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The Rock
Born	(1972-05-02) May 2, 1972 (age 52) Hayward, California, USA
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Flex Cavana Rocky Maivia The Rock
Billed height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Billed weight	260 lb (120 kg; 19 st)
Billed from	Miami, Florida
Trained by	Rocky Johnson Pat Patterson
Debut	1995
Retired	2004

Dwayne Douglas Johnson (born May 2 1972), better known by his former ring name The Rock, is an American actor and former professional wrestler. He gained mainstream fame as a standout in World Wrestling Entertainment from 1996 to 2004. Since 2001, he has focused on a thriving acting career, though he still makes occasional WWE appearances for promotional purposes.

Johnson was a nine-time world champion in his career, including a record-setting seven-time WWE Champion; his last reign was as WWE Undisputed Champion. He also was the winner of the 2000 Royal Rumble.

Biography

Early life

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Dwayne Johnson, the son of Ata (née Maivia) and professional wrestler "Soulman" Rocky Johnson, was born in Hayward, California. His maternal grandfather, "High Chief" Peter Maivia, was also a professional wrestler. Johnson traveled around frequently with his parents and watched his father perform in the ring. He went to such schools as President William McKinley High School in Hawaii. As he entered 11th grade, Johnson's father's job required his relocation to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the state's Lehigh Valley region. He began playing football at Bethlehem's Freedom High School. In addition to playing football at Freedom High School, he also was a member of the high school's track and field team.

For a brief period, Johnson lived in Auckland, New Zealand, with his mother's family. During this time his mother Ata ensured Johnson was exposed to one of the urban Polynesian cultural strongholds of the Southern Hemisphere. His grandfather and father would end up wrestling extensively in Auckland with American promoter Steve Rickards. Rickards staged a successful television program during the late 1970s-early 1980s, called On The Mat. Many American wrestlers, such as Harley Race, and Johnson's grandfather and father, appeared. Johnson attended Richmond Road Primary School before returning to the U.S. with his parents.

Education

Johnson received collegiate football scholarship offers from several universities and settled on the University of Miami. While the University of Miami football program did not openly recruit Johnson, he entered try-outs as a walk-on for the program and made the team, playing defensive tackle. In 1991, he was part of the Miami Hurricanes' National Championship team. After an injury kept him sidelined, Johnson was replaced by Warren Sapp.

Johnson met his future wife, Dany Garcia, who also was attending Miami at the time. Garcia, who graduated from the University of Miami in 1992, is a member of the University of Miami's Board of Trustees, and the founder of a Miami-based wealth management firm. The two have remained close to their alma mater, giving a $2 million donation in 2006 to build a living room at the university's alumni center. Johnson continued his football career by joining the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League after being passed over by the NFL, but he was cut two months into the season.

Johnson graduated from the University of Miami in 1995 with a degree in criminology.

Family life

Johnson married Dany Garcia on May 3 1997, a day after his 25th birthday. His best man at the wedding was fellow wrestler and long-time family friend Tonga "Haku" Fifita. Johnson and his wife have a daughter, Simone Alexander, born August 14th 2001.

On June 1, 2007, Johnson and Garcia announced that they would be splitting up after 10 years of marriage. They indicated that their parting was amicable and that they would spend the rest of their lives together as best friends.

Politics

In 2000, Johnson delivered a speech at the Republican National Convention. Because his mother, Ata Maivia, had royal blood, Samoan King Malietoa Tanumafili II bestowed Johnson with the noble title of Seiuli during his visit to Samoa in July 2004. He is a supporter of the Samoan national rugby team, as the team's website during the run-up to the 2007 Rugby World Cup showed him holding a personalized Manu Samoa jersey with "The Rock" emblazoned on the back.

Philanthropy

In 2006, Johnson started up The Dwayne Johnson Rock Foundation, which is known for its charitable work with at-risk and terminally ill children.

On October 2 2007, Johnson and his wife donated an additional $1 million to the University of Miami to support the university's football facilities renovation; it was noted as the largest donation ever given to the university's athletics department by former students. Miami plans to rename the Hurricanes' locker room in Johnson's honor.

World Wrestling Entertainment

Along with his father and grandfather, several members of Johnson's family are current and former professional wrestlers, including his uncles, the Wild Samoans (Afa and Sika Anoa'i) and cousins, such as Rikishi, Rosey, and Umaga. When he declared his intention to join the family business, his father resisted, but agreed to train his son himself, warning him that he would not go easy on him. With help from veteran wrestler Pat Patterson, Johnson had several tryout matches with WWE in 1996; he defeated The Brooklyn Brawler at a house show, and lost the others to Chris Candido and Owen Hart. Impressed by his talent and charisma, Johnson was signed to a deal after a short stint for "seasoning" in Jerry Lawler's United States Wrestling Association, where he wrestled under the ring names of "Flex Kavana" and "Pidlaoan Rock".

Rocky Maivia (1996)

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Johnson made his WWE debut as "Rocky Maivia," which combined his father and grandfather's ring names; Johnson was initially reluctant to the idea, but was persuaded to go ahead with the name by Vince McMahon and Jim Ross. In addition to tacking on the nickname "The Blue Chipper," WWE played up his connection to his father and grandfather, calling him the company's first third-generation wrestler. Johnson, who was first portrayed as a clean-cut babyface, was pushed heavily from the start despite his lack of in-ring experience, as he won the 1996 Survivor Series and the WWE Intercontinental Championship after only three months in the company. Fans, however, quickly grew sick of the one-dimensional good guy character, thanks in part to the exploded popularity of Stone Cold Steve Austin. As a result, a regular occurrence during Johnson's matches was the fans' angry chants of "Die Rocky Die!" and "Rocky Sucks!"

Nation of Domination (1997-1998)

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After losing the Intercontinental title to Owen Hart and returning from an injury, Johnson was allowed to turn heel and joined the Nation of Domination, in the process shortening his ring name of "Rocky Maivia" to simply "The Rock." During that time, Johnson attacked and insulted the fans in his promos. In sharp contrast to the overly positive persona of Rocky Maivia, The Rock was a charismatic bully, eventually driving out the group leader, Faarooq. The Rock also referred to himself in the third person, starting many sentences with "The Rock says..." Johnson was soon recognized for cutting arguably the best promos in the industry. In his 2000 autobiography, Johnson attributed this skill to his exceptional performance in speech communications classes at Miami, in which he earned "A" grades.

At In Your House: D-Generation X, Austin, then reigning Intercontinental Champion, defeated The Rock in less than six minutes to retain the title. The following night, Austin was ordered by McMahon to forfeit the title, which Austin handed over to The Rock before hitting the Stone Cold Stunner on him. Johnson spent the end of 1997 and the beginning of 1998 feuding with both Austin and Ken Shamrock.

The Corporation (1998-1999)

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Johnson's popularity as The Rock propelled him to the WWF Championship. The Rock began to conduct many entertaining interviews, and thus he got over with the fans. Fan reaction effectively turned him face, and he began to feud with Vince McMahon, who said he has a "problem with the people" and thus he should target the "People's Champion" (as The Rock claimed himself to be). A double-turn occurred at the 1998 Survivor Series, when The Rock defeated the then-heel Mankind in the finals of the "Deadly Game" tournament for the vacant WWF Championship to become the first world champion of African American descent in WWF history and the youngest WWF world champion at the time. At the end of the match, The Rock applied a Sharpshooter on Mankind. As he did this, McMahon called for the bell to be rung and then ordered for The Rock to be declared the winner. With the plan coming to fruition, The Rock turned heel again and sided with Vince McMahon and Shane McMahon as the crown jewel of The Corporation stable. This was also a start of a double turn, as Mankind was kicked out of The Corporation and made a face turn. Later,The Rock had his own pay-per view which was WWF Rock Bottom which was in Vancouver,BC. So it was a rematch with The Rock vs Mankind for the WWF Championship. Mankind won by submission but Vince McMahon said that since The Rock did not tap out that The Rock would retain his title.

The Rock began a feud with Mankind over the WWF Championship, during which the title changed hands back and forth between the two, first during the main event of the January 4 1999 edition of RAW, when Mankind defeated The Rock with the help of Stone Cold Steve Austin. The Rock once again captured the WWF title in an "I Quit" Match at the 1999 Royal Rumble when a pre-recorded sample of Mankind saying 'I quit' from an interview segment was played over the sound system. This latest reign did not last long, however. In a match that counter-programmed the Super Bowl halftime show on January 31 1999, Mankind pinned The Rock using a forklift in an Empty Arena Match where the competitors used everything from bags of popcorn to pieces of garbage to punish each other. This feud lasted until the February 15 1999 edition of RAW, where The Rock regained the WWF title in a Ladder Match after The Big Show chokeslammed Mankind off a ladder.

With Mankind out of the way, The Rock had to defend his World Wrestling Federation Championship at WrestleMania XV, against Steve Austin. The Rock lost the WWF Title to Austin at that event, and continued his feud with Austin until May 1999. WWF fans began to cheer The Rock despite him being a heel, due to his comedic interviews, promos and segments which mocked wrestlers and announcers and made him popular to the fans. Johnson eventually made his second face turn after he betrayed Shane McMahon and established a feud with The Undertaker, Triple H and the Corporate Ministry. During this feud, he sometimes found himself fighting alongside Steve Austin. His feud with Undertaker ended with a defeat at the 1999 King of the Ring event, where the Undertaker retained his WWF Championship.

The Rock 'n' Sock Connection (1999)

Later on, still as a face, besides feuding with Triple H, The Rock also feuded with Mr. Ass over the summer of 1999, including an infamous "Kiss My Ass" match at that year's SummerSlam. In the fall of the same year, The Rock found himself in several championship opportunities, both in singles and tag. He teamed with, now former, enemy Mankind to create "The Rock 'n' Sock Connection" and win the WWF Tag Team Championship. Aside from the championships, the team was regarded as one of the most entertaining teams in history, as Mankind imitated The Rock, who ignored Mankind, with both wrestlers having support from the crowd. The team was also involved in a segment which occurred on RAW called "This Is Your Life", in which Mankind brought out people from The Rock's past, such as his high school girlfriend and gym teacher. The segment earned an 8.4 Nielsen rating and is, to this day, one of the single highest rated segments in terms of viewership in RAW history.

Feuds for the WWF Championship (2000-2001)

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In January 2000, The Rock entered in the WWF's annual Royal Rumble match and lasted until he and The Big Show were the final two men. In the final moment of the match, The Big Show was seemingly going to dump the Rock over the top rope in a running powerslam-like position, but when they got to the apron the Rock reversed the throw, sending the Big Show to the outside floor and then came back up. The Rock's feet, however, hit the floor first, although those watching the event did not see that. The Big Show attempted to prove that the Rock's feet, not his, touched the ground first. He did manage to prove it, by providing video footage showing that he was the rightful winner. Despite that, the decision that The Rock had won the Rumble match could not be reversed, so a number one contendership match for the WWF Championship at No Way Out 2000 was held, which saw the Big Show come out on top after Shane McMahon interfered, knocking The Rock in the head with a steel chair as he attempted to finish off his opponent with a People's Elbow. The Rock later defeated The Big Show on March 13 2000 to regain the right to face the WWF Champion, Triple H, at WrestleMania 2000 in a Fatal Four-Way Elimination match where The Big Show and Mick Foley competed as well. Each competitor had a McMahon in their corner; for Triple H, his on-screen wife and then off-screen girlfriend Stephanie McMahon; for Mick Foley, the matriarch Linda McMahon; for The Rock, Vince McMahon; and in Big Show's corner, Shane McMahon. Triple H retained the title when Vince turned on The Rock, giving him two vicious chair shots, allowing Triple H to pin The Rock for the three-count.

Over the next couple of months The Rock feuded with Triple H over the WWF Championship. A month after the match at WrestleMania 2000, The Rock had a rematch with Triple H at Backlash 2000 in which The Rock won the WWF Championship, after Stone Cold Steve Austin made a brief return and intervened on The Rock's behalf. Later, at Judgment Day, the two had an Iron Man match with Shawn Michaels as the special guest referee, that saw The Undertaker return. The Rock got disqualified and lost the title, as a result of The Undertaker attacking Triple H. The following night on RAW, The Rock got his revenge, taking out the entire McMahon-Helmsley Faction with the help of The Undertaker. He later won the WWF Championship back again at King of the Ring 2000 in a tag team match, which saw him team up with Kane and The Undertaker to fight Vince McMahon, Shane McMahon and Triple H. He successfully defended the championship against superstars such as Chris Benoit, Kurt Angle, Triple H, Kane, The Undertaker, and Shane McMahon.

The Rock later lost the WWF Championship to Angle at WWF No Mercy in October. During this time, he feuded with Rikishi and defeated him at Survivor Series. He also participated in a six-man Hell in a Cell match at Armageddon for the WWF Championship, in which Kurt Angle retained the title. Before the match, The Rock cut one of his most successful promos ever, making fun of the other five competitors.

In 2001, The Rock continued his feud with Angle over the WWF Championship and eventually settled it at No Way Out. After a battle that saw both wrestlers kick out of each other's finishers, The Rock finally came out on top and regained the WWF Championship. Afterwards, he feuded with the Royal Rumble 2001 winner, Stone Cold Steve Austin. The Rock went into WrestleMania X-Seven as the WWF Champion, but he was defeated after a shocking turn from Austin, who used Vince McMahon to win the title. During a steel cage match with Austin in a rematch for the WWF title on the following night's RAW, Triple H came down to the ring with a sledgehammer. Many thought he was coming to aid The Rock, due to the hatred between Austin and Triple H (and an argument with Vince earlier in the night), but it transpired that he had joined the Austin/McMahon partnership by hitting The Rock instead. Austin and Triple H became a Tag Team and called themselves The Two-Man Power Trip. After fighting to "No Contest" with Austin in a rematch, (where Triple-H helped Austin avoid his obvious defeat from the hands of The Rock), Rock went on to film the movie "The Mummy Returns" after a storyline suspension from Mr. McMahon.

The Invasion and the return back from Hollywood (2001-2002)

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He returned in late July 2001 and had to decide if he wanted to join the WWF or The Alliance during The Invasion, eventually siding with the WWF. At SummerSlam, The Rock defeated Booker T to win the WCW Championship. He lost the WCW title to Chris Jericho, with whom he won the WWF Tag Team Championship around the same time, at No Mercy.

The Rock ultimately decided to join the WWF in its battle against The Alliance and was involved in a "Winner Takes All" match at Survivor Series, which saw him end up one on one with Steve Austin. The Rock seemed to be superior than Austin, until Chris Jericho, who was also a member of team WWF and was eliminated a few minutes before that point, came inside the ring and attacked The Rock. Austin took advantage of that and tried to defeat The Rock, but Kurt Angle, a supposed teammate of Austin, proved out to be a mole planted by Vince McMahon and hit Austin in the head with a title belt, allowing The Rock to eliminate him, destroying The Alliance once and for all. The Rock closed out the year losing the WCW Championship to Chris Jericho at Vengeance as Jericho became WWF Undisputed Champion. On July 21 2002, The Rock won his record-breaking seventh and final WWE Championship, which was then under the name "WWE Undisputed Championship". He defeated Kurt Angle and The Undertaker in a match at Vengeance, after he hit the Rock Bottom on Angle. The Rock successfully defended the title at Global Warning against Triple H and Brock Lesnar by pinning Triple H. Triple H then saved The Rock after Lesnar tried to ambush him after the match. Johnson finally dropped the WWE Undisputed Championship to Lesnar at SummerSlam 2002, ending his final championship reign.

Final heel turn (2003)

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The Rock's last heel turn began on SmackDown! in February 2003, where he publicly criticized Hulk Hogan. Their WrestleMania X8 rematch at No Way Out ended with The Rock claiming victory again, with assistance from Vince McMahon and Sylvain Grenier. The Rock later drafted himself to RAW and started a feud with The Hurricane and other babyfaces. He also had a comical gimmick, where he played the guitar and sang songs mocking the host city for the event, which culminated in a "Rock concert" that took place during the main event of the March 24 2003 edition of RAW, where The Rock mocked host city Sacramento because of the Sacramento Kings' inability to beat the Los Angeles Lakers. After putting down the city of Sacramento and singing about how he intended to leave as soon as possible, he concluded the song with, "I'll be sure to come back when the Lakers beat the Kings in May!". The crowd booed him vociferously. The Rock also slammed Canada in a song as well, saying "Canadians have no class, that's why they can kiss the People's Ass!"

When Stone Cold Steve Austin returned, they once again feuded, and the Rock defeated Austin at WrestleMania XIX, which was Austin's last major appearance in a wrestling role. The Rock then had a feud with former World Championship Wrestling star Bill Goldberg, losing at Backlash. In this match, both superstars received a mixed reaction from the fans. The Rock then turned face once more by engaging in a one night feud against then heels, Chris Jericho and Christian. Despite that, he declared Christian as his favorite wrestler, and Christian began calling himself the "new people's champion" and referring to his fans as "his peeps."

Sporadic appearances (2004-present)

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The Rock made occasional wrestling appearances up to 2004's WrestleMania XX, when the storyline revolving around Mick Foley had him brought back to help in his feud with Evolution and Randy Orton. One humorous in-ring segment involved The Rock hosting his own version of "This is Your Life" for Foley on the March 8, 2004 edition of RAW. Johnson and Foley went on to lose to Orton, Ric Flair, and Batista at WrestleMania when Orton pinned Foley. This was the last match in The Rock's career.

He made sporadic appearances in WWE following WrestleMania, including standing up for Eugene, making a cameo appearance in his home-town of Miami and helping Foley turn back La Résistance. He hosted a "Pie-Eating Contest" during the Diva Search 2004 and ended the segment by giving Jonathan Coachman a Rock Bottom and a People's Elbow. After this appearance, Johnson reported in several interviews that he was no longer under contract with WWE. He also reported that the reason he was able to continue using the name "The Rock" was part of a dual ownership between him and WWE.

On March 12 2007, The Rock made an appearance on WWE after a near three year absence, appearing on RAW via a pre-taped segment on the titantron. He correctly predicted that Bobby Lashley and Donald Trump would defeat Umaga and Vince McMahon at WrestleMania 23 in their "Battle of the Billionaires" match.

On February 25, 2008, WWE announced that The Rock would make an appearance at the 2008 WWE Hall of Fame Ceremony to induct his father, Rocky Johnson, and his grandfather, Peter Maivia.

In wrestling

• Finishing and signature moves
  • Rock Bottom (Lifting side slam, usually performed while hooking the opponent's leg before lifting the opponent)
  • People's Elbow / Corporate Elbow (Feint leg drop into an elbow drop to the chest, with theatrics)
  • Sharpshooter, often transitioned from a dragon screw legwhip or a double leg takedown - Used as a tribute to Owen Hart
  • Shoulderbreaker - Used as a finisher from 1996-1997, used as a regular move from 1997-2003
  • Diving crossbody - 1996-1997
  • People's DDT (Flowing snap DDT, occasionally proceeded by an arm twist)
  • People's Spinebuster (Double leg takedown spinebuster)
  • Layin' the (Corporate) Smackdown! (A few punches followed into a hand-spitting motion or theatrics finished with another, more powerful punch or slap, which typically levels the opponent or knocks them out of the ring)
  • Float-over DDT
  • Samoan drop
  • Kip-up
  • Arm wrench inside cradle pin

• Signature taunts
  • The People's Eyebrow (The Rock raises his right eyebrow to the opponent / crowd)
  • Just Bring It! (Hand motion telling the opponent to come)
  • Raising his hand to imitate a back hand slap threat.

• Nicknames
  • The People's Champion
  • The Brahma Bull
  • The Corporate Champion
  • The Great One
  • The Most Electrifying Man In Sports Entertainment
  • Rocky

• Managers
  • Debra
  • Vince McMahon
  • Shane McMahon

Relatives in wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • PWI Most Popular Wrestler of the Year award in 1999
  • PWI Most Popular Wrestler of the Year award in 2000
  • PWI Wrestler of the Year award in 2000
  • PWI Match of the Year (vs. Hulk Hogan) in 2002

• United States Wrestling Association
  • USWA Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Bart Sawyer

• World Wrestling Federation | World Wrestling Entertainment
  • WCW Championship (2 times)
  • WWF/E Championship (7 times)² (Most Reigns)
  • WWF Intercontinental Championship (2 times)
  • WWF Tag Team Championship (5 times) – with Mankind (3), The Undertaker (1), and Chris Jericho (1)
  • Royal Rumble (2000)
  • Sixth Triple Crown Champion

Won during The Invasion
²Final reign was as WWE Undisputed Champion

• Wrestling Observer Newsletter
  • Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 2007)

Television and movie career

The overwhelming success of Johnson's in-ring character allowed him to cross over into mainstream popularity, and he appeared on Wyclef Jean's 2000 single "It Doesn't Matter" and the accompanying video. That same year, he co-hosted Saturday Night Live (along with Triple H, Mankind, and The Big Show). The episode was considered a major success, and helped kickstart his acting career. According to Johnson, it was due to the success of that episode that he began receiving offers from Hollywood studios.

He filmed guest roles on Star Trek: Voyager and That '70s Show, and his motion picture debut was a brief appearance as The Scorpion King in the opening of The Mummy Returns. The film's financial success led to his first leading role starring in the follow-up, The Scorpion King. He was considered for the lead in a feature-length Johnny Bravo film, but it was canceled during production.

Since his last WWE match in 2004, he has quit wrestling and focused solely on acting. He also continued to make television appearances, including Disney Channel's hit show Cory in the House, in the episode entitled “Never The Dwayne Shall Meet.” Though Johnson is no longer active with WWE, the company continues to sell "The Rock" merchandise, and Johnson continues to be featured prominently in the opening montages of their television programming.

Johnson was featured in the 2007 Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest salary as an actor in their first starring role. He appeared at the 80th Academy Awards on February 24, 2008 as a presenter for the Best Visual Effects award.

Filmography

Notes

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2. ^ "The Rock's WWE Alumni Profile". WWE.com. Retrieved 2007-06-04.
3. http://www.filmreference.com/film/3/Dwayne-Johnson.html
4. ^ Morgan, Kaya. "Dwayne Johnson — How The Rock Transformed from Pro Wrestler to Bankable Movie Star". Retrieved 2006-12-29.
5. Morgan, Kaya. "University of Miami Famous Alumni". Retrieved 2006-12-29.
6. University of Miami. "University of Miami Receives $2 Million Gift from Alumni Power Couple". Retrieved 2006-12-29.
7. Tim Baines. "Sticking to the Gameplan". Retrieved 2007-09-27.
8. ^ Julie Jordan (June 1, 2007). "Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson & Wife Split Up". People.com. Retrieved 2007-06-04. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
9. "The Rock's Royal Homecoming".
10. "Manu Samoa". Retrieved 2007-12-07.
11. "DJ Rock Foundation: Mission Statement". 2006. Retrieved 2007-06-04.
12. "`The Rock' Gives $1M to Miami Football". Retrieved 2007-10-02.
13. Rock, The (2000). The Rock Says... Chapter 10, "Rocky Maivia": Harper Collins Publishers Inc. pp. pg. 146. ISBN 0-06-039298-3. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: location (link)
14. Christopher Robin Zimmerman. "Slashwrestling RAW report - with ratings". Retrieved 2007-01-13.
15. "Johnson Family Reunion". WWE.com. 2008-02-25. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |2= (help); Text "http://www.wwe.com/superstars/halloffame/articles/rockathof" ignored (help)
16. Reuters (September 14, 2006). "'The Rock' rules out return to wrestling". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 2007-06-04. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help); Check date values in: |date= (help)
17. "The Rock Drops By 'Cory in the House'". Disney Fan Club. Retrieved 2008-02-10.
18. "Dwayne Johnson Biography". Movies.com. Retrieved 2007-11-05.

External links

• WWE Alumni Profile
• Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson at IMDb
• Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson at NNDB

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