Dwayne Douglas Johnson (born May 2, 1972), also known as the ring The Rock , is an American actor, producer, and semi-retired professional wrestler.
Johnson was a college football player for the University of Miami, where he won a national championship in the 1991 Miami Hurricanes team. After being cut from Calgary Stampeders of CFL two months into the 1995 season he began training for a professional wrestling career, following in the footsteps of various family members , including his grandfather Peter Maivia and his father, Rocky Johnson, from whom he inherited Canadian citizenship in 2009.
Widely recognized as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time, Johnson gained major popularity in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) from 1996 to 2004 and was the first third-generation wrestler in company history. He returned to the WWE part-time from 2011-13 and continued to make sporadic appearances. He is an eight-time WWF/WWE Champion, WCW/World Champion twice, two-time WWF Intercontinental champion and five-time WWF Tag Team winner. He is the sixth Crown Champion in WWE and won the Royal Rumble in 2000. His autobiography The Rock Says... debuted at No. 1 on the Best Seller's list in the New York Times in 2000.
Johnson's first film role was at The Scorpion King in 2002. For this, he paid US $ 5.5 million, a world record for an actor in his first lead role. One of his most prominent roles is Luke Hobbs in The Fast and the Furious franchise. He hosted and produced The Hero, a series of reality competitions and has since continued to produce TV shows and movies through the production company Seven Bucks Productions. In 2013, Forbes entered Johnson No. 25 in the Top 100 Most Powerful Celebrity and he has been in the top twenty positions every year since then. He is the highest paid actor in the world by 2016. Time named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world by 2016. By 2015, Muscle & amp; Fitness named it "Man of the Century".
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Life and career
1972-1995: Initial years
Dwayne Douglas Johnson was born on May 2, 1972 in Hayward, Calif., Son of Ata Johnson (MaiVi) and professional wrestler Rocky Johnson (born Wayde Douglas Bowles). Her maternal grandfather, "High Chief" Peter Maivia, was also a wrestler, and her maternal grandmother, Lia Maivia, was one of several women promoters, took over Polynesian Pacific Pro Wrestling after her husband's death in 1982, until 1988. Johnson's father was Canadian black (Nova Scotian), and also has slightly Irish descent. His mother is from the Samoan family. His father was part of the first black tag team to win the World Tag Championship at the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). Through his mother, he is considered a non-blood relative of the Anoa'i wrestling family. His cousin, Savelina Fanene, is also a wrestler who works for WWE under the name of Nia Jax's ring.
Johnson lived briefly in New Zealand with his mother's family, settling in Gray Lynn. He studied at Richmond Street Primary School, before returning to the US with his parents. In the United States, he attended Shepherd Glen Elementary School and Hamden Middle School in Hamden, Connecticut, then spent 10th grade at William McKinley High School in Honolulu, Hawaii. Upon entering 11th grade, her father's work required moving to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where Johnson began playing soccer at Freedom High School at the East Penn Conference. He is also a member of the school track and field and wrestling team.
Johnson is a promising football prospect and accepts offers from many of the Division I campus programs. He decides on a full scholarship from the University of Miami, playing defensive handles. In 1991, he was on the Miami Hurricanes national championship team. When the injury left him out, he was replaced by National Football League player (NFL) in the future, Warren Sapp. While attending Miami, Johnson met his future wife, Dany Garcia, who graduated from university in 1992 and later became a member of the Supervisory Board. He also founded a wealth management firm based in Miami. In 2006, the couple donated $ 2 million to build a living room at the Newman Alumni Center University.
Johnson graduated from Miami in 1995 with a Bachelor of General Studies degree in criminology and physiology. He joined the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League in 1995. He was on the training list as a spare linebacker, but was cut two months into the season.
Professional wrestling
1995-1996: Training
Like his father and grandfather, some of Johnson's other relatives (non-bloods) are or professional wrestlers, including his uncle, Afa and Sika Anoa? I (The Wild Samoans) and his cousin, Rodney (Yokozuna), Solofa (Rikishi), Matt (Rosey) and Eddie (Umaga). When Johnson declared his intention to become a wrestler, his father initially refused, but later agreed to train it himself, warning that he would not be soft on him. Veteran wrestler Pat Patterson got Johnson several test matches with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1996. Under his real name, he defeated The Brooklyn Brawler at a home event and lost the other matches with Chris Candido and Owen Hart. After wrestling at the American Wrestling Association Jerry Lawler as Flex Kavana and winning the USWA World Tag Team Championship twice with Bart Sawyer in the summer of 1996, Johnson signed a WWF contract. He received additional training from Tom Prichard, along with Achim Albrecht and Mark Henry.
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1996-1997: Intercontinental Champion
Johnson made his WWF debut as Rocky Maivia, a combination of the names of his father and grandfather's ring, even though his real name was recognized by the broadcasters. He was initially reluctant to take the name of this ring but was persuaded by Vince McMahon and Jim Ross. She was given the nickname "The Blue Chipper" and her lineage was played on TV, where she was hyped as a third-generation WWF wrestler. Maivia, a clean face character, was very encouraged from the start, despite her lack of experience in grappling. He debuted on Monday Night Raw as member of Marc Mero's entourage on November 4, 1996 and made his first match in the Survivor Series on November 17, in an eight-person elimination tag; he is the only survivor by crushing Crush and Goldust alone. WWF fans generally reject it because of its cheesy character. On February 13, 1997, he won the Intercontinental Championship of Hunter Hearst Helmsley on Monday Night Raw. Maivia successfully defended the title in In Your House 13: Final Four against Hunter Hearst Helmsley and at WrestleMania 13 against The Sultan. He beat Bret Hart with a disqualification in defense of the title on 31 March episode Raw is War . On April 20th at In Your House 14: Revenge of the 'Taker, he lost to Savio Vega with countout, defending his title for the last time. The audience became increasingly hostile towards Maivia, with shouting "Die, Rocky, dead!" and "Rocky sucks!" heard during the game.
1997-1998: Nation of Domination
After losing the Intercontinental Championship to Owen Hart on April 28, 1997 to Raw Is War episode and suffering a legitimate knee injury in a match against Mankind, Maivia returned in August 1997 and turned around to join Faarooq, D'Lo Brown and Kama in a cage called the Nation of Domination. During this time, he refused to recognize the name of Rocky Maivia, instead of calling himself a third person as The Rock, although he would still be billed as Rocky "The Rock" Maivia until 1998. As The Rock, he insulted the audience in his promotion as well as the WWF television interviewer , once referred to Kevin Kelly as "hermaphrodit ugly".
On D-Generation X: In Your House, Stone Cold Steve Austin beat The Rock in under six minutes to defend the Intercontinental Championship. The following night at Raw Is War, Austin was ordered by Mr. McMahon to defend the title in a rematch, but handed it to The Rock instead, handing him the title belt before hitting him with Stone Cold Stunner. The Rock fought with Austin and Ken Shamrock until late 1997 and early 1998. On March 30th episode of Raw is War, The Rock debuted with a new Intercontinental Championship belt that was used to represent the title until October 2, 2011, when previous designs are reused. That night, The Rock will also topple Faarooq as the Nation of Domination leader to spark a feud between the two and successfully defend the Intercontinental title against Faarooq in Over the Edge: At Your Home on May 31, 1998.
The Rock and The Nation then clashed with Triple H and D-Generation X (DX), with two stable leaders meeting first in the quarter-finals of the King of the Ring 1998 tournament, which The Rock won. In the King of the Ring, The Rock beat Dan Severn in the semi-final and lost to rival Ken Shamrock in the final. The Rock then resumed his feud with Triple H, as both have two of the three falls in Fully Loaded: At Your House for the Intercontinental title, which maintained The Rock in controversial fashion. This led to a ladder match at SummerSlam, where Triple H won the title. At Breakdown: In Your House, The Rock beats Ken Shamrock and Mankind in a three-match armchair game to become the number one contender for the WWF Championship. The Rock then fought with fellow Nation member Mark Henry, effectively breaking the cage.
1998-1999: Corporations
The Rock's entertaining promo and subsequent popularity led to a face turn, in which he called himself "The People's Champion". This caused a feud with Mr. McMahon, who says he has "problems with people" and thus will target "The People's Champion". Double turns took place in the Survivor Series, when The Rock defeated fellow McMahon, Man, in the final of the "Deadly Games" tournament for an empty WWF Championship in a way that was reminiscent of the Montreal Screwjob. The Rock is allied with Vince and Shane McMahon as their stable crown jewel, The Corporation. On December 13, 1998 in pay-per-view was named for him, Rock Bottom: In Your House, The Rock has a rematch with Man for the WWF Championship. Man appeared to win the game when The Rock fainted in the Mandible Claw submission, but Mr. McMahon decided that because The Rock did not come out, he defended his title.
Rock continues to fight with Humanity during the WWF Championships, which are traded back and forth between them. First, in the main event of the January 4, 1999 episode Raw Is War , Man defeated The Rock after the annoyance of Stone Cold Steve Austin. Then, in the "I Quit" match at Royal Rumble on January 24th, The Rock regained the title, when the Human tape said "I stopped" from previous interviews played on the PA system. On the Halftime Heat (an episode of Sunday Night Heat aired on the same timeslot as the Super Bowl XXXIII show in the first half) on January 31, The Man pinned The Rock with a truck forklift in an empty arena match. Both of them faced again at the St. John Day Massacre. Valentine: At Your House in the last match of the man who ended in a draw, which means Man defends his title. Their hostilities end on February 15th Raw Is War, when The Rock won their third WWF Championship in a ladder game after the Big Show chokeslam on mankind from the ladder. The Rock lost the WWF Championship to Stone Cold Steve Austin at WrestleMania XV.
Although he is a villain, his funny oral skills make many fans cheer for The Rock, who then lost a rematch in Backlash: In Your House and thus betrayed by Shane McMahon, turning him back into fan favorite and initiating hostility with Triple H, The Undertaker and The Corporate Ministry saw The Rock beat Triple H in Over the Edge, but then lost to WWF Champion The Undertaker in King of the Ring. The Rock lost the competition's number one match for Triple H at Fully Loaded after the disruption of Mr. Ass. This sparked a feud with Mr Ass, culminating in Kiss My Ass's match at SummerSlam, which The Rock won.
1999-2002: WWF/WWE record breaker Champion
Towards the end of 1999, The Rock has several singles championship opportunities and tag team, working with former Enemy enemies as The Rock 'n' Sock Connection after he challenged the WWF Tag Team Champions The Undertaker and Big Show and Humanity offered his help. They won the title for the first of three times. The two do a lot of comedic skits together, including one on Raw Is War called "This Is Your Life" (based on TV shows), where Humans produce people from The Rock's past, such as her high school boyfriend and high school football coach. This segment ranked 8.4 Nielsen, one of the highest ranks ever for the Raw segment.
At Royal Rumble on January 23, 2000, The Rock enters the Royal Rumble game and is one of the last two remnants, along with the Big Show; The show seemed to be meant to throw The Rock over the ropes in the running position, but Rock returned the step on the apron ring, sending the Big Show to the floor before re-entering the ring as the winner. However, The Rock's feet touch the first floor, although those who watch the show on TV do not see it, until Big Show proves this with additional video footage, and claims to be the rightful winner. Despite this proof, the original decision can not be canceled, so the number one match for the WWF Championship matches is held in No Way Out, the Big Show was won after Shane McMahon interrupted and hit The Rock on the head with a steel chair as he tried to execute the elbow. People . The Rock beat the Big Show on March 13th episode of Raw Is War to regain the right to face WWF Champion, Triple H, at WrestleMania 2000 in a fatal four-way elimination game, also including Big Show and Mick Foley. Every wrestler has McMahon in his corner: Triple H has his wife, Stephanie, Foley has Linda, The Rock has Vince and Big Show has Shane. Triple H defended the title after Vince betrayed The Rock by hitting him with a chair.
In the following weeks, The Rock resumed his feud with Triple H and eventually won the fourth WWF Championship, which he won on April 30 at Backlash after Stone Cold Steve Austin intervened on his behalf. On May 21 at Judgment Day, The Rock and Triple H face Iron Man match with Shawn Michaels as special guest referees. With the score tied on five falls each and with seconds remaining on the time limit The Rock was disqualified when The Undertaker attacked Triple H, thus giving Triple H a 6-5 and title win. The following night at Raw Is War, The Rock got his revenge by taking the entire McMahon-Helmsley Faction with the help of The Undertaker. The Rock won the WWF Championship for the fifth time in the King of the Ring on June 25 by scoring the winning pin in a six-player team game, in collaboration with Kane and The Undertaker against Shane McMahon, Triple H and Vince McMahon, whom he pinned. The Rock managed to keep the championship against Chris Benoit at Fully Loaded on July 23rd, Kurt Angle and Triple H at SummerSlam on August 27 and Benoit, Kane and The Undertaker at Unforgiven on 24 September.
The Rock lost the WWF Championship to Angle at No Mercy in October. Around this time, The Rock clashed with Rikishi and defeated him in the Survivor Series. The Rock cultivates Hell six people in a Cell match for the WWF Championship at Armageddon, in which Kurt Angle wins to defend his title. On December 18th at Raw , The Rock won the WWF Team Tag Championship with The Undertaker, defeated Edge and Christian, then lost it back to them the next night at SmackDown! recording. In 2001, The Rock continued to clash with Angle over the WWF Championship, culminating in No Way Out in February, where he pinned Angle to win the WWF Championship for the sixth time. The Rock then clashed with the winner of Royal Rumble, Stone Cold Steve Austin, whom he lost the title at WrestleMania X-Seven after Austin allied with Mr. McMahon, who interferes on his behalf. On the following night of Raw Is War during a rematch of the title of the steel enclosure, Triple H came into the ring with a hammer and it seemed like he was going to help The Rock, because of the rivalry between Austin and Triple H (and the fight with McMahon at night before), but instead he attacked him, allied with McMahon and Austin. Austin and Triple H formed a tag team called The Power Trip, while The Rock is unlimitedly suspended. Johnson used this time to act in the movie The Mummy Returns.
The Rock returned to WWF at the end of July 2001 and had to decide whether to join WWF or The Alliance (former group of WCW and ECW wrestlers) during The Invasion, which ultimately sided with WWF. In SummerSlam, The Rock beats Booker T to win the WCW Championship. He lost the title to Chris Jericho at No Mercy. The next night at Raw , he teamed up with Jericho to win the WWF Team Tag Championship from The Dudley Boyz.
The Rock beat Jericho on 5 November episode Raw for both WCW Championships. As part of the WWF battle against The Alliance, The Rock grapples with a "winner of all taking" a ten-man elimination game in the Survivor Series. In the end, he came to one on one with Steve Austin (who just joined the Alliance). The Rock seemed to have the upper hand, until Jericho (a member of the WWF Team, who knocked out a few minutes earlier), entered the ring and attacked The Rock. Austin tried to capitalize on this by pinning The Rock, but Kurt Angle, a member of Team Alliance, expressed his loyalty by hitting Austin in the head with a champion belt. The Rock then pinned Austin, forcing The Alliance to disband. The Rock's WCW Championship was renamed "Unemployed World Championship" after losing the Alliance. The Rock closed in 2001 with the loss of the World Championships in Vengeance to Chris Jericho, which will unite WWF and WCW titles that night.
The Rock failed to challenge Jericho to the Undeniable WWF Championship at Royal Rumble, but defeated The Undertaker at No Way Out. Three weeks before WrestleMania, The Rock led the WWE Asia tour to Japan, Singapore and Malaysia. The first show was at Yokohama Arena and had sold 18,000 tickets in sixty minutes. Jericho, who was booked to face him for all three shows, said he pulled out the best in him and described his reaction as "one of the toughest I've ever heard in my career." It's as if Elvis has joined The Beatles and all of them are dressed in costumes Godzilla ". He later fought with the New World Order, after challenging Hollywood's Hulk Hogan for the match at WrestleMania X8. The game was billed as an icon of the opposing icon, with both men representing the top level of two generations of wrestling; finally Rock pinned Hogan in WrestleMania X8. After nWo activates Hogan for losing the match, The Rock is allied with him and recruited to SmackDown! brand, becoming the first WWF wrestler to be drafted in the WWF draft draw before taking short leave from wrestling.
When he returned, The Rock won the seventh WWF/WWE championship that broke his record (which had been renamed WWE Undisputed Championship after WWF renamed WWE in May 2002) at Vengeance on July 21, defeating Kurt Angle and The Undertaker in a game of three threats. The Rock successfully defended the title in Global Warning in Australia against Triple H and Brock Lesnar by pinning Triple H, who saved The Rock when Lesnar attacked him after the game. At SummerSlam on August 25, after the annoyance of Lesnar manager Paul Heyman and the use of a steel chair, The Rock lost the WWE Championship to Lesnar along with the youngest WWE Champion record, which he set in 1998. Following Lesnar's loss, The Rock publicly stated that whether the crowd ridiculed him he would always be the People's Champion, criticizing the fans in the arena and again taking sabbatical from wrestling to focus on his film career.
2003-2004: End of hostilities
The Rock back on January 30th 2003, episode SmackDown! to publicly criticize Hulk Hogan and make it clear that because of his successful career in Hollywood, WWE is no longer a priority and thus rebuilds him as a villain for the first time since 1999. Rock beats Hogan again at No Way Out and organizes himself into the Raw brand where he has various hostilities, including one with The Hurricane. He also performed a "Rock concert", a segment in which he played guitar and made fun of the host city of the show.
After failing to win the number one contender for the World Heavyweight Championships, The Rock turned his attention to Steve Austin who, for The Rock's chagrin, has been chosen as "Superstar of the Decade". This led to a match at WrestleMania XIX, which was recalled to two previous WrestleMania meetings, both of whom had won in Austin. The Rock wins after delivering three consecutive Rock Bottoms, ending their old feud in what turned out to be Austin's last game. The following night, Raw was billed as "The Rock Appreciation Night", in honor of his victory over Austin. That night, he was attacked by Goldberg who debuted. At Backlash, Goldberg defeated The Rock, who later left WWE as an active wrestler to focus on his film career.
The Rock then occasionally returns to WWE in non-wrestling roles, gradually changing again by engaging in one night's hostility against the heels like Chris Jericho and Christian. Rock assisted Mick Foley in his feud against Evolution, leading to the reunion of The Rock 'n' Sock Connection. They face Ric Flair, Randy Orton, and Batista in a handicap match at WrestleMania XX, losing when Orton clamps Foley after RKO. Turns out it was Rock's last game for seven years. The Rock appears on WWE sporadically following WrestleMania XX. He stood up for Eugene, made a cameo in his hometown of Miami and helped Mick Foley return to La Réané union. Then in 2004, he hosted a pie eating contest, as part of the WWE Diva Search and ended the segment by providing Jonathan Coachman spinebuster and the People's Elbow. After this, he stated in several interviews that he is no longer under contract with WWE. He stated that he will continue to use the trademark name "The Rock", per double ownership deal between him and WWE.
2004-2009: Sporadic appearance
On August 23, 2004, episode Raw , The Rock came back and picked up Jonathan Coachman and La RÃ © union. In October 2005, The Rock told all the interviews with WWE.com, he talked his contract with WWE, movies and feelings on a dream game with Shawn Michaels. On March 12, 2007, The Rock appeared on the WWE show after nearly three years, via a pre-recorded promo shown during Raw . He correctly predicted that Bobby Lashley would defeat Umaga at WrestleMania 23 in Donald Trump and Vince McMahon's "Battle of the Billionaires" match. On March 29, 2008, The Rock inaugurated his father, Rocky Johnson, and his grandfather, Peter Maivia, to the WWE Hall of Fame. During his induction speech, he grills the wrestlers John Cena, Santino Marella, Chris Jericho, Mick Foley, Shawn Michaels, and Stone Cold Steve Austin. In September 2009, he performed at the World Xtreme Wrestling (WXW) event to support the pro wrestling debut of Sarona Snuka, the daughter of his old friend and mentor Jimmy Snuka. On October 2, 2009, the ten-year anniversary of SmackDown, The Rock (with its usual shaved flattop hair) cut a promo through a video recording.
Return to WWE
2011-2013: Clash with John Cena
On February 14, 2011, the episode of Raw , The Rock was revealed as the host of WrestleMania XXVII, appearing live on Raw for the first time in nearly seven years. During a long promo, he spoke to fans, Michael Cole, The Miz and John Cena, calling Cena a "big bowl of Fruity Pebbles", which inspired the popular calls and marks of the audience. The Rock claims to be wrestling, born in business, Cena claims. After various appearances via satellite, The Rock appears directly on Raw before WrestleMania XXVII to confront Cena, with whom he has been hostile through Twitter, mocking Cena's outfit and calling him a "Homeless Power Ranger" and "Vanilla Ice ". After he and Cena exchanged insults, The Miz and Alex Riley appeared and attacked The Rock; he fends off Miz and Riley, only for Cena to blind him with the Attitude Adjustment .
On April 3rd at WrestleMania XXVII, The Rock opened the show by cutting a promo. After appearing in many backstage segments, The Rock came to the ringside to restart the main event between Cena and The Miz as a game without Disqualification, having ended in a draw. In retaliation for the Attitude Attitude given Cena to him on Raw , Rock hit Cena with Rock Bottom , allowing The Miz to pinch it and keep the WWE Championship. After the game, Rock attacked Miz and hit him with the Elbow of the People . The next night at Raw , Cena challenged The Rock to the match at WrestleMania XXVIII the following year, which Rock received. They then worked together to fend off attacks by The Corre, which at the time consisted of Wade Barrett, Heath Slater, Justin Gabriel, and Ezekiel Jackson. The Rock appears live on Raw in his hometown of Miami to celebrate his 39th birthday.
On September 16, WWE announced The Rock would wrestle in a traditional 5-on-5 Survivor Series tag team match, in collaboration with Cena at Survivor Series in November. However, on October 24th episode Raw , Cena instead chose The Rock to become her partner in a standard tag team match against Awesome Truth (The Miz and R-Truth), which Rock agreed the following week via satellite. On November 14th, during the Raw Gets Rocked special event, The Rock appeared live, delivering Rock Bottom to Mick Foley, who has hosted "This Is Your Life" - Style segment for Cena, and then both Awesome Truth members. Despite their rivalry, The Rock and Cena defeated Awesome Truth on November 20th in the Survivor Series, when The Rock pinned The Miz with the People's Elbow. After the game, The Rock gave Cena a Rock Bottom.
Leading to WrestleMania, The Rock and Cena have some verbal confrontations about Raw . On March 12, 2012, the episode, The Rock hosted its first "Rock Concert" segment since 2004, taunting Cena in his songs. He argues that, having defeated Hulk Hogan and Stone Cold Steve Austin in Wrestlemanias before, defeating Cena will make it the greatest wrestler of all time. On April 1st at WrestleMania XXVIII, The Rock faced Cena in a major event that stalled for a year and was billed with the tag "Once in a Lifetime". When Cena is overconfident trying the Elbow of the Man on The Rock, she responds with Rock Bottom for the pin and the victory. The next night at Raw, The Rock praised Cena for making a good fight, calling their match "an honor". He then vowed to once again become WWE Champion.
On July 23rd at Baku 1000 , The Rock announced he would face the WWE Champion at Royal Rumble. During the show, he met WWE Champion CM Punk, Daniel Bryan, and John Cena, all of whom expressed a desire to confront him. He then saved Cena from the attack by Big Show, only to be styled by CM Punk.
On January 7, 2013, Raw , The Rock returns to WWE to face his Rumble opponent, then becomes CM Punk champion. She also made her first SmackDown appearance in ten years on January 11th episode, attacking Team Rhodes Scholars with Rock Bottom to Damien Sandow and the People's Elbow to Cody Rhodes. The Rock closed the 20-year anniversary of Raw on January 14th with one of his famous "Rock concerts", which led to a fight with CM Punk. The following week at Raw , The Rock was attacked by The Shield. Vince McMahon then confirmed that if The Shield attacked The Rock in a title match with CM Punk, Punk would be stripped of the WWE Championship. On January 27th at Royal Rumble, Punk defeated The Rock after The Shield intervened. McMahon will unleash Punk from the championship, however, at the request of The Rock, he instead starts the match again. It culminated in The Rock beating Punk to win the eighth WWE Championship, a victory that marked the first WWE Championship The Rock reigns in over ten years, and ended Punk's long reign as champion in 434 days. Punk received a title rematch with The Rock at the Elimination Chamber, with additional provision that if The Rock were disqualified or counted, he would lose the title, but Rock pinned Punk to defend the championship. The next night at Raw, The Rock launched a new WWE Championship during the championship celebration, with an entirely new center plate and Brahma Bull's signature logo on the side plate. The Rock then continued his rivalry with John Cena, with Cena blaming his personal and professional problems for his loss to The Rock the previous year. On April 7th at WrestleMania 29, Rock lost the WWE Championship to Cena, ending his reign on 70 days. Although it was advertised for Raw after WrestleMania, where it was stated by Smackdown General Manager Booker T that The Rock was still eligible for a rematch for the WWE Championship, The Rock did not appear due to legally injured sustained during WrestleMania, where the abdominal tendon and the adductor tore from his pelvis. Johnson underwent an operation on April 23 to reassemble a torn tendon.
In August 2013, The Rock hinted at a possible retirement but in the end did not close the possibility to return.
2014-2016: Part-time appearance
In April 2014, Rock appeared in the opening segment of WrestleMania XXX along with Stone Cold Steve Austin and Hulk Hogan. On October 6th episode of Raw , Rock made a surprise appearance to face Rusev and Lana; this resulted in Rock cleaning Rusev from the ring.
The Rock appeared at the Royal Rumble 2015 event during the main event game, where he helped the Roman Government fend off the Big Show and Kane, and was booed ("for the first time ever" (2003) as described by Dave Scherer of PWInsider.com) to do so. The Rock endorsed the final victory of the Government, but the masses still scoffed at him and ruled. The Rock appears in WrestleMania 31 alongside Ronda Rousey, entering into ring talks with Triple H and Stephanie McMahon (The Authority). Rock and Rousey win after he attacked Triple H and he beat McMahon. On June 27th, The Rock appeared on a live show in Boston where he was confronted by Bo Dallas, giving him
In January 2016, he returned to Raw in a segment that saw him not showing the Big Show, Lana and Rusev before getting into a fight with WWE Tag Team Champions, The New Day. At WrestleMania 32, The Rock announced that WWE had broken the WrestleMania attendance record all the time before being interrupted by the Wyatt Family. The Rock beat Wyatt's family member Erick Rowan in an impromptu game, gave him the Rock Bottom and clamped it in six seconds, which broke the record for the fastest victory in WrestleMania history. The Rock was later helped by John Cena who returned to fend off the rest of the Wyatt Family members, Bray Wyatt and Braun Strowman.
2016-2017: Sporadic appearance
After WrestleMania 32, The Rock's contract was cut back into a day-to-day proposition like his sporadic performance for the company after his departure in 2004. In mid-2016 The Rock began filming Fighting with my Family, the production of WWE Studio that surrounds the career and Paige wrestler's success. The Rock was announced as executive soundtrack producer and playable character for WWE 2K18 video game on August 17, 2017. On June 7, 2018, The Rock performed at WWE's For Your Consideration.
Acting
Wrestler-turned-actor Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson became a screen star through his successful film career, and a dedicated work ethic. During his acting career, he has become one of the highest paid and most successful actor in Hollywood. With his ex-wife and brother he created a movie studio, Seven Bucks Productions, which has produced all of its films since 2016 and continues to grow with two new subsidiaries, Seven Bucks Digital Studios in 2016 and Seven Bucks Creative in 2017 Johnson revealed that the studio was named by the fact that it became the amount of money left in its wallet after it was cut from the CFL.
Johnson started his acting career on television while grappling. In his acting work on the first television, in 1999, he played his own father in the episode 70s Show titled "That Wrestling Show". Almost a year later, he appeared on the episode of Star Trek: Voyager Tsunkatse as a foreign wrestler fighting against the popular character of Seven of Nine. While Johnson was away from WWE, the company continued to sell "The Rock" merchandise, and he continued to show prominently in the opening of montages of their television show.
Johnson began his career in theatrical roles in the action films The Mummy Returns (2001) and The Scorpion King (2002), The Rundown (comedy) action (< 2003), and a remake of Walking Tall (2004). He plays a supporting role in Be Cool (2005) and is a major antagonist in Doom (2006). Roles within Gridiron Gang (2006) and Reno 911!: Miami (2007) soon follow. Johnson played against the type in Southland Tales (2007). He plays famously proud American footballer at The Game Plan (2007) and Agent 23 at Get Smart (2008). He presented the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects at the 80th Academy Awards in February 2008. He was nominated for the Favorite Film Actor award at the Nickelodeon Awards 2008 Children's Awards for his role in The Game Plan but lost to Johnny Depp at Pirates of the Caribbean: At the Edge of the World .
Johnson is known for reviving the film franchise after describing Marvin F. Hinton/Roadblock at G.I. Joe: Retaliation and repeats his role as Luke Hobbs in Fast & amp; Furious 6 , while also starring in the true story film Pain & amp; Get and Empire State ; all released in 2013. That same year, he hosted and produced the reality reality series TNT The Hero , and won the Men's Favorite Buttkicker Award at the Nickelodeon Kid's Choice 2013 Award. In May 2013, it was announced that he will produce and star in the executives of Ballers , the HBO comedy drama series about NFL players living in Miami, Florida. In December of that year,
Johnson starred as a title character in Hercules (2014) and replicated his role as Luke Hobbs in Furious 7 (2015). He brings in another reality series for TNT in 2014, titled Wake Up Call, which sees it "providing help to ordinary people who face great challenges in their lives" with guest experts like Rocco DiSpirito, Jillian Michaels, and Josh Shipp. It was announced that he will produce executives and star in the horror movie Seal Team 666, and is set to play Nick Schuyler in the drama Not Without Hope. In 2016, Johnson starred alongside Kevin Hart in the Central Intelligence comedy and has a major voice role in the Disney animated movie Moana, where he voiced Polynesian god of Maui's half-god. She replicated her role as Luke Hobbs on The Fate of the Furious, which was released on April 14, 2017. Johnson starred in two other blockbuster movies of the year, Baywatch and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle as Mitchell "Mitch" Buchannon and Dr. Smolder Bravestone, respectively, and will continue his success in action films with Rampage (2018) As of April 2017, he produces and will have a role in Fighting with My Family , a seriocomedy about the WWE fighter family. and Skyscraper are set for release in 2018.
Johnson is famous for his workload and for working on multiple projects at once. A sequel to the box-office hit San Andreas was announced to be in pre-production stage with first film director Brad Peyton returning as director alongside the lead actor (marking the fourth collaboration between actors and filmmakers) > Journey 2 , San Andreas , and Rampage respectively).
Johnson said in September 2014 that he would portray Black Adam, the antagonist in the movie about the super hero Shazam, as part of the DC Extended Universe; he is also a producer. Then his evil role for Shazam! , re-cultivated into two separate films. In July, Warner Bros. states that Johnson will not show up at Shazam! , but will remain attached as a producer for the film. Johnson stated that production is expected to start at Black Adam by 2019.
In August 2015, Johnson has signed up to star in the film adaptation of Jungle Park 'Jungle Cruise'. Jaume Collet-Serra was signed as a director in July 2017, while Michael Green was hired to rewrite the original manuscript written by J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay. Emily Blunt will be her opponent, with Jack Whitehall, ÃÆ' â € ° to RamÃÆ'rez, and Jesse Plemons portraying Blunt's relative characters, and two criminals, respectively. In addition to his work in this film, Johnson will also help redesign the titular ride for all Disney Parks.
Johnson's role in the Fast and the Furious franchise will continue with Hobbs & amp; Shaw focuses on the role of Johnson and Statham, followed by the ninth Fast & amp; Movie Furious . The spinoff will be directed by David Leitch from a script written by franchise writer Chris Morgan. The film has a release date scheduled for July 26, 2019 - with production scheduled to begin in September 2018. After the important and financial success of Jumanji , the sequel was announced with the release date of December 25, 2019 Johnson, Black, Hart , Gillan is scheduled to play back their roles from previous films, while Scott Rosenberg and Jeff Pinkner will re-write the script. Although originally attached as a producer/star, Johnson will now serve only as a former on the adaptation of The Janson Directive . John Cena will fill the lead role, with Akiva Goldsman attached as a screenwriter.
Among other projects, Johnson will be starring in Universal Pictures Red Notice , written and directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber. This will be the third time the two have collaborated, following the Central Intelligence and Skyscraper . Filming will begin in 2019. In addition, Johnson is also tied to the remake of Big Trouble in Little China, as well as the project being developed with Shane Black focusing on the new interpretation of Doc Savage. In April 2018, he announced that he was working on a movie that would include Chris Pratt as his co-star.
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Legacy
Mainstream content in wrestling
The success of Johnson's wrestling character allowed him to cross into the mainstream pop culture. She appeared in the 2000 Wyclef Jean single "It Does not Matter" and in her music video. He also recorded "Pie" with Slick Rick for WWF The Music, Vol. 5 . In 2000, he hosted Saturday Night Live. Triple H's fellow wrestlers, The Big Show, and Mick Foley also appeared on the show. Johnson has stated the success of the episode is the reason he started accepting offers from Hollywood studios. Johnson had a guest role on Star Trek: Voyager, as a foreign wrestler who used the famous movement of The Rock, and at That '70s Show as his father, Rocky Johnson.
In 1999, The Rock was listed No. 5 in Entertainment Top 12 Entertainers of the Year. In 2000, at the main time-access specialist Hollywood, The Rock was ranked sixth in the Top 10 Celebrities Of 2000. Rock is also listed on the 100-year-old Forbes Celebrity and 25 Most Fascinating People in People Magazine.
The Rock made a surprise appearance on the official Xbox unveiled during Bill Gates's keynote address at the ongoing Electronic Computers Exhibition in 2001. Rock is also listed on E! Top 20 Entertainers and Entertainment Weekly 101 The Most Influential People of that year and the previous year (2000).
In 2002, Rock was listed on 25 Heaviest E Stars! In 2003, he enrolled at VH1's 200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons and No. 1. 13 at People Magazine's 50 Favorite TV Stars.
Johnson's debut film is a brief appearance as The Scorpion King in the opening sequence of The Mummy Returns. Characters appear in the movie climax in the form of CGI. The film's financial success brings Johnson's first leading role, in the spin-off of The Scorpion King. He received US $ 5.5 million for the role and enrolled in 2007 Guinness World Records as the highest paid actor in his first lead role. The Mummy Returns , featuring The Rock, broke the two-year record by earning $ 28,594,667, the highest grossing day for any movie in history.
The Rock has appeared on the cover of many magazines, including Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, Newsweek, and TV Guides .
Wrestling
The Rock has been listed as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time and also one of the best box office in the history of wrestling.
Hulk Hogan calls The Rock "the greatest superstar in the business", and 16-time world champion John Cena described it as "the greatest superstar in WWE history". In "Cable Visions: Television Beyond Broadcasting", The Rock is described as "for a long time, the greatest star of WWE and probably has the greatest international appeal". R.D. Reynolds stated in his book "The WrestleCrap Book of Lists" that The Rock was "the biggest star for WWE from 1999 to 2004".
Many wrestlers place The Rock on their "Mount Rushmore of Wrestling" including Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, Chris Jericho and John Cena.
The most-purchased worldwide Pay-Per-view (PPV) main event Rock in the history of WWE (WrestleMania XXVIII), the most purchased domestic pay-per-view (PPV) in WWE (WrestleMania X-Seven) history, the two attended the event in the history of WWE (WrestleMania 29), the highest ranking Raw in history, and is part of the highest rated segment in Raw history. He returned in 2001 to rank 7.1 which is the highest segment of the year. The Rock is also part of the game with the highest ranking in 2000. The steel cage match with Shane McMahon on May 1 did a regular 8.3 and 9.1 in the overrun make this the most watched professional wrestling match in America. States of this millennium.
In 2011, The Rock's return generated much interest. An average of 4.7 million people watched the Raw episode , with 7.4 million tunings during The Rock promo. His return also led the following episode of Raw on March 7th into the episode with the highest rating of the year. That same year, The Rock wrestled with his first match in years in the 2011 Survivor Series at Madison Square Garden. The show was sold out in less than 90 minutes. The Rock is also part of the highest segment of Raw in 2012 in the segment on Raw 1000 with CM Punk and Daniel Bryan who drew rank 4.3 and was also part of the year's highest flood (4.4) on the same night. The night after the Royal Rumble 2013 on January 28th that saw The Rock win the WWE Championship for the first time in over a decade is the highest episode of Raw that year.
Derived from one of its slogan "lay the smackdown", WWE introduced its second flagship program SmackDown! which later became the second longest weekly episodic program on television. The term "Smackdown" has also been included in the Merriam-Webster dictionary since 2007.
The Rock is the first wrestler to win the WWF/E Championship six times, then seven times. Rock's Intercontinental Championship Championship in 1997-98 lasted 265 days and was the longest intercontinental government in the modern era (24 years). Rock is the only wrestler to introduce different designs from both Intercontinental Championships (shortly after WrestleMania XIV) and WWE Championships (on February 18, 2013 episode Raw ).
The Rock also holds the record for most Raw shows major events in a year (38 years 2000), most SmackDowns showcase the main event in one year (36 years 2000) and tied to Stone Cold Steve Austin ( in 2001) for most PPVs showed major events in one year (12 years 2000).
Other media
In 2000 Johnson published his autobiography, which he co-wrote with Joe Layden, entitled The Rock Says... . It debuted at No. 1 on the New York Times Best Seller list and remained on the list for several weeks.
On May 21, 2015, Johnson set the Guinness World Record for most selfie in three minutes, taking selfies 105 with fans during the premiere of San Andreas in London.
In March 2016, Johnson partnered with American fitness apparel manufacturer Under Armor to release "Project Rock". The first item in his partnership with Under Armor, a sports bag, sold out within days. The second item, black T-shirt sport "brahma bull" the iconic wrestler sold out after being worn in WrestleMania 32. Johnson also released an alarm clock app as part of "Project Rock" which received over a million downloads in the first week of release. In 2016, Johnson started his YouTube channel titled "The Rock" with the help of Lilly Singh's online personality. Her first video was called "The YouTube Factory" and featured several internet stars. She is featured in the annual "YouTube Rewind" annual video series in 2016.
Video game
Johnson (as The Rock) has appeared in many WWE video games, as well as non-WWE video games, they are:
Shown on the cover of the game
Activity and charity
Johnson attended the 2000 National Democratic Convention as part of WWE's "Smackdown Your Vote" campaign, which aims to influence young people to vote. A Republican supporter at the time, he had a speaking role at the 2000 Republican National Convention that same year. In 2017, he told Magazine's GQ that he was listed as an independent.
In 2006, Johnson founded the Dwayne Johnson Rock Foundation, a charity that works with children at risk and is seriously ill. On October 2, 2007, he and his ex-wife donated $ 1 million to the University of Miami to support the renovation of his soccer facility; it was recorded as the largest donation ever given to the university's athletic department by former students. The University of Miami changed the name of the Hurricanes dressing room to Johnson's honor.
Personal life
In 2014, Johnson lives in Southwest Ranches, Florida. In recognition of his service to the Samoan people, and since he is a descendant of the Samoan head, Johnson had a glorious title Seiuli given to him by Malietoa Tanumafili II during his visit there in July 2004. He received a tattoo Samoan partial on his left side in 2003, and in 2017 had a small "brahma bull" tattoo on his right arm covered with a half-arm tattoo larger than a bull's skull.
1 The Rock's seventh government is the WWE Undisputed Champion.
Awards and other honors
- 1991: NCAA National Championship - as a member of the Miami Hurricanes Mens Football
- 2001: Teen Choice Awards - Film Crime Options
- 2012: CinemaCon Action Star of the Year
- 2013: Kids Choice Awards - Kicker's Butt Favorite
- 2016: People Choice Award - Favorite Premium Cable TV Actor
- 2016: Host Olympia ICON Award
- 2016: People Sexiest Man Alive Magazine
- 2017: Induction of the Hollywood Walk of Fame with movie stars
- 2017: People's Choice Award for Favorite Premium Series Actor
- 2017: NAACP Image Award for Entertainer of the Year
- 2018: Children's Choice Awards - Favorite Movies and Favorite Film Actor (Dr. Smolder Bravestone/Spencer, Jumanji: Welcome to the Forest)
Moviesography
Discography
See also
- List of people from Miami
- Rock and a Hard Place (movie)
References
External links
- Dwayne Johnson on IMDb
- Dwayne Johnson on Facebook
- Dwayne Johnson on WWE.com
- Dwayne Johnson's Profile at Cagematch.net, Wrestlingdata.com, Internet Wrestling Database
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