A Dare Involving The Undertaker Gave Birth to Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson’s Iconic Finishing Move

Published February 04, 2022, 2:30 PM EST

Not everything in WWE is scripted. Sometimes, things take shape just out of the blue, or maybe through a dare. This is exactly what happened when The Rock was dared to do a move, and it ended up becoming his iconic finisher move!

During a Supercut megadose about The Rock’s episodes on AdFreeShows, Bruce Prichard revealed that Rock’s iconic People’s Elbow was created via a dare. Now, the finisher wouldn’t have stuck through had the fans not popped, but they did. As a result, the finisher stuck!

“The People’s Elbow was something that was done and it was created on the road at some point. It was a joke. And, I believe it was in a match with Triple H or The Undertaker, one of the two. They dared Rock to do it. And, he did it. It got a pop. He just continued to do it. It was so damn ridiculous and so over the top.” H/t AdFreeShows

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This just makes one wonder what if no one had dared The Rock to do The People’s Elbow? The WWE Universe would have never witnessed the iconic finisher.

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The Rock becoming The People’s Champion was bizarre as well

When ‘The Great One’ first made his WWE debut, the WWE Universe didn’t actually like him. In fact, his first character, Rocky Maivia, wasn’t met by extreme hate from the fans.

However, he took a break from WWE because of a knee injury and when he returned, he started referring to himself as The Rock. Soon enough, the audience loved the new character.

Even when he was insulting the audience who initially booed him, the fans still loved what he was doing. Over time, he started referring to himself as The People’s Champion.

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At this point, the fans didn’t mind The Rock referring to himself as their champion.

Currently, The Brahma Bull is focused on his Hollywood schedule which is booked all the way till 2023. But, if the fans get lucky, he may make a brief comeback to WWE in 2022 and execute The People’s Elbow and make the crowd pop again!

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Shuvangi is a senior WWE and AEW author at EssentiallySports. She has over 2000 published WWE articles and also has experience in content operations with Forbes. Having completed her undergraduation from Royal Holloway, University of London, Shuvangi is closely aligned to the fitness industry, having amateur skills levels in tennis and basketball while rowing at a regatta level.

A Dare Involving The Undertaker Gave Birth to Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson’s Iconic Finishing Move

The Rock becoming The People’s Champion was bizarre as well

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