The Attitude era saw a meteoric rise in the careers of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and “Stone Cold” Steve Austin. The Rock vs. Austin rivalry is always on the minds of WWE fans.
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However, in 1999, The Texas Rattlesnake was out of action with a serious neck injury. Johnson feuded with Triple H for several months on major shows around this time. Although they had some splendid matches, The Game has one regret regarding their rivalry with The Great One.
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Recently, Triple H appeared for an interview with the LADBible TV show, SPORTBible Stories. He recalled that he had a good time feuding with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson in the late 90s and early 2000s. However, he regrets that their feud never made it to WrestleMania.
Hunter said, “He becomes The Rock, enters The Nation of Domination and I transform into Triple H. We come out of these characters transformed into Triple H DX is formed. We have rivalries over the intercontinental title. Then we get into these bands and it’s kind of DX against The Nation. He and I are fighting again for the Intercontinental Championship.
Triple H added, “And then he becomes full-fledged The Rock (and) leaves The Nation. I become Triple H (and) leave DX. We are fighting for the WWE Championship. Our careers kind of marry and intertwine along the way. We never got that defining WrestleMania moment.
Before becoming the dominant stars of the Attitude era, The Cerebral Assassin and The People’s Champion had met before. At that time we knew them as Hunter Hearst Helmsley and Rocky Maivia.
Both Helmsley and Maivia have wrestled for the Intercontinental title on several occasions. However, they changed their personas and rekindled their rivalry in 1999 for the WWE Title when Stone Cold Steve Austin went on hiatus with a neck injury.
The climb by Dwayne Johnson in Hollywood canceled The Rock vs. Triple H at WrestleMania 31
Triple recalled in the same interview that WWE was planning a potential match at WrestleMania 31 between the two stars. Additionally, The Game said it was Johnson who approached him for a match and they even filmed a promo for the October 14, 2014 episode of SmackDown.
However, that never happened, as The Rock had movies planned. The game said, “Somewhere in that year, his movie career kind of changed. He (DJ) was like, man, I’m not gonna do this. The timing just doesn’t work and I can’t let it go this other opportunity.
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However, we saw a segment between the two at WrestleMania that year, which also included Stephanie McMahon and Ronda Rousey. Triple H fought Sting that year and The Rock had an impromptu match at WrestleMania 32 against Erick Rowan. For now, Johnson still has one game in him, but Hunter retired due to health issues last year.
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