[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). His father, Rocky Johnson, created history by becoming the first black wrestler to win the WWF Tag Team Championship, along with partner Tony Atlas. In 2012 and '13 he came out of retirement to wrestle John Cena at 'Mania twice, both matches were also the main event. [305], Johnson is noted for his busy schedule and developing multiple projects at once. Attended the Republican National Convention (2004). 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[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. [111] However, the Rock's feet accidentally hit the floor during the reversal attempt although those watching the event on television did not see that. No matter who you are, being kind is the easiest thing you can do. [210] On June 27, the Rock appeared at a live event in Boston, where he confronted Bo Dallas and gave him a Rock Bottom. [207][208][209] The Rock appeared at WrestleMania 31 on March 29, 2015, alongside Ronda Rousey, getting into an in-ring altercation with Triple H and Stephanie McMahon. [338], In March 2020, Johnson launched Teremana Tequila which sold 600,000 nine-litre cases in its first year. The video is called Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson's Wedding Surprise!. 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. [113][114] Each wrestler had a McMahon in his corner: Triple H had his wife Stephanie, Foley had Linda, the Rock had Vince and Big Show had Shane. [352] In 2017, he donated $25,000 to Hurricane Harvey relief efforts. In the wrestling world, he was dubbed "The Great One" and "The People's Champion" and in the film. Had my first crush (see what you could've had Eve??!) [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. When he tried to do a post-show speech for the crowd, the fans at Nassau Coliseum still booed him. As of this year, Johnson has starred in 11 films that have grossed over $1 billion worldwide. 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. Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: Multiracial Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Actor, Wrestli. [178] The following night on Raw, the Rock and Cena agreed to a match at WrestleMania XXVIII the next year. American actor and former professional wrestler (born 1972), Debut and Intercontinental Champion (19961997), WWF Champion and rise to superstardom (19982000), Record-breaking world champion (20002002), insulting John Cena using the history of Boston, Massachusetts, Rock Concert on the 20th anniversary episode of. Thinking it would make him appear big-headed, he graciously turned the offer down. 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. [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". After The Rock used the phrase so often, the word "smackdown" became so popular that it made Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary in 2007. 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[129][130] The Rock then feuded with the Royal Rumble winner, Stone Cold Steve Austin, whom he lost the title to at WrestleMania X-Seven after Austin allied with Vince McMahon, who interfered on his behalf. Because of his retirement from the wrestling business, he now considers himself an actor: "I no longer am a wrestler, I am now pursuing a future as an actor and someday as a director. 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. College football recruiters ranked Johnson as one of the top ten high school defensive tackles in the nation. Johnson produced and starred in the HBO comedy-drama series Ballers (20152019),[19] and the autobiographical sitcom Young Rock (2021). While he was filming his swordfight scene with. 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. [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). In 1995, Dwayne suffered a back injury which cost him a place in the NFL. He became known for reinvigorating film franchises after portraying Marvin F. Hinton / Roadblock in G.I. [2][166], Throughout the rest of the year, The Rock made occasional appearances, returning to a face character. 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]. [49], At Freedom High School in the Lehigh Valley, Johnson initially struggled and was drawn into a culture of conflict and petty crime. Check out: Pics and Video from Dwayne Johnson's house. [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. After attacking Corbin, the Rock and Lynch celebrated in the ring. (December 16, 2015) Has two daughters with his wife. Second highest paid actor of 2017, earning $65 million. He was a member of Team WWF along with Chris Jericho, The Undertaker, Kane, and Big Show. 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. [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. Johnsons mother is Samoan, while his father is of Black Nova Scotian heritage. Johnsons original character proved to be unpopular due to his colourful choice of clothing and ridiculously clean-cut image. [258] Raw 1000 was the highest rated Raw episode of 2012 and his segment with CM Punk and Daniel Bryan was the highest rated segment of the show. Since 2016, every movie Johnson has starred in has been produced by Seven Bucks Productions, which is his own company. [349], In 2006, Johnson founded the Dwayne Johnson Rock Foundation, a charity working with at-risk and terminally ill children. [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. 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. Removing elbow pad before delivering the People's Elbow, Trademark move: Spine on the Pine (modified Spinebuster). [144] Despite the Rock portraying a heroic character and Hogan a villain, a portion of the crowd attending the SkyDome was rooting heavily for Hogan. [77][78] On January 19, 1998, at the Royal Rumble, the Rock defeated Shamrock by disqualification to retain the Intercontinental title. The following year he played his first leading role as the titular character in the sword and sorcery action fantasy film The Scorpion King (2002). [March 2017], Often plays a character who appears in a sequel of a franchise without having been in the first movie. [32], Johnson began his theatrical career in The Mummy Returns (2001), The Scorpion King (2002), The Rundown (2003), and Walking Tall (2004). 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. When one talks of the greatest wrestlers of all time, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's name is bound to pop up during the conversation. Time magazine named him one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World (2016). [276], Johnson's first big box office success came in 2011, portraying Luke Hobbs in Fast Five (2011), the film became the seventh highest-grossing film of 2011. The two then lost the tag titles to Booker T and Test on the November 1, 2001, episode of SmackDown!. [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 Horizon Award is a special recognition from the Joint Leadership of the United States Congress and the Congressional Award Board of Directors. WWF fans started to reject his character and push from the company. and mustachioed demeanor which led his fellow students to suspect he was an undercover policeman, not unlike. The couple married on May 3, 1997. The Rock then aligned with McMahon and the WWF. To a degree, all of my promos are scripted, in that there are certain lines and phrases that I plan to include. [357] Their daughter, Simone, was born on August 14, 2001. I'll run if the people want it, says Dwayne Johnson, "Miami unveils football locker room dedicated to The Rock", "He's a Pawller! He is the Father of Leia Cardillo. [356], Johnson first met fellow University of Miami student Dany Garcia in the early 1990s. '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! [64] On February 13, 1997, he won the Intercontinental Championship from Hunter Hearst Helmsley on Monday Night Raw. [153] This was evident by the fact that he was met with a negative crowd response during his match against Lesnar. 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. 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The Rock was also part of the highest rated match of the 21st century with his WWF Championship defense, on May 1, 2000, against Shane McMahon did an 8.3 rating making it the highest rated segment of all time behind 'This is your life'. He weighed 290 pounds during his college football career, but reduced his weight to about 265 pounds late in his wrestling career. He was offered the role of Cade Yeager in, In 2012 Dwayne formed the film company "Seven Bucks Productions" with ex-wife. [239][3][224] The movie's financial success led to Johnson's first leading role in the spin-off The Scorpion King (2002). He also started consolidating his famous persona during this time, which would last until 2000. [353] In 2018, Johnson donated a gym to a military base in Oahu, Hawaii. Johnson starred as the title character in Hercules (2014)[285] and reprised his role as Luke Hobbs in Furious 7 (2015). In 2000, he hosted Saturday Night Live (SNL) for the first time. [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. Widely regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time,[6][7] he was integral to the development and success of the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) during the Attitude Era, an industry boom period in the late 1990s and early 2000s. [3] Maivia, a clean-cut face character, was pushed heavily from the start despite his wrestling inexperience. 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. [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. Ata Fitisemanu was the. [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 top 10 movies of Dwayne The Rock Johnson, Dwayne Johnson's Complete Workout Routine, Pics and Video from Dwayne Johnson's house. [334] Johnson also released an alarm clock app as part of "Project Rock" that received more than one million downloads in its first week of release. This culminated in the Rock defeating Punk to win his eighth WWE Championship. 5. [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. The next year, he was on Star Trek: Voyager as an alien wrestler that used the Rock's famous moves.[223]. The project will be directed by Robert Zemeckis from a script written by Randall Wallace. The stable would then refer to themselves as simply "The Nation". Even in interviews today, his teammates still refer to him as Dewey. 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. Signed an endorsement deal with Under Armour. [317][318], Johnson will co-produce and star in The King, a film about king Kamehameha Knuikea, founder and first ruler of the Kingdom of Hawaii. 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. A huge percentage of football players at Division I-A schools - especially those that are typically ranked in the top 25 - do not make the active roster as freshmen. 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. [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]. [198] The Rock then resumed his rivalry with John Cena, who won that year's Royal Rumble to set up a rematch of the previous WrestleMania match between the two at WrestleMania 29, only this time with the WWE Championship on the line. He is the son of Ata Johnson (born Feagaimaleata Fitisemanu Maivia) and professional wrestler Rocky Johnson (born Wayde Douglas Bowles). [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. 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. [115][116], Due to his image at the time, a Magic: The Gathering deck archetype was named after him. Pmaikai (blessed) @laurenhashianofficial @hhgarcia41", "Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson announces marriage to Lauren Hashian", "Dwayne The Rock Johnson Marries Longtime Partner Laura Hashian in Secret Hawaiian Wedding, See Pics", "Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson's Daughter Jasmine Turns 3 See Her Parents' Birthday Tributes", "Dwayne Johnson's Daughter Tiana Turns 2! He has since starred in family films The Game Plan (2007), Race to Witch Mountain (2009), Tooth Fairy (2010), and Jungle Cruise (2021), as well as the action adventure films Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012), G.I. 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. [34][35] His mother is Samoan. 1 on The New York Times Best Seller list and remained on the list for several weeks. Nearly a year later, he appeared in the Star Trek: Voyager episode "Tsunkatse" as an alien wrestler who fought popular character Seven of Nine. 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. [94][95] The Rock then lost the WWF Championship to Stone Cold Steve Austin at WrestleMania XV on March 28, 1999. It looks similar to the tattoo that Johnson's animated character, Maui, has in. This led to a match with Triple H, at Over the Edge on May 23, 1999, which the Rock won,[98] and a match for the WWF Championship against The Undertaker, at King of the Ring, which the Rock lost. All 3 matches were for the WWF championship. The movie will be comparable to Braveheart in tone, given Wallace's work on both films, and will depict the king's role in resolving the wars among the islands of Hawaii. [232][233] In 2002, the Rock was listed on E! [327][328], In 2000, Johnson published his autobiography, titled The Rock Says, which he co-wrote with Joe Layden. [326] Though Johnson would not appear in Shazam!, he served as a producer and his likeness was used through special effects in flashback scenes. [322], In 2021, his biographical comedy-drama series Young Rock began airing on NBC. To complete the subscription process, please click the link in the email we just sent you. [308][289], On November 14, 2019, he announced a December 2021 release date for the standalone Black Adam film. Please logout and login again. [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. 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. [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. Dwayne Johnson's character creation of "the Rock" became one of the most charismatic and dynamic characters the WWE industry has ever seen. The event also saw the WWF debut of the famed WCW faction New World Order, which at the time consisted of "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan, Kevin Nash, and Scott Hall. He was offered a promotional deal with "Dunkin' Donuts", which would have seen the company name a donut after him. His maternal grandfather was wrestler "High Chief" Peter Maivia, and . 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! Calgary moved Johnson from defensive tackle to the linebacker position. 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. 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. Though initially believed to be a part of F9, Johnson did not appear in the film; instead, he opted to begin development on a sequel to Hobbs & Shaw. [203] Johnson underwent surgery on April 23 to reattach the torn tendons. 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