10 Things WWE Wants You To Forget About The Rock 7

7. His Version Of The Sharpshooter Did Not Look Good

                                                           

Any time a wrestler adds a submission move to his arsenal it’s smart because it adds another dimension to the character. If a guy can apply a successful submission move then fans are going to buy into it when that person applies the move during a match.

Sometimes people do submission moves that don’t look good, though. The Rock’s never been known as the best technical wrestler, but he did improve over the years in terms of quality matches. He was always more of a power guy although his natural athleticism definitely helped him bump and move around the ring easily. When he started doing the Sharpshooter, the submission move made famous by Bret Hart, it just didn’t look right.The problem with Rock’s Sharpshooter is that it didn’t look tight enough. When Hart did it (Bret or Owen), he would sit down on it to make it look really painful. When Rock did it there was too much space between him and the opponent. It just looked too loose all the time. Perhaps the reason was that Rock is a taller guy, so he wasn’t flexible enough to bend down. If that’s the case then he should have just stopped doing it because it looked bad. The idea is that the person applying the move is causing pressure on the legs of the guy receiving the move. It targets the back more than anything.

In 2012, Bret Hart did this tweet about a photo of The Rock doing a Sharpshooter: “I have a lot of respect for The Rock, but I’d be more than happy 2 teach him how to put the Sharpshooter on correctly.”

It’s not like Hart was anti-Rock. He’s always been a big supporter of him and helped him a lot early in his career, but he’s right about The Rock not doing the Sharpshooter the right way.