| Date of Birth |
2 May
1972
, Hayward, California, USA |
| Birth Name | Dwayne Douglas Johnson |
| Nicknames |
The People's Champion
The Brahma Bull
The Great One
The Rock |
| Height |
6' 4" (1.93 m) |
Biography
Dwayne Douglas Johnson was born in Hayward, California on May 2nd 1972 to Rocky Johnson and Ata Johnson.
While growing up, Dwayne traveled around a lot with his parents and
watched his father perform in the ring. During his high school years,
Dwayne began playing football and he soon received a full scholarship
from the University of Miami where he had tremendous success as a
football player. In 1995, Dwayne suffered a back injury which cost him a
place in the NFL. He then signed a 3 year deal with the Canadian League
but left after a year to pursue a career in wrestling. He made his
wrestling debut in the USWA under the name Flex Kavanah where he won the
tag team championship with Brett Sawyer. In 1996, Dwayne joined the WWE
and became Rocky Maivia where he joined a group known as "The Nation of
Domination" and turned heel. Rocky eventually took over leadership of
the "Nation" and began taking the persona of The Rock. After the
"Nation" split, The Rock joined another elite group of wrestlers known
as the "Corporation" and began a memorable feud with Steve Austin.
Soon the Rock was kicked out of the "Corporation". He turned face and
became known as "The Peoples Champion". In 2000, the Rock took time off
from WWE to film his appearance in The Mummy Returns (2001). He returned in 2001 during the WCW/ECW invasion where he joined a team of WWE wrestlers at The Scorpion King (2002), a prequel to The Mummy Returns (2001). He is divorced from his first wife Dany Garcia (Garcia). They have a daughter together named Simone Alexandra, born in 2001.
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