Dwayne Douglas Johnson (born May 2, 1972), also known by his ring name The Rock, is anAmerican and Canadian actor, producer and semi-retired professional wrestler, signed with WWE. Johnson was a college football player for theUniversity of Miami, winning a national championship on the 1991 Miami Hurricanes football team. He later played for the Calgary Stampeders in the Canadian Football League, and was cut two months into the 1995 season. This led him to become a professional wrestler like his grandfather, Peter Maivia, and his father, Rocky Johnson (from whom he also inherited his Canadian citizenship).[6] Through Maivia, he is considered a non-blood relative of the Anoa'i wrestling family.[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]
Originally billed as "Rocky Maivia", he gainedmainstream fame in the World Wrestling Federation(WWF/E) from 1997 to 2004 as a major figure in the company's Attitude Era, and was the first third-generation wrestler in the company's history. He returned to wrestling part-time for WWE from 2011 to 2013 and continues to make sporadic non-wrestling appearances for the company. As of May 2016, he has had 17 championship reigns in WWE, including 10 as a world champion, winning theWWF/E Championship eight times and theWCW/World Championship twice. He won theIntercontinental Championship twice and the WWF Tag Team Championship five times. He is the sixthTriple Crown Champion in WWE history, and won the 2000 Royal Rumble.
The Rock is considered by many to be the biggestsuperstar in WWE history,[18][19] as well as one of the top box office draws in wrestling history.[20]WWE legend Hulk Hogan called The Rock "the biggest superstar in this business", 15-time world champion John Cena described him as "the biggest superstar in the history of WWE"[21] and "the most successful WWE superstar ever". WCW iconDiamond Dallas Page described him as "the biggest star in our business, of all time". Vince Russo, the head writer of WWE's most popular era, The Attitude Era, stated: "I don't think there's ever going to be a star in the history of this business that is bigger than The Rock".
Johnson's autobiography The Rock Says..., co-written with Joe Layden, was published in 2000. It debuted at No. 1 on The New York Times Best Seller list, spent 20 weeks on The New York Times bestseller list and sold 720,000 copies in hardcover alone.[22][23] Johnson's first leading film role was in The Scorpion King in 2002. For this role, he was paid US $5.5 million, a world record for an actor in his first starring role.[24] He has since appeared in various films, and become known for his ability to reinvigorate film franchises. Perhaps his greatest success in his acting career can be sourced to his role as Luke Hobbs in The Fast and the Furious franchise. He hosted and produced The Hero, a reality competition series; and has since continued to produce TV series and films through his production company Seven Bucks Productions, each of which he also stars in. Forbes listed Dwayne Johnson #25 in the Top 100 Most Powerful Celebrities in 2013.[25] Time named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2016.[26]
Early life
Johnson was born in Hayward, California, the son of Ata Johnson (née Maivia) and professional wrestler Rocky Johnson. His maternal grandfather, "High Chief" Peter Maivia, was also a wrestler. His maternal grandmother, Lia Maivia, was one of wrestling's few female professionalpromoters, taking over Polynesian Pacific Pro Wrestling after her husband's death in 1982, until 1988.[27][28] His cousin, Savelina Fanene, is also a wrestler currently working for WWE.[29] His father is a Black Nova Scotian, and his mother is of Samoan heritage.[30][31] Johnson briefly lived in the suburb of Grey Lynn in Auckland, New Zealand, with his mother's family.[32] He attended Richmond Road Primary School, before returning to the United States with his parents.[32]
Johnson spent 10th grade at President William McKinley High School in Honolulu, Hawaii. As he entered 11th grade, his father's job required his relocation to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He began playing football at Freedom High School in the East Penn Conference.[31] He was also a member of the school's track and field and wrestling teams.[31]
Johnson was a promising football prospect, and received offers from many Division I collegiate programs. He decided upon a full scholarship from the University of Miami to play defensive tackle. In 1991, he was on the Miami Hurricanes' national championship team.[33] After an injury kept him sidelined, he was replaced by future National Football League (NFL) star Warren Sapp.[31] While attending Miami, Johnson met his future wife, Dany Garcia, who graduated from the university in 1992 and later became a member of its Board of Trustees.[34] She also founded a Miami-based wealth management firm. In 2006, the couple donated $2 million to build a living room at the University's Newman Alumni Center.
Johnson graduated from Miami in 1995, with a Bachelor of General Studies degree incriminology and physiology.[35] He joined the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League in 1995. He was on the practice roster as a backup linebacker but was cut two months into the season.[31][36][37] On November 10, 2007, Johnson returned to the Miami Orange Bowlto participate in the festivities surrounding the University of Miami's last home football game at the stadium.
Professional wrestling career
Training (1995–1996)
Like his father and grandfather, several of Johnson's other (non-blood) relatives are or were professional wrestlers, including his uncles, Afa and Sika Anoaʻi (The Wild Samoans) and his cousins, Rodney (Yokozuna), Solofa (Rikishi), Matt (Rosey) and Eddie (Umaga).[32] When Johnson declared his intent to become a wrestler, his father initially resisted, but then agreed to train him himself, warning that he would not go easy on him.[31] Veteran wrestler Pat Pattersongot Johnson several tryout matches with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1996. Under his real name, he defeated The Brooklyn Brawler at a house show,[38] and lost the other matches to Chris Candido and Owen Hart.[32] After wrestling at Jerry Lawler's United States Wrestling Association, as "Flex Kavana",[4] 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, alongside Achim Albrecht and Mark Henry.[5]
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