Brock Lesnar and The Rock

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The Rock was visibly angry at the crowd’s reaction after SummerSlam 2002. Brock Lesnar was now the youngest WWE champion of all time (at the time), and Dwayne Johnson left packing for Hollywood.

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The crowd denounced The Rock for leaving them to go off to Hollywood, and they wanted to see Brock send him packing.

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Brock would go on to win the 2002 King of the Ring tournament. The winner earned a WWE Undisputed Championship match at SummerSlam.

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By SummerSlam 2002, Lesnar had defeated Hulk Hogan, The Hardy Boyz, Rob Van Dam, Booker T, and Bubba Ray Dudley in dominant fashion. It was time for The Rock to fall to Brock Lesnar.

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Brock: “Because Dwayne was taking time off after the show to do a movie, [WWE] wanted to go all the way with [me] because I had to carry the load for the company while Dwayne was off shooting films."

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Things started hot with The Rock dropping his title and running to the ring to mix it up. Brock would dominate to start before things took a turn!

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Brock Lesnar and The Rock

The Real Story of SummerSlam 2002

The Rock was visibly angry at the crowd’s reaction after SummerSlam 2002. Brock Lesnar was now the youngest WWE champion of all time (at the time), and Dwayne Johnson left packing for Hollywood.

The crowd denounced The Rock for leaving them to go off to Hollywood, and they wanted to see Brock send him packing.

Brock would go on to win the 2002 King of the Ring tournament. The winner earned a WWE Undisputed Championship match at SummerSlam.

Backstory Behind The Feud

By SummerSlam 2002, Lesnar had defeated Hulk Hogan, The Hardy Boyz, Rob Van Dam, Booker T, and Bubba Ray Dudley in dominant fashion. It was time for The Rock to fall to Brock Lesnar.

Brock: “Because Dwayne was taking time off after the show to do a movie, [WWE] wanted to go all the way with [me] because I had to carry the load for the company while Dwayne was off shooting films."

Things started hot with The Rock dropping his title and running to the ring to mix it up. Brock would dominate to start before things took a turn!

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