We all know Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as the People’s Champ. But have we seen The Rock getting merciless? The answer is yes!

The WWE Attitude Era had a lot of stories wherein professional wrestlers have battled for blood. In 1998, a UFC and WWE legend witnessed the wrath of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. On the March 17th, 1998 episode of Monday Night Raw, the UFC Hall of Famer took a vicious chair shot to the face from The Rock.

However, when this former UFC fighter was asked about this incident, he mentioned it was he who made The Rock hit him. 

Why did The Rock hit the UFC legend with a steel chair?

Chris Van Vliet invited UFC Hall of Famer Ken Shamrock to discuss his infamous match, where The Rock directly hit him in the head with a steel chair. Ken Shamrock began his journey of professional wrestling with WWE in 1997. However, his stint with the WWE was only till 1999.

During his interview with Chris Van, Ken Shamrock revealed that he forced The Rock to hit him with a chair shot as hard as possible.

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“We were in the back and were going through some spots, and then we were going to do the chair shot. I didn’t like chair shots, the back was fine, but then they [WWE] were hitching the top of the head or back of the head. So I looked at Rock and said, ‘Hey man, if we do that chair shot, just hit me in the face.’ He looked at me goes, ‘I’m not hitting you in the face,’” Ken Shamrock stated.

The Rock did not want to hit Shamrock in the face, but Shamrock was serious with his words. The UFC Hall of Famer compelled Dwayne Johnson to hit, and if not, Shamrock put forward a condition to The Rock.

What was the condition that Ken Shamrock put on Dwayne Johnson?

Former Intercontinental Champion Ken Shamrock placed Dwayne Johnson in an unavoidable circumstance. Shamrock mandated The Rock to hit him in the face, or else he won’t sell the act inside the ring.

Ken Shamrock added, “I’m serious, hit me in the face, and if you don’t swing it, I won’t sell it. He [The Rock] looked at me and goes, ‘Woah, I’ll swing it.’” 

“I remember looking up to him and going, ‘You better swing it.’ (laughs) I was like, you better swing it, and he looked at me and goes, ‘Oh, I will,’” Shamrock added.

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson hit Ken Shamrock with a steel chair on his forehead and the UFC Hall of Famer sold the chair shot by The Rock, and the WWE Universe enjoyed watching it. 

Did The Rock injure the UFC Hall of Famer?

 Ken Shamrock was neither injured nor did he go through a concussion. The UFC Hall of Famer managed not to get injured because he took the chair shot on his forehead.

“So when he hit me with a chair, WHACK! I hardly even felt it; that’s no lie; God is my witness. He swung that, and he hit me with it. And I literally went, ‘Well, that was a lot better than I thought.’ As I was rolling backward and I hit the ground. I was like, ‘Thank god, I am alive!’” Ken concluded.

In the same interview, Ken Shamrock mentioned that the forehead has the thickest bone of the head. So, it was easier for Shamrock to take a chair shot by The Rock and sell it to the crowd.

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