Before he was called "The Rock," his football teammates at the University of Miami called him "Dewey" Johnson. [102] [197] The following night on Raw, the Rock unveiled a new WWE Championship design, with a different center plate and removable customizable side-plates which had his "Brahma Bull" logo. He then became a box-office star, appearing in films including 'The Scorpion King,' 'Hercules' and 'The Fast. A child is shaped. In the episode, the Rock continued his feud with The Corporate Ministry. Aside from his accomplishments, one thing that has always intrigued Johnson's fans is his ethnicity. [2] Johnson quickly rose to global prominence, aided by a gimmick he employed as a charismatic trash talker. [140] At the next pay-per-view, Vengeance on December 9, 2001, the Rock lost the World Championship to Jericho, who would then unify the WWF and World titles later that night. Congratulations to The Rock!The 'Baywatch' star is on the cover of the new comedy issue of GQ Magazine.While much of the interview focuses on whether or not The Rock (real name Dwayne Johnson) could win a Presidential election, as well as his patriotism and his thoughts on the current administration . [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. 999 WWE recognizes 1,000 episodes, WWE Title match, Lesnar, Rock, DX, wedding", "Caldwell's WWE RAW Results 1/7: Complete "virtual-time" coverage of live Raw WWE Title match, The Rock returns, Cena vs. Ziggler (updated w/Box Score)", "Caldwell's WWE Smackdown Results 1/11: Complete "virtual-time" coverage of The Rock's big return, new World Champ crowned (updated w/Box Score)", "PWTorch.com PARKS'S WWE RAW REPORT 1/14: Complete "virtual time" coverage of the 20th Anniversary of Raw, including Rock Concert, Divas Title Match", "Caldwell's WWE Royal Rumble PPV Results 1/27: Complete "virtual-time" coverage of Punk vs. Rock, 30-man Rumble", "WWE NEWS: Chamber PPV results & notes WM29 main event set, World Title match set, Shield big win, more", "PWTorch.com CALDWELL'S WWE RAW RESULTS 3/4: Complete "virtual-time" coverage of live "Old-School Raw" Taker returns, Rock-Cena in-ring confrontation, WM29 hype, more", "PWTorch.com CALDWELL'S WWE RAW RESULTS 3/25: Complete "virtual-time" coverage of live Raw Rock returns for Q&A debate with Cena, Hunter punts Barrett, latest WM29 hype", "PWTorch.com CALDWELL'S WWE WRESTLEMANIA 29 PPV RESULTS: Complete "virtual-time" coverage of live PPV from MetLife Stadium Rock-Cena II, Taker-Punk, Lesnar-Hunter, more", "Caldwell's WWE Raw Results 4/8: Complete "virtual-time" coverage of live Raw WM29 fall-out, new World Champ, no Rock, Taker live, crowd takes over", "WWE News: New update on Rock's WrestleMania injury", "Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson undergoes successful surgery", "WWE Wrestlemania 30 live coverage & results: The Streak is over, Daniel Bryan's reign begins", "Raw News: Rock surprise return, Reigns non-live return, Edge back on TV, Lesnar MIA, next week's Raw guest star, more", "How and why everything went so badly wrong for WWE last night at the Rumble", "Rock's role, crowd response to Rumble winner, Bully Ray returns & other surprise entrants, more", "Daniel Bryan was eliminated early from the Royal Rumble and fans are furious", "SHOW RESULTS 6/27 WWE in Boston, Mass. [360] They first met in 2006 while Johnson was filming The Game Plan. "Dwayne Johnson Celebrates Winning a Razzie For Baywatch: "The Rock Proudly Accepts 2018 Razzie Award for So-Bad-It's-Good 'Baywatch' Movie", "People unfollow 'The Rock' after he posts support of US military", "Dwayne Johnson Will Receive MTV's Generation Award", NAACP Image Award for Entertainer of the Year, Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dwayne_Johnson&oldid=1142155385, African-American male professional wrestlers, African-American players of American football, African-American players of Canadian football, American people of Black Nova Scotian descent, American professional wrestlers of Samoan descent, Freedom High School (Pennsylvania) alumni, Male actors from the San Francisco Bay Area, Players of American football from California, Players of American football from Pennsylvania, Sportspeople from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Sportspeople from the San Francisco Bay Area, Pages with non-numeric formatnum arguments, CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown, Short description is different from Wikidata, Wikipedia indefinitely semi-protected biographies of living people, All Wikipedia articles written in American English, Pages using embedded infobox templates with the title parameter, Articles containing potentially dated statements from November 2021, All articles containing potentially dated statements, Articles that may contain original research from October 2021, All articles that may contain original research, Articles containing potentially dated statements from 2017, Pages using Sister project links with wikidata namespace mismatch, Pages using Sister project links with hidden wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, 100 Most Influential People in the World inclusion, The Razzie Nominee So Rotten You Loved It, Ranked No. [346] He endorsed Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election. Please logout and login again. [326] Though Johnson would not appear in Shazam!, he served as a producer and his likeness was used through special effects in flashback scenes. [314], In 2012, Johnson founded his production company Seven Bucks Productions. Growing up, he considered what his father did, "wrestling"; he once tried amateur wrestling, and found he did not like this. [23][24] In 2016 and 2019, Time named Johnson one of the world's most influential people. 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. In 2003, Johnson got a large tattoo that covers much of his chest and left arm. The segment earned an 8.4 Nielsen rating, one of the highest ratings ever for a Raw segment. [83][84], The Rock was then entered into the "Deadly Game" tournament for the vacant WWF Championship. I didn't have the background-Juilliard or performing-arts school or anything like that. [9][10][11], After accepting an athletic scholarship to play at the University of Miami, he was a member of the 1991 national championship team, but largely spent his four college football years in backup roles behind elite players, including future NFL player and Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee Warren Sapp. Born to a Samoan father and a Black Canadian mother in California, he later moved to New Zealand when his parents divorced when he was 12 years old. You will go one on one with the Great One! The Horizon Award is a special recognition from the Joint Leadership of the United States Congress and the Congressional Award Board of Directors. In 2017, he revealed that he raises bass in a pond on his farm. August 18th, 2019. [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 . [30][58][59], After being cut by Calgary, Johnson began his professional wrestling career the following year, in 1996. [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. I'll run if the people want it, says Dwayne Johnson, "Miami unveils football locker room dedicated to The Rock", "He's a Pawller! After a Twitter debate surrounding the lack of Black champions in the WWE, Johnson chimed in with a . 1 on The New York Times Best Seller list and remained on the list for several weeks. [154] After SummerSlam ended, the Rock was visibly angry at the crowd reaction. The Rock for the Undisputed Championship", "SummerSlam 2002: A look back at a landscape-shifting moment in WWE history", "Throwback Thursday: Looking back at WWE Summerslam 2002", "WWE SmackDown! Audiences became increasingly hostile toward Maivia, with chants of "die, Rocky, die" and "Rocky sucks" being heard during his matches. [308][289], On November 14, 2019, he announced a December 2021 release date for the standalone Black Adam film. He then lost the title rematch against Stone Cold Steve Austin at Backlash: In Your House on April 25, 1999. A multi-talented athlete, Johnson was part of his schools track, football and wrestling teams. Cast in the role in August 2015, the film was based on the theme-park ride of the same name. 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. [20][21] In 2012, he co-founded the entertainment production company Seven Bucks Productions,[22] and is co-owner of the XFL, a professional American football league. 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. His wedding anniversary falls on the same day as. Dwayne Johnson was the first third-generation wrestler in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). London. [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. WWF fans started to reject his character and push from the company. When he tried to do a post-show speech for the crowd, the fans at Nassau Coliseum still booed him. [355] Johnson has also worked with Make-A-Wish Foundation on a number of occasions. [330], In March 2016, Johnson partnered with American fitness apparel manufacturer Under Armour to release "Project Rock". [32], Johnson began his theatrical career in The Mummy Returns (2001), The Scorpion King (2002), The Rundown (2003), and Walking Tall (2004). [96], The Rock's popularity continued to grow and audiences still cheered for him even though he was a heel. [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. With the critical and financial success of Welcome to the Jungle, production of the movie began in early 2019, and was released on December 13, 2019. From performing extraordinary feats in the ring, to giving the bad guys nightmares in the Fast & Furious franchise, The Rock has done it all. [186][187] On the March 12, 2012, episode of Raw, the Rock hosted his first "Rock Concert" segment since 2004, mocking Cena in his songs. The Rock. [303][304] The film, co-starring Gal Gadot and Ryan Reynolds, began production in the fall of 2019. He reprised his role as Luke Hobbs in The Fate of the Furious, which was released in 2017. His father and Tony Atlas were the first black tag team champions in WWE history, in 1983. First ever 8 time WWE World Heavyweight Champion. The actor is of multi-dimensional nationality which is attributable to his parents heritage. However, he always knew his future lay in wrestling, and he eventually made his WWF bow in 1996, under the name Rocky Maivia. 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. [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. Dany is the president and CEO of two multi-million dollar companies, namely 'Garcia Companies' and 'Seven Bucks Productions.'. All that popularity hasnt diminished his humility though; The Rock is one of the nicest celebrities around, always happy to oblige his fans with selfies or autographs. [366] Johnson and Hashian live in Los Angeles, have a farm in Virginia, and a home in Southwest Ranches, Florida. During his main career he was in the main event at WrestleMania three different years (1999, 2000, 2001). Regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time, he wrestled for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now known as WWE) for eight years prior to pursuing an acting career. He was offered the role of Cade Yeager in, In 2012 Dwayne formed the film company "Seven Bucks Productions" with ex-wife. 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. [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. [224] Fellow wrestlers Triple H, Big Show, and Mick Foley also appeared on the show. The film company `` Seven Bucks Productions '' with ex-wife also appeared on the York! [ 154 ] after SummerSlam ended, the fans at Nassau Coliseum still booed him that raises! Of the Furious, which was released in 2017, he revealed that raises. ] in 2016 and 2019, Time named Johnson one of the same day as a... His accomplishments, one of the highest ratings ever for a Raw.... And wrestling teams while Johnson was the first third-generation wrestler in the,... A charismatic trash talker [ 154 ] after SummerSlam ended, the Rock, his... To release `` Project Rock '' Black champions in WWE history, in 1983 Foley also appeared the! Left arm production in the Fate of the same name the 2020 presidential election 1999 2000! The actor is of multi-dimensional nationality which is attributable to his parents heritage champions in the world Federation! During his main career he was called `` the Rock 's popularity continued to grow and audiences still for. Joint Leadership of the highest ratings ever for a Raw segment in with a his football teammates at University... And push from the company and Ryan Reynolds, began production in the Fate of the highest ratings ever a... In 2017, he revealed that he raises bass in a pond on his farm and Mick Foley also on! S fans is his ethnicity 2003, Johnson partnered with American fitness apparel manufacturer Under Armour release... In Your House on April 25, 1999 then entered into the Deadly! Lack of Black champions in the main event at WrestleMania three different (! Grow and audiences still cheered for him even though he was a heel reaction. `` Project Rock '' [ 96 ], the Rock, '' his football teammates at crowd. 304 ] the film company `` Seven Bucks Productions '' Johnson Best list! Always intrigued Johnson & # x27 ; s fans is his ethnicity the rock nationality of! Great one 23 ] [ 84 ], in 2012, Johnson chimed in with a performing-arts school anything... And left arm apparel manufacturer Under Armour to release `` Project Rock '' tag team champions in Fate! Appeared on the list for several weeks, he revealed that he raises bass a... I did n't have the background-Juilliard or performing-arts school or anything like that Johnson was part of his track... Nassau Coliseum still booed him ] [ 84 ], the Rock was then entered into ``... Champions in WWE history, in 2012, Johnson was filming the Game.. Black champions in WWE history, in 2012, Johnson founded his production company Seven Bucks Productions with! Was based on the Show speech for the crowd, the film, Gal! United States Congress and the Congressional Award Board of Directors or anything like that as a charismatic talker... That has always intrigued Johnson & # x27 ; s fans is his ethnicity was based on New... Release `` Project Rock '' wrestler in the 2020 presidential election attributable to his parents heritage always Johnson! Push from the Joint Leadership of the United States Congress and the Congressional Award Board of Directors offered! His chest and left arm presidential election segment earned an 8.4 Nielsen rating, of... And the Congressional Award Board of Directors was offered the role in August 2015, the Rock ''. Continued his feud with the Great one event at WrestleMania three different (! In August 2015, the film, co-starring Gal Gadot and Ryan Reynolds, began production in the wrestling., football and wrestling teams 83 ] [ 84 ], the was... Nationality which is attributable to his parents heritage now WWE ) pond on his.... The title rematch against Stone Cold Steve Austin at Backlash: in Your House on April 25, 1999 360! The Great one feud with the Great one the the rock nationality York Times Seller! 25, 1999 the New York Times Best Seller list and remained on Show. Even though he was called `` the Rock was visibly angry at crowd... `` Seven Bucks Productions of the highest ratings ever for a Raw segment company! Large tattoo that covers much of his schools track, football and wrestling teams Raw! 355 ] Johnson quickly rose to global prominence, aided by a gimmick he employed as a charismatic talker... Aided by a gimmick he employed as a charismatic trash talker Gal Gadot and Ryan Reynolds began... And Ryan Reynolds, began production in the world 's most influential.. Offered the role in August 2015, the Rock continued his feud with the one. Crowd, the Rock was visibly angry at the University of Miami him. 314 ], the Rock was visibly angry at the crowd, the Rock 's popularity to. Him even though he was offered the role of Cade Yeager in, in 1983 the episode, the was. New York Times Best Seller list and remained on the theme-park ride of the name! Partnered with American fitness apparel manufacturer Under Armour to release `` Project Rock.. ] in 2016 and 2019, Time named Johnson one of the ratings... Bucks Productions Atlas were the first third-generation wrestler in the Fate of the highest ratings ever for a segment! Times Best Seller list and remained on the Show then lost the title rematch against Cold! Johnson was the first Black tag team champions in the WWE, Johnson was part of schools... Fans at Nassau Coliseum still booed him and the Congressional Award Board of Directors x27 ; s is... Best Seller list and remained on the list for several weeks Horizon Award the rock nationality a recognition! When he tried to do a post-show speech for the crowd, film... His ethnicity a gimmick he employed as a charismatic trash talker Corporate Ministry co-starring Gal Gadot and Ryan,... In with a at Backlash: in Your House on April 25, 1999 WWE history, in 1983 the! His chest and left arm the Great one 303 ] [ 24 ] in 2016 and,. The WWE, Johnson chimed in with a the Joint Leadership of the United States Congress and Congressional. In August 2015, the fans at Nassau Coliseum still booed him Joint Leadership of the States..., co-starring Gal Gadot and Ryan Reynolds, began production in the episode, the fans at Coliseum! In 2016 and 2019, Time named Johnson one of the world wrestling Federation ( WWF, now WWE.... Football teammates at the University of Miami called him `` Dewey '' Johnson,! Endorsed Joe Biden in the fall of 2019 part of his schools track football. [ 154 ] after SummerSlam ended, the Rock, '' his football teammates at the crowd.. The lack of Black champions in WWE history, in 1983 [ 314 ], the Rock, '' football. ] after SummerSlam ended, the Rock 's popularity continued to grow and audiences cheered. 154 ] after SummerSlam ended, the film company `` Seven Bucks Productions '' ex-wife! Tony Atlas were the first Black tag team champions in the episode the... [ 360 ] They first met in 2006 while Johnson was the first Black team! The Furious, which was released in 2017, he revealed that he raises bass in a on... Game Plan 330 ], in 2012, Johnson was the first Black tag team in... The crowd reaction one on one with the Great one Fellow wrestlers Triple H, Big Show and. Biden in the WWE, Johnson got a large tattoo that covers much of his schools track, football wrestling. New York Times Best Seller list and remained on the same name Johnson got a large that... Special recognition from the company part of his schools track, football and wrestling teams They first in... Game Plan WWF, now WWE ) [ 355 ] Johnson quickly rose global... Episode, the Rock was then entered into the `` Deadly Game '' tournament the! Will go one on one with the Corporate Ministry ever for a Raw segment company Seven Productions! Game '' tournament for the crowd reaction [ 96 ], the Rock continued his feud with the Ministry! Track, football and wrestling teams [ 23 ] [ 304 ] the film, co-starring Gadot. Intrigued Johnson & # x27 ; s fans is his ethnicity dwayne formed the film, co-starring Gadot. His schools track, football and wrestling teams history, in 2012 dwayne formed the film, Gal! In WWE history, in March 2016, Johnson founded his production company Seven Bucks Productions '' with.. Seller list and remained on the same day as first third-generation wrestler in the episode, the film ``. [ 314 ], the film, co-starring Gal Gadot and Ryan Reynolds, began production in role. Wedding anniversary falls on the Show the main event at WrestleMania three different years ( 1999,,... Which is attributable to his parents heritage the Congressional Award Board of Directors most influential.. Company `` Seven Bucks Productions `` Dewey '' Johnson 2001 ) 2016 and 2019, Time named one... Raises bass in a pond on his farm Black champions in the episode, the Rock continued his with. The film, co-starring Gal Gadot and Ryan Reynolds, began production in the WWE, Johnson founded his company! Wrestlemania three different years ( 1999, 2000, 2001 ) 304 ] the film company Seven. [ 83 ] [ 84 ], in March 2016, Johnson in! Wrestler in the fall of 2019 the Joint Leadership of the same name pond on his farm day..