - Cena. 765 00:37:59,487 --> 00:38:00,621 Cena survives. 766 00:38:00,755 --> 00:38:03,024 These guys are throwing everything at each other. 767 00:38:03,157 --> 00:38:05,393 - These guys can't keep getting up. 768 00:38:05,526 --> 00:38:07,128 - This is an incredible moment. 769 00:38:07,261 --> 00:38:08,329 - John's got a feeling back there. 770 00:38:08,462 --> 00:38:10,331 He's got to know it. 771 00:38:10,464 --> 00:38:12,466 - Again, Cena counters. 772 00:38:12,600 --> 00:38:15,403 AA, cover. 773 00:38:15,536 --> 00:38:16,470 Cena does it. 774 00:38:16,604 --> 00:38:18,940 - He got him. 775 00:38:19,073 --> 00:38:22,043 - John Cena achieves redemption. 776 00:38:34,755 --> 00:38:37,058 - I thanked him for what he's done for me, 777 00:38:37,191 --> 00:38:39,927 for our company, for our business. 778 00:38:40,061 --> 00:38:42,763 He's been an area of positive reinforcement in my life. 779 00:38:42,897 --> 00:38:45,533 He made be better even when we were at each other's throats. 780 00:38:45,666 --> 00:38:48,736 It was a moment for me to tell him what he meant to me 781 00:38:48,869 --> 00:38:50,538 and I'm so glad we got to share it. 782 00:38:54,475 --> 00:38:57,445 - Rock knew that this was going to be the last match at least as 783 00:38:57,578 --> 00:38:59,647 far as this storyline was concerned. 784 00:38:59,780 --> 00:39:01,382 Rock is old-school as they come. 785 00:39:01,515 --> 00:39:03,918 On your way out, you do the honors. 786 00:39:04,452 --> 00:39:07,788 Hogan did the same thing for Rock in 2002 at WrestleMania 18. 787 00:39:07,922 --> 00:39:10,458 Even though Rock was an established star, 788 00:39:10,591 --> 00:39:12,193 Rock wanted to do the same for John at the end of that match 789 00:39:12,326 --> 00:39:13,427 at WrestleMania. 790 00:39:18,332 --> 00:39:21,269 - What's so cool at the end of this rivalry, 791 00:39:21,402 --> 00:39:26,107 The Rock takes Cena's hand and raises it up after this match. 792 00:39:26,240 --> 00:39:31,112 It was almost like it's not my time anymore, it's his. 793 00:39:31,245 --> 00:39:33,514 - The Rock is still The Rock. 794 00:39:33,648 --> 00:39:38,586 Cena now is the ordained one from The Rock by going 795 00:39:38,719 --> 00:39:41,155 through the fire with The Rock. 796 00:39:41,289 --> 00:39:42,723 You leave it like this. 797 00:39:42,857 --> 00:39:44,558 People cheer The Rock, people cheer John Cena, 798 00:39:44,692 --> 00:39:46,994 and everybody goes home happy. 799 00:39:51,432 --> 00:39:53,134 - I started my career in New York, Madison Square Garden 800 00:39:53,267 --> 00:39:56,937 15 years ago, and it's a beautiful thing 801 00:39:57,071 --> 00:39:58,906 when it could come full circle like this and end here 802 00:39:59,040 --> 00:40:01,442 at MetLife Stadium. 803 00:40:01,575 --> 00:40:04,278 Truly, it was an honor to do these honors. 804 00:40:04,412 --> 00:40:05,646 It was an honor to have the match. 805 00:40:05,780 --> 00:40:07,448 It was an honor to be out there in front of the crowd. 806 00:40:07,581 --> 00:40:08,949 - You guys. 807 00:40:09,083 --> 00:40:09,951 you should be very, very proud of yourselves. 808 00:40:10,084 --> 00:40:11,686 Very proud. 809 00:40:11,819 --> 00:40:13,621 Makes the business proud tonight, I tell you that. 810 00:40:13,754 --> 00:40:17,091 Oh, my God, yes. 811 00:40:17,224 --> 00:40:20,528 - Tonight was the greatest night of my career. 812 00:40:20,661 --> 00:40:23,931 I'm very, very grateful for it. 813 00:40:24,065 --> 00:40:26,600 John Cena, we have a lot of love and respect for each other 814 00:40:26,734 --> 00:40:28,536 and for each other's families. 815 00:40:28,669 --> 00:40:30,838 I couldn't have done it without him. 816 00:40:30,971 --> 00:40:33,507 He couldn't have done it without me. 817 00:40:33,641 --> 00:40:36,811 Some brotherly love going on there. 818 00:40:36,944 --> 00:40:40,514 We've come a long way. 819 00:40:40,648 --> 00:40:43,884 - What I know now is that's not the way to do things. 820 00:40:44,018 --> 00:40:45,786 You don't jump somebody like that. 821 00:40:45,920 --> 00:40:47,288 I should have found a way to contact him, 822 00:40:47,421 --> 00:40:49,156 I should have found a way to talk it out, 823 00:40:49,290 --> 00:40:50,257 and I should have found a way to make it happen. 824 00:40:50,391 --> 00:40:51,859 And that's how you do business. 825 00:40:54,862 --> 00:40:57,331 - If you listen to what John says now that he's gone on 826 00:40:57,465 --> 00:41:00,534 and become a huge star in Hollywood, he acknowledges 827 00:41:00,668 --> 00:41:03,804 that and holds himself accountable and says, 828 00:41:03,938 --> 00:41:07,108 "I was wrong. I get it now." 829 00:41:07,241 --> 00:41:08,376 - Please help, please. 830 00:41:08,509 --> 00:41:09,577 - The only place you're going is home. 831 00:41:09,710 --> 00:41:11,445 I'm going to get you out of here, okay? 832 00:41:11,579 --> 00:41:15,483 - Rock, he's in his own universe running that hard, 833 00:41:15,616 --> 00:41:17,151 managing everything. 834 00:41:17,284 --> 00:41:19,220 Especially with me having a different perspective 835 00:41:19,353 --> 00:41:24,158 of what that means now, my day is like his breakfast. 836 00:41:24,291 --> 00:41:25,926 - Do you have kids? 837 00:41:26,060 --> 00:41:27,395 - I'm sure I do. 838 00:41:27,528 --> 00:41:31,198 I miss the business every day, but I just can't do both. 839 00:41:31,332 --> 00:41:34,001 Quite frankly, at 45, I can't do it. 840 00:41:34,135 --> 00:41:36,137 I have to do it much less. 841 00:41:37,571 --> 00:41:39,607 - When you look back on The Rock and John Cena, 842 00:41:39,740 --> 00:41:43,544 you got to realize that these are two of the greatest 843 00:41:43,677 --> 00:41:47,148 superstars ever and maybe the two greatest 844 00:41:47,281 --> 00:41:51,051 superstars ever in this business. 845 00:41:51,185 --> 00:41:53,521 They were more than just WWE Superstars. 846 00:41:53,654 --> 00:41:55,856 They were amazing entertainers. 847 00:41:55,990 --> 00:41:59,894 They had a relationship with the fans that was unequaled. 848 00:42:00,027 --> 00:42:03,030 - The Brahma Bull is back. 849 00:42:03,164 --> 00:42:05,833 - For The Rock to come in, I think it put him on a whole 850 00:42:05,966 --> 00:42:10,137 different platform because Rock was able to bring more eyes 851 00:42:10,271 --> 00:42:13,107 from outside our world into our world. 852 00:42:13,240 --> 00:42:16,811 I think it took John to even greater heights 853 00:42:16,944 --> 00:42:19,547 after his feud with The Rock. 854 00:42:19,680 --> 00:42:24,752 - The champ is here. 855 00:42:28,222 --> 00:42:32,026 - It's a package with the bow tied very nicely at the end. 856 00:42:32,159 --> 00:42:35,896 - I would say it's just a classic passing of the torch. 857 00:42:36,030 --> 00:42:39,600 - I had to earn his respect and it was a long process. 858 00:42:39,733 --> 00:42:41,368 I would've done it differently and, thankfully, 859 00:42:41,502 --> 00:42:44,238 I got the chance to, but it was fun. 860 00:42:44,371 --> 00:42:45,973 If anything else, it was fun.