Dwayne Johnson
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Because they were chanting Rocky Sucks, which was a lot of fun in that world when you have 20,000 people.
In that world, when you're a good guy and they're chanting Rocky Sucks, that's a death sentence.
Now, when you're a bad guy and you say, hey, I may be a lot of things, but sucks isn't one of them.
Then I said something that really lit the crowd and they just booed even more.
But it was different back then because then I became a heel that night.
And within three months, I became the hottest heel in the company.
And the Ascension happened pretty quick.
That moment was so defining for me because it really allowed me to step into my power.
And what I mean by that is just being real and authentic.
And even in this crazy world of pro wrestling, every time I grabbed the microphone and I said something or every action that I did came from a very, very real place.
And it was like instantaneously the crowd knew it and they said, oh, this guy's holding up a mirror.
I became like the Don Rickles of pro wrestling.
In professional wrestling, it is always and only real blood, and that's the truth.