>>13369877I think people forget that Rocky Johnson wrestled in an era when wrestlers didn't necessarily make tons of money. When Rock actually got into wrestling, his family weren't well off, his family history and Pat Patterson's homosexual attraction to a young studly Rock got him through the door, sure, but think of all the dogshit gimmicks Vince threw on people and had their careers just die.
Getting over in a company where the head guy actually thinks taking a 6'9 brick shithouse and turning him into Isaac Yankem DDS is a good idea definitely isn't a free ride.
