[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. College football recruiters ranked Johnson as one of the top ten high school defensive tackles in the nation. [68] He defeated Bret Hart by disqualification in a title defense on the March 31 episode of Raw is War. [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. In the wrestling world, he was dubbed "The Great One" and "The People's Champion" and in the film. Rocky eventually took over leadership of the "Nation" and began taking the persona of The Rock. [34][35] His mother is Samoan. He said she stopped their car on a Nashville highway and tried to walk into oncoming traffic. [303][304] The film, co-starring Gal Gadot and Ryan Reynolds, began production in the fall of 2019. [3] Maivia, a clean-cut face character, was pushed heavily from the start despite his wrestling inexperience. [148], The Rock made a surprise return on a June episode of Raw before going to his assigned brand of SmackDown!. [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. 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Few people have had as rock-solid of a career in so many realms as Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. It's when every day you get a little better than the day before. [180] On September 16, WWE announced the Rock would wrestle in a traditional 5-on-5 Survivor Series tag team match, teaming with Cena at Survivor Series in November. It wouldnt be wrong to say that weve been caught between a Rock and a wonderful place ever since 1996. He then became a box-office star, appearing in films including 'The Scorpion King,' 'Hercules' and 'The Fast. He also started consolidating his famous persona during this time, which would last until 2000. Had a long reign as WWF Intercontinental champion for 9 months between December 1997 and August '98. It's nice to be important but more important to be nice. A highly successful professional wrestler before making his foray into films, Johnson is also famous by his ring name, 'The Rock'. Following another Instagram video for Johnson's ZOA Energy drink, in which The Foundation's helmet and sidearm were subtly featured in the background, his involvement was finally confirmed during the Chapter 2 End Event on December 4, 2021, with The Foundation removing his helmet to reveal that he shared Johnson's voice and likeness. 24) wins the Royal Rumble Match", "Triple H w/ Stephanie McMahon vs. Mick Foley w/ Linda McMahon vs. Big Show w/ Shane McMahon vs. [326] Though Johnson would not appear in Shazam!, he served as a producer and his likeness was used through special effects in flashback scenes. 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. On April 29, 1999, WWF aired the pilot episode of SmackDown!, a term derived from one of the Rock's catchphrases. 's 25 Toughest Stars. [355] Johnson has also worked with Make-A-Wish Foundation on a number of occasions. Attended the Republican National Convention (2004). [122][123] The Rock successfully defended the championship against Chris Benoit, on July 23, at Fully Loaded. Check out: Pics and Video from Dwayne Johnson's house. He also starred in the action comedy films Get Smart (2008), Central Intelligence (2016), Baywatch (2017), and Red Notice (2021). Rock and Rousey prevailed after he attacked Triple H and she overpowered McMahon. [2] The Rock's contract with WWE then ended and he started his full-time acting career. In 1995, Dwayne suffered a back injury which cost him a place in the NFL. was replaced by a new ride based on the Fast and the Furious franchise, in which Johnson also played a major role. [136][137] The next night on Raw, he teamed with Jericho to win the WWF Tag Team Championship from The Dudley Boyz. The rights to the name "The Rock" were previously owned by WWE, Inc. (which is the main reason why, Once, while putting on a show for WWF road agent Pat Patterson, sold his opponent's moves so well, his then-girlfriend. [100] The Rock then defeated Gunn in a Kiss My Ass match at SummerSlam on August 22, 1999. The Rock Comes From a Family of WWE Hall of Famers On NBC's Young Rock, we meet two central figures in the former wrestler's life. The Horizon Award is a special recognition from the Joint Leadership of the United States Congress and the Congressional Award Board of Directors. [109][110], At the Royal Rumble, on January 23, 2000, the Rock entered the Royal Rumble match and was one of the final two remaining, along with Big Show. [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. He was an exceptionally talented footballer and even won a full scholarship from the University of Miami, where he was a part of the national championship team of 1991. PS. 's 'Songbyrd', "Dwayne Johnson To Star In & Produce HBO Pilot About Athletes From Steve Levinson & Mark Wahlberg, Peter Berg To Direct", "Dwayne Johnson Is The Top-Grossing Actor Of 2013", "Hercules, Starring Dwayne Johnson, to Arrive August 8, 2014", "She rocks my Championship belt better than me! In the late 1990s the charismatic Johnson, with his exotic good looks and signature eyebrow arch, helped make World Wrestling Smackdowns a part of must-see TV. The Rock. The title was renamed the World Championship during his second reign. [9][10][11], After accepting an athletic scholarship to play at the University of Miami, he was a member of the 1991 national championship team, but largely spent his four college football years in backup roles behind elite players, including future NFL player and Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee Warren Sapp. The Rock won the WWF Championship for the first time in 1998 (the same year as fellow wrestling legends Stone Cold Steve Austin and Mick Foley). After the fifth shot, Mankind was still at ringside instead of being two-thirds up the entrance ramp where he was supposed to be, and after the eleventh shot which knocked a bloodied Mankind out, a recording of Mankind saying "I Quit" from an earlier interview was played over the public address system. [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! After the match, the Rock gave Cena a Rock Bottom. [242] He did not vote in the 2016 election,[345] and is an independent voter as of 2017[update]. Zak Hamza < mj_zak@yahoo.co.uk> / ritual < vsritual@vsritual.com>, Other Works [194] The following week on Raw, the Rock was attacked by The Shield. That same year, he hosted and produced the TNT reality competition series The Hero,[279][280] and won the Favorite Male Buttkicker Award at the 2013 Nickelodeon Kid's Choice Awards. [226] He has since hosted SNL another four times. 3. In the episode, the Rock continued his feud with The Corporate Ministry. The title was named the WWF Championship during The Rock's first six reigns. Also read: The top 10 movies of Dwayne The Rock Johnson. Dwayne Johnson first rose to fame as "The Rock," a popular wrestling personality. That was . Trademark move: Charging Double Leg Spinebuster, Trademark Phrase: "Lay a smack down on your candy ass", Trademark phrase: "Do you smell what The Rock is cookin'?". 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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. [153] This was evident by the fact that he was met with a negative crowd response during his match against Lesnar. Thinking it would make him appear big-headed, he graciously turned the offer down. [30] Veteran wrestler Pat Patterson secured several tryout matches for Johnson with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1996. [215] On September 30, 2019, after weeks of speculation, the Rock announced that he would be making an appearance on SmackDown's 20th Anniversary on October 4, 2019, marking his first appearance on SmackDown since October 2014 and his first televised appearance since April 2016. That night, he was attacked by a debuting Goldberg. [165] At Backlash on April 27, 2003, Goldberg defeated The Rock, who then briefly left WWE to film Walking Tall. The Rock would pin Punk to retain the championship. The experience proved the beginning of a personal transformation for Johnson. [92] This match was referred to as "Halftime Heat" as it was televised during halftime of that year's Super Bowl. [156], The Rock returned on the January 30, 2003, episode of SmackDown! He debuted on Monday Night Raw as a member of Marc Mero's entourage on November 4, 1996. He returned in 2001 during the WCW/ECW invasion where he joined a team of WWE wrestlers at The Scorpion King (2002), a prequel to The Mummy Returns (2001).Dwayne has a daughter, Simone Alexandra Johnson, born in 2001, with his ex-wife Dany Garcia, and daughters, Jasmine, born in 2015, and Tiana Gia, born in 2018, with his wife, singer and songwriter Lauren Hashian. After 20 minutes of chaotic brawling in the ring, the stands, a kitchen, the catering area, an office, the arena corridors and finally a basement loading area, Mankind pinned the Rock using a forklift truck to win the WWF title. In 2017, Johnson revealed that his larger-than-life animated. 5. Johnson was born into a wrestling family. The couple married on May 3, 1997. However, he always knew his future lay in wrestling, and he eventually made his WWF bow in 1996, under the name Rocky Maivia. 13 in People Magazine's 50 Favorite TV Stars. Ate at the fast food restaurant, In-N-Out, for the first time ever. [108] Rock and Mankind would win the tag titles for the third and final time after beating the New Age Outlaws on the October 14, 1999, episode of SmackDown! [249] In "Cable Visions: Television Beyond Broadcasting", the Rock was described as "for a long time, the WWE's biggest star and probably held the greatest international appeal". He weighed 290 pounds during his college football career, but reduced his weight to about 265 pounds late in his wrestling career. He was assigned to Calgary's practice roster, but was cut two months into Calgary's 1995 season. [213] On the February 20, 2017, episode of Raw, the Rock made an untelevised appearance after the broadcast had gone off the air, where he promoted and filmed a scene for his then-upcoming film Fighting with My Family. While growing up, Dwayne traveled around a lot with his parents and watched his father perform in the ring. 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[256][257] His return in 2001 did a 7.1 rating which was the highest rated segment of the entire year. In his first semester at the University of Miami, he earned a .7 grade point average. Olympia. [105] The two lost the titles back to Undertaker and Big Show on the September 9, 1999, episode of SmackDown! (December 16, 2015) Has two daughters with his wife. 'Sweetest Baby Girl in the Whole World,' Lauren Hashian Says", "One good thing Virginia has going for it this week? to set up another match with Hulk Hogan at No Way Out. 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. [185], Leading up to WrestleMania, the Rock and Cena had several verbal confrontations on Raw. The Rock returned to the WWE, and in 2013, he won the WWE Championship by defeating CM Punk at the Royal Rumble and retained the title at Elimination Chamber pay per views. and mustachioed demeanor which led his fellow students to suspect he was an undercover policeman, not unlike. Johnson starred in two other blockbuster movies that year, Baywatch and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle as Mitchell "Mitch" Buchannon and Dr. Smolder Bravestone, respectively. 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. We", "Dwayne Johnson Inspired by Make-A-Wish Kids on Disney's 'Jungle Cruise' Set", "Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson & Wife Split Up", "Dwayne Johnson's heartfelt post to his daughter on her 18th birthday will make you want to call your dad", "Meet the Woman Who Got a Rock from Dwayne Johnson, Lauren Hashian", "Lauren Hashian: 5 Things To Know About The Rock's Pregnant Girlfriend", "@therock on Instagram: "We do. The Rock appeared in WWE sporadically following WrestleMania XX. Born: 2-May-1972 Birthplace: Hayward, CA. [69] Behind the scenes, Hart mentored Johnson for his first year in WWF[70] and refused to be booked to take the title from him. The Rock had another successful title defense against Benoit, Kane and The Undertaker, on September 24, at Unforgiven.[124]. 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. Johnson used this time off to act in The Scorpion King. In 2017, he revealed that he raises bass in a pond on his farm. Joe: Retaliation (2013), Hercules (2014), Skyscraper (2018), San Andreas (2015) and Rampage (2018). Even in interviews today, his teammates still refer to him as Dewey. The Rock was then aided by a returning John Cena to fend off Wyatt, Rowan and Braun Strowman. "My thought process started to change. Is the third youngest superstar to hold the IC Championship. Over his acting career, he became one of the highest paid and most successful actors in Hollywood. He was contacted about appearing at the Flair farewell address the night following. Johnson left WWE in 2004 and returned in 2011 as a part-time performer until 2013, making sporadic appearances until retiring in 2019. His football teammates at Miami have said Johnson used to sing country music on the team bus. [292], In 2021, Johnson co-starred with Emily Blunt in The Walt Disney Company's Jungle Cruise, as Frank Wolff and Lily Houghton, respectively. [287] In 2019, Johnson started hosting an NBC competition series called The Titan Games. [106][107] Rock and Mankind then lost the titles to The New Age Outlaws on the very next episode of SmackDown!. At King of the Ring, the Rock defeated Dan Severn in the semi-final match and lost to rival Ken Shamrock in the final. During a visit to Samoa in July 2004, he was anointed by Head of State Susuga Malietoa Tanumafili II with the chiefly title of 'Seiuli, Son of Malietoa'. The King was scheduled to begin production in 2020, but was halted by the COVID-19 pandemic. 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. [281] In May 2013, it was announced that he would executive produce and star in Ballers,[282] an HBO comedy-drama series about NFL players living in Miami. [229][230], The Rock was listed on Entertainment Weekly's 101 Most Influential People in both 2000 and 2001. It all adds up. : Miami (2007), and Southland Tales (2006). [371], He got a partial Samoan pe'a tattoo on his left side in 2003. Triple H in a 60-Minute WWE Iron Man Match for the WWE Championship", "The Rock's fifth WWE Championship reign", "The Rock: Profile & Match Listing Internet Wrestling Database (IWD)", "The Rock vs. Kurt Angle for the WWE Championship", "Six-Man Hell in a Cell Match for the WWE Championship", "Undertaker and Rock's first World Tag Team Championship reign", "Kurt Angle vs. 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. Johnson was born into a family of wrestlers. The two then lost the tag titles to Booker T and Test on the November 1, 2001, episode of SmackDown!. As revenge for the Attitude Adjustment Cena had given him on Raw, Rock hit Cena with the Rock Bottom, allowing The Miz to pin him and retain the WWE Championship. He then vowed to once again become WWE Champion. One thing that has always intrigued people is Dwayne Johnsons ethnicity, with the wrestler possessing a mixed heritage. John Cena will fill the leading role, with Akiva Goldsman attached as screenwriter. In the end, it came down to a one-on-one between the Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin. I grew up in the business. The EPC's wrestling programs have been ranked best in the nation by WIN magazine and have been described as "among the nation's best in the sport for nearly three decades", and Johnson quickly found himself facing some of the nation's most accomplished high school wrestlers. London. [220][221] He also recorded "Pie" with Slick Rick for WWF The Music, Vol. [2] Johnson quickly rose to global prominence, aided by a gimmick he employed as a charismatic trash talker. During the show, he encountered then-reigning WWE Champion CM Punk, Daniel Bryan, and John Cena, all of whom expressed a desire to face him. It would be safe to say that he's the Hulk Hogan of our generation. Johnson wrestled for the WWF for eight years prior to pursuing an acting career. The Rock has often contributed his success towards his family, especially his mother, Ata Johnson. [250] R. D. Reynolds stated in his book "The WrestleCrap Book of Lists" that the Rock was "the biggest star for WWE from 1999 until 2004".[251]. He then lost the title rematch against Stone Cold Steve Austin at Backlash: In Your House on April 25, 1999. The finals occurred at Survivor Series on November 15, 1998, where the Rock defeated Vince McMahon's associate, Mankind, to win his first WWF Championship. 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