The Rock (Rocky Maivia) First Promo After Joining The Nation of Domination - Die Rocky Die! - RAW

This is the first time Rocky Maivia got to really speak and let everyone know how he felt. Also his reasoning for joining The Nation. After this promo, he was on a collision course with destiny. RAW 8/18/1997 "I got three words: 'Die, Rocky, Die'. That's the gratitude I get from you pieces of crap, for all my blood, my sweat and my tears?! Hey: this isn't about the color of my skin - this is about respect. I became the youngest Intercontinental Champion in WWF history, and what did it get me? In arenas across the country, I heard chants of 'Rocky sucks!' Well, Rocky Maivia is a lot of things, but 'sucks' isn't one of 'em! It's not a 'black thing', it's not a 'white thing', and hey: let's talk about a racist faction. You wanna talk about a group that's prejudiced? Let's talk about the D.O.A.. The D.O.A. epitomizes racism, but... hey, you know what: to hell with the D.O.A.! I wanna make one point to all you jackass fans out there: Rocky Maivia and the new Nation of Domination lives, breathes and dies respect... and we will earn respect, by any means necessary!" #wwe #therock #thenation #attitudeera