WWE Profile: Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson with the full name Dwayne Douglas Johnson is the most electrifying person in the WWE history. He is a professional wrestler and a Hollywood actor. The Rock was born on May 02, 1972 in Hayward, California.
The Rock is the son of Rocky Johnson and Ata Johnson. He is the grandson of Peter Fanene Maivia who was a wrestler as well. While growing up, Dwayne travelled a lot with his parents and watched his father perform in the ring. He played football in his high
school and having tremendous skills in the sport, he received a full scholarship at the University of Miami.
The Rock is the WCW Champion twice and the WWE Champion seven times. He is the WWF Intercontinental Champion twice and has been the WWF Tag Team Champion for five times. He was the winner of the Royal Rumble in 2000. The Rock was honoured with a Slammy Award
as a new sensation back in 1997.
In 1996, Dwayne joined the WWF (World Wrestling Federation) that is now known as the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and became Rocky Maivia. Rocky eventually took over the leadership of the ‘Nation of the Domination’ and began a memorable row with Stone
Cold Steve Austin. He belonged to the cream of the crop wrestlers like Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair for winning the world titles from the WWF and WCW (World Championship Wrestling) at different events. He was then known as ‘The Rock’.
‘The Peoples Champion’ is a title that defined the style and career of The Rock. He became popular gradually among all the masses. The Rock took a break from WWE for the filming of his first movie ‘The Mummy Returns’ in 2000. His last match in the WWE before
leaving to film ‘The Rundown’ was against Bill Goldberg at the 2003 Backlash Pay-Per-View.
The first main role in a movie from The Rock was in ‘The Mummy Returns’. His second movie was ‘The Scorpion King’ that was a sequel of the first one. Both the films were blockbuster hits world-wide and The Rock came out as a Hollywood star. His 5.5-million-dollar
cheque for The Scorpion King in 2002 enlisted him in the Guinness Book of World Records, as his salary was the highest for any actor receiving top billing for the first time. His other famous movies are Walking Tall, Doom, Tooth Fairy etc.
Apart from wrestling, Rock played football as he was the member of Miami’s National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) for national championship football team in 1991. Dwayne had a back injury in the National Football League (NFL) in 1995.
He met his wife Dany Garcia at the age of 22. They both decided to get married after dating for several years. He got married the very next day of his 25th birthday. Their daughter’s name is Simone Alexandra who was born in 2001. The couple broke
up after ten years of marriage but still live together as best friends. His height is 6ft 5in and weight is 120kg.
The WWE Universe liked the style of The Rock and applauds with huge pops whenever he joined the ring. His favourite eyebrow trademark has been imitated by many youngsters till now. His wrestling finishing moves ‘The People’s Elbow’ and ‘The Rock Bottom’
are also very popular. Kids copy his catch phrase, “If you smell what The Rock is cooking?”
On Feb 14, 2011, The Rock stunned WWE Universe with his return in the WWE. As soon as he made his comeback in WWE he has developed a rivalry against John Cena. Both wrestlers are expert in their prospects and have huge fan-followings. The Rock will be facing
John Cena in WrestleMania XXVIII and the match is much awaited by many to watch both the wrestlers head-to-head.
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