The STUPIDTY In The IWC Episode 10...He Blames The Rock For Samoans Taking Over WWE
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In this episode of "The Stupidity in The IWC," host Ross addresses a follower named Luke Jared who he believes is spreading misinformation regarding WWE's current roster decisions and blaming Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson for them. The controversy began after someone suggested that the New Day, Sheamus, and others were being cut to make room specifically for Samoan wrestlers under The Rock's influence. While acknowledging that botches happen in wrestling as they did with a recent Chris Jericho match involving Don Callis, Ross argues that Luke Jared is ignoring basic facts by claiming The Rock personally orchestrates the release of non-Samoan talent like Austin Creed and Zelena while hiring relatives from his family tree.
Ross systematically dismantles these claims by explaining the actual business realities behind roster changes. He points out that many released wrestlers left because their financial negotiations with TKO did not align, a decision made independently rather than through The Rock's direct intervention. Furthermore, he clarifies that individuals like Tonga Loa and Tati Tonga are technically from American Samoa but distinct ethnicities, yet the host insists they still do not fit the specific narrative Luke Jared is pushing about an exclusive "Samoan dynasty." Ross emphasizes that while The Rock sits on the TKO board, his primary focus has shifted to movies and music, meaning he does not actively scout talent or dictate creative direction in a way that would allow him to single-handedly fill WWE with family members.
The host also provides crucial context regarding how specific wrestlers like Zilla actually entered the company, attributing their success to connections made through Booker T rather than any intervention by The Rock. He recounts visiting Reality of Wrestling and observing Zilla's humble attitude toward his career progression, noting that he worked hard without expecting immediate stardom. Ross concludes that Luke Jared is living in a fantasy world where simple business logic does not apply, labeling the fan as delusional for insisting on a conspiracy involving The Rock when evidence points to established industry relationships and standard contract negotiations being the true drivers of these roster moves. Ultimately, Ross warns fans against accepting fabricated narratives without understanding the complex machinery behind professional wrestling organizations.
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What's good y'all? It's your boy Ross
back at again with another video. And
not going to lie to you, I wasn't
expecting to be doing another stupidity
in the IWC, but this one is a special
one. I think this may be one of the
dumbest individuals I have ever ran into
on social media. And what makes this
kind of unfortunate
is the fact that this individual that I
was having a back and forth with on X
yesterday is someone that has been
following my content for a while. So, it
was actually kind of sad to know that
this individual has been supporting me
for I don't know how long, but for
whatever reason, their hatred for the
Bloodline and their hatred for The Rock
is just out of this world, next level,
just stupid. It doesn't even really make
sense, especially with the points that
he was trying to make. And honestly, out
of anybody I've interacted with on
social media this year, I think this
person, unfortunately,
may be the slowest person I've ever
interacted with on social media in it
when it pertains to wrestling. Let me
show you exactly what I was talking
about. And unfortunately, you guys have
to see the stupidity, too, because hey,
this is the series. the stupidity IWC. I
think he may be the number one person as
of right now for 2026 because this is
just this is just ridiculous. Let me
show you what's going on. So,
this is how this all started. Someone
had made a post and I think I talked
about this in my Zilla to Hate uh video
I dropped yesterday. Uh someone made a
post basically saying WWE as the new day
and Sheamus to take cuts to sign this
guy. By the way, basically there's this
clip of Zilla 2.
>> Y'all may have seen it. And right here,
there's, you know, there's some
miscommunications. It's a botch. It
doesn't look
>> There's just some miscommunication.
We've seen stuff like this happening in
WWE, AEW. I literally just seen a clip
of uh I don't know if it was this week's
Dynamite where Chris Jericho I think he
had the walls of Jericho applied to
someone and then um Don Kalis comes into
the ring but then he gets out of the
ring because I don't think he was
supposed to come all the way into the
ring. So Chris Jericho, while he has
someone in the walls of Jericho,
walks over
closer to the ropes so that way Don
Kalis could hit him with an a blunt
object. And I was just like, "Yeah, that
looked bad. That didn't look good.
That's a botch for sure. That was not
supposed to happen." But everyone goes
through it. It's happened in every
company. It will always happen. That's
just what it is. So, when someone made
this point, I was like, I responded, I
hate when y'all make posts like this to
fit your narrative. When all wrestlers
have had botches before in a match,
which is true. Some of my favorite
wrestlers of all time have ba had
botches. It It's just It is what it is.
You move on. It's not that deep. So,
Luke Jared, you've been a a follower for
some time and he decided to comment
this. No, we're sick of The Rock and his
biasy, this is what he said, to sign
every relative Samoan under the sun
while actual talented wrestlers like,
uh, Carrie Cross, Scarlet, uh, Kofi,
um,
uh, Charlie Girl, uh, Austin Creed,
Zelena, Alistister all get released
sickening.
So, first and foremost, he thinks that
The Rock
is going out of his way to only get
Samoans and other talented talent is
getting released. So, we're just going
to go off that alone. He feels that this
is The Rock's fault, right? Rock's part
of TKO. TKL released some of these
wrestlers,
not including the fact that some of
these wrestlers had negotiations
and those negotiations weren't lining up
with them, so they decided to leave.
It's it's really that simple. The money
wasn't lining up for them. These
wrestlers felt like they deserve to get
paid more, some of them. So, they
decided to bet on themselves and leave.
What the [ __ ] does The Rock have to do
with that? Nope. We not We haven't even
got to the the best part, y'all. Let me
We We We going to get there. We going to
get there. So, I respond.
I swear y'all be coming up with stuff in
y'all head and posted as if it's fact.
This is something he definitely came up
in his head, cannon, as to be fact. So
he responds,
"How isn't how isn't it a fact the
wrestlers I listed all got released and
we're currently having like 12 Bloodline
members in the WWE? It's boring. They
all share the same move set. They all
cut same promos and play the same
character. How is this how is what I
posted not straight up fact?" So I
respond, "Do you think The Rock is
letting people go and hiring some
moments? You need help, dude. The Rock
has nothing to do with that. Also,
Samoans have been in wrestling since
before the 80s. You're just making [ __ ]
up. Then he responds, "I've watched you
on YouTube for years, and I appreciate
that. I agree with 90% of your opinions,
but this is mine. You can't tell me The
Rock wasn't partially on the T on the
TKO board. We currently having 11
Samoans in WWE, especially mediocre ones
like Tongaoa and Talatonga. It's
repetitive and pure ass.
Tongaloa and Talatonga, they're not
Samoans. They're tonggin. Yes, they're
adjacent to Samoans, but they're not
Samoans. They're tonggin. And if you
think The Rock, who yes, he's on the
board, but he's not actively doing much
for WWE. He's more focused on his movie
career, which you know, it's not looking
the best. And now he's focused on trying
to do music. Do you think The Rock is
actively out here saying, you know what,
we need more Samoans and Tongginans.
That's what we need.
Not the people that are scouting, not
the people that are going out there to
see what talent is out there.
But that's neither here nor there
because there's still some more
stupidity to come, guys.
So after that,
I said, you are speaking on things that
you are wrong about. That's my issue.
you don't have the you don't have to
like the bloodline but you don't know
what you're talking about when it comes
to this. The Rock is not worried about
WWE. Then he responds and then uh
because of that they had to cut
superstar salaries and release a load uh
who after who are far better than most
Samoans in WWE that could have 10 time
better storylines, different characters
and move sets. It's pathetic. Just my
opinion. You don't have to agree, but at
least respect it. So, I respond, "No, I
don't have to respect it because you
still don't know what you're talking
about." That is TKO. The Rock is not
releasing talent, bro. He didn't want to
listen. He personally isn't, but 100% he
has influence on it. So, you see how
he's moving the goalpost. He personally
isn't releasing talent, but he has
influence on it. How does that make
sense? If he's not releasing the talent
that's not Samoan or tonging, how is he
still influence on it? How does he have
influence on something that he's not
doing? What are you talking about?
But no, the stupidity keeps going, guys.
No, no, no, no. You thought the
stupidity was done. No, no, no, no, no.
So
I think uh so right here
someone ends up responding
um
you know what you know for a fact the
Rocks focusing on uh other [ __ ] right
hell have you even watched Unreal about
the Rock supposed dealings with what
happened at Wrestlemania 41 you know for
a fact that he has nothing to do with
those calls plus some Owens have since
around since the 70s and 80s. Of course,
love is me. How do we tell them? Then he
posted this. The Rock says he's
exploring his music career, which is
true. Then he responds, "Not 11 and uh
in the same era with four of them being
pure [ __ ] ass." And obviously The
Rock going to say he's not doing he's
he's nothing to do with talent or
creative because any wrong move could
tarnish his reputation for for the uh
FML. Y'all are dafted. No, you just
don't know what you're talking about.
But at the end of the day, you're still
going to watch. See you from Monday
Night Raw. Then he says, "Enjoy your
same [ __ ] storylines, repetitive move
sets and characters and terrible stuff."
So, at this point, he's he's people are
going in on his stupidity, just trying
to let him know how dumb he sounds. And
he's he's he's committed to the
dumbness. He's committed to that dumb uh
stupid doesn't make sense, but I got to
die on this heel mantra. He's committed
to it. He's not letting it go. He
doesn't want to admit that he's wrong,
so he's going to die on the dumb heel.
So after he says that, I end up saying,
"How about you go to TKO headquarters
and tell them how upset you are? I'm
sure they will take your ideas into
consideration."
And I think he kept responding to other
people and honestly at that point I was
just kind of over it. So I ended up,
this is the last thing I posted about
the whole situation. What I've learned
to realize is that social media has
exposed many of y'all for being quite
slow. like really slow, especially some
wrestling fans. And I left it at that he
was responding to other people. Still
was wrong. And it was just one of those
things where it's like this was easily
avoidable. Now, here's the thing.
Here's the thing, man. At the end of the
day, bro,
The Rock legitimately has nothing to do
with what's going on, who's being uh
drafted uh into the business for WWE for
Monday Night Raw or Smackdown. He's not
worried about that. That's he is at the
he's on the board, but he's not actively
worried about who's coming into WWE and
trying to get nothing but Samoans. You
want to know something? And if you do
see this video, you want to know
something. I'mma give you a little bit
of insight.
Shout out to Zilla for those who don't
know. Uh I know him more on a just, you
know, a chill type level. I don't know
him like super well, but you know,
anytime we've had conversations, whether
we talked on the phone or in person,
he's always been dope, real chill. and
it's, you know, he's we've always been
trying to set up stuff to do some
collabs, but scheduling and now since he
in NXT is definitely going to be harder,
but still looking forward to seeing what
he does. Right.
We've been to reality of wrestling. That
is Booker T's wrestling promotion. He's
been actively there involved in reality
of wrestling.
You want to know what's funny?
We went to their last show that they
had, I think last weekend, and we all
knew, not all, but a lot of us knew
that, you know, this was going to be his
last goound. And we kind of had
indications or ideas that he was most
likely going to be getting called up. We
didn't know if it was going to be the
main roster, NXT, wherever, but we knew
this was going to be kind of his last
time being, you know, uh, in um, reality
of wrestling.
And we also know that WWE's relationship
with Booker T is pretty good. They
literally have WWE ID banners in front
of the establishment. It doesn't take
rocket science to understand that he was
able to get called up with the
assistance of Booker T.
Yes, they know who he is. Yes, they know
his father and for a while, you know, he
was dealing with some some uh legal
situations, which is one of the reasons
why they probably didn't call him up
sooner. And it gave him time to perfect
his craft, work on his craft. So if
anybody want to blame anybody, you would
necess you would need to blame Booker T.
We've had conversations with him talking
about his relationship with Booker T. He
would be the direct access to NXT and H,
you know, and Shawn Michaels and them.
He would be that direct line. It
wouldn't be the [ __ ] rock. It
wouldn't.
And it wouldn't just be, oh, because
he's a fat, too. No. You know what they
did with Jacob? They brought him
straight to the main roster and he was a
part of uh reality of wrestling for a
little bit too. But guess what? That
direct connection goes through Booker T
in that particular situation.
We got to stop this this notion that oh
the Rock is behind all of Samoans being
in WWE. No.
Samoans have been actively a part of WWE
for many years, even before
TKO got involved.
It just doesn't make sense. We got to
stop living in this fantasy world and
thinking the things that we come up with
our head is fact. Is not fact. You don't
know what you're talking about. You
sound like a crazed man. You sound like
a legit crazed individual that has no
idea what the hell you're talking about.
I know for a fact that Zilla got brought
up through Booker T. That I know for a
fact.
I've seen their interactions, heard the
conversations. I know for a fact that's
what's been going on. And the funny
thing about Zilla, bro, and I'm going to
end this off. The funny thing about
Zilla, anytime we've ever talked to him
and we said, "Hey man, your time is up
next. You're up next." He always be
like, "Hey man, I appreciate that. I'mma
just keep grinding." It was never, "Oh,
you know, I can't wait to get to WWE."
Anytime we've talked to him, it was
always he just wanted to keep grinding,
keep doing his thing, and you know, he
figured when his time comes, his time
will come. It was never, "Oh yeah, I
already know I'm good." No, he was,
"Hey, I got to keep grinding. I want to
make a name for myself."
Simple as that. So, Luke Jared, brother,
brother,
I hate to say this, but you may be one
of
the the stupidest individuals,
unfortunately, we've had on this series.
You may take the crown as stupidest IWC
member for 2026, bro. I'm not going to
lie to you. Comment down below. Let me
know. Do you think Luke Jared wants wins
so far in the lead for the stupidest
member in IWC? Cuz I I think he's up
there, bro. I I don't think I've seen
anything as dumb and as delusional as
this guy. I hate to say that, bro. I
hate to be the one to tell you that, but
this is dumb. This is delusional. And
you're not making any sense, bro. It's
okay to be wrong, but to think that The
Rock is going out his way to make sure
the Samoan in Tongan Dynasty takes over
WWE, you got to get some help. Get just
stop it, guys. Just stop it, bro. But I
appreciate all love support you guys
showed on channel Road to 200K.
Appreciate y'all King with me. See you
on the next one. Peace.