Welcome back to Rock the Promo,
I'm your host, Joe Santagato.
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If you don't know,
Rock the Promo
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is a weekly competition
where contestants
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lay the verbal smack-down on
each other until one remains.
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Thousands of people submitted
their own wrestling promos,
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but most of them sucked.
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So the Rock
handpicked 32 of them
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to battle it out in a
single elimination bracket,
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to find out who's the champion.
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We're looking at the bottom
left side of the bracket.
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We got four match
ups, and they're
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going head to head with
their original submissions.
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And I cannot wait to
see how dumb this gets.
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Before we get to
our guest judge,
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I just want to remind
you that contestants
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will be judged on the three C's,
character, comedy, and costume.
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I'm not going to explain what
those are, because I've already
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done enough talking.
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She's a former WWE superstar,
fan general manager,
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and she's a notorious cougar.
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Cover your dicks, guys.
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And welcome Vickie
Guerrero to the show.
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It's rather warm in here,
can I get some water?
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Can I get some water?
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I am honored to have one of the
most hated people in wrestling
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Thank you for the
compliment, and I'm
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excited to see who the
big winner's going to be.
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All right, let's get started.
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Brown Butter versus
Gruesome Greggy.
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The cupcake, Dwayne Johnson
beating Brown Butter
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to the punch with
a promo cutters.
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Never mind that
Brown Butter's been
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working on a top secret
pro-wrestling video
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That Brown Butter approached
the cupcake's manager
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and spoke with the
cupcake's mother.
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Never mind that the cupcake
became a world famous pastry
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with barely any help
from Brown Butter.
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Just licensing, ticketing, Brown
Butter makes everything better.
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So you can cupcake the
promo all you want, Dwayne.
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But until you invite me into the
kitchen, my sweet little sugar
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muffin, your belly will
be done to the flutter
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of sweet, sweet Brown Butter.
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So says the Brown Butsy,
so says Brown Butter.
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This guy looks like
a Russian mafia boss.
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And what the hell was that thing
at the end, where he's like,
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What are you doing, buddy?
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By the way, good
luck with your guest
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spot on Narcos season two.
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Brown Butter was
one of my favorites.
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I mean, who does not want
to talk about cupcakes?
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The only thing
that I didn't like,
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was that the lighting was
a little dark on his face.
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So I kind of lost
his eye contact.
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But I loved his words,
flutter to sweet butter?
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I mean, I want to
go have cupcakes.
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So Joe, you want
to hang with me?
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And we'll go grab
some after this.
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Let's move on to
Gruesome Greggy.
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Dwayne the Rock Johnson, you're
telling me, Gruesome Greggy,
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that you're going to have a
Rock the Promo competition,
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and not invite the two
time BYWF champion?
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Not invite the three time,
game award winning journalist?
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That's how you want
to play it, Rock?
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I haven't seen such a bad
decision making skills with you
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Now, here's what I'm going
to have you do, Rock.
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Pick up your pretty
little finger
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that hasn't done an honest day's
work in god knows how long,
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Yes, I want to see
Gruesome Greggy in the Rock
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the Promo competition.
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Are you kidding me?
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Yes, I want to see the president
team fat in this competition.
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And if you don't,
Rock, if you don't, I'm
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going to be pretty sad.
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And I'd really like to do
this, I like your work.
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Greggy ain't fucking around.
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This guy has all kinds
of shit going on.
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He's got a blazer with
elbow pads over it,
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and then a belly shirt.
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I didn't want to bring us up,
but I couldn't help but notice,
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because you're
wearing a belly shirt.
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But you look exactly like
Seth Rogen from the neck down.
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I wasn't sure if Gruesome Greggy
was going to a training session
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or to a business meeting.
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Where is your mind?
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If you next time could
take your glasses off,
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because you were getting
kind of sentimental
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that the Rock didn't personally
invite you to the competition.
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Let him feel that heartache,
that you were really
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just butt hurt about this.
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But still, a great job.
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Who's moving on, and who's
having whiskey for breakfast?
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Brown Butter, you had
great eye contact,
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and I love how you
portrayed the cupcake.
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Congratulations, Brown Butter.
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Sandra Demolish versus
Beef Swellington.
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Hi fans, we're here
today with Sandra--
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She And that's what
I'm going to do you.
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I'm going to demolish every
one of you, everyone you love,
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every one you thought you were,
everyone you thought you could
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be, you're going down.
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[? Somebody ?] on top.
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I'm going to take
you to a library
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that you didn't know existed.
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A library in the depths
of town, underground.
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You're gonna read a book,
you're gonna end the book,
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and you're gonna be demolished.
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All right, Sandra, when are
you going to become champion?
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The grand champion?
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The grand champion?
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I'm the only champion
that matters, because I'm
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the only champion that exists.
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I'm the only champion
that ever will be.
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USA, USA, USA, yeah.
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Thank you so much Sandy
for the interview.
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It's Sandra day, mother trucker!
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[YELLS] I'll come for you.
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I'm going to come for
all the people you know,
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you're going to be demolished.
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Sandra Demolish reminds me of a
drunk chick on the 4th of July.
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Like you know when
chicks get drunk,
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and their voice gets deep,
it's like, [SOUND EFFECTS].
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Sandra Demolish was
a winner in my book.
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She showed confidence and
empowerment in this promo.
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The glasses, the top hat,
the little business coat,
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she looked classy,
but then she was
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ready to kick someone's ass.
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Talking in a room, sometimes
your audio will get lost,
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and I was kind of
sad about that.
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Because I wanted to
hear all your words.
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Whenever you went up
into the camera lens,
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and you want to let
everyone know that you're
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out to get them, I loved it.
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That shows that you're bringing
your audience into your space,
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and you brought me in.
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I am just giving
you total props.
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Let's see if Beef Swellington
is on the same amount of cocaine
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as Sandra Demolish.
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You will see on tonight's
edition of the chopping block,
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One man meets your
Beef Swellington.
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Down for pound,
choices cut to town,
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this is going to be a real
problem if you think some jumbo
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bologna [? resolant ?] whack
job is going to stay between me
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and that championship
belt. Because when the salt
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and the [? sea ?] sets foot
in that squared circle,
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and I finish tenderizing that
80-20 piece of ground chunk.
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He's going to drag his ass
back to his old lady's house.
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And she's not going to be asking
if you won the competition.
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She's not gonna be
asking if he's ever going
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to step in the ring again.
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All she's going to want to
know is where's the beef?
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And I'm gonna tell you
something right now, that's
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the butcher's cut, Chuck.
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Beef Swellington is out of
his fucking mind, clearly.
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By the way, if you're
wondering where
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your angry ex-boyfriend from
high school went, here he is.
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He's selling Costco knives.
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I thought he was going
to pick up that cleaver
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and fucking cut somebody.
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That would have made
the whole thing perfect.
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Vicky, what do you think?
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Beef Swellington was
great in the kitchen,
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I'm not sure if the
women really wanted
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to know where his beef was.
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Use your surroundings.
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I wanted to see you use
your props instead of just
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the spatula as a microphone.
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That kind of made you
look a little weak.
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And also, whenever
you're talking,
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you kind of went a little fast.
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And I kind of lost what
you were trying to say.
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But the kitchen scenery, and
showing the chef part of you,
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And we'll see what happens?
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Who's moving on, and
who's going to be
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in desperate need of counseling?
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I wish you the best.
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Congratulations, Sandra.
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Tell your boyfriend to shave his
mustache, he looks ridiculous.
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The Cascadian Devil
versus Wrestling Fred.
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Erick Jones, the
Cascadian Devil.
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[GROWLING] Portland, Oregon
is my city, is my home.
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I'm sick and tired of you
posers coming into my city
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from all over the country,
thinking that it's the hip,
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trendy destination.
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So let me be clear.
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You think you can
come to my city
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and show me how to do things?
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You're going to find yourself
with a whole mess of problems.
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The Doug Fir and
the Ponderosa Pine
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are going to come crashing
down on you, like Bigfoot
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This guy looks like he
definitely shoved kids
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in lockers in high school.
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And you know, it's fitting that
he's doing this promo contest.
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Because this is exactly
where everyone thought
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After one or two
grunts, I was wondering
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if you were gonna have a baby.
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You portray the lumberjack and
you have the arms and the hat,
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I would have liked
to see you maybe
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be outside, around some trees.
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Use your surroundings to make
it more effective on your promo,
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Let's see what Wrestling
Fred has to offer.
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Are you guys ever
afraid to yawn in public
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because you think
some youngster's gonna
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come by and spit your mouth?
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It's Wrestling Fred.
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I heard Rocky's having
himself a little contest.
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I've been in a contest or two.
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Maybe you heard of it, the
Norwalk oyster festival.
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Hot dog eating champion.
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I was about five
places away from death.
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Placed fifth in a pool of six.
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I haven't won anything ever.
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But what I do have, is a lot
of confidence in my move set.
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I put you in a combination
headlock and have you
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guess your way out.
'Cause remember,
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it's not how hard
you win, but how hard
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you're trying not to lose.
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We've already lost it all.
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It's Friday night Fred!
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I fucking love Fred.
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I think he killed that
promo, he's hilarious.
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Very hairy, but hilarious.
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I just kind of want to hug him.
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I don't know if that's enough to
get you out of the first round,
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but we will find out.
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Quick question, how many people
have spit in this guy's mouth
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that it's a concern?
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It looked like he was so poor.
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I mean, Fred, do you need
some help with money?
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I mean, I'd be willing
to help you out,
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because you look
kind of pathetic.
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Anyway, he was just awesome.
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He drew me in, I loved it.
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You were always going to
just do your best in losing,
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and I thought that
that was a great promo.
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Who's moving on, and who's
going to fish for compliments
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by posting selfies on Instagram.
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Trick question, it's me.
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Vicky, who do we have?
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My winner is Wrestling Fred.
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Talented, confident,
the little guy
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is going to conquer the world.
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Congratulations, Fred.
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Let's move on to our final
match up of the week.
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Prickly Pear versus
Justice Victory.
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I'm Prickly Pear, and I
got a pair of guns for you.
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I'm a lean, mean,
desert fighting machine.
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See this vast, barren expanse
of wilderness and nothingness?
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I made it with these two hands.
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I'm the rock breaker,
the dust maker.
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There's nothing here,
'cause I eliminated it.
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Decimation City USA.
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I was admiring the mesa
one day and sneezed.
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Blew that rock away.
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You're in the desert, baby.
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You're going to die.
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This is one tough sister
fucker, let me tell you.
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I feel like he's fought a
bear before, one on one.
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Vicky, what do you think?
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I loved how he used
the outside elements.
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When he said that he sneezed
and separated the canyon,
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using your body language,
and having your arms go up
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I thought that that was
showing a lot of emotion,
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that you showed your strength.
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I could not take, even my
dog was covering her ears.
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But props to you, great promo.
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My name is Justice Victory.
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Because I don't have a
choice but to be here.
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You turned on the news lately?
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Have you looked outside
and seen all that hate?
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People shooting each other.
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Because the kids, they don't
have anyone to look up to.
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They got guys cut their eyebrows
up, ripping off their shirts.
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But they don't have
someone with the morals,
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the integrity, the bravery
of the American people.
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My name's Justice Victory, and
I'm here to make a difference.
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And I'm here, starting right now
to beat every person in front
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of me until the American people
have someone to be proud of.
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When this man
pulled off his mask
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and had another mask underneath,
I almost shit myself.
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Let's see if Justice Victory
and those tight ass pants
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make it out of the first round.
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Vicky, what do you got?
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There was no comedy
in it, but I did
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feel like you were going to make
a great hero for a lot of kids
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I thought that maybe you
could use a different shirt
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to portray maybe a cape, if you
wanted to be someone's hero,
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Be careful when
you're using a room,
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because your background
was kind of distracting
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with the sun coming
through the window.
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Just remember that you
want the attention on you.
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And you don't want to have
other elements to take away
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But great job, and
I wish you well.
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Who's moving on, and who's
going to blame the whole thing
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My winner is Prickly Pear.
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Great job using the desert,
since I am from El Paso,
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Texas, you won my heart.
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Congratulations, prickly pear.
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And congratulations
to all the winners.
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Before we go, Vicky, do you have
any advice for the contestants?
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My advice to all
the contestants is
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to believe in your character,
watch your surroundings,
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make sure that whenever you're
talking into the camera,
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you give good eye
contact, slow down.
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Let your words be clear, believe
in yourself, have confidence.
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And Sandra, for you, I
am rooting for you, girl.
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Keep up the good work everyone,
and we'll see you next time.
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All right everyone,
thanks for watching.
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Vicky, thanks for coming.
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I'll see you guys next
week where we continue
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moving through the first round.
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We've got our guest
judge, Rey Mysterio.
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And he's going to be doing
all types of fucking flips,
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So be sure to fucking
tune in for that.
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I'll see you next week
on Rock the Promo.
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