He was offered the role of Cade Yeager in, In 2012 Dwayne formed the film company "Seven Bucks Productions" with ex-wife. Although he has lived in the United States for most of his life, he has Samoan citizenship as his mother is Samoan. The title was renamed the World Championship during his second reign. He made returns to provide support for Eugene against Jonathan Coachman, and made a cameo in his hometown of Miami and helped Mick Foley against La Rsistance. In an attempt at a "false finish", Big Show intended to throw the Rock over the top rope in a running powerslam-like position, before the Rock countered the move on the ring apron, sending Big Show to the floor before re-entering the ring as the winner. In the wrestling world, he was dubbed "The Great One" and "The People's Champion" and in the film. - Advertisement - He is an American actor and former professional wrestler. 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 presented the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects at the 80th Academy Awards. Dwayne Johnson is also known by his ring name the Rock. [192] On January 11, he made his first SmackDown appearance in ten years, getting into an altercation with Team Rhodes Scholars, resulting in him delivering a Rock Bottom to Damien Sandow and a People's Elbow to Cody Rhodes. ", "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? Dwayne has appeared in some of the best movies, including playing Luke Hobbs in the Fast & Furious films. 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). [175][176] After numerous appearances via satellite, the Rock appeared live on the Raw before WrestleMania XXVII to confront Cena. [41][42][43][44][45] In 2008, Johnson inducted his father and grandfather into the WWE Hall of Fame. [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. Major Title Wins Include: WWF/WWE Heavyweight Title (8); WWF Intercontinental Title; WWF Tag Team Title w/, Officially proclaimed himself "The Rock" during a promo where he attacked, He originally chose "Flex Kavana" as his stage name, because he didn't want to seem like he was trading off his family's legacy (, When Rocky Maivia was first considering going by the name The Rock for short, he resisted because he felt this would be stealing the former nickname of WWE Hall-of-Famer. before losing the titles to The Holly Cousins on the October 18, 1999, episode of Raw is War. [359], In 2007, Johnson began dating Lauren Hashian, the daughter of Boston drummer Sib Hashian. Freedom High School football coach Jody Cwik, however, saw athletic potential in Johnson, and recruited him to join Freedom's football team, where he played defensive tackle. [310][311] He earned $22.5 million to star in the film and received millions more for producing and promoting it on social media. Did a WWE legend just take a shot at Sami Zayn's physique right here? Johnson starred as the title character in Hercules (2014)[285] and reprised his role as Luke Hobbs in Furious 7 (2015). Johnson wrestled for the WWF for eight years prior to pursuing an acting career. Joe: Retaliation and reprising his role as Luke Hobbs in Fast & Furious 6 (2013),[277][278] while also starring in true-story films Pain & Gain (2013) and Empire State (2013). This year, Disaster! 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. [287] In 2019, Johnson started hosting an NBC competition series called The Titan Games. ", "Dwayne Johnson's 'Red Notice' Pushed Back 5 Months to Fall 2020", "Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson Might Just BE The BUSIEST Celeb In The Business! The title was named the WWF Championship during The Rock's first six reigns. 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. 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Thanks largely to his stunning $125 million earnings in the previous year, The Rock's net worth in 2018 stood at $280 million. [246], The Rock has been listed as one of the all-time greatest professional wrestlers[15][6][7] as well as one of the top draws in wrestling history. However, after an amicable split between the two, Dwayne and Lauren started dating. Had a long reign as WWF Intercontinental champion for 9 months between December 1997 and August '98. 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! [97] The next night on Raw is War he was fired from the Corporation after he was betrayed by Shane McMahon, turning him face again and starting a feud with Triple H, The Undertaker and The Corporate Ministry. 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The Rock contested this match twice, both times in Texas (vs Triple H in Dallas, and vs Al Snow in Houston). 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. 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. [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. #BringIt", "TNT Orders Reality Series 'Wake Up Call' from Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson", "Dwayne Johnson to Star in Film Adaptation of 'Rampage' Video Game", "Dwayne Johnson Officially Boards Jumanji Remake", "The Rock Interview: Dwayne Johnson Talks Daughters, Divorce & Family | Fatherly", "Dwayne @TheRock Johnson tells @joshuahorowitz what to expect from his new @FastFurious spin-off @HobbsAndShaw and whether or not we'll see him in #Fast9", "Sony Dates 'Jumanji' Sequel For December 2019 CinemaCon", "Dwayne Johnson Guiding 'Jungle Cruise' Pic For Disney", "Jaume Collet-Serra To Direct Dwayne Johnson In 'Jungle Cruise': No 'Suicide Squad 2', "Emily Blunt Boards Disney's 'Jungle Cruise' with Dwayne Johnson", "Disney's Jungle Cruise Movie Casts Emily Blunt's Brother", "Disney's Jungle Cruise Casts Edgar Ramrez As Its Villain", "Disney's Jungle Cruise Casts Jesse Plemons As Another Villain", "The Rock's Jungle Cruise Involvement Will Go Beyond The Movie", "Dwayne Johnson's 'Jungle Cruise' Moves To Summer 2020", "Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson Kicks Off 'Hardcore' Eight-Month Workout Program", "Netflix Takes 'Red Notice'; Ryan Reynolds Joins Dwayne Johnson & Gal Gadot In Rawson Marshall Thurber-Directed Global Heist Film", "How Much Does Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson Make for One Movie? It is the third time that the two collaborated, following Central Intelligence and Skyscraper. However, he always knew his future lay in wrestling, and he eventually made his WWF bow in 1996, under the name Rocky Maivia. The Rock's WCW Championship was renamed the unbranded "World Championship" following the Alliance's loss. Johnson's role within The Fast and the Furious franchise continued with Hobbs & Shaw, co-starring Johnson and Jason Statham. 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. 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. [75][76] The Rock feuded with Austin and Ken Shamrock through the end of 1997 and beginning of 1998. [356], Johnson first met fellow University of Miami student Dany Garcia in the early 1990s. [194] The following week on Raw, the Rock was attacked by The Shield. [341], Johnson attended the 2000 Democratic National Convention[342] as part of WWE's non-partisan "Smackdown Your Vote" campaign, which aimed to influence young people to vote. The next month, he successfully defended his title against Kurt Angle and Triple H at SummerSlam. [32] After wrestling at Jerry Lawler's United States Wrestling Association under the name Flex Kavana and winning the USWA tag team championship twice with his partner Bart Sawyer in the summer of 1996, Johnson was signed to a WWF contract. Reigns then won the match and the Rock endorsed him in the ring. The Rock then pinned Austin, giving Team WWF the victory and forcing The Alliance to disband. [366] Johnson and Hashian live in Los Angeles, have a farm in Virginia, and a home in Southwest Ranches, Florida. [138] The Rock defeated Jericho on the November 5 episode of Raw for his second WCW Championship. [270], Johnson entered Hollywood and the film industry, becoming a star initially through his wrestling popularity and noted work ethic. [106][107] Rock and Mankind then lost the titles to The New Age Outlaws on the very next episode of SmackDown!. [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. [46], Johnson attended Montclaire Elementary School in Charlotte, North Carolina before moving to Hamden, Connecticut, where he attended Shepherd Glen Elementary School and then Hamden Middle School. [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. His films have grossed over $3.5 billion in North America and over $10.5 billion worldwide,[8] making him one of the world's highest-grossing and highest-paid actors. [177], On April 3, at WrestleMania XXVII, the Rock opened the show by cutting a promo. The experience proved the beginning of a personal transformation for Johnson. After attacking Corbin, the Rock and Lynch celebrated in the ring. What is Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson's true ethnicity? Since 2016, every movie Johnson has starred in has been produced by Seven Bucks Productions, which is his own company. [300][301][302] Also in 2021, Johnson starred in Netflix's film Red Notice, written and directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber. [93] The two faced off again, at St. Valentine's Day Massacre: In Your House on February 14, 1999, in a Last Man Standing match which ended in a draw, meaning Mankind retained the title. Somebody who's usually identified for his power is actor Dwayne the Rock Johnson, who everybody loves. [201] Despite being advertised for Raw after WrestleMania, where it was stated that the Rock was still entitled a rematch for the WWE Championship,[202] The Rock did not appear because of a legitimate injury sustained during his match with Cena, in which his abdominal and adductor tendons tore from his pelvis. [260], Derived from one of his catchphrases "lay the smackdown", WWE introduced its second flagship program WWE SmackDown in 1999 which later became television's second longest-running weekly episodic program in history. [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. The match was billed as "icon versus icon", with both men representing the top tier of two generations of wrestling; ultimately the Rock pinned Hogan at WrestleMania X8. The . When one talks of the greatest wrestlers of all time, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's name is bound to pop up during the conversation. Uncle to wrestlers Jimmy (Jonathan Solofa Fatu) and Jey (Joshua Samuel Fatu) Also known as "The Usos". It looks similar to the tattoo that Johnson's animated character, Maui, has in. [315] Additionally, he will produce and star in a Netflix exclusive film titled John Henry & The Statesmen, as the titular folklore hero. In 2000, the Rock took time off from WWE to film his appearance in The Mummy Returns (2001). Despite being played as a hero, fans booed him relentlessly and chanted "Rocky sucks" every time he had a match. The Rock will take you down Know Your Role Boulevard which is on the corner of Jabroni Drive and check you directly into the Smackdown Hotel! The Rock then resumed his feud with Triple H, as the two had a two out of three falls match at Fully Loaded: In Your House for the Intercontinental title, which the Rock retained in controversial fashion. Later in his career, he played as, A member of the elite group of wrestlers, such as. The following night on Raw, the Rock praised Cena, calling their match "an honor". [October 2006]. He then successfully defended the Intercontinental title against Faarooq at Over the Edge: In Your House on May 31. A child is shaped. 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. [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. So it seems Johnson inherited his incredible wrestling talent from both sides of his family. [92] This match was referred to as "Halftime Heat" as it was televised during halftime of that year's Super Bowl. The Rock for the WWE Championship", "The Rock's sixth WWE Championship reign", "The Rock vs. Booker T w/Shane McMahon for the WCW Championship", "The Rock's first WCW Championship reign", "Chris Jericho and The Rock's first World Tag Team Championship reign", "The Rock's second WCW Championship reign", "The Rock, Chris Jericho, Big Show, Kane & Undertaker def. [184] The Rock and Cena defeated Awesome Truth on November 20 at Survivor Series, when the Rock pinned The Miz. (To access, enter the search parameter "Dwayne Johnson" and select "Search by Keyword"). Let's roll.. #OwnIt", "How the Rock Went From Action Hero to TNT Reality 'Hero', "Kids' Choice Awards Winners 2013: Kristen Stewart & More Full List", "John David Washington To Co-Star In HBO's 'Ballers', Robert Hoffman In E! Intended to show a vicious streak in the Rock's character, the Rock hit Mankind in the head with a steel chair 11 times instead of the scripted five, five shots already being a risky amount (most wrestling matches in the Attitude Era involving steel chairs had at most 2 or 3 shots to the head). 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. She is a businesswoman, IFBB professional bodybuilder, and producer. 3. 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. He turned face and became known as "The Peoples Champion". [357][358] On June 1, 2007, Johnson and Garcia announced they were separating amicably,[357] and their divorce was finalized in May 2008. I've never gone wrong trusting my gut. Zak Hamza < mj_zak@yahoo.co.uk> / ritual < vsritual@vsritual.com>, Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, View agent, publicist, legal and company contact details on IMDbPro, Members of Saturday Night Live's Five-Timers Club, $21,000,000 + $1,000,000 for social media endorsements. [158][159] The Rock defeated Hogan at No Way Out before moving to the Raw brand. It debuted at No. 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 [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. 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. [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. That prompted the top brass at WWF to transform him into the funky, incredibly charming, highly talented, crowd-pleasing and loud-mouthed wonder The Rock! After becoming successful in the movie industry, Dwayne was able to fulfill an ambition he had listed on his agenda of priority "To Do" items, and bought a home for his parents, a luxury they had never theretofore known. It would be safe to say that he's the Hulk Hogan of our generation. [227] In 2000, Access Hollywood ranked him number six in their list of the Top 10 Celebrities of 2000. In 2017, he revealed that he raises bass in a pond on his farm. The Rock for the WWE Championship", "WWE Champion Stone Cold Steve Austin def. [353] In 2018, Johnson donated a gym to a military base in Oahu, Hawaii. Removing elbow pad before delivering the People's Elbow, Trademark move: Spine on the Pine (modified Spinebuster). [360] They first met in 2006 while Johnson was filming The Game Plan. [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. [203] Johnson underwent surgery on April 23 to reattach the torn tendons. [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. [338] The show was set to debut in October 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia, but plans were disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. In reality, WCW was purchased by Vince McMahon and the WWF, and ECW had gone out of business in early 2001. [338], In March 2020, Johnson launched Teremana Tequila which sold 600,000 nine-litre cases in its first year. The two then lost the tag titles to Booker T and Test on the November 1, 2001, episode of SmackDown!. [165] At Backlash on April 27, 2003, Goldberg defeated The Rock, who then briefly left WWE to film Walking Tall. [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. It wouldnt be wrong to say that weve been caught between a Rock and a wonderful place ever since 1996. [269], At the 2021 Survivor Series, WWE held a 25-man Battle Royal to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of The Rock's WWE debut. 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. [264][265], The Rock holds the record for most Raw shows main-evented in one year (38 in 2000),[266] most SmackDown shows main-evented in one year (36 in 2000)[267] and tied with Stone Cold Steve Austin (in 2001)[268] for most PPV shows main evented in one year (12 in 2000). [294][295][296][297][298] In addition to his work on the film, Johnson assisted with re-designing the titular ride for all Disney theme parks. 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