Like John Cena's Five Knuckle Shuffle, The People's Elbow is a move fans either love or hate. It's pretty obvious while looking at it that it wouldn't really finish someone off in a fight but is so cool (unlike Cena's version, actually) that you don't really care! However, if you thought those who have received it don't realise how daft it is, you may want to think again!
During a recent radio appearance in the UK, Triple H - a rival of The Rock's both in and out of the ring in the past - weighed in on the ridiculousness of the move and how what looks like a relatively pain-free manoeuvre had a habit of leaving the recipient with a bloodied mouth and sore jaw!
"You’re [always] trying to make each other laugh [out in the ring] and one night The Rock did The People’s Elbow. [It] wasn’t known as The People’s Elbow, it was known as ‘watch this move that’s going to make all of you lose it in your corners.’ These things morph in those ways, but they catch on. Trust me, we’re quick to go, ‘Oooh, [the fans] like that, I’m sticking with that.’
"You’ve gotta wait for like 20 minutes while he takes his elbow pad off and works the crowd. He runs back and forth, then he comes up and drops an elbow on you that looks like it barely touches you, except that a lot of times the point of his elbow hits you right in the mouth and you come up bleeding and you’re like, ‘How can you bust me open on that?’ It’s also so funny that you’re running away to the bank with it."
It's interesting to get this sort of insight and it would be interesting to see if The Rock agrees with this assessment. Then again, he never had to take it and it made him a heck of a lot of money over the years when he was the face of WWE. Now that he's so busy starring in hit movies, though, it could be a while before we see the move again regardless of what anyone thinks of it!