Ken Shamrock On Working With The Rock: You Could Tell Immediately That His Mind Was Different Than Everyone Else’s

Ken Shamrock reflects on working with The Rock.

During his time as a professional wrestler with WWE, former UFC Champion Shamrock worked with some of the top stars in the WWE Attitude Era, including The Rock.

While speaking to Wrestling Life Online in a new interview, Ken Shamrock spoke about how The Rock was different from the moment he sat down in front of you.

“He sat down, you could tell immediately that his mind was different than everyone else’s, the way that he saw things, how he put matches together, being able to tie in what I did to what he does. Being able to have those different swerves when it came to the finishes or even in between in the middle of the match where you want to pick it up and drop it real quick. He just had that mindset that he’d see things before they happened. So you see right away, or at least I saw right away, the mindset was there, and he started to develop that as we were doing our matches together, he started feeling very comfortable and confident in the direction that his character was going to go. The minute they got him out of The Nation, the minute they handed him the mic, stars went off. It was just unbelievable. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a transformation like that in my life that quick where literally- just handed him the mic and game over.”

Elsewhere in another recent interview, Shamrock spoke about the potential of he and Kurt Angle working together in their primes. You can read more about that here.

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