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I've said it before, the best the Rock ever was in promos, was the small window just after he left the Nation of Domination but before he turned face. It was literally a 3-5 month window in 1998.

Not that the stuff that followed from him wasn't amusing, until it became cliched, but it was a really weird time when he was still a heel and was fighting other heels like Farooq. But his promos at the time were as good and funny as they ever were but werent pushed. WWF eventually started giving more airtime to the promos and his popularity really took off with the resultant push, and even though his promos weren't any better, though he got more catch phrases, whether it was him as a corporate heel or face or back again, the rest is history.

He's smart enough to play this game to keep fans guessing and drive up clicks and viewership with this Rhodes thing. TKO has its part in this as well, and you think the whole company will go to great lengths, even if it means Rock heel turn, to make sure the Netflix people are happy with their new deal AND just as importantly do all the company can to keep as much attention off of the Vince situation.