Wanglicious posted...
he was going in the direction of Dwayne before that anyway. for the most basic reason, his movies were changing and calling a guy The Rock in front of a kids movie just doesn't work as well from a 'family friendly' image. Benoit's death shouldn't have anything to do with that.
however distancing himself during that event doesn't help his cause either. that's one of the simpler topics to see how well people turn their back on the business.
Actually, I was wrong in that The Game Plan was the first Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson movie. It was Get Smart, which came out June 2008 a full year after Benoit's death.
Either way, Benoit's death was nuclear, and Rock was the only wrestler to ever become a serious Hollywood Actor. If he even dipped his toe in that mess he was going to pay for it big time.
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