They apparently first heard the nickname when Johnson's parents came to visit and his mom called him by that name in front of everyone. Rushmore", "WrestleMania 28 Breaks PPV Records With 1.3 Million Buys", "Wrestlingdata.com The World's Largest Wrestling Database", "Bill Banks Talks About the Highest Rated Wrestling Segment", "Detailed RAW Ratings Breakdown on The Rock's Promo (HUGE Number! [54][55], In 1995, Johnson graduated with a Bachelor of General Studies and a dual major in criminology and physiology. He said she stopped their car on a Nashville highway and tried to walk into oncoming traffic. [356], Johnson first met fellow University of Miami student Dany Garcia in the early 1990s. [74] The next night on Raw Is War, Austin was ordered by Mr. McMahon to defend the title in a rematch, but forfeited it to the Rock instead, handing him the title belt before hitting him with the Stone Cold Stunner. But at night when he steps into the ring, he becomes the chair-flinging, wisecracking wrestler known as The Rock. The Rock won after giving Rowan a Rock Bottom and pinning him in six seconds, which set the record for the fastest win in WrestleMania history. He commanded $64.5 million between June 2015 and June 2016, more than doubling his earnings from the previous year and bumping. [71] On April 20, at In Your House 14: Revenge of the 'Taker, he lost to Savio Vega by countout but retained the title. He was assigned to Calgary's practice roster, but was cut two months into Calgary's 1995 season. I am not the Rock. When Johnson debuted in WWE as Rocky Maivia in 1996, he wasn't exactly a fan favorite. Johnson competed at ten different WrestleManias over a 16-year period - XIII (1997), XIV (1998), XV (1999), 2000, X-Seven (2001), X-8 (2002), XIX (2003), XX (2004), XXVIII (2012) and 29 (2013). 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[184] The Rock and Cena defeated Awesome Truth on November 20 at Survivor Series, when the Rock pinned The Miz. Born to a Samoan father and a Black Canadian mother in California, he later moved to New Zealand when his parents divorced when he was 12 years old. He also starred in the action comedy films Get Smart (2008), Central Intelligence (2016), Baywatch (2017), and Red Notice (2021). 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[20][21] In 2012, he co-founded the entertainment production company Seven Bucks Productions,[22] and is co-owner of the XFL, a professional American football league. [361] They were married on August 18, 2019, in Hawaii. Despite being played as a hero, fans booed him relentlessly and chanted "Rocky sucks" every time he had a match. The Rock would pin Punk to retain the championship. To say the Rock doesn't count as a Black champion is essentially saying Barack Obama isn't the first Black president due to his mixed heritage. [186][187] On the March 12, 2012, episode of Raw, the Rock hosted his first "Rock Concert" segment since 2004, mocking Cena in his songs. The film will be directed by Jake Kasdan, from a script co-written by Kasdan and Tom Wheeler. They lost against Ric Flair, Randy Orton, and Batista in a handicap match at WrestleMania XX on March 14, 2004, when Orton pinned Foley after an RKO. [120][121] The Rock won the WWF Championship for a fifth time at King of the Ring on June 25 by scoring the winning pin in a six-man tag team match, teaming with Kane and The Undertaker against Shane McMahon, Triple H and Vince McMahon, whom he pinned. [222], In 1999, Johnson appeared on That '70s Show as his father Rocky Johnson. [2][164] The next night, Raw was billed as "The Rock Appreciation Night", in honor of his victory over Austin. Dwayne Douglas Johnson (born May 2, 1972), also known by his ring name The Rock,[3] is an American actor and former professional wrestler. [103][104] The two performed a number of critically acclaimed comedic skits together, including one called "This Is Your Life", which saw Mankind bring parody versions of people from the Rock's past on television, such as his high school girlfriend and his high school football coach, only to have the Rock insult them. [64] On February 13, 1997, he won the Intercontinental Championship from Hunter Hearst Helmsley on Monday Night Raw. [127] On the December 18 episode of Raw, the Rock won the WWF Tag Team Championship with The Undertaker, defeating Edge and Christian, before losing it back to them the next night at a SmackDown! Was believed to be first brought to the WWF/E's attention by the late Pat Patterson. [357][358] On June 1, 2007, Johnson and Garcia announced they were separating amicably,[357] and their divorce was finalized in May 2008. Examples include. The Rock was also given the privilege of having his own signature match, like The Undertaker with the Buried Alive match, Kane with the Inferno Match and Mankind with the Boiler Room Brawl: the Brahma Bullrope match, a variant of a strap match was a normal singles match where the components are tied together with a rope used for cattle farming, and the rope and its attached cowbell could both be used as weapons. I loved Montclaire Elementary!! February 27, 2015 Johnson in 2007 Birth Name: Dwayne Douglas Johnson Place of Birth: Hayward, Alameda, California, United States Date of Birth: May 2, 1972 Ethnicity: *father - African-Canadian/Black Nova Scotian [including Beninese], small amount of Irish *mother - Samoan, as well as 1/16th Scottish [20], In 2013, Johnson hosted and produced the TNT reality competition series The Hero. He then lost the title rematch against Stone Cold Steve Austin at Backlash: In Your House on April 25, 1999. [366] Johnson and Hashian live in Los Angeles, have a farm in Virginia, and a home in Southwest Ranches, Florida. Johnsons enormous popularity extends far beyond the wrestling world, with the California native having become one of Hollywoods most successful superstars, and widely popular across the world. [63] His first match came at Survivor Series, on November 17, 1996, in an eight-man elimination tag match; he was the sole survivor and eliminated the final two members of the opposing team, Crush and Goldust. [57], Following his graduation, Johnson was signed by the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League. before losing the titles to The Holly Cousins on the October 18, 1999, episode of Raw is War. Between June 2018 and June 2019, he earned $90 million. [89] Then at the Royal Rumble on January 24, 1999, the Rock regained the title in an "I Quit" match, a type of submission match that only ends if one of the combatants says "I quit" on a microphone. [on his wrestling career] I am amazed at the number of people who think I only work on the days and nights they see me on television. Recently, he revealed that after they'd lost their apartment, his mother, Ata Johnson, tried to kill herself. In his first television acting job, in 1999, he played his own father in an episode of That '70s Show called "That Wrestling Show". [105] The two lost the titles back to Undertaker and Big Show on the September 9, 1999, episode of SmackDown! She also works as the manager for her ex-husband and WWE legend, Dwayne Johnson. [293] Jaume Collet-Serra served as director, with a script by Michael Green from a previous one co-written by J. D. Payne and Patrick McKay. When he tried to do a post-show speech for the crowd, the fans at Nassau Coliseum still booed him. Dwayne Johnson's character creation of "the Rock" became one of the most charismatic and dynamic characters the WWE industry has ever seen. Dwayne Johnson first rose to fame as "The Rock," a popular wrestling personality. 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[145][146] In an interview in 2013, Hogan said he and the Rock changed the style of the match on the fly based on the crowd's response. Mankind appeared to win the match when the Rock passed out to the Mandible Claw submission move, but Vince McMahon ruled that since the Rock did not tap out, he retained his title. [332][333] His second item, a black T-shirt sporting his signature "Brahma bull", sold out after being worn at WrestleMania 32. 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With his wife, donated $2 million to the University of Miami for the new Robert and Judi Prokop Newman Alumni Center's living room, to be named "The Dany and Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson Living Room". [152] In 2018, writing for ESPN.com, Sean Coyle noted in a retrospective review of the event, that following his victory over Hulk Hogan at WrestleMania X8, the Rock "started to see a dip in fan support" and "that dip turned into a plunge" by the time Rock had his match with Lesnar at SummerSlam because fans knew he was leaving WWE to pursue an acting career. and won them back from them on the September 20, 1999, episode of Raw is War. In 2000, he hosted Saturday Night Live (SNL) for the first time. [319] Johnson is also attached to produce/star in a sequel to Big Trouble in Little China,[320][321] as well as project under development with Shane Black focusing on a new interpretation of Doc Savage. He also started a new persona that has been called Hollywood Rock, with a new look and a shaved head. [75][76] The Rock feuded with Austin and Ken Shamrock through the end of 1997 and beginning of 1998. The Rock and his wife. His ethnicity or ethnic background is African- (Canadian)/Black and Irish from his father and Samoan from his mother. The Rock then pinned Austin, giving Team WWF the victory and forcing The Alliance to disband. When Daniel Craig retired from the 007 franchise, Dwayne expressed his desire to play James Bond. and was bullied by a punk and waited for him after school and punched him in the face. For his second acting role, Johnson appeared in, In 2006, Johnson told NPR he'd been arrested "probably eight or nine times" by the time he was 17. I grew up in the business. In his first semester at the University of Miami, he earned a .7 grade point average. Austin tried to capitalize on this by pinning the Rock, but Kurt Angle revealed his true allegiance by attacking Austin. In 1999, the Rock was listed No. A highly successful professional wrestler before making his foray into films, Johnson is also famous by his ring name, 'The Rock'. [12] Johnson aspired to play professional football but went undrafted in the 1995 NFL Draft. brand before taking a sabbatical from wrestling. [126] The Rock wrestled a six-man Hell in a Cell match for the WWF Championship, at Armageddon, which Angle won to retain the title. Originally cast in the role as early as September 2014 as the antagonist, in a film centered around the superhero Billy Batson/Shazam,[324][325] his villainous role for Shazam! Your boy has discovered himself between the Rock and a Coronary heart place, who's historically depicted as a dark-skinned, black man whereas Johnson is half black and half Samoan. Regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time, he wrestled for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now known as WWE) for eight years prior to pursuing an acting career. She is also an entrepreneur and producer. There, he was named the number one contender for the WWE Undisputed Championship, which he won for a record-setting seventh time at Vengeance, on July 21, by defeating Kurt Angle and then-champion The Undertaker in a Triple Threat match. He was contacted about appearing at the Flair farewell address the night following. To complete the subscription process, please click the link in the email we just sent you. 's 20 Top Entertainers. [134][135] He later lost the title to Chris Jericho at No Mercy on October 21, 2001. Dwayne's grandfather. The title was named the WWF Championship during The Rock's first six reigns. [2][40], After losing the Intercontinental Championship to Owen Hart on the April 28, 1997, episode of Raw Is War[72] and suffering a legitimate knee injury in a match against Mankind,[2] Maivia returned in August 1997 and turned heel for the first time in his career by lashing out at fans who had been booing him and joining Faarooq, D'Lo Brown and Kama in the stable called the Nation of Domination. [287] In 2019, Johnson started hosting an NBC competition series called The Titan Games. [226] He has since hosted SNL another four times. Ate at the fast food restaurant, In-N-Out, for the first time ever. Few people have had as rock-solid of a career in so many realms as Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. Johnsons family boasts of a rich, multi-cultural heritage. In 2016 he voiced Maui in the Disney animated film Moana (2016). [224] Fellow wrestlers Triple H, Big Show, and Mick Foley also appeared on the show. [165] At Backlash on April 27, 2003, Goldberg defeated The Rock, who then briefly left WWE to film Walking Tall. Vince McMahon then came out and was about to strip Punk of the championship, however, at the Rock's request, he instead restarted the match. In 2017, Johnson revealed that his larger-than-life animated. The Rock returned in late July 2001 when the WWF was feuding with rival promotions World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) during what is known as The Invasion storyline. Zak Hamza < mj_zak@yahoo.co.uk> / ritual < vsritual@vsritual.com>, Other Works [238] The movie broke a two-year record for the highest-grossing single day in film history by earning US$28,594,667. [140] At the next pay-per-view, Vengeance on December 9, 2001, the Rock lost the World Championship to Jericho, who would then unify the WWF and World titles later that night. In 2012 and '13 he came out of retirement to wrestle John Cena at 'Mania twice, both matches were also the main event. Apart from establishing his own foundation for terminally-ill and at-risk children, he has time and again donated thousands of dollars for relief efforts from hurricanes and floods. His father, from Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada, is black (of Black Nova Scotian descent), and his mother is of Samoan background (her own father was Peter Fanene Maivia, also a professional wrestler). [287] In 2016, Johnson co-starred with Kevin Hart in the action-comedy Central Intelligence and had a lead voice role in the Disney animated film Moana, in which he voiced the Polynesian demigod Maui. His father and Tony Atlas were the first black tag team champions in WWE history, in 1983. [261] The term "smackdown" was instituted in Merriam-Webster dictionaries since 2007. People magazine named him the Sexiest Man Alive of 2016. A multi-talented athlete, Johnson was part of his schools track, football and wrestling teams. It debuted at No. He correctly predicted that Bobby Lashley would defeat Umaga at WrestleMania 23 in Donald Trump and Vince McMahon's "Battle of the Billionaires" Hair vs Hair match. [3][225] Johnson has stated the success of that episode is the reason he began receiving offers from Hollywood studios. [73], At D-Generation X: In Your House on December 7, 1997, Stone Cold Steve Austin defeated the Rock in under six minutes to retain the Intercontinental Championship. [305], Johnson is noted for his busy schedule and developing multiple projects at once. Trademark move: Three open handed punches, followed by a hand spitting motion, followed by a fourth punch which typically levelled the opponent. [73] He then refused to acknowledge the Rocky Maivia name, instead referring to himself in the third person as the Rock, though he would still be billed as "The Rock" Rocky Maivia until 1998. Following his graduation, he signed with the Calgary Stampeders but was cut from the team in his first season. | Reigns then won the match and the Rock endorsed him in the ring. He received additional training from Tom Prichard, alongside Achim Albrecht and Mark Henry.[5][32]. Johnson's first WrestleMania match came at WrestleMania 13 on March 23, 1997, where he was victorious in his Intercontinental Championship defense against The Sultan. Dwayne Johnson was named as Forbes magazine's highest-paid actor. He was offered a promotional deal with "Dunkin' Donuts", which would have seen the company name a donut after him. Ata Fitisemanu was the. Johnson has since called the boy a hero. The wrestling superstar began his career in the National Wrestling Alliance all the way back in the 1960s, but rose to fame in the 1980s upon joining the WWE. It's nice to be important but more important to be nice. [115][116], Due to his image at the time, a Magic: The Gathering deck archetype was named after him. [92] This match was referred to as "Halftime Heat" as it was televised during halftime of that year's Super Bowl. Nearly a year later, he appeared in the Star Trek: Voyager episode "Tsunkatse" as an alien wrestler who fought popular character Seven of Nine. [51][52][30], By his senior year at Freedom High School, Johnson had only played two years of high school football but the fact that he had excelled on a team in an elite high school athletic division known nationally for producing a long list of professional and Olympic-level athletes, including future NFL stars Andre Reed, Saquon Barkley, Kyzir White, and others, drew the attention of NCAA Division I collegiate programs. Hawaii. [228] That year, Rock was also listed in the Forbes Celebrity 100 and People Magazine's 25 Most Intriguing People. The tattoo is a partial Pe'a, which is an intricate tattoo males have traditionally gotten in Samoan culture. After the match, the Rock gave Cena a Rock Bottom. London. No matter who you are, being kind is the easiest thing you can do. One thing that has always intrigued people is Dwayne Johnsons ethnicity, with the wrestler possessing a mixed heritage. Wrestling at first under his real name, Johnson defeated The Brooklyn Brawler at a house show on March 10[60] and lost matches to Chris Candido and Owen Hart. [362][363][364] They have two daughters: Jasmine (born December 17, 2015)[365] and Tiana (born April 17, 2018). The Rock then aligned with McMahon and the WWF. Be the first one to comment on this story. [316], In 2019, Johnson produced and appeared as himself in Fighting with My Family, a comedy drama about Paige and her family, who are also professional wrestlers. [217], The Rock made an appearance at Impact Wrestling's 2020 Bound for Glory on October 20, 2020, in Nashville via a recorded video message to induct Ken Shamrock into the Impact Hall of Fame. [14] A 10-time world champion, including the promotion's first of African-American descent,[15] he is also a two-time Intercontinental Champion, a five-time Tag Team Champion, the 2000 Royal Rumble winner, and WWE's sixth Triple Crown champion. [323], A film centered around Teth-Adam/Black Adam, a part of the DC Extended Universe, was announced to be in development in January 2017. [157] Because of negative fan reaction during his previous couple of matches as a result of his budding acting career, The Rock turned heel for the first time since 1999. The Rock was then aided by a returning John Cena to fend off Wyatt, Rowan and Braun Strowman. [172] Johnson's next appearance was through a pre-taped promo on October 2, 2009, during the Decade of SmackDown. That night, he was attacked by a debuting Goldberg. Johnsons paternal grandparents, James and Lilian Bowles, were both of African origin, while his maternal grandparents, Fanene Leifi Pita Maivia and Ofelia Lia Fuataga, were Samoan, and had a rich wrestling history. - Advertisement - He is an American actor and former professional wrestler. [286] He hosted another reality series for TNT in 2014, entitled Wake Up Call, which saw him "lending a helping hand to everyday people who were facing enormous challenges in their lives" alongside guest experts such as Rocco DiSpirito, Jillian Michaels, and Josh Shipp. [357] Their daughter, Simone, was born on August 14, 2001. On April 29, 1999, WWF aired the pilot episode of SmackDown!, a term derived from one of the Rock's catchphrases. [337], In 2019, Johnson announced he would be launching his own competitive bodybuilding show alongside his business partner and ex-wife Dany Garcia, called Athleticon. [36][37] His mother is the adopted daughter of Peter Maivia, who was also a professional wrestler. Mankind to become new WWE Champion", "The Rock's second WWE Championship reign", "WWE Looks Back At Super Bowl 'Halftime Heat' With The Rock vs. Mankind", "The Rock's third WWE Championship reign", "Stone Cold vs. [240][241], The Rock has appeared on the covers of many magazines, including Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, and TV Guide. [120] With the score tied at five falls each, and with seconds left on the time limit, the Rock was disqualified when The Undertaker attacked Triple H, thus giving Triple H the 65 win and the title. Dwayne Johnson's impact on entertainment is as massive as his ring name When one talks of the greatest wrestlers of all time, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson 's name is bound to pop up during the. With the first official teaser trailer released in October 2018, the project marks Kasdan and Johnson's third collaboration, following Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle and Jumanji: The Next Level. Another former student was. He's said in interviews that his days as a teen in Nashville first got him into country music and that he's loved it ever since. You will go one on one with the Great One! Johnson used this time off to act in The Scorpion King. [214], On August 3, 2019, the Rock officially announced his retirement from professional wrestling. See the full winners' list". [158][159] The Rock defeated Hogan at No Way Out before moving to the Raw brand. He also had roles in Gridiron Gang (2006), Reno 911! Johnson said his tattoo took 60 hours to complete and that it tells the story of his ancestors and his own life. Dwayne Johnson is also known by his ring name the Rock. He then vowed to once again become WWE Champion. 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