Dwayne Johnson Wikipedia. This article is about the American actor and professional wrestler known as The Rock. For other uses, see The Rock disambiguation. Dwayne Douglas Johnson born May 2, 1. The Rock, is an American actor, producer and professional wrestler. Johnson was a college football player for the University of Miami, where he won a national championship on the 1. Miami Hurricanes team. The Hollywood Reporter is your source for breaking news about Hollywood and entertainment, including movies, TV, reviews and industry blogs. This is a specific corner of the website dedicated to the discussion of the current situation with Harry Knowles and AICN. The Man Who Saved Movies. After being cut from the Calgary Stampeders of CFL two months into the 1. Johnson began training for a career in professional wrestling, following in the footsteps of various family members, including his grandfather and his father, Rocky Johnson, from whom he inherited Canadian citizenship in 2. Widely regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time,891. Johnson gained mainstream fame in the World Wrestling Federation WWF, now WWE from 1. He returned to WWE part time from 2. In wrestling, Johnsons accomplishments including being an eight time. WWFWWE Champion, two time. WCWWorld Champion, two time. WWF Intercontinental Champion and a five time. WWF Tag Team Champion. He is the sixth Triple Crown Champion in WWE and won the 2. Royal Rumble. Johnsons autobiography The Rock Says. No. 1 on The New York Times Best Seller list in 2. Johnsons first leading film role was in The Scorpion King in 2. Watch Marked For Death Online Hollywoodreporter' title='Watch Marked For Death Online Hollywoodreporter' />For this, he was paid US5. One of his more prominent roles is Luke Hobbs in The Fast and the Furious franchise. Johnson hosted and produced The Hero, a reality competition series and has since continued to produce TV shows and films through his production company Seven Bucks Productions. In 2. 01. 3, Forbes listed Johnson No. Top 1. 00 Most Powerful Celebrities and has been in the top twenty every year since. He was the worlds highest paid actor of 2. Time named him one of the 1. In 2. 01. 5, Muscle Fitness named Johnson their Man of the Century. Dwayne Douglas Johnson born May 2, 1972, also known by his ring name The Rock, is an American actor, producer and professional wrestler. Johnson was a college. The Hobbit is a film series consisting of three high fantasy adventure films directed by Peter Jackson. They are based on the 1937 novel The Hobbit by J. R. R. Early life. Dwayne Douglas Johnson was born on May 2, 1. Hayward, California, the son of Ata Johnson ne Maivia and professional wrestler Rocky Johnson born Wayde Douglas Bowles. His maternal grandfather, High Chief Peter Maivia, was also a wrestler, and his maternal grandmother, Lia Maivia, was one of wrestlings few female promoters, taking over Polynesian Pacific Pro Wrestling after her husbands death in 1. Johnsons father is Canadian, a Black Nova Scotian, while his mother is of Samoan descent. His father was part of the first black tag team to win the World Tag Team Championship in the World Wrestling Federation WWF. Through his mother, he is considered a non blood relative of the Anoai wrestling family. His cousin, Savelina Fanene, is also a wrestler currently working for WWE. Johnson briefly lived in the suburb of Grey Lynn in Auckland, New Zealand with his mothers family. He attended Richmond Road Primary School, before returning to the United States with his parents. He spent 1. 0th grade at President William Mc. Kinley High School in Honolulu, Hawaii. As he entered 1. 1th grade, his fathers job required his relocation to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where Dwayne began playing football at Freedom High School in the East Penn Conference. He was also a member of the schools track and field and wrestling teams. Johnson was a promising football prospect and received offers from many Division I collegiate programs. He decided on a full scholarship from the University of Miami, playing defensive tackle. In 1. 99. 1, he was on the Miami Hurricaness national championshipteam. When an injury sidelined him, he was replaced by future National Football League NFL star Warren Sapp. While attending Miami, Johnson met his future wife, Dany Garcia, who graduated from the university in 1. Board of Trustees. She also founded a Miami based wealth management firm. In 2. 00. 6, the couple donated 2 million to build a living room at the Universitys Newman Alumni Center. Johnson graduated from Miami in 1. Bachelor of General Studies degree in criminology and physiology. He joined the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League in 1. He was on the practice roster as a backup linebacker but was cut two months into the season. On November 1. 0, 2. Johnson returned to the Miami Orange Bowl to participate in the festivities surrounding the University of Miamis last home football game at the stadium. Professional wrestling career. Training 1. 99. 51. Like his father and grandfather, several of Johnsons other non blood relatives are or were professional wrestlers, including his uncles, Afa and Sika Anoai The Wild Samoans and his cousins, Rodney Yokozuna, Solofa Rikishi, Matt Rosey and Eddie Umaga. 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. Watch Ichi The Killer Streaming. Veteran wrestler Pat Patterson got Johnson several tryout matches with the World Wrestling Federation WWF in 1. Under his real name, he defeated The Brooklyn Brawler at a house show3. Chris Candido and Owen Hart. After wrestling at Jerry Lawlers United States Wrestling Association as Flex Kavana5 and winning the USWA World Tag Team Championship twice with Bart Sawyer in the summer of 1. Johnson signed a WWF contract. He received additional training from Tom Prichard, alongside Achim Albrecht and Mark Henry. World Wrestling FederationEntertainment. Watch Valentine Online Metacritic. Intercontinental Champion 1. Johnson made his WWF debut as Rocky Maivia, a combination of his father and grandfathers ring names, although his real name was acknowledged by the announcers. He was initially reluctant to take this ring name but was persuaded by Vince Mc. Mahon and Jim Ross. He was given the nickname The Blue Chipper and his lineage was played to on TV, where he was hyped as the WWFs first third generation wrestler. Maivia, a clean cut face character, was pushed heavily from the start despite his wrestling inexperience. He debuted on Monday Night Raw as a member of Marc Meros entourage on November 4, 1. Survivor Series on November 1. Crush and Goldust. WWF fans generally rejected him because of his cheesy character. On February 1. 3, 1. Intercontinental Championship from Hunter Hearst Helmsley on Monday Night Raw. Maivia successfully defended the title at In Your House 1. Final Four against Hunter Hearst Helmsley and at Wrestle. Mania 1. 3 against The Sultan. He defeated Bret Hart by disqualification in a title defense on March 3. Raw is War. 4. 7 On April 2. In Your House 1. 4 Revenge of the Taker, he lost to Savio Vega by countout, retaining the title for the final time. Audiences became increasingly hostile toward Maivia, with chants of Die, Rocky, die and Rocky sucks being heard during his matches. The Nation of Domination 1. After losing the Intercontinental Championship to Owen Hart on the April 2. Raw Is War4. 8 and suffering a legitimate knee injury in a match against Mankind,2 Maivia returned in August 1. Faarooq, DLo Brown and Kama in the stable called the Nation of Domination. During this time, he 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 Rocky The Rock Maivia until 1. As The Rock, he insulted the audience in his promos as well as WWF television interviewers, once calling Kevin Kelly an ugly hermaphrodite. At D Generation X In Your House, Stone Cold Steve Austin defeated The Rock in under six minutes to retain the Intercontinental Championship. The next night on Raw Is War, Austin was ordered by Mr. Mc. Mahon to defend the title in a rematch, but forfeited it to The Rock instead, handing him the title belt before hitting him with the Stone Cold Stunner. The Rock feuded with Austin and Ken Shamrock through the end of 1. On the March 3. 0 episode of Raw is War, The Rock debuted a new Intercontinental Championship belt which was used to represent the title until October 2, 2.