The answer to yesterday's question: Mr. Bob Backlund is the former WWE Champion who was scheduled to be in Kurt Angle's corner at WrestleMania 2000, but was instead choked out by Angle on Heat prior to the show.
Of course, I, like many others, was watching "WrestleMania All Day Long" that day and never actually saw Heat; the two aired head-to-head.
Anyhow, today's question is ripped right from the headlines -- sort of. What with all the talk about Eliot Spitzer's "lady friend," I'll ask about another political scandal -- Bill Clinton and Gennifer Flowers.
Flowers' appearance at WrestleMania XIV (10 years ago this week) was a watershed moment for the superstar she interviewed, as the segment featured the debut of one of the greatest catchphrases in sports-entertainment history. Name the superstar and the catchphrase.
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The Rock
I imagine the saying was "It doesnt matter..."
This segment recently aired on 24/7...
The Rock used 'If you smell what The Rock is cookin'..." for the first time in the interview.
The Rock and it was when we first referred to himself in third person, calling himself The Rock.
The Rock and it was when he first referred to himself in third person, calling himself The Rock.
The wrestler was The Rock, and the catchphrase was "If you smell what The Rock is cooking"...but he did say "If you smell what I'm cooking" that night.
Of all the people to talk to and get that phrase out of him, and it's Gennifer Flowers.
The Rock and he used "if you smell what the Rock is cookin'." That interview is one of my all-time favorite interviews. Rock was just hilarious (Flowers: "Rock, what would you do about social security in this country?" Rock: "The Rock doesn't care about a bunch of old people as long as the Rock is living in his mansion...") or something like that.
I was watching some Rock stuff on 24/7. I knew he was awesome then, but now that he's not in the business anymore, watching him at his peak just made me miss him and realize just how special he was. Truly a once-in-a-lifetime performer.
Gennifer certainly smelled what the Rock was cooking.
I just watched it the other day and thought maybe it was "layeth the smacketh down" but I was taking a lot of meds at the time...
She called the Rock the Intercontinental Champion and Rocky interrupted her and said something like 'Actually, that's the People's Intercontinental Champion'. I can't remember if that was the first time he mentioned 'the People' or not though, to be honest.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERiXgDAB5Lc
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT CATCHPHRASE THE ROCK USED ON GENNIFER FLOWERS!
"If you smell what I'm cooking" is the correct answer.
"...9 times out of 10 he'd be a HUNG jury, if ya smell what I'm cookin' Jenny"
Tremendous. I miss this guy.