[1998-08-23-WWF-Sunday Night Heat] The Rock promo

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[Loss]

While they had been feuding for months, I am surprised that they made this match official so late before the show. I guess they really were confident in Austin-Undertaker, and with that build, I can understand why. Rock accepts HHH's challenge for Summerslam.

[soup23]

Rock sets up the final showdown between him and HHH. THis was a good showcase promo on Heat even if Shane wouldn't shut up throughout it.

[PeteF3]

The ladder match doesn't really have that "holy shit" vibe it would carry later on--too much turnover from the big matches of 1994-95 to now. Rock has a few new phrases that would recur more often ("rooty-poo candy ass" and "rung by damn rung...") later on. It's still refreshing to see Rock doing straightforward promos incorporating this stuff a little more organically than his later promos as a catchphrase-spouting babyface.