After watching The Rock placed on his first Rock Live performance in years for the superb people in Memphis, Tennessee, Dave Meltzer had one main takeaway from the episode of SmackDown that he determined to share on Wrestling Observer Radio: LA Knight is a “Freakin” Rock clone and never a very good one.
Intriguing? You wager, Knight has lengthy been in comparison with the Angle Period performers like The Rock and “Stone Chilly” Steve Austin, however this was the primary time he needed to minimize a promo on the identical present as “The Nice One,” and even when he wasn’t afforded almost as a lot time on the microphone and noticed his phase ended with a couple of closed firsts from “Napolean” AJ Types, ultimately, Meltzer was left feeling empty on the finish of the phase, with the “Megastar” coming off as extra of a copycat when in comparison with the real article.
“LA Knight is clearly very talked-about, however when he got here out and did this promo, all I might consider is like, man, you are a freakin’ copy of The Rock, and after seeing the actual one,” Dave Meltzer mentioned through WrestleTalk. “When Rock wasn’t there, it was like, he (LA Knight) was nice, and the individuals had been going nuts, and so they nonetheless had been reacting nicely to him, nevertheless it actually felt… it simply felt, watching this LA Knight promo, to me, utterly totally different from a month in the past or two months in the past when Rock wasn’t round, and he is doing these things, and he was like the recent factor. And now, he is not the recent factor, and you have the actual Dwayne Johnson doing the promo, after which this man’s making an attempt to do the identical kind of promo. And he is acquired a terrific supply, too, however you simply cannot do it – you may’t do a Rock promo proper now with out wanting actual second-rate. However, he would not have one other pace. He is acquired his one promo model, and he ain’t gonna change it, and I’d say most likely should not change it, however this isn’t a time the place it stands out.”
Sadly for LA Knight, Meltzer wasn’t the one one that has made an identical idea, with some questioning if the proverbial foot has been taken off of the gasoline when it comes to his push due to The Rock’s return. Nonetheless, the one factor Knight has going for him is that The Rock has a film that begins filming shortly after WrestleMania 40, which suggests the “Megastar” will probably be again to the one sheriff on the town very quickly.
“LA Knight is clearly very talked-about, however when he got here out and did this promo, all I might consider is like, man, you are a freakin’ copy of The Rock, and after seeing the actual one…
“When Rock wasn’t there, it was like, he (LA Knight) was nice and the individuals had been going nuts,… pic.twitter.com/pM1jZHwe6S
— WrestleTalk (@WrestleTalk_TV) March 18, 2024
Dave Meltzer reveals why The Rock will get totally different remedy in WWE.
Elsewhere on Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer determined to speak about The Rock’s current appearances on SmackDown, which have been noticeably totally different from how different performers who name the WWE Universe house. Discussing why the “Brahma Bull” has been allowed to curse with borderline impunity when others can barely get out an h-e-double-hockey-sticks with out a backstage producer them humorous, Meltzer revealed the lengths to which Rocky goes to get what he desires to say on the air, with WWE actually handed a script so that they know find out how to correctly censor what he desires to say.
“The cope with the TV, what they (WWE) must do is, FOX will get the (Rock’s) script forward of time so that they know when to bleep. As a result of the entire thing, the Rock’s promo, clearly it is utterly scripted,” Dave Meltzer mentioned through WrestlePurists. “But when it was anybody else, they’d simply be not allowed to say it, however with The Rock, it is like, he can say no matter he desires, however they know what he is gonna say and when he is gonna say it, so something they wanna bleep out, they may bleep out. And so they know when to bleep it out as a result of they’re advised forward of time. In order that’s type of the gist of the promo and why sure issues had been bleeped out and every part like that, and so they did not miss on something.”
You already know, whereas seemingly everybody on the planet is aware of that The Rock is a reasonably well-regarded display screen actor, as you do not simply get nominated for 3 Teen Alternative Awards with out having some expertise, it is frankly spectacular that he is in a position to write, memorize, and recall on the spot promotional segments that always occasions run 20 minutes a minimum of. Certain, he most likely is not hitting his marks phrase for phrase, however nonetheless, having that type of dedication to the bit is spectacular, particularly when you think about his cousin and WrestleMania 40 tag crew companion can barely present up on SmackDown, interval.
“The cope with the TV, what they (WWE) must do is, FOX will get the (Rock’s) script forward of time so that they know when to bleep.
As a result of the entire thing, the Rock’s promo, clearly it is utterly scripted. But when it was anybody else, they’d simply be not allowed to say it, however… pic.twitter.com/CpxU7rliGQ
— WrestlePurists (@WrestlePurists) March 18, 2024
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