The Rock vs. Eddie Guerrero from WWE’s Raw TV 2002

  By TJ Hawke | July 22, 2002 - 8:07 pm |

 

Recap from TJ Hawke:

Rock was the Undisputed WWE Champion at the time, but this was a non-title match.  The stipulation was that Eddie would get a title shot if he won this match.

 

These are two of my favorite performers of all time. In fact, Rock is probably my favorite.  Rock was mostly in control early until Eddie was able to cut him off with a back suplex.  Eddie worked him over after that.  Eddie was in control for a while.  Rock eventually came back with some punches and a DDT: 1…2…NO!  Rock went for a Rock Bottom, but Eddie reversed it into a pinning combination: 1…2…NO!  One of the best reversals of all time.  The crowd was stunned into silence by that reversal.  Eddie went for a frog splash, but Rock avoided it.  Rock then hit the spinebuster and the People’s Elbow: 1…2…3!

 

Brock Lesnar showed up after the match and picked up the Undisputed Championship.  These two were meeting at the next PPV (Summerslam 2002).  Brock eventually threw the title at the feet of the Rock.  Rock had a super serial facial expression for this. Paul Heyman made a brief cameo as Brock walked to the back.

 

Two of the most entertaining men in WWE history. Watch this match right now.  It’s super basic for these two, but it’s incredibly cool to watch because of how unique it was.  I wish these two had a PPV match at some point.

Match Rating: ***

About TJ Hawke

TJ was a fan of wrestling as a kid (starting around 1999), and his first concrete wrestling memory is some kid bringing Hulk Hogan his old yellow and red gear backstage during an episode of Nitro. Hogan needed the gear to defeat Kevin Nash in a title vs. career match at the next WCW PPV. Nash lost the match and his career, which sadly resulted in the world losing out on seeing Kevin Nash matches for the last 13 years. Like almost all young kids, TJ’s interest in wrestling fluctuated over the years until an episode of Raw on July 3, 2006. TJ was curious and excited to see his beloved RVD show up with the WWE Title belt and what he thought was the revitalized European title. TJ decided he must turn to the the internet to figure out what was going on. Almost 6 years later, TJ is still searching the internet every day to find out what is going on in wrestling. Now though, he writes for the pop culture site (411mania.com), has his own blog (The Best of Chikara), and is the creator of the very site you are reading now.
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