The Rock WWE Takeover: Backstage Politics In Movies, Wrestling & Beyond

CHAPTER 1: THE GOOD ATTITUDE ERA

But despite either being the top or joint top guy with Austin for the six prime Attitude Era years from 97 to 2002, The Rock had one of the lowest win percentages out of the main event scene.

I went on the wrestling database Cagematch.net and compared the records of who I see at the eight top stars of the Attitude Era.

I used singles match results from pay-per-view or TV episodes only, not house shows, to find out what their average winning percentage was:

Kurt Angle (only 99-02) – 73.1 (PPV) + 60.4 (TV) = 66.75%

Triple H – 61.35 (PPVs) + 56% (TV) = 58.7%

Undertaker – 59.35% average (PPV) + 56.3% average (TV) = 57.8%

Kane – 52.1% (PPV) + 58.65% (TV) = 55.4% 

Stone Cold – 48.4% (PPVs) + 61.1% (TV) = 54.75%

Jericho (first two years in WCW) – 49.9% (PPV) + 59.2% (TV) = 54.6%

Rock – 46.3% average (PPV) + 59.6% average (TV) = 52.95%

Mick Foley (only 97-00) – 30.2% (PPV) + 43% (TV) = 36.6%

Kurt Angle, who I could only use from his debut in 99, surprisingly had the highest at 66.75%.

Triple H unsurprisingly was next, followed by the Undertaker, Kane, Stone Cold Steve Austin, and Chris Jericho – who spent two of those years in WCW.

And then, second from Rock bottom, is Dwayne Johnson with a 52.95% winning average. The only top Attitude Era star lower was Mick Foley, whose gimmick was getting beaten up and losing.

As noted philosopher Scott Steiner once said, the numbers don’t lie. 

But what about the stories behind some of those losses?

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