The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin put on one of the most storied rivalries in the WWE’s Attitude Era. One of the most entertaining aspects of Rock and Austin’s rivalry was how much “The Brahma Bull” would over-sell the Stone Cold Stunner. There are plenty of compilation videos online showing all the various over-sells Rock did while being stunned, often flipping and bouncing off the ropes, nearly doing a cartwheel, and wiggling around on the mat like a fish out of water.
Recently, Hannibal Buress took to his podcast to talk about how much The Rock would over-sell when being stunned with his friend Tony Trimm. You can check that clip out here:
https://twitter.com/hannibalburess/status/890609537325031425?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwnerd.com%2Frock-reveals-reason-exaggerated-sells-stone-cold-stunner%2F
Rock took to Twitter to respond to Hannibal, revealing that he and Austin would actually bet cases of beer to see how crazy he could get while selling the stunner:
My dude. Appreciate it HB. Me and @steveaustinBSR used to bet cases of beer on how crazy I could get with my "sell" of his famous Stunner.?? https://t.co/VtTmqI1jkW
— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) July 27, 2017
Discussion: What’s your favorite Rock-Austin stunner?