After he and Cena exchanged insults, The Miz and Alex Riley appeared and attacked the Rock; he fended off Miz and Riley, only for Cena to blindside him with an Attitude Adjustment. He turned face and became known as "The Peoples Champion". [231] In 2001, he was also listed on E! [256][257] His return in 2001 did a 7.1 rating which was the highest rated segment of the entire year. His father and Tony Atlas were the first black tag team champions in WWE history, in 1983. The Rock contested this match twice, both times in Texas (vs Triple H in Dallas, and vs Al Snow in Houston). He then became a box-office star, appearing in films including 'The Scorpion King,' 'Hercules' and 'The Fast. 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. 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. [315] Additionally, he will produce and star in a Netflix exclusive film titled John Henry & The Statesmen, as the titular folklore hero. Over his acting career, he became one of the highest paid and most successful actors in Hollywood. [348] Following an online public opinion poll that found that 46% of Americans would consider voting for Johnson in a presidential election, he further stated during an April 12, 2021, interview on The Today Show that "I do have that goal to unite our country and I also feel that if this is what the people want, then I will do that". That's when I started thinking about goals and what I wanted to accomplish," he has since said about his high school football experience. He is the son of Ata Johnson (born Feagaimaleata Fitisemanu Maivia) and professional wrestler Rocky Johnson (born Wayde Douglas Bowles). The Rock for the Undisputed Championship", "SummerSlam 2002: A look back at a landscape-shifting moment in WWE history", "Throwback Thursday: Looking back at WWE Summerslam 2002", "WWE SmackDown! [242][243][244] He has also appeared in, and been the cover athlete for, several video games. 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. [30][31] Growing up, Johnson lived briefly in Grey Lynn in Auckland, New Zealand with his mother's family,[32] where he played rugby[33] and attended Richmond Road Primary School before returning to the U.S.[32], Johnson's father was a Black Nova Scotian with a small amount of Irish ancestry. [158][159] The Rock defeated Hogan at No Way Out before moving to the Raw brand. He also started consolidating his famous persona during this time, which would last until 2000. The Rock. The Rock main-evented the most bought pay-per-view worldwide in WWE history (WrestleMania XXVIII),[252] the most bought pay-per-view domestically in WWE history (WrestleMania X-Seven), the highest rated Raw in history,[253][254] the highest rated SmackDown in history,[255] and was part of the highest rated cable segment in WWE history with Mankind entitled "This is Your Life", in which Mankind would honor The Rock with various gifts and reunions. (December 16, 2015) Has two daughters with his wife. [61] He was initially reluctant to take this ring name but was persuaded by Vince McMahon and Jim Ross. WWE enthusiasts are in mourning as Rocky "Soulman" Johnson esteemed wrestler and father of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson has passed away at age 75, according to TMZ. [94][95] The Rock then lost the WWF Championship to Stone Cold Steve Austin at WrestleMania XV on March 28, 1999. He became known for reinvigorating film franchises after portraying Marvin F. Hinton / Roadblock in G.I. 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. 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. 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. Big love to all the kids and staff. [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. [371], He got a partial Samoan pe'a tattoo on his left side in 2003. He was offered the role of Cade Yeager in, In 2012 Dwayne formed the film company "Seven Bucks Productions" with ex-wife. Success isn't overnight. The Alliance's team consisted of Stone Cold Steve Austin, Kurt Angle, Booker T, Rob Van Dam, and Shane McMahon. [190], On July 23, at Raw 1000, the Rock announced he would wrestle for the WWE Championship at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view. After the match, Rock attacked Miz and hit him with the People's Elbow. [361] They were married on August 18, 2019, in Hawaii. I didn't have the background-Juilliard or performing-arts school or anything like that. Dwayne Douglas Johnson, also known as The Rock, was born on May 2, 1972 in Hayward, California. [12], In addition to playing football at Freedom High School, Johnson also was a member of the school's track and field and wrestling teams. 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[226] He has since hosted SNL another four times. [355] Johnson has also worked with Make-A-Wish Foundation on a number of occasions. I love the business. 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. The Alliance and Vince McMahon then both attempted to persuade the Rock to join their team. - Advertisement - He is an American actor and former professional wrestler. [185], Leading up to WrestleMania, the Rock and Cena had several verbal confrontations on Raw. 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). The Rock's number one contendership for the WWF Championship was then put on the line against Big Show at No Way Out on February 27, 2000, which Big Show won after Shane McMahon interfered. [105] The two lost the titles back to Undertaker and Big Show on the September 9, 1999, episode of SmackDown! [310][311] He earned $22.5 million to star in the film and received millions more for producing and promoting it on social media. [102] 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. Competed in the Royal Rumble match four times ('97, '98, 2000, 2001), winning in 2000. The Rock's popularity was fueled by his charisma and speaking abilities, which led to many catchphrases and merchandising opportunities. Johnson headlined the most-bought professional wrestling pay-per-view (WrestleMania XXVIII) and was featured among the most watched episodes of WWE's flagship television series (Raw and SmackDown).[16][17]. [222], In 1999, Johnson appeared on That '70s Show as his father Rocky Johnson. [114][115] The Rock lasted until the final two but was eliminated by then-reigning champion Triple H after Vince betrayed him by hitting him with a chair. [82] His popularity caused him to be booked in a feud with fellow Nation members Mark Henry and D'Lo Brown, turning babyface in the process. His father, Rocky Johnson, created history by becoming the first black wrestler to win the WWF Tag Team Championship, along with partner Tony Atlas. David Leitch directed the project from a script co-written by franchise-writer Chris Morgan and Drew Pearce. During his main career he was in the main event at WrestleMania three different years (1999, 2000, 2001). [242] He did not vote in the 2016 election,[345] and is an independent voter as of 2017[update]. [56] Additionally, Johnson was one of the university's most prolific student speakers in the Miami-area community, frequently delivering positive messages about his own struggles and encouraging them to remain in school and avoid the dangers of drug use. Aside from his accomplishments, one thing that has always intrigued Johnson's fans is his ethnicity. He then lost the title rematch against Stone Cold Steve Austin at Backlash: In Your House on April 25, 1999. One thing that has always intrigued people is Dwayne Johnsons ethnicity, with the wrestler possessing a mixed heritage. 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. First ever 8 time WWE World Heavyweight Champion. However, he always knew his future lay in wrestling, and he eventually made his WWF bow in 1996, under the name Rocky Maivia. [38] Johnson's maternal grandmother Lia was the one of the first female pro wrestling promoters, taking over Polynesian Pacific Pro Wrestling after her husband's death in 1982 and managing it until 1988. [211], On the January 25, 2016, episode of Raw, the Rock was in a segment that saw him converse with The Miz, Big Show, Lana and Rusev before he and his relatives, The Usos, got into an altercation with then-WWE Tag Team Champions, The New Day. [100] The Rock then defeated Gunn in a Kiss My Ass match at SummerSlam on August 22, 1999. He was majoring in criminology. [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. [128] In 2001, the Rock continued to feud with Angle over the WWF Championship, culminating at No Way Out on February 25, 2001, where he pinned Angle to win the WWF Championship for a sixth time. [153] This was evident by the fact that he was met with a negative crowd response during his match against Lesnar. 1. Who is The Rock's mom? [177], On April 3, at WrestleMania XXVII, the Rock opened the show by cutting a promo. [3] He received US$5.5million for the role and Guinness World Records named him the record-holder for highest-paid actor in their first leading role. [352] In 2017, he donated $25,000 to Hurricane Harvey relief efforts. [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. 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. [53][30] Despite playing four years there, Johnson found himself behind elite players on the depth chart, including future NFL star and Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee Warren Sapp, and appeared mostly in backup roles. Had a long reign as WWF Intercontinental champion for 9 months between December 1997 and August '98. Honored by the Congressional Award in Washington, D.C. on June 19, 2008 with the Horizon Award. Wherever his origins lie, this man has repeatedly wowed us with his talent and created a permanent niche for himself in our hearts. [309] Production on Black Adam began filming in April 2021 with it set to release on October 21, 2022. Vince McMahon then asserted that if The Shield attacked the Rock in his title match with CM Punk, Punk would be stripped of the WWE Championship. 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". Johnsons family boasts of a rich, multi-cultural heritage. Dwayne Johnson has come a long way from being The Rock, to Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, to just Dwayne Johnson. 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. He is the son of Ata Johnson (born Feagaimaleata Fitisemanu Maivia) and professional wrestler Rocky Johnson (born Wayde Douglas Bowles). 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[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! 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. Dwayne Johnson, byname The Rock, (born May 2, 1972, Hayward, California, U.S.), American professional wrestler and actor whose charisma and athleticism made him a success in both fields. [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. ", "Hollywood Walk of Fame Dwayne Johnson", "People's Choice Awards 2017: Full List of Winners", "Teen Choice Awards 2017 Winners: The Complete List", "NAACP Image Awards 2017 Winners: The Complete List", "2018 Kids' Choice Awards: Complete List of Winners", "Who won the Teen Choice Awards? When Johnson was 15 years old, his family was going through a rough period. He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on December 13, 2017. Joe: Retaliation (2013), Hercules (2014), Skyscraper (2018), San Andreas (2015) and Rampage (2018). [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. He reprised his role as Luke Hobbs in The Fate of the Furious, which was released in 2017. Reigns then won the match and the Rock endorsed him in the ring. [83][84], The Rock was then entered into the "Deadly Game" tournament for the vacant WWF Championship. [308][289], On November 14, 2019, he announced a December 2021 release date for the standalone Black Adam film. This year, Disaster! [336], In 2016, Johnson started his YouTube channel. At the time, Dwayne was married to his first wife, Dany Garcia - who he divorced in 2007 and with whom he shares one daughter, Simone Johnson. He then vowed to once again become WWE Champion. Decided to attend the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida because they did not openly express interest in him. [47][48] Johnson attended President William McKinley High School in Honolulu and then Glencliff High School and McGavock High School, both in Nashville, and then Freedom High School in Bethlehem Township in the Lehigh Valley, where he graduated in 1990. Johnson was born into a family of wrestlers. [194] The following week on Raw, the Rock was attacked by The Shield. After appearing in numerous backstage segments, the Rock came to ringside to restart the main event between Cena and The Miz as a No Disqualification match, after it had ended in a draw. 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. Trademark move: Three open handed punches, followed by a hand spitting motion, followed by a fourth punch which typically levelled the opponent. He was a member of Team WWF along with Chris Jericho, The Undertaker, Kane, and Big Show. [13] In 1996, Johnson's father Rocky, a longtime professional wrestler, assisted in helping him secure a contract with the WWF. [353] In 2018, Johnson donated a gym to a military base in Oahu, Hawaii. He got the name from the amount of cash he said was in his wallet when he was cut from the Canadian Football League before he got started in wrestling. 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[306][307] A sequel to the box-office hit San Andreas was announced to be in the pre-production stage with the director of the first film, Brad Peyton, returning as director along with the main cast (marking the fourth collaboration between the two following Journey 2, San Andreas, and Rampage). [224] Fellow wrestlers Triple H, Big Show, and Mick Foley also appeared on the show. [356], Johnson first met fellow University of Miami student Dany Garcia in the early 1990s. [312], Johnson has been a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in the Actor's Branch since 2017. I am not the Rock. [18] Johnson also stars in the Jumanji films, appearing in Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017) and Jumanji: The Next Level (2019), and voices Bark Kent / Krypto / Superdog, Anubis, and Teth-Adam / Black Adam in the animated film DC League of Super-Pets (2022), before starring as the latter in the live-action superhero film Black Adam (2022). The Rock seemed to have the upper hand, until his teammate Jericho entered the ring and attacked the Rock. 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. 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. Johnson briefly lived in New Zealand with his mothers family, before returning to the United States to finish his schooling, at the President William McKinley High School in Honolulu, Hawaii. [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. He was offered a promotional deal with "Dunkin' Donuts", which would have seen the company name a donut after him. Reed has called Johnson the "realest" and most "down to earth, humble and talented" guy he knows. [237], Johnson's motion picture debut was as The Scorpion King in The Mummy Returns (2001). Johnson grabbed her shoulder and pulled her back. [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. During a lengthy promo, he addressed the fans and started a feud with John Cena. [303][304] The film, co-starring Gal Gadot and Ryan Reynolds, began production in the fall of 2019. [330], In March 2016, Johnson partnered with American fitness apparel manufacturer Under Armour to release "Project Rock". [195], On January 27, at the Royal Rumble, CM Punk would seemingly defeat the Rock after the arena lights went out and someone attacked the Rock. [57], Following his graduation, Johnson was signed by the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League. The Rock was then aided by a returning John Cena to fend off Wyatt, Rowan and Braun Strowman. [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. [October 2006]. Signed an endorsement deal with Under Armour. [165] At Backlash on April 27, 2003, Goldberg defeated The Rock, who then briefly left WWE to film Walking Tall. Stone Cold Steve Austin, Kurt Angle, Shane McMahon, Booker T & Rob Van Dam; Sole Survivor: The Rock", "Hulk Hogan: I Changed Rock Match On The Fly", "The Rock's seventh WWE Championship reign", "The Rock defeats Undertaker and Kurt Angle in a triple threat match to become WWE Champion", "Brock Lesnar w/Paul Heyman vs. [40][62] He was given the nickname "The Blue Chipper" and to play up his lineage, he was hyped as the WWF's first third-generation wrestler. I heard that from a friend when I was about 15, and I've never forgotten it. Dwayne The Rock Johnson is an American actor, producer, and former professional wrestler. [359], In 2007, Johnson began dating Lauren Hashian, the daughter of Boston drummer Sib Hashian. Johnson left WWE in 2004 and returned in 2011 as a part-time performer until 2013, making sporadic appearances until retiring in 2019. Johnsons mother is Samoan, while his father is of Black Nova Scotian heritage. [96], The Rock's popularity continued to grow and audiences still cheered for him even though he was a heel. 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! Is the third youngest superstar to hold the IC Championship. [12], As he did in high school in Pennsylvania, Johnson continued to play defensive tackle at the University of Miami. [199][200], On April 7, at WrestleMania 29, Rock lost the WWE Championship to Cena, ending his reign at 70 days. [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. He posts about his hobby on social media from time to time, filling those posts with fishing lingo like "spinnerbaits" and "soft plastics." [197] The following night on Raw, the Rock unveiled a new WWE Championship design, with a different center plate and removable customizable side-plates which had his "Brahma Bull" logo. Johnsons original character proved to be unpopular due to his colourful choice of clothing and ridiculously clean-cut image. [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. His ethnicity or ethnic background is African- (Canadian)/Black and Irish from his father and Samoan from his mother. Johnson produced and starred in the HBO comedy-drama series Ballers (20152019),[19] and the autobiographical sitcom Young Rock (2021). The attraction made riders extras in an action movie that starred Johnson. Johnson's role within The Fast and the Furious franchise continued with Hobbs & Shaw, co-starring Johnson and Jason Statham. 3. Even in interviews today, his teammates still refer to him as Dewey. 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. [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. Although he has lived in the United States for most of his life, he has Samoan citizenship as his mother is Samoan. Johnson made his WWF debut as Rocky Maivia, a combination of his father and grandfather's ring names, although his real name was acknowledged by the announcers. 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