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The Rock is widely considered by the WWE Universe to be one of the greatest WWE Superstars of all time.
The Great One is one of the most popular characters in WWE history and boasts an incredibly impressive win-loss record throughout his WWE career. The Rock is a ten-time WWE World Heavyweight Champion and has also held other championships such as the Intercontinental Championship and Tag Team Championship during his career.
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But there have been select rare occasions when The Rock has been defeated by lesser-known WWE Superstars. The losses for The Rock to lesser stars on WWE television were incredibly rare, but are certainly surprising.
Let's take a closer look at five surprising wrestlers who hold a victory over The Rock.
#5 Lance Storm def. The Rock (WWE Monday Night RAW December 17th 2001)
The Rock was the WWE Superstar who officially put an end to the WCW and ECW alliance storyline in WWE. The Great One was the sole survivor during the WWE vs Alliance "Winner Take All" match at Survivor Series in November 2001.
However, a month later, The Rock found himself surprisingly defeated by former WCW and ECW star Lance Storm on Monday Night RAW.
Initially the match went as most would expect it with The Rock fully in control. The former WWE Champion had Storm locked into a Sharpshooter submission to which Lance Storm was able to reach the bottom rope.
When the referee was preoccupied with Lance Storm, fellow Canadian Test sprinted down to the ring and attacked The Rock. Unfortunately for Storm, this wasn't enough to put away The Rock, who kicked out of a pinfall attempt at a count of two.
After The Rock began to fight back, The People's Champion began to attack Test on the outside of the ring. With the referee once again distracted by Lance Storm, Test laid out The Rock at ringside with a brutal assault. This allowed the referee to count The Rock out with Lance Storm winning the match via a count-out.
After the match, The Rock shook the hand of his opponent, only to hit the Rock Bottom on Lance Storm for his troubles.
#4 Billy Gunn def. The Rock (WWE Monday Night RAW July 19th 1999)
The Rock suffered another suprising defeat on Monday Night RAW in July 1999 against D-Generation X member Billy Gunn.
The match began in the usual, fast-paced style the WWE Universe had come to expect during the Attitude Era with The Rock getting the majority of the early offense. However, Billy Gunn quickly gained control, hitting The Great One with a variety of power moves and dropping The Rock across the ringside guardrail.
The closing moments of the match saw The Rock seemingly on his way to victory, hitting Billy Gunn with a stiff DDT. However, Billy Gunn's fellow D-Generation X teammate Chyna leapt up onto the apron to distract the referee. This didn't go DX's way though as The Rock sent Gunn crashing into Chyna. Gunn was then met by a Rock Bottom.
The Rock then set up Billy Gunn for the People's Elbow to finish the match. However, as The Rock hit the ropes to build momentum, he was met with a vicious chairshot from the Ninth Wonder of The World. This allowed Billy Gunn to hit the Famouser and pin fall for a shock victory.
#3 The Big Boss Man def. The Rock (WWE Monday Night RAW November 15th 1999)
The Rock's run of surprising defeats in 1999 continued as The Great One was defeated by WWE Hardcore Champion, and former Corporation teammate, The Big Bossman on Monday Night RAW in November.
The match started off hot with both The Rock and The Big Bossman brawling into the WWE Universe in attendance. This led to Bossman grabbing several objects to use as weapons against The Great One.
However, The Rock continued to fight back and placed The Bossman onto the WWE announce table before attacking him with a kendo stick. The Rock even grabbed a camera from a member of the WWE Universe and snapped a picture of his opponent during the main event.
After continued physical action between the two WWE Superstars, The Rock began attacking The Big Bossman with a strap on the entrance ramp. However, Prince Albert suddenly appeared and attacked The Rock.
The People's Champion was able to fight back briefly, causing Albert to accidentally hit Bossman with a steel chair. However, after continued interference from Albert, The Big Bossman hit The Rock with a vicious Bossman Slam for the shock victory.
Once the match was over, The Rock continued to fight both Bossman and Prince Albert. The chaos continued to ensue as The Rock began hitting The Big Bossman, Prince Albert and even WWE officials with Rock Bottoms and a steel chain as Monday Night RAW went off the air.
#2 Al Snow def. The Rock (WWE Monday Night RAW December 20th 1999)
The Rock's string of surprising defeats on Monday Night RAW in 1999 culminated with the former WWE Champion being defeated by Al Snow in a Brahma Bullrope match in the main event of the December 20 episode.
The rules of a Brahma Bullrope match were exactly the same as a traditional bullrope match. Both WWE Superstars were tied together by a bull rope with the only way to win the match by scoring a pinfall or submission on your opponent.
After an early flurry by The Rock, Al Snow managed to get a significant amount of offense in on The Great One. Snow used the rope to his advantage, whipping The Rock and attempting to choke him out. Al Snow even smashed The Rock with the cowbell to the skull for a near fall.
However, The Rock was eventually able to regain control and seemingly had the match won after hitting Al Snow with a Rock Bottom. D-Generation X members The New Age Outlaws then appeared and attempted to interfere in the match.
As The Rock was attempting to hit The People's Elbow on Al Snow, The People's Champion was violently hit in the back with a steel chair by Road Dogg. This led to Billy Gunn hitting The Rock with a Famouser, allowing Al Snow to slowly crawl to the cover and get an upset pinfall victory over The Rock.
#1 The Hurricane def. The Rock (WWE Monday Night RAW March 10th 2003)
Arguably The Rock's most infamous upset defeat came at the hands of The Hurricane on Monday Night RAW in 2003.
The Rock returned to WWE in 2003 with a new heel "Hollywood" character. The Great One was no longer The People's Champion and was instead a cocky, arrogant, villianous movie star.
During the build to The Rock's match with Stone Cold Steve Austin at WWE WrestleMania XIX, The Hurricane would regularly participate in hilarious backstage segments with The Rock on Monday Night RAW.
The Rock would openly mock The Hurricane for pretending to be a superhero, questioning what Hurricane's superpowers truly were and if The Hurricane could even fly. This led to RAW General Manager Eric Bischoff setting up a match between The Rock and The Hurricane in the main event of Monday Night RAW.
The match between The Rock and The Hurricane was a completely one-sided affair, with the former WWE Champion making quick work of his opponent, mocking him in the process. The Rock even put on The Hurricane's green cape to mock WWE's resident superhero.
However, as The Rock was set to finish off The Hurricane with The People's Elbow, Stone Cold Steve Austin's music hit to a thunderous ovation from the WWE Universe.
The Texas Rattlesnake made his way down to ringside and locked eyes with his WrestleMania XIX opponent. The Rock, distracted by Stone Cold Steve Austin at ringside, was then shockingly rolled up by The Hurricane for the pinfall victory in one of the biggest upsets in the history of Monday Night RAW.
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