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== Legacy in professional wrestling ==
The Rock has been listed as one of the all-time greatest professional wrestlers,<ref name="great1"/><ref name="great2"/><ref name="great3"/> as well as one of the top draws in wrestling history. Many have placed the Rock on their "[[Mount Rushmore]] of Pro Wrestling", including Hulk Hogan,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2013/0405/561776/hulk-hogan-interview/ |title=Hulk Hogan on Which Four Wrestlers Should Be on Wrestling's Mt. Rushmore, Tonight's Q&A, More |website=WrestlingInc.com|access-date=November 12, 2016|date=April 5, 2013 }}</ref> Ric Flair,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2016/0402/609289/ric-flair-on-who-should-be-on-wrestling-mt-rushmore/|title=Ric Flair on Who Should Be on Wrestling's Mt. Rushmore, Hulk Hogan's Lawsuit, Origins Of 'Woooo'|website=WrestlingInc.com|access-date=November 12, 2016|date=April 2, 2016|archive-date=December 28, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161228184933/http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2016/0402/609289/ric-flair-on-who-should-be-on-wrestling-mt-rushmore/|url-status=live}}</ref> and John Cena.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZCfrztVeYE  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/XZCfrztVeYE| archive-date=December 11, 2021 |url-status=live|title=SI Now: John Cena's wrestling Mt. Rushmore |last=Sports Illustrated |date=March 25, 2014 |access-date=November 12, 2016 |via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In ''Cable Visions: Television Beyond Broadcasting'', the Rock was described as "for a long time, the WWE's biggest star and probably held the greatest international appeal".<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cCwUCgAAQBAJ&q=the%20rock&pg=PA348 |title=Cable Visions: Television Beyond Broadcasting |last1=Banet-Weiser |first1=Sarah |last2=Chris |first2=Cynthia |last3=Freitas |first3=Anthony |date=2007 |publisher=NYU Press |isbn=9780814799499|author-link=Sarah Banet-Weiser}}</ref> [[R. D. Reynolds]] stated in his book ''The WrestleCrap Book of Lists'' that the Rock was "the biggest star for WWE from 1999 until 2004".<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HFBTUhnc9DwC&q=the%20rock%20biggest%20star%20wwe&pg=PA282 |title=The Wrestlecrap Book of Lists! |first=R. D. |last=Reynolds |date=November 16, 2010 |publisher=ECW Press |access-date=November 12, 2016 |via=Google Books|isbn=9781554902873 }}</ref> The Rock's [["I quit" match]] with [[Mick Foley|Mankind]] at the [[1999 Royal Rumble]] event is infamous for its brutality and one of the most popular "I quit" match of all times.<ref>Reilly, Dan (August 25, 2016). [https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-sports/mick-foley-family-man-hardcore-legend-and-reality-show-star-251997/ "Mick Foley: Family Man, Hardcore Legend and Reality Show Star."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230722093121/https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-sports/mick-foley-family-man-hardcore-legend-and-reality-show-star-251997/ |date=July 22, 2023 }} ''[[Rolling Stone]]''. Retrieved July 23, 2023.</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/bs-mtblog-2011-05-wwe_over_the_limit_thoughts-story.html | title=WWE over the Limit thoughts | date=May 23, 2011 | access-date=July 22, 2023 | archive-date=July 22, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230722093121/https://www.baltimoresun.com/bs-mtblog-2011-05-wwe_over_the_limit_thoughts-story.html | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://tjrwrestling.net/review/wwe-royal-rumble-1999-review/ | title=WWE Royal Rumble 1999 Review – TJR Wrestling | date=January 7, 2022 | access-date=July 22, 2023 | archive-date=July 22, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230722093121/https://tjrwrestling.net/review/wwe-royal-rumble-1999-review/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://411mania.com/wrestling/the-rock-mankind-royal-rumble-1999/ | title=411Mania }}</ref>

The Rock main-evented the most bought [[pay-per-view]] worldwide in WWE history ([[WrestleMania XXVIII]]),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hollywoodlife.com/2012/04/16/wrestlemania-28-the-rock-john-cena-ppv-buyrate-records/ |title=WrestleMania 28 Breaks PPV Records With 1.3 Million Buys |first=Russ |last=Weakland |date=April 16, 2012 |work=Hollywood Life |access-date=August 28, 2015 |archive-date=October 16, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016212345/http://hollywoodlife.com/2012/04/16/wrestlemania-28-the-rock-john-cena-ppv-buyrate-records/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> the most bought pay-per-view domestically in WWE history ([[WrestleMania X-Seven]]), the highest rated ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]'' in history,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1265718-wwe-monday-night-raw-looking-back-at-the-highest-rated-episode-ever |title=WWE |first=Ryan |last=Dilbert |work=Bleacher Report |access-date=August 28, 2015 |archive-date=September 1, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150901222754/http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1265718-wwe-monday-night-raw-looking-back-at-the-highest-rated-episode-ever |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=shows&show=19436 |title=Wrestlingdata.com – The World's Largest Wrestling Database |first=Axel |last=Saalbach |website=Wrestlingdata.com |access-date=August 28, 2015 |archive-date=October 16, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016212345/http://wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=shows&show=19436 |url-status=live }}</ref> the highest rated ''SmackDown'' in history,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=shows&show=19303 |title=Wrestlingdata.com – The World's Largest Wrestling Database |work=wrestlingdata.com |access-date=April 29, 2019 |archive-date=March 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309012339/https://www.wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=shows&show=19303 |url-status=live }}</ref> and was part of the highest rated cable segment in WWE history with [[Mankind]] entitled "This is Your Life", in which Mankind would honor The Rock with various gifts and reunions.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wwe.com/videos/playlists/rock-this-is-your-life-playlist |title=The Rock: This is Your Life! |work=WWE |access-date=August 28, 2015 |archive-date=September 6, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906141500/http://www.wwe.com/videos/playlists/rock-this-is-your-life-playlist |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = https://bleacherreport.com/articles/57902-bill-banks-talks-about-the-highest-rated-wrestling-segment|title = Bill Banks Talks About the Highest Rated Wrestling Segment|website = [[Bleacher Report]]|access-date = December 3, 2021|archive-date = November 26, 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211126163759/https://bleacherreport.com/articles/57902-bill-banks-talks-about-the-highest-rated-wrestling-segment|url-status = live}}</ref> His return in 2001 had a 7.1 rating, the highest-rated segment of the year. The Rock was also part of the highest-rated match of the 21st century when his WWF Championship defense against [[Shane McMahon]], on May 1, 2000, got an 8.3 rating, making it the highest-rated segment of all time, behind "This Is Your Life". In 2011, the Rock's return to an episode of ''Raw'' generated an average of 4.7&nbsp;million viewers in the United States, with 7.4&nbsp;million tuning in during his promo.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wrestlechat.net/detailed-raw-ratings-breakdown-on-the-rocks-promo-huge-number/ |title=Detailed RAW Ratings Breakdown on The Rock's Promo (HUGE Number!) |work=WrestleChat...It's Where it's At! |access-date=August 28, 2015 |archive-date=October 16, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016212345/http://wrestlechat.net/detailed-raw-ratings-breakdown-on-the-rocks-promo-huge-number/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''[[WWE Raw 1000|Raw 1000]]'' was the highest rated ''Raw'' episode of 2012 and his segment with [[CM Punk]] and [[Bryan Danielson|Daniel Bryan]] was the highest rated segment of the show.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://411mania.com/wrestling/complete-quarter-hour-breakdown-from-mondays-raw-1000/ |website=411Mania |title=Complete Quarter Hour Breakdown From Monday's Raw 1,000 |access-date=August 28, 2015 |archive-date=October 16, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016212345/http://411mania.com/wrestling/complete-quarter-hour-breakdown-from-mondays-raw-1000/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2013, the night after the Rock won the [[WWE World Championship|WWE Championship]] for the first time in over a decade, at [[Royal Rumble (2013)|Royal Rumble]], ''Raw'' got its highest rating of that year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gerweck.net/tv-ratings/2013-ratings/ |title=2013 Ratings – Gerweck.net |date=December 28, 2012 |website=Gerweck.net |access-date=August 28, 2015 |archive-date=March 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323144437/https://www.gerweck.net/tv-ratings/2013-ratings/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Derived from one of his catchphrases "lay the smackdown", WWE introduced in 1999 its second flagship program, ''[[WWE SmackDown]]'', which became television's second longest-running weekly episodic program in history.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.ew.com/article/2015/04/07/usa-network-wwe-smackdown|title='WWE SmackDown' moves to USA Network|first=Ariana|last=Bacle|date=April 7, 2015|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=August 28, 2015|archive-date=April 9, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150409030726/http://www.ew.com/article/2015/04/07/usa-network-wwe-smackdown|url-status=dead}}</ref> The term "smackdown" was included in [[Merriam-Webster]] dictionaries in 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.today.com/id/19698856 |date=July 10, 2007 |website=[[Today.com]] |title=It was a ginormous year for new words |access-date=July 23, 2007 |archive-date=October 22, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022004020/http://www.today.com/id/19698856 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/smackdown |title=m-w.com/dictionary/smackdown |access-date=July 23, 2007 |archive-date=May 9, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509200202/http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/smackdown |url-status=live }}</ref> He is also known for popularizing the term "[[wikt:jabroni|jabroni]]", derived from "[[Jobber (professional wrestling)|jobber]]", although it was originally introduced by [[The Iron Sheik]].<ref name="willis2020">{{cite web | website = ESPN | last = Willis | first = Jeremy | title = 'Jabroni,' the word made famous by The Rock and The Iron Sheik, gets official dictionary status | url = https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/29787483/jabroni-word-made-famous-rock-iron-sheik-gets-official-dictionary-status | date = September 1, 2020 | access-date = February 14, 2023}}</ref><ref name="dator2020">{{cite web | website = SB Nation | last = Dator | first = James | date = September 2, 2020 | title = 'Jabroni' is now in the dictionary, and it's all thanks to The Rock | access-date = February 14, 2023 | url = https://www.sbnation.com/wrestling/21418388/jabroni-dictionary-word-the-rock-dwayne-johnson | archive-date = February 14, 2023 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230214212609/https://www.sbnation.com/wrestling/21418388/jabroni-dictionary-word-the-rock-dwayne-johnson | url-status = live }}</ref> The Rock holds the record for most ''Raw'' shows main-evented in one year (38 in 2000),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=spezbil&bilanz=1&stat=2&reihenfolge=4&jahr=2000 |title=Wrestlingdata.com – The World's Largest Wrestling Database |first=Axel |last=Saalbach |website=Wrestlingdata.com |access-date=August 28, 2015 |archive-date=October 16, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016212345/http://wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=spezbil&bilanz=1&stat=2&reihenfolge=4&jahr=2000 |url-status=live }}</ref> most ''SmackDown'' shows main-evented in one year (36 in 2000),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=spezbil&bilanz=2&stat=2&reihenfolge=4&jahr=2000 |title=Wrestlingdata.com – The World's Largest Wrestling Database |first=Axel|last=Saalbach |website=Wrestlingdata.com |access-date=August 28, 2015}}</ref> and is tied with [[Stone Cold Steve Austin]] (in 2001) for most PPV shows main evented in one year (12 in 2000).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=spezbil&bilanz=4&stat=2&reihenfolge=4&ordnung=1&jahr=2001 |title=Wrestlingdata.com|first=Axel|last=Saalbach |access-date=August 28, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=spezbil&bilanz=4&stat=2&reihenfolge=4&ordnung=1&jahr=2000 |title=Wrestlingdata.com – The World's Largest Wrestling Database |first=Axel |last=Saalbach |website=Wrestlingdata.com |access-date=August 28, 2015 |archive-date=October 16, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016212345/http://wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=spezbil&bilanz=4&stat=2&reihenfolge=4&ordnung=1&jahr=2000 |url-status=live }}</ref> The Rock is also one of two wrestlers (the other being The Undertaker) to main event WrestleMania in four different decades: 1990s: [[WrestleMania XV|XV]] (1999); 2000s: [[WrestleMania 2000]] (2000), [[WrestleMania X-Seven|X-Seven]] (2001); 2010s: [[WrestleMania XXVIII|XXVIII]] (2012), [[WrestleMania 29|29]] (2013); 2020s: [[WrestleMania XL|XL]] (2024).

At the [[2021 Survivor Series]], WWE held a 25-man Battle Royal to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Rock's WWE debut. The match was won by [[Omos]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Chiari |first1=Mike |title=Omos Wins Battle Royal to Celebrate The Rock at 2021 WWE Survivor Series |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10018708-omos-wins-battle-royal-to-celebrate-the-rock-at-2021-wwe-survivor-series |website=Bleacher Report |access-date=November 24, 2021 |archive-date=November 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211124191516/https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10018708-omos-wins-battle-royal-to-celebrate-the-rock-at-2021-wwe-survivor-series |url-status=live }}</ref>