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Dwayne Johnson

May 04, 2024

"Rock Johnson" redirects here. Not to be confused with Rocky Johnson, Duane Johnson, Dewayne Johnson, or Wayne Johnson.

Dwayne Douglas Johnson (born May 2, 1972), also known by his ring name The Rock, is an American actor, businessman, and professional wrestler. As a wrestler, he is signed to WWE, where he performs on a part-time basis and is a member of The Bloodline. Widely regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time,[6][7] he was integral to the development and success of the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) during the Attitude Era, an industry boom period in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Johnson wrestled for the WWF full-time for eight years before pursuing an acting career. His films have grossed over $3.5 billion in North America and over $10.5 billion worldwide,[8] making him one of the world's highest-grossing and highest-paid actors.[9][10][11] He is a co-owner of the United Football League (UFL), a professional American football league.[12][13][14] He is also a member of the board of directors of TKO Group Holdings, the parent company of UFC and WWE.[15][16][17] In 2012, he co-founded the entertainment production company Seven Bucks Productions.[18] He is the founder of Teremana Tequila, which is approximately valued at $3.5 billion.[19]

Dwayne Johnson
Johnson in 2023
Born
Dwayne Douglas Johnson

(1972-05-02) May 2, 1972 (age 52)
Hayward, California, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Miami (BGS)[1]
Occupations
Years active
  • 1996–2004, 2011–2019, 2023–Present (wrestling)
  • 1999–present (acting)
WorksFilmography
Spouses
  • ​
    ​
    (m. 1997; div. 2008)​
  • Lauren Hashian
    ​
    (m. 2019)​
Children3, including Ava
Parents
FamilyAnoaʻi
Ring name(s)
  • Flex Kavana
  • Rocky Maivia
  • The Rock[2]
Billed height6 ft 5 in (196 cm)[3][1]
Billed weight260 lb (118 kg)[3][1]
Billed fromMiami, Florida, U.S.[3][1]
Trained by
DebutMarch 10, 1996[4]
Signature

After accepting an athletic scholarship to play football at the University of Miami, he was a member of the 1991 national championship team but was largely a backup player.[20] Despite aspirations to professional football, he went undrafted in the 1995 NFL draft, and briefly signed with the Calgary Stampeders before being cut in his first season.[21] In 1996, Johnson's father Rocky assisted in helping him secure a contract with the WWF.[2] Johnson quickly rose to global prominence, aided by a gimmick he employed as a charismatic trash talker. Johnson left the WWE in 2004 and returned in 2011 as a part-time performer until 2013, making sporadic appearances from thereon until 2019[22] where he quietly retired until 2023, where he returned once again on a part-time basis. A 10-time world champion, including the promotion's first of African-American descent,[23] he is also a two-time Intercontinental Champion, a five-time Tag Team Champion, the 2000 Royal Rumble winner, and WWE's sixth Triple Crown champion. Johnson headlined multiple pay-per-view events, including WWE's flagship event WrestleMania six times (15, 16, 17, 28, 29 and 40) which includes the most-bought professional wrestling pay-per-view (WrestleMania 28) and main evented the most watched episodes of WWE's flagship television series (Raw and SmackDown).[24][25]

Johnson's first film role was in The Mummy Returns (2001). The next year, he played his first leading role in the action fantasy film The Scorpion King. He has since starred in family films The Game Plan (2007), Race to Witch Mountain (2009), Tooth Fairy (2010), Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017), Jumanji: The Next Level (2019), and Jungle Cruise (2021), and the action films Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012), G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013), Hercules (2014), Skyscraper (2018), San Andreas (2015) and Rampage (2018). He also starred in the action comedy films Get Smart (2008), Central Intelligence (2016), Baywatch (2017), and Red Notice (2021). His role as Luke Hobbs in the Fast & Furious films, beginning with Fast Five (2011), helped the franchise become one of the highest-grossing in film.[26] He joined the DC Extended Universe playing the title role in Black Adam (2022).[27] He is also known for voicing Maui in the Disney animated film Moana (2016) and is set to reprise the role in the upcoming live action remake.[28]

Johnson produced and starred in the HBO comedy-drama series Ballers (2015–2019)[29] and the autobiographical sitcom Young Rock (2021). His autobiography, The Rock Says, was released in 2000 and was a New York Times bestseller.[30][31] In 2016 and 2019, Time named Johnson as one of the world's most influential people.[32][33]

Early life and education

 
As a senior at Freedom High School in Bethlehem Township, Pennsylvania, Johnson was a member of the school's football, track and field, and wrestling teams when, he says, his "thought process started to change. That's when I started thinking about goals and what I wanted to accomplish."

Johnson was born in Hayward, California,[34][35] on May 2, 1972,[36] the son of Mataniufeagaimaleata "Ata" Fitisemanu (née Maivia)[37][38] and former professional wrestler Rocky Johnson (born Wayde Douglas Bowles).[39][40] Growing up, he briefly lived in Grey Lynn in Auckland, New Zealand, with his mother's family,[41] where he played rugby[42] and attended Richmond Road Primary School before returning to the U.S.[41]

Johnson's father was a Black Nova Scotian with a small amount of Irish ancestry.[43][44][45] His mother is Samoan. His father and Tony Atlas were the first black tag team champions in WWE history, in 1983.[46][47] His mother is the adopted daughter of Peter Maivia, who was also a professional wrestler.[48] Johnson's maternal grandmother Lia was one of the first female pro wrestling promoters, taking over Polynesian Pacific Pro Wrestling after her husband's death in 1982 and managing it until 1988.[49][50] Through his maternal grandfather Maivia, Johnson is a non-blood relative of the Anoaʻi wrestling family.[51][52][53][54][55] In 2008, he inducted his father and grandfather into the WWE Hall of Fame.[56]

Johnson attended Montclaire Elementary School in Charlotte, North Carolina, and then moved to Hamden, Connecticut, where he attended Shepherd Glen Elementary School and then Hamden Middle School.[57][58] He attended President William McKinley High School in Honolulu and then Glencliff High School and McGavock High School, both in Nashville, Tennessee, and then Freedom High School in Bethlehem Township, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of the state, where he graduated in 1990.[59]

At Freedom High School, Johnson initially struggled and was drawn into a culture of conflict and petty crime. By age 17, he had been arrested several times for fighting, theft, and check fraud, and was suspended two weeks for fighting.[60] An article in the local newspaper labeled him "a troubled teenager with a history of run-ins with police." But Freedom High School football coach Jody Cwik saw athletic potential in Johnson, and recruited him to join the school's football team, where he played defensive tackle, an experience that proved to be a significant personal transformation for Johnson. "My thought process started to change. That's when I started thinking about goals and what I wanted to accomplish", he has since said about his high school football experience.[20] In addition to playing football, Johnson also was a member of Freedom High School's track and field and wrestling teams.[39]

By his senior year at Freedom High School, Johnson had played only two years of football, but was offered a full athletic scholarship offer from the University of Miami, whose football program was beginning to emerge as one of the nation's top-level NCAA Division 1 teams.[20]

Football career

College career

Dwayne Johnson
No. 94
PositionDefensive tackle
MajorCriminology and physiology
Personal information
Born:May 2, 1972 (1972-05-02) (age 52)
Hayward, California, U.S.
Height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight253 lb (115 kg)
Career history
College
Bowl games
High schoolFreedom High School
(Bethlehem, Pennsylvania)
Career highlights and awards

As he did in high school, Johnson continued to play defensive tackle at the University of Miami, where he was a member of the Miami Hurricanes 1991 team, which won that year's national championship.[61][39] Despite playing four years there, however, Johnson found himself behind elite players on the depth chart, including future NFL star and Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee Warren Sapp, and appeared mostly in backup roles.[62][63] In his time at Miami, Johnson played in 39 games with one start. He recorded 4.5 sacks and 77 tackles.[64]

In 1995, Johnson graduated with a Bachelor of General Studies and a dual major in criminology and physiology.[65] He was also one of the university's most prolific student speakers in the Miami-area community, frequently delivering positive messages about his own struggles and encouraging students to remain in school and avoid the dangers of drug use.[66]

Canadian Football League

After graduating, Johnson was signed by the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League. Calgary moved him from defensive tackle to linebacker. He was assigned to Calgary's practice roster, but was cut two months into Calgary's 1995 season.[39][67][68]

Professional wrestling career

Early career (1996)

After being cut by Calgary, Johnson began his professional wrestling career the next year, in 1996.[39] Veteran wrestler Pat Patterson secured several tryout matches for Johnson with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1996. Wrestling at first under his real name, Johnson defeated The Brooklyn Brawler at a house show on March 10[69] and lost matches to Chris Candido and Owen Hart.[41] After wrestling at Jerry Lawler's United States Wrestling Association under the name Flex Kavana and winning the USWA tag team championship twice with his partner Bart Sawyer in the summer of 1996, Johnson was signed to a WWF contract. He received additional training from Tom Prichard, alongside Achim Albrecht and Mark Henry.[5][41]

World Wrestling Federation / World Wrestling Entertainment

Intercontinental Champion (1996–1997)

Johnson made his WWF debut as Rocky Maivia, a combination of his father and grandfather's ring names, although announcers acknowledged his real name.[70] He was initially reluctant to take this ring name but was persuaded by Vince McMahon and Jim Ross.[50][71] He was given the nickname "The Blue Chipper", and to play up his lineage, he was hyped as the WWF's first third-generation wrestler.[3] A clean-cut face character, Maivia was pushed heavily from the start despite his wrestling inexperience. He debuted on Monday Night Raw as a member of Marc Mero's entourage on November 4, 1996.[72] His first match came at Survivor Series on November 17, 1996, in an eight-man elimination tag match; he was the sole survivor and eliminated the final two members of the opposing team, Crush and Goldust.[73] On February 13, 1997, he won the Intercontinental Championship from Hunter Hearst Helmsley on Monday Night Raw.[74][75][76] Maivia then successfully defended the title against Helmsley at In Your House 13: Final Four.

Johnson's first WrestleMania match came at WrestleMania 13 on March 23, 1997, where he was victorious in his Intercontinental Championship defense against The Sultan. WWF fans started to reject his character and push from the company.[77] He defeated Bret Hart by disqualification in a title defense on the March 31 episode of Raw is War.[78] Behind the scenes, Hart mentored Johnson for his first year in WWF[79] and refused to be booked to take the title from him.[80] On April 20, at In Your House 14: Revenge of the 'Taker, he lost to Savio Vega by countout but retained the title. Audiences became increasingly hostile toward Maivia, with chants of "die, Rocky, die" and "Rocky sucks" being heard during his matches.[2][50]

After losing the Intercontinental Championship to Owen Hart on the April 28, 1997, episode of Raw Is War,[81] Maivia suffered a legitimate knee injury in a match against Mankind in June 1997 and spent several months recovering.[2]

Nation of Domination (1997–1998)

See also: Nation of Domination

Upon returning in August 1997, Maivia turned heel for the first time in his career by lashing out at fans who had been booing him and joining Faarooq, D'Lo Brown and Kama in the stable called the Nation of Domination.[82] 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. The Rock would then regularly insult the audience, WWF performers, and interviewers in his promos.[82]

At D-Generation X: In Your House on December 7, 1997, Stone Cold Steve Austin defeated the Rock in under six minutes to retain the Intercontinental Championship.[83] The next night on Raw Is War, Austin was ordered by Mr. McMahon 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.[84][85] The Rock feuded with Austin and Ken Shamrock through the end of 1997 and beginning of 1998.[86][87] On January 19, 1998, at the Royal Rumble, the Rock defeated Shamrock by disqualification to retain the Intercontinental title. Later that night, he entered the Royal Rumble match and lasted until the final two before he was eliminated by Stone Cold Steve Austin. On March 29, at WrestleMania XIV, he defeated Shamrock by disqualification once again to retain the title. The next night, on Raw is War, the Rock debuted a new Intercontinental Championship design and would later overthrow Faarooq as leader of the Nation of Domination to spark a feud between the two. He then successfully defended the Intercontinental title against Faarooq at Over the Edge: In Your House on May 31. The stable would then refer to themselves as simply "The Nation".[88]

The Rock and the Nation then feuded with Triple H and D-Generation X, with the two stable leaders first meeting in the quarter-final of the 1998 King of the Ring tournament, which the Rock won. At King of the Ring, the Rock defeated Dan Severn in the semi-final match and lost to rival Ken Shamrock in the final. The Rock then resumed his feud with Triple H, as the two had a two out of three falls match at Fully Loaded: In Your House for the Intercontinental title, which the Rock retained in controversial fashion.[89] This led to a ladder match at SummerSlam on August 30, 1998, where the Rock lost the title.[90]

In the latter half of 1998, The Rock saw a big uptick in fan support. He also started consolidating his famous persona during this time, which would last until 2000.[91] His popularity caused him to be booked in a feud with fellow Nation members Mark Henry and D'Lo Brown, turning babyface in the process. Henry defeated him at Judgment Day: In Your House on October 18, 1998, after interference from Brown, effectively breaking up the stable.[92][93]

WWF Champion and rise to superstardom (1998–2000)

See also: The Corporation and Rock 'n' Sock Connection
 
As part of The Corporation, the Rock feuded with Stone Cold Steve Austin and stole Austin's personalized WWF Championship and his "Smoking Skull" belt.

The Rock was then entered into the "Deadly Game" tournament for the vacant WWF Championship. The finals occurred at Survivor Series on November 15, 1998, where the Rock defeated Vince McMahon's associate, Mankind, to win his first WWF Championship.[94][95] A "double turn" then occurred as the Rock turned heel again after allying with Vince and Shane McMahon as the crown jewel of their stable, The Corporation, after the McMahons betrayed Mankind.[94][96] On December 13, 1998, at the pay-per-view named after him, Rock Bottom: In Your House, the Rock had a rematch with Mankind for the WWF Championship. Mankind appeared to win the match when the Rock passed out to the Mandible Claw submission move, but Vince McMahon ruled that since the Rock did not tap out, he retained his title.[96][97]

In the main event of the January 4, 1999, episode of Raw Is War, Mankind defeated the Rock for the championship after interference from Stone Cold Steve Austin.[98] Then at the Royal Rumble on January 24, 1999, the Rock regained the title in an "I Quit" match, a type of submission match that only ends if one of the combatants says "I quit" on a microphone. Intended to show a vicious streak in the Rock's character, the Rock hit Mankind in the head with a steel chair 11 times instead of the scripted five, five shots already being risky (most wrestling matches in the Attitude Era involving steel chairs had at most 2 or 3 shots to the head). After the fifth shot, Mankind was still ringside instead of two-thirds up the entrance ramp where he was supposed to be, and after the eleventh shot, which knocked Mankind out, a recording of Mankind saying "I Quit" from an earlier interview was played over the public address system.[99][100] On January 31, during an episode of Sunday Night Heat, the Rock and Mankind participated in an Empty Arena match, a match that took place in an arena with 22,000 empty seats where any part of the facility could be used to contest the match. After 20 minutes of chaotic brawling in the ring, the stands, a kitchen, the catering area, an office, the arena corridors and finally a basement loading area, Mankind pinned the Rock using a forklift truck to win the WWF title.[101] The two faced off again, at St. Valentine's Day Massacre: In Your House on February 14, 1999, in a Last Man Standing match which ended in a draw, meaning Mankind retained the title. Their feud ended on the February 15 Raw Is War, when the Rock won his third WWF Championship in a Ladder Match after a debuting Big Show interfered on his behalf.[102][103] The Rock then lost the WWF Championship to Stone Cold Steve Austin at WrestleMania XV on March 28, 1999.[104]

 
The Rock's popularity was fueled by his charisma and speaking abilities, which led to many catchphrases and merchandising opportunities.

The Rock's popularity continued to grow and audiences still cheered for him even though he was a heel. He then lost the title rematch against Stone Cold Steve Austin at Backlash: In Your House on April 25, 1999.[105] The next night on Raw is War he was fired from the Corporation after he was betrayed by Shane McMahon, turning him face again and starting a feud with Triple H, The Undertaker and The Corporate Ministry. On April 29, 1999, WWF aired the pilot episode of SmackDown!, a term derived from one of the Rock's catchphrases. In the episode, the Rock continued his feud with The Corporate Ministry. This led to a match with Triple H, at Over the Edge on May 23, 1999, which the Rock won,[106] and a match for the WWF Championship against The Undertaker, at King of the Ring, which the Rock lost.[107] The Rock then lost a number one contender's match to Triple H, at Fully Loaded, after interference from "Mr. Ass" Billy Gunn.[108] The Rock then defeated Gunn in a Kiss My Ass match at SummerSlam on August 22, 1999. The Rock was also given the privilege of having his own signature match, like The Undertaker with the Buried Alive match, Kane with the Inferno Match and Mankind with the Boiler Room Brawl: the Brahma Bullrope match, a variant of a strap match was a normal singles match where the components are tied together with a rope used for cattle farming, and the rope and its attached cowbell could both be used as weapons. The Rock contested this match twice, both times in Texas (vs Triple H in Dallas, and vs Al Snow in Houston).[109]

Shortly after SummerSlam, the Rock began teaming with former opponent Mankind and the two became known as the Rock 'n' Sock Connection.[110] They became WWF Tag Team Champions for the first time after defeating The Undertaker and Big Show for the titles on the August 30, 1999, episode of Raw is War.[111][112] The two performed a number of critically acclaimed comedic skits together, including one called "This Is Your Life", which saw Mankind bring parody versions of people from the Rock's past on television, such as his high school girlfriend and his high school football coach, only to have the Rock insult them. The segment earned an 8.4 Nielsen rating, one of the highest ratings ever for a Raw segment.[113] The two lost the titles back to Undertaker and Big Show on the September 9 episode of SmackDown! and won them back from them on the September 20 episode of Raw is War.[114][115] Rock and Mankind then lost the titles to The New Age Outlaws on the very next episode of SmackDown!.[116] Rock and Mankind would win the tag titles for the third and final time after beating the New Age Outlaws on the October 14 episode of SmackDown! before losing the titles to The Holly Cousins on the October 18 episode of Raw is War.[117][118]

At the Royal Rumble, on January 23, 2000, the Rock entered the Royal Rumble match and was one of the final two remaining, along with Big Show. In an attempt at a "false finish", Big Show intended to throw the Rock over the top rope in a running powerslam-like position, before the Rock countered the move on the ring apron, sending Big Show to the floor before reentering the ring as the winner.[119] But the Rock's feet accidentally hit the floor during the reversal attempt, though those watching the event on television did not see that. This was played up in the storyline as Big Show provided additional video footage showing it and claimed to be the rightful winner. 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.[120] The Rock then defeated Big Show on the March 13 episode of Raw Is War, to regain the right to face the WWF Champion, Triple H, at WrestleMania 2000 on April 2, in a Fatal Four-way elimination match, also including Big Show and Mick Foley.[121][122] Each wrestler had a McMahon in his corner: Triple H had his wife Stephanie, Foley had Linda, the Rock had Vince and Big Show had Shane.[122][123] The Rock lasted until the final two but was eliminated by Triple H after Vince betrayed him by hitting him with a chair.[123][124]

Due to his image at the time, a Magic: The Gathering deck archetype was named after him.[125]

Record-breaking world champion (2000–2002)

 
The Rock as the WWF Champion in 2000

In the following weeks, the Rock continued his feud with Triple H and eventually won his fourth WWF Championship, which he won on April 30, at Backlash, after Stone Cold Steve Austin intervened on his behalf.[126][127] The following night on Raw, he successfully defended his title against Shane McMahon in a Steel Cage match. On May 21, at Judgment Day, the Rock faced Triple H in an Iron Man match with Shawn Michaels as the special guest referee.[128] With the score tied at five falls each, and with seconds left on the time limit, the Rock was disqualified when The Undertaker attacked Triple H, thus giving Triple H the 6–5 win and the title.[128][129] The Rock won the WWF Championship for a fifth time at King of the Ring on June 25 by scoring the winning pin in a six-man tag team match, teaming with Kane and The Undertaker against Shane McMahon, Triple H and Vince McMahon, whom he pinned.[130][131] The Rock successfully defended the championship against Chris Benoit, on July 23, at Fully Loaded. The next month, he successfully defended his title against Kurt Angle and Triple H at SummerSlam. The Rock had another successful title defense against Benoit, Kane and The Undertaker, on September 24, at Unforgiven.[132]

The Rock then lost the WWF Championship to Kurt Angle, at No Mercy, on October 22, 2000.[133] The next month, the Rock feuded with Rikishi and defeated him at Survivor Series.[134] The Rock wrestled a six-man Hell in a Cell match for the WWF Championship, at Armageddon, which Angle won to retain the title.[135] On the December 18 episode of Raw, the Rock won the WWF Tag Team Championship with The Undertaker, defeating Edge and Christian, before losing it back to them the next night at a SmackDown! taping.[136] In 2001, the Rock continued to feud with Angle over the WWF Championship, culminating at No Way Out on February 25, 2001, where he pinned Angle to win the WWF Championship for a sixth time.[137][138] The Rock then feuded with the Royal Rumble winner, Stone Cold Steve Austin, whom he lost the title to at WrestleMania X-Seven after Austin allied with Vince McMahon, who interfered on his behalf.[139] On the next night's Raw Is War, during a steel cage title rematch, Triple H attacked the Rock, allying with McMahon and Austin and helping Austin retain the championship.[140] Austin and Triple H then formed a tag team called The Power Trip,[141] while the Rock was indefinitely suspended in storyline. Johnson used this time off to act in The Scorpion King.

 
The Rock taunting an opponent at ringside at WWF Raw, October 2001

The Rock returned in late July 2001 when the WWF was feuding with rival promotions World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) during what is known as The Invasion storyline. In reality, WCW was purchased by Vince McMahon and the WWF, and ECW had gone out of business in early 2001. Many former WCW and ECW wrestlers were then brought onto WWF television and formed The Alliance to compete with WWF in storyline. The Alliance and Vince McMahon then both attempted to persuade the Rock to join their team. The Rock then aligned with McMahon and the WWF. The next month, the Rock defeated Booker T, at SummerSlam, to win the WCW Championship for the first time.[142][143] He later lost the title to Chris Jericho at No Mercy on October 21, 2001.[144][145] The next night on Raw, he teamed with Jericho to win the WWF Tag Team Championship from The Dudley Boyz. The two then lost the tag titles to Booker T and Test on the November 1, 2001, episode of SmackDown!.[146] The Rock defeated Jericho on the November 5 episode of Raw for his second WCW Championship.[147]

As part of the WWF's battle against The Alliance, the Rock wrestled in a "winner takes all" five-on-five elimination tag team match at Survivor Series where the losing team's company would be dissolved in storyline. He was a member of Team WWF along with Chris Jericho, The Undertaker, Kane, and Big Show. The Alliance's team consisted of Stone Cold Steve Austin, Kurt Angle, Booker T, Rob Van Dam, and Shane McMahon. In the end, it came down to a one-on-one between the Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin. The Rock seemed to have the upper hand, until his teammate Jericho entered the ring and attacked the Rock. Austin tried to capitalize on this by pinning the Rock, but Kurt Angle revealed his true allegiance by attacking Austin. The Rock then pinned Austin, giving Team WWF the victory and forcing The Alliance to disband. The Rock's WCW Championship was renamed the unbranded "World Championship" following the Alliance's loss.[148] 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.[149] The Rock then unsuccessfully challenged Jericho for the now Undisputed WWF Championship at Royal Rumble on January 20, 2002.[150]

 
The Rock doing his signature pose before wrestling Hulk Hogan (bottom right) at WrestleMania X8, March 2002

At the next pay-per-view, No Way Out on February 17, 2002, the Rock defeated The Undertaker in a singles match. The event also saw the WWF debut of the famed WCW faction New World Order, which at the time consisted of "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan, Kevin Nash, and Scott Hall.[151] This later led to a match between the Rock and Hogan at WrestleMania X8 on March 17, 2002. The match was billed as "icon versus icon", with both men representing the top tier of two generations of wrestling; ultimately the Rock pinned Hogan at WrestleMania X8 to win the match.[152] Despite the Rock portraying a heroic character and Hogan a villain, a portion of the crowd attending the SkyDome was rooting heavily for Hogan.[153][154] In an interview in 2013, Hogan said he and the Rock changed the style of the match on the fly based on the crowd's response.[155] After the introduction of the first-ever brand extension, the WWF held a "draft lottery" on the March 25, 2002, episode of Raw. The Rock was the number one overall pick, going to the SmackDown! brand before taking a sabbatical from wrestling.[156]

The Rock made a surprise return on a June episode of Raw before going to his assigned brand of SmackDown!. There, he was named the number one contender for the WWE Undisputed Championship, which he won for a record-setting seventh time at Vengeance, on July 21, by defeating Kurt Angle and then-champion The Undertaker in a Triple Threat match.[157][158] The Rock successfully defended the title at the Global Warning event against Triple H and Brock Lesnar after pinning Triple H.[159] On August 25, at SummerSlam, after interference from Lesnar's manager Paul Heyman, the Rock lost the WWE Undisputed Championship to Lesnar along with the record for the youngest WWE Champion, which he had set in 1998.[160] In 2018, writing for ESPN.com, Sean Coyle noted in a retrospective review of the event, that following his victory over Hulk Hogan at WrestleMania X8, the Rock "started to see a dip in fan support" and "that dip turned into a plunge" by the time Rock had his match with Lesnar at SummerSlam because fans knew he was leaving WWE to pursue an acting career,[161] as evidenced by the negative crowd response during his match with Lesnar.[162] After SummerSlam ended, the Rock was visibly angry at the crowd reaction. When he tried to do a post-show speech for the crowd, the fans booed him.[163] The Rock then took time off to kickstart his acting career.[164]

Hollywood Rock (2003)

 
The Rock defeated Stone Cold Steve Austin (left) in Austin's final match at WrestleMania XIX in March 2003.

The Rock returned on the January 30, 2003, episode of SmackDown! to set up another match with Hulk Hogan at No Way Out.[165] Because of negative fan reaction during previous matches as a result of his budding acting career, The Rock turned heel for the first time since 1999. He also started a new persona that has been called Hollywood Rock, with a new look and a shaved head.[166][167] The Rock defeated Hogan at No Way Out before moving to the Raw brand.[168] There, he had various small feuds, including one with The Hurricane.[169] He also began performing "Rock Concerts", segments in which he played the guitar and mocked WWE performers and fans in song.[170]

After failing to win a number one contendership for the World Heavyweight Championship, The Rock went into another program with Stone Cold Steve Austin. This led to a match at WrestleMania XIX on March 30, 2003, which called back to their previous two WrestleMania encounters, both of which Austin had won.[171] The Rock won after delivering three consecutive Rock Bottoms, ending their long-running rivalry in what turned out to be Austin's final match, until WrestleMania 38.[2][172] The next night, Raw was billed as "The Rock Appreciation Night", in honor of his victory over Austin. That night, he was attacked by a debuting Goldberg.[173] At Backlash on April 27, 2003, Goldberg defeated The Rock, who then briefly left WWE to film Walking Tall.[2][174]

Final feuds and departure (2003–2004)

On the June 2 episode of Raw, The Rock turned face after joining the Highlight Reel and attacking Christian and Chris Jericho with Booker T.[175] He would later return on the December 8 episode of Raw to help Mick Foley against La Résistance. In 2004, The Rock aided Mick Foley in his feud against Evolution,[3][2][176] leading to a reunion of the Rock 'n' Sock Connection. They lost against Ric Flair, Randy Orton, and Batista in a handicap match at WrestleMania XX on March 14, 2004, when Orton pinned Foley after an RKO.[2][177] This was Johnson's final wrestling match until November 2011. The Rock appeared in WWE sporadically following WrestleMania XX. He made returns to provide support for Eugene against Jonathan Coachman and made a cameo in his hometown of Miami, where he confronted Randy Orton.[2] On the August 23 episode of Raw, he hosted a pie-eating contest, as part of the WWE Diva Search, and ended the segment by giving Coachman a People's Elbow.[2] The Rock's contract with WWE then ended and he started his full-time acting career.[178]

Non-wrestling appearances (2007–2009)

On March 12, 2007, the Rock appeared on a WWE show after nearly three years, via a pre-taped promo shown during Raw. He correctly predicted that Bobby Lashley would defeat Umaga at WrestleMania 23 in Donald Trump's and Vince McMahon's "Battle of the Billionaires" Hair vs. Hair match.[179] On March 29, 2008, Johnson inducted his father Rocky Johnson and grandfather Peter Maivia into the WWE Hall of Fame.[180] His next appearance was through a pre-taped promo on October 2, 2009, during the Decade of SmackDown.[181]

Independent circuit (2009)

On September 30, 2009, the Rock appeared at a World Xtreme Wrestling (WXW) show to support the professional wrestling debut of Sarona Snuka, the daughter of his longtime friend and mentor Jimmy Snuka.[182]

Return to WWE

Feud with John Cena (2011–2013)

 
The Rock in the ring as WrestleMania XXVII host, April 2011

On February 14, 2011, the Rock was announced as the host of WrestleMania XXVII on April 3, 2011, appearing live on Raw for the first time in almost seven years. During a lengthy promo, he addressed the fans and started a feud with John Cena.[183][184] After numerous appearances via satellite, the Rock appeared live on the Raw before WrestleMania XXVII to confront Cena. After he and Cena exchanged insults, The Miz and Alex Riley appeared and attacked the Rock; he fended off Miz and Riley, only for Cena to blindside him with an Attitude Adjustment.[185]

 
The Rock and John Cena (left) on Raw, agreeing to a match at WrestleMania XXVIII one year in advance

On April 3, at WrestleMania XXVII, the Rock opened the show by cutting a promo. After appearing in numerous backstage segments, the Rock came to ringside to restart the main event between Cena and The Miz as a No Disqualification match, after it had ended in a draw. As revenge for the Attitude Adjustment Cena had given him on Raw, Rock hit Cena with the Rock Bottom, allowing The Miz to pin him and retain the WWE Championship. After the match, Rock attacked Miz and hit him with the People's Elbow.[186] The next night on Raw, the Rock and Cena agreed to a match at WrestleMania XXVIII the next year. They then worked together to fend off an attack by The Corre, which at the time consisted of Wade Barrett, Heath Slater, Justin Gabriel, and Ezekiel Jackson.[187]

The Rock appeared live on Raw in his hometown of Miami to celebrate his 39th birthday.[188] On September 16, WWE announced the Rock would wrestle in a traditional 5-on-5 Survivor Series tag team match, teaming with Cena at Survivor Series in November.[189] But on the October 24 episode of Raw, Cena instead suggested the Rock be his partner in a standard tag team match against The Miz and R-Truth, a team called Awesome Truth,[190] which Rock agreed to the next week.[191] On November 14, during the special Raw Gets Rocked, the Rock appeared live, delivering Rock Bottoms to Mick Foley, who had been hosting a "This Is Your Life"-style segment for Cena, and later both members of Awesome Truth.[192] The Rock and Cena defeated Awesome Truth on November 20 at Survivor Series, when the Rock pinned The Miz. After the match, the Rock gave Cena a Rock Bottom.[193]

 
The Rock celebrating his victory at WrestleMania XXVIII, April 2012

Leading up to WrestleMania, the Rock and Cena had several verbal confrontations on Raw.[194][195] On the March 12, 2012, episode of Raw, the Rock hosted his first "Rock Concert" segment since 2004, mocking Cena in his songs.[196] On April 1, at WrestleMania XXVIII, the Rock defeated Cena in the main event after countering Cena's attempt at a People's Elbow into a Rock Bottom and pinning Cena.[197] This event broke the record for biggest professional wrestling pay-per-view buyrate. The following night on Raw, the Rock praised Cena, calling their match "an honor". He then vowed to once again become WWE Champion.[198]

On July 23, at Raw 1000, the Rock announced he would wrestle for the WWE Championship at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view. During the show, he encountered then-reigning WWE Champion CM Punk, Daniel Bryan, and John Cena, all of whom expressed a desire to face him. The Rock later saved Cena from an assault by Big Show, only to be laid out by CM Punk.[199] On the January 7, 2013, episode of Raw, the Rock returned to confront his Royal Rumble opponent CM Punk.[200] On January 11, he made his first SmackDown appearance in ten years, getting into an altercation with Team Rhodes Scholars, resulting in him delivering a Rock Bottom to Damien Sandow and a People's Elbow to Cody Rhodes.[201] The Rock closed out the 20th-anniversary episode of Raw, on January 14, with one of his "Rock Concerts", leading to a brawl with CM Punk.[202] The following week on Raw, the Rock was attacked by The Shield. Vince McMahon then asserted that if The Shield attacked the Rock in his title match with CM Punk, Punk would be stripped of the WWE Championship.[203]

 
The Rock revealing the brand new WWE Championship design on WWE Raw, February 2013

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. Vince McMahon then came out and was about to strip Punk of the championship, however, at the Rock's request, he instead restarted the match. This culminated in the Rock defeating Punk to win his eighth WWE Championship.[204] Punk received a title rematch with the Rock, at Elimination Chamber on February 17, 2013, with the added stipulation that if the Rock was disqualified or counted out, he would still lose the WWE Championship. The Rock would pin Punk to defeat him and retain the championship.[205] 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.[206] The Rock then resumed his rivalry with John Cena, who won that year's Royal Rumble to set up a rematch of the previous WrestleMania match between the two at WrestleMania 29, only this time with the WWE Championship on the line.[207][208]

On April 7, at WrestleMania 29, Rock lost the WWE Championship to Cena, ending his reign at 70 days.[209] Despite being advertised for Raw after WrestleMania, where it was stated that the Rock was still entitled a rematch for the WWE Championship,[210] The Rock did not appear because of a real injury sustained during his match with Cena, in which his abdominal and adductor tendons tore from his pelvis.[211] Johnson underwent surgery on April 23 to reattach the torn tendons.[212] Post surgery, it made his abdomen look far less muscular than the rest of his body, notably his arms.[213]

Part-time appearances (2014–2024)

 
The Rock (right) confronts Hulk Hogan at WrestleMania XXX, April 2014.

In April 2014, the Rock appeared in the opening segment of WrestleMania XXX along with Stone Cold Steve Austin and Hulk Hogan.[214] On the October 6 episode of Raw, the Rock made a surprise appearance to confront Rusev and Lana; this resulted in the Rock clearing Rusev from the ring.[215]

The Rock appeared at the 2015 Royal Rumble event on January 25, 2015, during the main event match, where he helped his relative Roman Reigns fend off Big Show and Kane after Reigns eliminated them from the match. Reigns then won the match and the Rock endorsed him in the ring.[216][217][218] The Rock appeared at WrestleMania 31 on March 29, 2015, alongside Ronda Rousey, getting into an in-ring altercation with Triple H and Stephanie McMahon. Rock and Rousey prevailed after he attacked Triple H and she overpowered McMahon.[219] On June 27, the Rock appeared at a live event in Boston, where he confronted Bo Dallas and gave him a Rock Bottom.[220]

 
The Wyatt Family confronting The Rock at WrestleMania 32, April 2016

On the January 25, 2016, episode of Raw, the Rock was in a segment that saw him converse with The Miz, Big Show, Lana and Rusev before he and his relatives, The Usos, got into an altercation with then-WWE Tag Team Champions, The New Day.[221] The Rock appeared at WrestleMania 32 on April 3, 2016, where he announced that WWE had broken the all-time WrestleMania attendance record before being interrupted by The Wyatt Family. The Rock got into a verbal back-and-forth with Bray Wyatt before having an impromptu match with Wyatt Family member Erick Rowan. The Rock won after giving Rowan a Rock Bottom and pinning him in six seconds, which set the record for the fastest win in WrestleMania history. The Rock was then aided by a returning John Cena to fend off Wyatt, Rowan and Braun Strowman.[222]

On the February 20, 2017, episode of Raw, the Rock made an untelevised appearance after the broadcast had gone off the air, where he promoted and filmed a scene for his then-upcoming film Fighting with My Family.[223] On August 3, 2019, the Rock officially announced his retirement from professional wrestling.[224] On September 30, 2019, after weeks of speculation, the Rock announced that he would appear on SmackDown's 20th Anniversary on October 4, 2019, marking his first appearance on SmackDown since October 2014 and his first televised appearance since April 2016.[225] At the event, he cut a promo with Becky Lynch before they were interrupted by King Corbin. After attacking Corbin, the Rock and Lynch celebrated in the ring.[226]

On September 15, 2023, the Rock made a surprise return to SmackDown, in a segment with Pat McAfee and Austin Theory, who Rock took out within the segment. This marked his first televised appearance in WWE since October 4, 2019.[227]

The Final Boss (2024–present)

See also: The Bloodline (professional wrestling)

It was teased that a former WWE Champion would be appearing on the Day 1 edition of Raw on January 1, 2024; the unidentified champion was at first revealed to be Jinder Mahal, who insulted the crowd before being interrupted by The Rock in his first live appearance on Raw since 2016.[228] The two brawled and The Rock emerged victorious, after which he asked the crowd if he should sit at "the head of the table" in a direct reference to Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns, his relative whose nickname is "The Head of the Table".[229][230] The Rock also appeared on the February 2 episode of SmackDown, where he confronted Reigns after Royal Rumble winner Cody Rhodes decided against choosing Reigns as his WrestleMania 40 opponent to allow The Rock to face Reigns.[231] This was met by intense backlash from fans who wanted Rhodes to face Reigns; the WrestleMania XL media event on February 8 thus saw The Rock align himself with Reigns, chastise Rhodes for reversing his decision not to choose Reigns as his WrestleMania opponent, and slap Rhodes for speaking out against the Anoaʻi family (of which The Rock and Reigns are both members), thus turning heel for the first time since 2003.[232][233] As WWE's chief creative officer Triple H was being interviewed backstage over what had just transpired, The Rock and Reigns walked by and told him to "fix it" or they would, though Triple H would later appear on SmackDown to stand by Rhodes' decision.[233]

 
The Rock and Roman Reigns defeated Cody Rhodes and Seth "Freakin" Rollins at WrestleMania XL in April 2024.

On the February 16 episode of SmackDown, The Rock officially joined Reigns' faction The Bloodline, debuting a new character similar to past iterations of him, including “Hollywood Rock”.[234] He then appeared on the March 1 episode of SmackDown, where he gave himself the new nickname of "The Final Boss" and issued a challenge to Rhodes and Seth Rollins; if they beat him and Reigns in a tag team match at WrestleMania Night 1, Rhodes' championship match against Reigns on Night 2 will be free of interference from The Bloodline, but if Rhodes and Rollins lose, the championship match will be contested under Bloodline Rules. During the 2024 WWE Hall of Fame, The Rock received a "People's Championship" from Lonnie Ali.[235] In the Night 1 main event of WrestleMania XL, The Rock and Reigns went on to defeat Rhodes and Rollins in a tag team match.[236] The Rock appeared during the Night 2 main event of WrestleMania XL between Roman Reigns and Cody Rhodes where he performed a Rock Bottom on John Cena. Afterwards, The Undertaker appeared and took out The Rock with a chokeslam.[237] The following night, on the Raw after WrestleMania in Philadelphia, The Rock interrupted Rhodes's celebration stating that even though he has to leave for a bit, once he returns he plans on coming for him.[238]

Mainstream crossover

 
The Rock in a 2001 Vanity Fair photo shoot

The Rock appeared on Wyclef Jean's 2000 single "It Doesn't Matter" and in its music video.[239][240] He also recorded "Pie" with Slick Rick for WWF The Music, Vol. 5.[241] In 1999, Johnson appeared on That '70s Show as his father Rocky Johnson. The next year, he was on Star Trek: Voyager as an alien wrestler who used the Rock's moves.[242] In 2000, he hosted Saturday Night Live (SNL) for the first time.[243] Fellow wrestlers Triple H, Big Show, and Mick Foley also appeared on the show.[3][244] Johnson has said the success of that episode is the reason he began receiving offers from Hollywood studios.[245] He has since hosted SNL four more times.

In 1999, the Rock was listed No. 1 on Entertainment Weekly's Top 12 Entertainers of the Year.[246] In 2000, Access Hollywood ranked him No. 1 in their list of the Top 10 Celebrities of 2000.[247] That year, Rock was also listed in the Forbes Celebrity 100 and People Magazine's 25 Most Intriguing People.[248][249] The Rock was listed on Entertainment Weekly's 101 Most Influential People in both 2000 and 2001.[250] In 2001, he was also listed on E!'s 20 Top Entertainers.[251][252] In 2002, the Rock was listed on E!'s 25 Toughest Stars.[253] In 2003, he was listed in VH1's 200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons[254] and was No. 7 in People Magazine's 50 Favorite TV Stars.[255]

The Rock made a surprise appearance at the official Xbox unveiling during Bill Gates's keynote speech at the ongoing Computer Electronics Show in 2001.[256] Johnson's motion picture debut was as The Scorpion King in The Mummy Returns (2001).[257] The movie broke a two-year record for the highest-grossing single day in film history by earning $28,594,667.[258][3][243] The movie's financial success led to Johnson's first leading role in the spin-off The Scorpion King (2002).[3] He received $5.5 million for the role and Guinness World Records named him the record-holder for highest-paid actor in their first leading role.[259][260]

The Rock has appeared on the covers of many magazines, including Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, and TV Guide.[261][262][263] He has also appeared in, and been the cover athlete for, several video games.[264] As of November 2021, his Instagram account is the fourth most-followed in the world, with over 280 million followers.[265]

Legacy in professional wrestling

The Rock has been listed as one of the all-time greatest professional wrestlers,[23][6][7] as well as one of the top draws in wrestling history. Many have placed the Rock on their "Mount Rushmore of Pro Wrestling", including Hulk Hogan,[266] Ric Flair,[267] and John Cena.[268] In Cable Visions: Television Beyond Broadcasting, the Rock was described as "for a long time, the WWE's biggest star and probably held the greatest international appeal".[269] R. D. Reynolds stated in his book The WrestleCrap Book of Lists that the Rock was "the biggest star for WWE from 1999 until 2004".[270] The Rock's "I quit" match with Mankind at the 1999 Royal Rumble event is infamous for its brutality and one of the most popular "I quit" match of all times.[271][272][273][274]

The Rock main-evented the most bought pay-per-view worldwide in WWE history (WrestleMania XXVIII),[275] the most bought pay-per-view domestically in WWE history (WrestleMania X-Seven), the highest rated Raw in history,[276][277] the highest rated SmackDown in history,[278] and was part of the highest rated cable segment in WWE history with Mankind entitled "This is Your Life", in which Mankind would honor The Rock with various gifts and reunions.[279][280] His return in 2001 had a 7.1 rating, the highest-rated segment of the year. The Rock was also part of the highest-rated match of the 21st century when his WWF Championship defense against Shane McMahon, on May 1, 2000, got an 8.3 rating, making it the highest-rated segment of all time, behind "This Is Your Life". In 2011, the Rock's return to an episode of Raw generated an average of 4.7 million viewers in the United States, with 7.4 million tuning in during his promo.[281] Raw 1000 was the highest rated Raw episode of 2012 and his segment with CM Punk and Daniel Bryan was the highest rated segment of the show.[282] In 2013, the night after the Rock won the WWE Championship for the first time in over a decade, at Royal Rumble, Raw got its highest rating of that year.[283]

Derived from one of his catchphrases "lay the smackdown", WWE introduced in 1999 its second flagship program, WWE SmackDown, which became television's second longest-running weekly episodic program in history.[284] The term "smackdown" was included in Merriam-Webster dictionaries in 2007.[285][286] He is also known for popularizing the term "jabroni", derived from "jobber", although it was originally introduced by The Iron Sheik.[287][288] The Rock holds the record for most Raw shows main-evented in one year (38 in 2000),[289] most SmackDown shows main-evented in one year (36 in 2000),[290] and is tied with Stone Cold Steve Austin (in 2001) for most PPV shows main evented in one year (12 in 2000).[291][292]

At the 2021 Survivor Series, WWE held a 25-man Battle Royal to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Rock's WWE debut. The match was won by Omos.[293]

Acting career

 
Johnson in April 2009

Career beginnings (1999–2010)

Johnson entered Hollywood and the film industry, becoming a star initially through his wrestling popularity and noted work ethic. Over his acting career, he became one of the highest-paid and most successful actors in Hollywood.[294][295][296][297] He began his acting career on television while wrestling. In his first television acting job, in 1999, he played his father in an episode of That '70s Show called "That Wrestling Show". Nearly a year later, he appeared in the Star Trek: Voyager episode "Tsunkatse" as an alien wrestler who fought popular character Seven of Nine. While Johnson was away from WWE, the company continued to sell "The Rock" merchandise, and he continued to be featured prominently in the opening montages of their television shows.[41]

Johnson began his film career in earnest with roles in The Mummy Returns (2001), The Scorpion King (2002), The Rundown (2003), and Walking Tall (2004). He had a supporting role in Be Cool (2005) as a bodyguard hoping to become an actor,[298] and was the primary antagonist in Doom (2005). He also had roles in Gridiron Gang (2006), Reno 911!: Miami (2007), and Southland Tales (2006). He played a cocky famous American football player in The Game Plan (2007), Agent 23 in Get Smart (2008), a cab driver in Race to Witch Mountain (2009), the title character in Tooth Fairy (2010) and a police officer in The Other Guys (2010). He presented the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects at the 80th Academy Awards.[299]

Commercial success (2011–2020)

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. He also starred in the box office hit Journey 2: The Mysterious Island in 2012. He became known for reinvigorating film franchises after portraying Marvin F. Hinton / Roadblock in G.I. Joe: Retaliation and reprising his role as Luke Hobbs in Fast & Furious 6 (2013),[300][301] while also starring in true-story films Pain & Gain (2013) and Empire State (2013). That same year, he hosted and produced the TNT reality competition series The Hero,[302][303] and won the Favorite Male Buttkicker Award at the 2013 Nickelodeon Kid's Choice Awards.[304] In May 2013, it was announced that he would executive produce and star in Ballers,[305] an HBO comedy-drama series about NFL players living in Miami.[306] By December of that year, Forbes named him the top-grossing actor of 2013, with his films bringing in $1.3 billion worldwide for the year. Forbes credited the success of Fast & Furious 6, which grossed $789 million globally, and his frequent acting work as primary reasons for topping the list.[307]

Johnson starred as the title character in Hercules in 2014[308] and hosted another reality series for TNT that same year, entitled Wake Up Call, which saw him "lending a helping hand to everyday people who were facing enormous challenges in their lives" alongside guest experts such as Rocco DiSpirito, Jillian Michaels, and Josh Shipp.[309] In 2015, Johnson reprised his role as Luke Hobbs in Furious 7[310] and starred in the disaster film San Andreas. In 2016, he co-starred with Kevin Hart in the action-comedy Central Intelligence and had a lead voice role in the Disney animated film Moana, in which he voiced the Polynesian demigod Maui. He reprised his role as Luke Hobbs in The Fate of the Furious, which was released in 2017. Johnson starred in two other blockbuster movies that year, Baywatch and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle as Mitchell "Mitch" Buchannon and Dr. Smolder Bravestone, respectively.[311][312] In 2018, he starred in the action films Rampage and Skyscraper.

 
Johnson's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in July 2022

Johnson's role within the Fast & Furious franchise continued with Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, starring alongside co-star Jason Statham. David Leitch directed the project from a script co-written by franchise-writer Chris Morgan and Drew Pearce. The film began principal photography in September 2018, and was released on July 26, 2019. Johnson will reprise his role in Hobbs & Shaw 2 after not appearing in F9 and also not returning in Fast X or Fast & Furious 11.[313][314] In May 2023, it was reported that he would make a cameo appearance during a post-credits scene of Fast X.[315] Johnson reprised his role as Bravestone, in Jumanji: The Next Level. With the critical and financial success of Welcome to the Jungle, production of the movie began in early 2019, and it was released on December 13, 2019.[316]

Streaming ventures (2021–present)

In 2021, Johnson co-starred with Emily Blunt in Disney's Jungle Cruise as Frank Wolff. The film is based on the theme-park ride of the same name.[317] Jaume Collet-Serra directed, with a script by Michael Green from a previous one by J. D. Payne and Patrick McKay.[318][319][320][321][322] In addition to his work on the film, Johnson assisted with re-designing the titular ride for all Disney theme parks.[323] Jungle Cruise was released on July 30, 2021.[324][325][326] Also in 2021, Johnson starred in Netflix's film Red Notice, written and directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber. It is the third time that the two collaborated, after Central Intelligence and Skyscraper.[327][328] It co-stars Gal Gadot and Ryan Reynolds.[329]

Johnson is noted for his busy schedule and developing multiple projects at once.[330][331] A sequel to the box-office hit San Andreas was announced to be in the pre-production stage with the director of the first film, Brad Peyton, returning as director along with the main cast (marking the fourth collaboration between the two following Journey 2, San Andreas, and Rampage).[332][312] On November 14, 2019, he announced a December 2021 release date for the standalone Black Adam film.[333] Production on Black Adam began filming in April 2021 and was released on October 21, 2022.[334][335] He earned $22.5 million to star in the film and received millions more for producing and promoting it on social media.[336]

Johnson has been a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in the Actor's Branch since 2017.[337] In 2024, he presented an award alongside Bad Bunny.[338] On March 16, 2021, he appeared for the first time as The Foundation in Fortnite Battle Royale. Johnson was initially uncredited in his role, yet teased his involvement in a cryptic Instagram post shared on the day of the event. Following another Instagram video for Johnson's ZOA Energy drink, in which The Foundation's helmet and sidearm were subtly featured in the background, his involvement was finally confirmed during the Chapter 2 End Event on December 4, 2021, with The Foundation removing his helmet to reveal that he shared Johnson's voice and likeness.[339] In May 2023, Johnson reprised his role as Luke Hobbs in a cameo appearance during the mid-credits scene of Fast X.

Producer

In 2012, Johnson founded his production company Seven Bucks Productions.[18] Though originally attached as producer and star, Johnson will now serve solely as the former on a film adaptation of The Janson Directive. John Cena will fill the leading role, with Akiva Goldsman attached as screenwriter.[340] Additionally, he will produce and star in a Netflix exclusive film titled John Henry & The Statesmen, as the titular folklore hero. The film will be directed by Jake Kasdan, from a script by Kasdan and Tom Wheeler. With the first official teaser trailer released in October 2018, the project marks Kasdan's and Johnson's third collaboration, after Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle and Jumanji: The Next Level.[341]

In 2019, Johnson produced and appeared as himself in Fighting with My Family, a comedy drama about Saraya Bevis and her family, who are also professional wrestlers.[342][343] Johnson will co-produce and star in The King, a film about king Kamehameha Kūnuiākea, founder and first ruler of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi. The project will be directed by Robert Zemeckis from a script by Randall Wallace. The movie will be comparable to Braveheart in tone, given Wallace's work on both films, and will depict the king's role in resolving the wars among the islands of Hawaiʻi. The King was scheduled to begin production in 2020, but was halted by the COVID-19 pandemic.[344] Johnson is also attached to produce/star in a sequel to Big Trouble in Little China,[345][346] as well as project under development with Shane Black focusing on a new interpretation of Doc Savage.[347]

In 2021, his biographical comedy-drama series Young Rock began airing on NBC.[348] A film centered around Teth-Adam/Black Adam, a part of the DC Extended Universe, was announced to be in development in January 2017. Originally cast in the role as early as September 2014 as the antagonist, in a film centered around the superhero Billy Batson/Shazam,[349][350] his villainous role for Shazam! was reworked into two separate films.[351] Johnson did not appear in Shazam!, but he served as a producer and his likeness was used through special effects in flashback scenes.[352][353]

Business career

In March 2020, Johnson launched Teremana Tequila, which sold 600,000 nine-litre cases in its first year.[354]

In August 2020, Johnson along with several partners and investors—including RedBird Capital Partners—purchased the XFL for $15 million. Within months, Johnson announced plans for the relaunch of the league in spring 2022. While the launch was delayed a year, the first games of 2023 kicked off on time.[355] After a successful 2023 season, the XFL and United States Football League announced their intent to merge into a single league. On December 31, 2023, it was announced that the new merged league would be called the United Football League (UFL).[356] The league would feature 8 teams and start on March 30, 2024. Johnson, along with Dany Garcia, and RedBird Capital Partners own 50% of the UFL together under XFL Properties LLC.[357]

On January 23, 2024, Johnson joined the TKO Group Holdings board of directors. In the process, he obtained full ownership over his trademarked name "The Rock", which was owned by WWE.[15][358][359] As part of the settlement, Johnson signed a new services and merchandising agreement with WWE.[358][359][360]

Other work

In 2000, Johnson published his autobiography, The Rock Says..., co-written with Joe Layden. It debuted at No. 1 on The New York Times Best Seller list and remained on the list for several weeks.[30] In 2013, Johnson hosted and produced the TNT reality competition series The Hero.[302][361] In 2014, he hosted another TNT reality series, Wake Up Call.[309] In 2019, Johnson started hosting the NBC competition series The Titan Games.[362]

In March 2016, Johnson partnered with American fitness apparel manufacturer Under Armour to release "Project Rock".[363] The first item in his partnership with Under Armour, a gym bag, sold out in a couple of days.[364][365] His second item, a black T-shirt sporting his signature "Brahma bull", sold out after being worn at WrestleMania 32.[366] 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.[367] Since then, they have released sneakers, headphones, and other apparel.[368]

In 2016, Johnson started his YouTube channel. His first video, The YouTube Factory, featured online personality Lilly Singh and several other internet stars.[369] In 2019, Johnson announced he would launch a competitive bodybuilding show, "Athleticon", with his business partner and ex-wife Dany Garcia. It is set to rival other long-standing bodybuilding shows such as The Arnold Classic and Joe Weider's Mr. Olympia.[370] The show was set to debut in October 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia, but plans were disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic.[370]

A fan of the rapper Tech N9ne,[371] Johnson is featured on the song "Face Off" from the rapper's 2021 album Asin9ne.[372]

Activism and philanthropy

Johnson attended the 2000 Democratic National Convention,[373] which was part of WWE's non-partisan "Smackdown Your Vote" campaign aiming to influence young people to vote.[374] He also had a speaking role at the 2000 Republican National Convention.[375]

Johnson voted for Barack Obama in the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections.[261] He did not vote in the 2016 presidential election,[376] and is an independent voter as of 2017.[377] He endorsed Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election, though later stated that he regretted the decision, due to it causing "division", and refused to endorse anyone for the approaching 2024 presidential election.[378][379] Johnson has expressed interest in running for president himself, telling USA Today in February 2021, "I would consider a presidential run in the future if that's what the people wanted."[380] Following an online public opinion poll that found that 46% of Americans would consider voting for Johnson in a presidential election, he said in an April 12, 2021, interview on Today, "I do have that goal to unite our country and I also feel that if this is what the people want, then I will do that."[381]

In 2006, Johnson founded the Dwayne Johnson Rock Foundation, a charity working with at-risk and terminally ill children.[382] On October 2, 2007, he and his then wife, Dany Garcia, donated $1 million to the University of Miami to support the renovation of its football facilities. The university renamed the Hurricanes' locker room in Johnson's honor.[383] In 2015, Johnson donated $1,500 to a GoFundMe to pay for an abandoned dog's surgery.[384] In 2017, he donated $25,000 to Hurricane Harvey relief efforts.[385] In 2018, Johnson donated a gym to a military base in Oahu, Hawaii.[386] After the 2018 Hawaii floods, he worked with Malama Kauai, a nonprofit organization, to help repair flood damage.[387] Johnson has also worked with Make-A-Wish Foundation on a number of occasions.[388]

In July 2023, Johnson made a seven-figure donation to the SAG-AFTRA Foundation during the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike, which foundation president Courtney B. Vance cited to be "the largest single donation that (the foundation) has ever received from one individual at one time".[389]

Personal life

Johnson first met Dany Garcia when they were both University of Miami students in the early 1990s. They married on May 3, 1997. She is a businesswoman, International Fitness and Bodybuilding Federation professional bodybuilder, and producer.[390] They have one child, Simone, a daughter, who was born August 14, 2001, in Davie, Florida.[390][391]

In 2003, Johnson got a partial Samoan Peʻa tattoo on his left side.[392] In August 2004, in recognition of his service to the Samoan people, and because he is a descendant of Samoan chiefs, Johnson was given the noble title Seiuli, meaning the son of Malietoa [Alo o Malietoa], by Malietoa Tanumafili II during his visit there.[393]

On June 1, 2007, Johnson and Garcia announced they were separating amicably.[390]

In 2007, Johnson began dating Lauren Hashian, the daughter of Boston drummer Sib Hashian.[394] They met in 2006 while Johnson was filming The Game Plan.[395]

In May 2008, his divorce to Garcia was finalized.[396]

In 2009, Johnson obtained Canadian citizenship through his father's birth and citizenship there.[397] In 2017, he had the small "Brahma bull" tattoo on his right arm covered with a larger half-sleeve tattoo of a bull's skull.[398]

On August 18, 2019, Johnson and Hashian married in Hawaii.[399][400][401] They have two daughters, Jasmine and Tiana,[402][403][404] and live in Los Angeles. They also maintain a farm in Virginia[405] and a home in Southwest Ranches, Florida.[406][407]

In February 2020, WWE announced that Johnson's daughter Simone had started training at the WWE Performance Center,[408] making her the first fourth-generation WWE wrestler.[409] On May 16, Johnson announced she had signed a contract with WWE,[410] and in May 2022 announced that her ring name would be Ava Raine. She has since been appearing on the NXT brand.[411]

Johnson is a supporter of the Samoa national rugby league team, and publicly pledged his support to the team during the 2021 Rugby League World Cup when the team made the finals for the first time.[412][413]

Discography

Singles

As lead artist

List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[414] 		CAN
[415]
"You're Welcome" 2016 83 85 Moana: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

As featured artist

List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US
[418] 		US
R&B
/HH
[419] 		CAN
[420]
"It Doesn't Matter"
(Wyclef Jean featuring the Rock and Melky Sedeck) 		2000 — 80 —[A] The Ecleftic: 2 Sides II a Book
"Face Off"
(Tech N9ne featuring Joey Cool, King Iso, and Dwayne Johnson)[422] 		2021 —[B] 45 77 Asin9ne

Filmography

Main article: Dwayne Johnson filmography

Championships and accomplishments

 
The Rock in Nashville during his eighth and to date last WWE Championship reign, February 2013
 
The Rock at Mayhem in Manchester in Manchester, England, during one of his two Intercontinental Championship reigns, April 1998

Awards and honors

Year Award Category Work Refs.
1991 NCAA National Championship Football Miami Hurricanes [447]
2001 Teen Choice Awards Choice Movie: Villain The Mummy Returns [448]
2012 CinemaCon Action Star of the Year [449]
2013 Kids Choice Awards Favorite Male Buttkicker Journey 2: The Mysterious Island [450]
2015 Muscle & Fitness Man of the Century [451]
2016 Mr. Olympia Icon Award [452]
People's Choice Awards Favorite Premium Cable TV Actor [453]
People Magazine Sexiest Man Alive [454]
Shorty Awards Best Actor [455]
Time 100 Most Influential People in the World inclusion
2017 Hollywood Walk of Fame Motion pictures star [456]
[457]
People's Choice Awards Favorite Premium Series Actor [458]
Kids' Choice Awards BFF's (shared with Kevin Hart) Central Intelligence [459]
Teen Choice Awards Choice Fantasy Movie Actor Moana [460]
NAACP Image Awards Entertainer of the Year [461]
2018 Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Movie Actor Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle [462]
Teen Choice Awards Choice Comedy Movie Actor [463]
Golden Raspberry Awards The Razzie Nominee So Rotten You Loved It Baywatch [464]
[465]
2019 Honored United States 1st Armored Division [466]
Time 100 Most Influential People in the World [33]
MTV Movie & TV Awards MTV Generation Award [467]

Notes

  1. ^ The title was named the WWF Championship during The Rock's first six reigns. It was known as the WWF Undisputed Championship during his seventh reign and as the WWE Championship during his eighth.
  2. ^ The title was renamed the World Championship during his second reign.
  1. ^ "It Doesn't Matter" did not enter the Canadian Hot 100, but peaked at number eight on the Hot Canadian Digital Singles chart.[421]
  2. ^ "Face Off" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number four on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.[423]

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Rock Johnson redirects here Not to be confused with Rocky Johnson Duane Johnson Dewayne Johnson or Wayne Johnson Dwayne Douglas Johnson born May 2 1972 also known by his ring name The Rock is an American actor businessman and professional wrestler As a wrestler he is signed to WWE where he performs on a part time basis and is a member of The Bloodline Widely regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time 6 7 he was integral to the development and success of the World Wrestling Federation WWF now WWE during the Attitude Era an industry boom period in the late 1990s and early 2000s Johnson wrestled for the WWF full time for eight years before pursuing an acting career His films have grossed over 3 5 billion in North America and over 10 5 billion worldwide 8 making him one of the world s highest grossing and highest paid actors 9 10 11 He is a co owner of the United Football League UFL a professional American football league 12 13 14 He is also a member of the board of directors of TKO Group Holdings the parent company of UFC and WWE 15 16 17 In 2012 he co founded the entertainment production company Seven Bucks Productions 18 He is the founder of Teremana Tequila which is approximately valued at 3 5 billion 19 Dwayne JohnsonJohnson in 2023BornDwayne Douglas Johnson 1972 05 02 May 2 1972 age 52 Hayward California U S Alma materUniversity of Miami BGS 1 OccupationsActorprofessional wrestlerfilm producerbusinessmanYears active1996 2004 2011 2019 2023 Present wrestling 1999 present acting WorksFilmographySpousesDany Garcia m 1997 div 2008 wbr Lauren Hashian m 2019 wbr Children3 including AvaParentsRocky Johnson Mataniufeagaimaleata Ata Fitisemanu MaiviaFamilyAnoaʻiProfessional wrestling careerRing name s Flex KavanaRocky MaiviaThe Rock 2 Billed height6 ft 5 in 196 cm 3 1 Billed weight260 lb 118 kg 3 1 Billed fromMiami Florida U S 3 1 Trained byPat Patterson 4 Rocky Johnson 2 Tom Prichard 5 DebutMarch 10 1996 4 Signature After accepting an athletic scholarship to play football at the University of Miami he was a member of the 1991 national championship team but was largely a backup player 20 Despite aspirations to professional football he went undrafted in the 1995 NFL draft and briefly signed with the Calgary Stampeders before being cut in his first season 21 In 1996 Johnson s father Rocky assisted in helping him secure a contract with the WWF 2 Johnson quickly rose to global prominence aided by a gimmick he employed as a charismatic trash talker Johnson left the WWE in 2004 and returned in 2011 as a part time performer until 2013 making sporadic appearances from thereon until 2019 22 where he quietly retired until 2023 where he returned once again on a part time basis A 10 time world champion including the promotion s first of African American descent 23 he is also a two time Intercontinental Champion a five time Tag Team Champion the 2000 Royal Rumble winner and WWE s sixth Triple Crown champion Johnson headlined multiple pay per view events including WWE s flagship event WrestleMania six times 15 16 17 28 29 and 40 which includes the most bought professional wrestling pay per view WrestleMania 28 and main evented the most watched episodes of WWE s flagship television series Raw and SmackDown 24 25 Johnson s first film role was in The Mummy Returns 2001 The next year he played his first leading role in the action fantasy film The Scorpion King He has since starred in family films The Game Plan 2007 Race to Witch Mountain 2009 Tooth Fairy 2010 Jumanji Welcome to the Jungle 2017 Jumanji The Next Level 2019 and Jungle Cruise 2021 and the action films Journey 2 The Mysterious Island 2012 G I Joe Retaliation 2013 Hercules 2014 Skyscraper 2018 San Andreas 2015 and Rampage 2018 He also starred in the action comedy films Get Smart 2008 Central Intelligence 2016 Baywatch 2017 and Red Notice 2021 His role as Luke Hobbs in the Fast amp Furious films beginning with Fast Five 2011 helped the franchise become one of the highest grossing in film 26 He joined the DC Extended Universe playing the title role in Black Adam 2022 27 He is also known for voicing Maui in the Disney animated film Moana 2016 and is set to reprise the role in the upcoming live action remake 28 Johnson produced and starred in the HBO comedy drama series Ballers 2015 2019 29 and the autobiographical sitcom Young Rock 2021 His autobiography The Rock Says was released in 2000 and was a New York Times bestseller 30 31 In 2016 and 2019 Time named Johnson as one of the world s most influential people 32 33 Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Football career 2 1 College career 2 2 Canadian Football League 3 Professional wrestling career 3 1 Early career 1996 3 2 World Wrestling Federation World Wrestling Entertainment 3 2 1 Intercontinental Champion 1996 1997 3 2 2 Nation of Domination 1997 1998 3 2 3 WWF Champion and rise to superstardom 1998 2000 3 2 4 Record breaking world champion 2000 2002 3 2 5 Hollywood Rock 2003 3 2 6 Final feuds and departure 2003 2004 3 2 7 Non wrestling appearances 2007 2009 3 3 Independent circuit 2009 3 4 Return to WWE 3 4 1 Feud with John Cena 2011 2013 3 4 2 Part time appearances 2014 2024 3 4 3 The Final Boss 2024 present 4 Mainstream crossover 5 Legacy in professional wrestling 6 Acting career 6 1 Career beginnings 1999 2010 6 2 Commercial success 2011 2020 6 3 Streaming ventures 2021 present 7 Producer 8 Business career 9 Other work 10 Activism and philanthropy 11 Personal life 12 Discography 12 1 Singles 12 1 1 As lead artist 12 1 2 As featured artist 13 Filmography 14 Championships and accomplishments 15 Awards and honors 16 Notes 17 References 18 External linksEarly life and education nbsp As a senior at Freedom High School in Bethlehem Township Pennsylvania Johnson was a member of the school s football track and field and wrestling teams when he says his thought process started to change That s when I started thinking about goals and what I wanted to accomplish Johnson was born in Hayward California 34 35 on May 2 1972 36 the son of Mataniufeagaimaleata Ata Fitisemanu nee Maivia 37 38 and former professional wrestler Rocky Johnson born Wayde Douglas Bowles 39 40 Growing up he briefly lived in Grey Lynn in Auckland New Zealand with his mother s family 41 where he played rugby 42 and attended Richmond Road Primary School before returning to the U S 41 Johnson s father was a Black Nova Scotian with a small amount of Irish ancestry 43 44 45 His mother is Samoan His father and Tony Atlas were the first black tag team champions in WWE history in 1983 46 47 His mother is the adopted daughter of Peter Maivia who was also a professional wrestler 48 Johnson s maternal grandmother Lia was one of the first female pro wrestling promoters taking over Polynesian Pacific Pro Wrestling after her husband s death in 1982 and managing it until 1988 49 50 Through his maternal grandfather Maivia Johnson is a non blood relative of the Anoaʻi wrestling family 51 52 53 54 55 In 2008 he inducted his father and grandfather into the WWE Hall of Fame 56 Johnson attended Montclaire Elementary School in Charlotte North Carolina and then moved to Hamden Connecticut where he attended Shepherd Glen Elementary School and then Hamden Middle School 57 58 He attended President William McKinley High School in Honolulu and then Glencliff High School and McGavock High School both in Nashville Tennessee and then Freedom High School in Bethlehem Township Pennsylvania in the Lehigh Valley region of the state where he graduated in 1990 59 At Freedom High School Johnson initially struggled and was drawn into a culture of conflict and petty crime By age 17 he had been arrested several times for fighting theft and check fraud and was suspended two weeks for fighting 60 An article in the local newspaper labeled him a troubled teenager with a history of run ins with police But Freedom High School football coach Jody Cwik saw athletic potential in Johnson and recruited him to join the school s football team where he played defensive tackle an experience that proved to be a significant personal transformation for Johnson My thought process started to change That s when I started thinking about goals and what I wanted to accomplish he has since said about his high school football experience 20 In addition to playing football Johnson also was a member of Freedom High School s track and field and wrestling teams 39 By his senior year at Freedom High School Johnson had played only two years of football but was offered a full athletic scholarship offer from the University of Miami whose football program was beginning to emerge as one of the nation s top level NCAA Division 1 teams 20 Football careerCollege career Dwayne JohnsonNo 94PositionDefensive tackleMajorCriminology and physiologyPersonal informationBorn May 2 1972 1972 05 02 age 52 Hayward California U S Height6 ft 5 in 1 96 m Weight253 lb 115 kg Career historyCollegeMiami FL 1990 1994 Bowl gamesCotton Bowl Classic 1991 Orange Bowl 1992 High schoolFreedom High School Bethlehem Pennsylvania Career highlights and awardsNational champion 1991 As he did in high school Johnson continued to play defensive tackle at the University of Miami where he was a member of the Miami Hurricanes 1991 team which won that year s national championship 61 39 Despite playing four years there however Johnson found himself behind elite players on the depth chart including future NFL star and Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee Warren Sapp and appeared mostly in backup roles 62 63 In his time at Miami Johnson played in 39 games with one start He recorded 4 5 sacks and 77 tackles 64 In 1995 Johnson graduated with a Bachelor of General Studies and a dual major in criminology and physiology 65 He was also one of the university s most prolific student speakers in the Miami area community frequently delivering positive messages about his own struggles and encouraging students to remain in school and avoid the dangers of drug use 66 Canadian Football League After graduating Johnson was signed by the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League Calgary moved him from defensive tackle to linebacker He was assigned to Calgary s practice roster but was cut two months into Calgary s 1995 season 39 67 68 Professional wrestling careerEarly career 1996 After being cut by Calgary Johnson began his professional wrestling career the next year in 1996 39 Veteran wrestler Pat Patterson secured several tryout matches for Johnson with the World Wrestling Federation WWF in 1996 Wrestling at first under his real name Johnson defeated The Brooklyn Brawler at a house show on March 10 69 and lost matches to Chris Candido and Owen Hart 41 After wrestling at Jerry Lawler s United States Wrestling Association under the name Flex Kavana and winning the USWA tag team championship twice with his partner Bart Sawyer in the summer of 1996 Johnson was signed to a WWF contract He received additional training from Tom Prichard alongside Achim Albrecht and Mark Henry 5 41 World Wrestling Federation World Wrestling Entertainment Intercontinental Champion 1996 1997 Johnson made his WWF debut as Rocky Maivia a combination of his father and grandfather s ring names although announcers acknowledged his real name 70 He was initially reluctant to take this ring name but was persuaded by Vince McMahon and Jim Ross 50 71 He was given the nickname The Blue Chipper and to play up his lineage he was hyped as the WWF s first third generation wrestler 3 A clean cut face character Maivia was pushed heavily from the start despite his wrestling inexperience He debuted on Monday Night Raw as a member of Marc Mero s entourage on November 4 1996 72 His first match came at Survivor Series on November 17 1996 in an eight man elimination tag match he was the sole survivor and eliminated the final two members of the opposing team Crush and Goldust 73 On February 13 1997 he won the Intercontinental Championship from Hunter Hearst Helmsley on Monday Night Raw 74 75 76 Maivia then successfully defended the title against Helmsley at In Your House 13 Final Four Johnson s first WrestleMania match came at WrestleMania 13 on March 23 1997 where he was victorious in his Intercontinental Championship defense against The Sultan WWF fans started to reject his character and push from the company 77 He defeated Bret Hart by disqualification in a title defense on the March 31 episode of Raw is War 78 Behind the scenes Hart mentored Johnson for his first year in WWF 79 and refused to be booked to take the title from him 80 On April 20 at In Your House 14 Revenge of the Taker he lost to Savio Vega by countout but retained the title Audiences became increasingly hostile toward Maivia with chants of die Rocky die and Rocky sucks being heard during his matches 2 50 After losing the Intercontinental Championship to Owen Hart on the April 28 1997 episode of Raw Is War 81 Maivia suffered a legitimate knee injury in a match against Mankind in June 1997 and spent several months recovering 2 Nation of Domination 1997 1998 See also Nation of Domination Upon returning in August 1997 Maivia turned heel for the first time in his career by lashing out at fans who had been booing him and joining Faarooq D Lo Brown and Kama in the stable called the Nation of Domination 82 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 The Rock would then regularly insult the audience WWF performers and interviewers in his promos 82 At D Generation X In Your House on December 7 1997 Stone Cold Steve Austin defeated the Rock in under six minutes to retain the Intercontinental Championship 83 The next night on Raw Is War Austin was ordered by Mr McMahon 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 84 85 The Rock feuded with Austin and Ken Shamrock through the end of 1997 and beginning of 1998 86 87 On January 19 1998 at the Royal Rumble the Rock defeated Shamrock by disqualification to retain the Intercontinental title Later that night he entered the Royal Rumble match and lasted until the final two before he was eliminated by Stone Cold Steve Austin On March 29 at WrestleMania XIV he defeated Shamrock by disqualification once again to retain the title The next night on Raw is War the Rock debuted a new Intercontinental Championship design and would later overthrow Faarooq as leader of the Nation of Domination to spark a feud between the two He then successfully defended the Intercontinental title against Faarooq at Over the Edge In Your House on May 31 The stable would then refer to themselves as simply The Nation 88 The Rock and the Nation then feuded with Triple H and D Generation X with the two stable leaders first meeting in the quarter final of the 1998 King of the Ring tournament which the Rock won At King of the Ring the Rock defeated Dan Severn in the semi final match and lost to rival Ken Shamrock in the final The Rock then resumed his feud with Triple H as the two had a two out of three falls match at Fully Loaded In Your House for the Intercontinental title which the Rock retained in controversial fashion 89 This led to a ladder match at SummerSlam on August 30 1998 where the Rock lost the title 90 In the latter half of 1998 The Rock saw a big uptick in fan support He also started consolidating his famous persona during this time which would last until 2000 91 His popularity caused him to be booked in a feud with fellow Nation members Mark Henry and D Lo Brown turning babyface in the process Henry defeated him at Judgment Day In Your House on October 18 1998 after interference from Brown effectively breaking up the stable 92 93 WWF Champion and rise to superstardom 1998 2000 See also The Corporation and Rock n Sock Connection nbsp As part of The Corporation the Rock feuded with Stone Cold Steve Austin and stole Austin s personalized WWF Championship and his Smoking Skull belt The Rock was then entered into the Deadly Game tournament for the vacant WWF Championship The finals occurred at Survivor Series on November 15 1998 where the Rock defeated Vince McMahon s associate Mankind to win his first WWF Championship 94 95 A double turn then occurred as the Rock turned heel again after allying with Vince and Shane McMahon as the crown jewel of their stable The Corporation after the McMahons betrayed Mankind 94 96 On December 13 1998 at the pay per view named after him Rock Bottom In Your House the Rock had a rematch with Mankind for the WWF Championship Mankind appeared to win the match when the Rock passed out to the Mandible Claw submission move but Vince McMahon ruled that since the Rock did not tap out he retained his title 96 97 In the main event of the January 4 1999 episode of Raw Is War Mankind defeated the Rock for the championship after interference from Stone Cold Steve Austin 98 Then at the Royal Rumble on January 24 1999 the Rock regained the title in an I Quit match a type of submission match that only ends if one of the combatants says I quit on a microphone Intended to show a vicious streak in the Rock s character the Rock hit Mankind in the head with a steel chair 11 times instead of the scripted five five shots already being risky most wrestling matches in the Attitude Era involving steel chairs had at most 2 or 3 shots to the head After the fifth shot Mankind was still ringside instead of two thirds up the entrance ramp where he was supposed to be and after the eleventh shot which knocked Mankind out a recording of Mankind saying I Quit from an earlier interview was played over the public address system 99 100 On January 31 during an episode of Sunday Night Heat the Rock and Mankind participated in an Empty Arena match a match that took place in an arena with 22 000 empty seats where any part of the facility could be used to contest the match After 20 minutes of chaotic brawling in the ring the stands a kitchen the catering area an office the arena corridors and finally a basement loading area Mankind pinned the Rock using a forklift truck to win the WWF title 101 The two faced off again at St Valentine s Day Massacre In Your House on February 14 1999 in a Last Man Standing match which ended in a draw meaning Mankind retained the title Their feud ended on the February 15 Raw Is War when the Rock won his third WWF Championship in a Ladder Match after a debuting Big Show interfered on his behalf 102 103 The Rock then lost the WWF Championship to Stone Cold Steve Austin at WrestleMania XV on March 28 1999 104 nbsp The Rock s popularity was fueled by his charisma and speaking abilities which led to many catchphrases and merchandising opportunities The Rock s popularity continued to grow and audiences still cheered for him even though he was a heel He then lost the title rematch against Stone Cold Steve Austin at Backlash In Your House on April 25 1999 105 The next night on Raw is War he was fired from the Corporation after he was betrayed by Shane McMahon turning him face again and starting a feud with Triple H The Undertaker and The Corporate Ministry On April 29 1999 WWF aired the pilot episode of SmackDown a term derived from one of the Rock s catchphrases In the episode the Rock continued his feud with The Corporate Ministry This led to a match with Triple H at Over the Edge on May 23 1999 which the Rock won 106 and a match for the WWF Championship against The Undertaker at King of the Ring which the Rock lost 107 The Rock then lost a number one contender s match to Triple H at Fully Loaded after interference from Mr Ass Billy Gunn 108 The Rock then defeated Gunn in a Kiss My Ass match at SummerSlam on August 22 1999 The Rock was also given the privilege of having his own signature match like The Undertaker with the Buried Alive match Kane with the Inferno Match and Mankind with the Boiler Room Brawl the Brahma Bullrope match a variant of a strap match was a normal singles match where the components are tied together with a rope used for cattle farming and the rope and its attached cowbell could both be used as weapons The Rock contested this match twice both times in Texas vs Triple H in Dallas and vs Al Snow in Houston 109 Shortly after SummerSlam the Rock began teaming with former opponent Mankind and the two became known as the Rock n Sock Connection 110 They became WWF Tag Team Champions for the first time after defeating The Undertaker and Big Show for the titles on the August 30 1999 episode of Raw is War 111 112 The two performed a number of critically acclaimed comedic skits together including one called This Is Your Life which saw Mankind bring parody versions of people from the Rock s past on television such as his high school girlfriend and his high school football coach only to have the Rock insult them The segment earned an 8 4 Nielsen rating one of the highest ratings ever for a Raw segment 113 The two lost the titles back to Undertaker and Big Show on the September 9 episode of SmackDown and won them back from them on the September 20 episode of Raw is War 114 115 Rock and Mankind then lost the titles to The New Age Outlaws on the very next episode of SmackDown 116 Rock and Mankind would win the tag titles for the third and final time after beating the New Age Outlaws on the October 14 episode of SmackDown before losing the titles to The Holly Cousins on the October 18 episode of Raw is War 117 118 At the Royal Rumble on January 23 2000 the Rock entered the Royal Rumble match and was one of the final two remaining along with Big Show In an attempt at a false finish Big Show intended to throw the Rock over the top rope in a running powerslam like position before the Rock countered the move on the ring apron sending Big Show to the floor before reentering the ring as the winner 119 But the Rock s feet accidentally hit the floor during the reversal attempt though those watching the event on television did not see that This was played up in the storyline as Big Show provided additional video footage showing it and claimed to be the rightful winner 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 120 The Rock then defeated Big Show on the March 13 episode of Raw Is War to regain the right to face the WWF Champion Triple H at WrestleMania 2000 on April 2 in a Fatal Four way elimination match also including Big Show and Mick Foley 121 122 Each wrestler had a McMahon in his corner Triple H had his wife Stephanie Foley had Linda the Rock had Vince and Big Show had Shane 122 123 The Rock lasted until the final two but was eliminated by Triple H after Vince betrayed him by hitting him with a chair 123 124 Due to his image at the time a Magic The Gathering deck archetype was named after him 125 Record breaking world champion 2000 2002 nbsp The Rock as the WWF Champion in 2000 In the following weeks the Rock continued his feud with Triple H and eventually won his fourth WWF Championship which he won on April 30 at Backlash after Stone Cold Steve Austin intervened on his behalf 126 127 The following night on Raw he successfully defended his title against Shane McMahon in a Steel Cage match On May 21 at Judgment Day the Rock faced Triple H in an Iron Man match with Shawn Michaels as the special guest referee 128 With the score tied at five falls each and with seconds left on the time limit the Rock was disqualified when The Undertaker attacked Triple H thus giving Triple H the 6 5 win and the title 128 129 The Rock won the WWF Championship for a fifth time at King of the Ring on June 25 by scoring the winning pin in a six man tag team match teaming with Kane and The Undertaker against Shane McMahon Triple H and Vince McMahon whom he pinned 130 131 The Rock successfully defended the championship against Chris Benoit on July 23 at Fully Loaded The next month he successfully defended his title against Kurt Angle and Triple H at SummerSlam The Rock had another successful title defense against Benoit Kane and The Undertaker on September 24 at Unforgiven 132 The Rock then lost the WWF Championship to Kurt Angle at No Mercy on October 22 2000 133 The next month the Rock feuded with Rikishi and defeated him at Survivor Series 134 The Rock wrestled a six man Hell in a Cell match for the WWF Championship at Armageddon which Angle won to retain the title 135 On the December 18 episode of Raw the Rock won the WWF Tag Team Championship with The Undertaker defeating Edge and Christian before losing it back to them the next night at a SmackDown taping 136 In 2001 the Rock continued to feud with Angle over the WWF Championship culminating at No Way Out on February 25 2001 where he pinned Angle to win the WWF Championship for a sixth time 137 138 The Rock then feuded with the Royal Rumble winner Stone Cold Steve Austin whom he lost the title to at WrestleMania X Seven after Austin allied with Vince McMahon who interfered on his behalf 139 On the next night s Raw Is War during a steel cage title rematch Triple H attacked the Rock allying with McMahon and Austin and helping Austin retain the championship 140 Austin and Triple H then formed a tag team called The Power Trip 141 while the Rock was indefinitely suspended in storyline Johnson used this time off to act in The Scorpion King nbsp The Rock taunting an opponent at ringside at WWF Raw October 2001 The Rock returned in late July 2001 when the WWF was feuding with rival promotions World Championship Wrestling WCW and Extreme Championship Wrestling ECW during what is known as The Invasion storyline In reality WCW was purchased by Vince McMahon and the WWF and ECW had gone out of business in early 2001 Many former WCW and ECW wrestlers were then brought onto WWF television and formed The Alliance to compete with WWF in storyline The Alliance and Vince McMahon then both attempted to persuade the Rock to join their team The Rock then aligned with McMahon and the WWF The next month the Rock defeated Booker T at SummerSlam to win the WCW Championship for the first time 142 143 He later lost the title to Chris Jericho at No Mercy on October 21 2001 144 145 The next night on Raw he teamed with Jericho to win the WWF Tag Team Championship from The Dudley Boyz The two then lost the tag titles to Booker T and Test on the November 1 2001 episode of SmackDown 146 The Rock defeated Jericho on the November 5 episode of Raw for his second WCW Championship 147 As part of the WWF s battle against The Alliance the Rock wrestled in a winner takes all five on five elimination tag team match at Survivor Series where the losing team s company would be dissolved in storyline He was a member of Team WWF along with Chris Jericho The Undertaker Kane and Big Show The Alliance s team consisted of Stone Cold Steve Austin Kurt Angle Booker T Rob Van Dam and Shane McMahon In the end it came down to a one on one between the Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin The Rock seemed to have the upper hand until his teammate Jericho entered the ring and attacked the Rock Austin tried to capitalize on this by pinning the Rock but Kurt Angle revealed his true allegiance by attacking Austin The Rock then pinned Austin giving Team WWF the victory and forcing The Alliance to disband The Rock s WCW Championship was renamed the unbranded World Championship following the Alliance s loss 148 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 149 The Rock then unsuccessfully challenged Jericho for the now Undisputed WWF Championship at Royal Rumble on January 20 2002 150 nbsp The Rock doing his signature pose before wrestling Hulk Hogan bottom right at WrestleMania X8 March 2002 At the next pay per view No Way Out on February 17 2002 the Rock defeated The Undertaker in a singles match The event also saw the WWF debut of the famed WCW faction New World Order which at the time consisted of Hollywood Hulk Hogan Kevin Nash and Scott Hall 151 This later led to a match between the Rock and Hogan at WrestleMania X8 on March 17 2002 The match was billed as icon versus icon with both men representing the top tier of two generations of wrestling ultimately the Rock pinned Hogan at WrestleMania X8 to win the match 152 Despite the Rock portraying a heroic character and Hogan a villain a portion of the crowd attending the SkyDome was rooting heavily for Hogan 153 154 In an interview in 2013 Hogan said he and the Rock changed the style of the match on the fly based on the crowd s response 155 After the introduction of the first ever brand extension the WWF held a draft lottery on the March 25 2002 episode of Raw The Rock was the number one overall pick going to the SmackDown brand before taking a sabbatical from wrestling 156 The Rock made a surprise return on a June episode of Raw before going to his assigned brand of SmackDown There he was named the number one contender for the WWE Undisputed Championship which he won for a record setting seventh time at Vengeance on July 21 by defeating Kurt Angle and then champion The Undertaker in a Triple Threat match 157 158 The Rock successfully defended the title at the Global Warning event against Triple H and Brock Lesnar after pinning Triple H 159 On August 25 at SummerSlam after interference from Lesnar s manager Paul Heyman the Rock lost the WWE Undisputed Championship to Lesnar along with the record for the youngest WWE Champion which he had set in 1998 160 In 2018 writing for ESPN com Sean Coyle noted in a retrospective review of the event that following his victory over Hulk Hogan at WrestleMania X8 the Rock started to see a dip in fan support and that dip turned into a plunge by the time Rock had his match with Lesnar at SummerSlam because fans knew he was leaving WWE to pursue an acting career 161 as evidenced by the negative crowd response during his match with Lesnar 162 After SummerSlam ended the Rock was visibly angry at the crowd reaction When he tried to do a post show speech for the crowd the fans booed him 163 The Rock then took time off to kickstart his acting career 164 Hollywood Rock 2003 nbsp The Rock defeated Stone Cold Steve Austin left in Austin s final match at WrestleMania XIX in March 2003 The Rock returned on the January 30 2003 episode of SmackDown to set up another match with Hulk Hogan at No Way Out 165 Because of negative fan reaction during previous matches as a result of his budding acting career The Rock turned heel for the first time since 1999 He also started a new persona that has been called Hollywood Rock with a new look and a shaved head 166 167 The Rock defeated Hogan at No Way Out before moving to the Raw brand 168 There he had various small feuds including one with The Hurricane 169 He also began performing Rock Concerts segments in which he played the guitar and mocked WWE performers and fans in song 170 After failing to win a number one contendership for the World Heavyweight Championship The Rock went into another program with Stone Cold Steve Austin This led to a match at WrestleMania XIX on March 30 2003 which called back to their previous two WrestleMania encounters both of which Austin had won 171 The Rock won after delivering three consecutive Rock Bottoms ending their long running rivalry in what turned out to be Austin s final match until WrestleMania 38 2 172 The next night Raw was billed as The Rock Appreciation Night in honor of his victory over Austin That night he was attacked by a debuting Goldberg 173 At Backlash on April 27 2003 Goldberg defeated The Rock who then briefly left WWE to film Walking Tall 2 174 Final feuds and departure 2003 2004 On the June 2 episode of Raw The Rock turned face after joining the Highlight Reel and attacking Christian and Chris Jericho with Booker T 175 He would later return on the December 8 episode of Raw to help Mick Foley against La Resistance In 2004 The Rock aided Mick Foley in his feud against Evolution 3 2 176 leading to a reunion of the Rock n Sock Connection They lost against Ric Flair Randy Orton and Batista in a handicap match at WrestleMania XX on March 14 2004 when Orton pinned Foley after an RKO 2 177 This was Johnson s final wrestling match until November 2011 The Rock appeared in WWE sporadically following WrestleMania XX He made returns to provide support for Eugene against Jonathan Coachman and made a cameo in his hometown of Miami where he confronted Randy Orton 2 On the August 23 episode of Raw he hosted a pie eating contest as part of the WWE Diva Search and ended the segment by giving Coachman a People s Elbow 2 The Rock s contract with WWE then ended and he started his full time acting career 178 Non wrestling appearances 2007 2009 On March 12 2007 the Rock appeared on a WWE show after nearly three years via a pre taped promo shown during Raw He correctly predicted that Bobby Lashley would defeat Umaga at WrestleMania 23 in Donald Trump s and Vince McMahon s Battle of the Billionaires Hair vs Hair match 179 On March 29 2008 Johnson inducted his father Rocky Johnson and grandfather Peter Maivia into the WWE Hall of Fame 180 His next appearance was through a pre taped promo on October 2 2009 during the Decade of SmackDown 181 Independent circuit 2009 On September 30 2009 the Rock appeared at a World Xtreme Wrestling WXW show to support the professional wrestling debut of Sarona Snuka the daughter of his longtime friend and mentor Jimmy Snuka 182 Return to WWE Feud with John Cena 2011 2013 nbsp The Rock in the ring as WrestleMania XXVII host April 2011 On February 14 2011 the Rock was announced as the host of WrestleMania XXVII on April 3 2011 appearing live on Raw for the first time in almost seven years During a lengthy promo he addressed the fans and started a feud with John Cena 183 184 After numerous appearances via satellite the Rock appeared live on the Raw before WrestleMania XXVII to confront Cena After he and Cena exchanged insults The Miz and Alex Riley appeared and attacked the Rock he fended off Miz and Riley only for Cena to blindside him with an Attitude Adjustment 185 nbsp The Rock and John Cena left on Raw agreeing to a match at WrestleMania XXVIII one year in advance On April 3 at WrestleMania XXVII the Rock opened the show by cutting a promo After appearing in numerous backstage segments the Rock came to ringside to restart the main event between Cena and The Miz as a No Disqualification match after it had ended in a draw As revenge for the Attitude Adjustment Cena had given him on Raw Rock hit Cena with the Rock Bottom allowing The Miz to pin him and retain the WWE Championship After the match Rock attacked Miz and hit him with the People s Elbow 186 The next night on Raw the Rock and Cena agreed to a match at WrestleMania XXVIII the next year They then worked together to fend off an attack by The Corre which at the time consisted of Wade Barrett Heath Slater Justin Gabriel and Ezekiel Jackson 187 The Rock appeared live on Raw in his hometown of Miami to celebrate his 39th birthday 188 On September 16 WWE announced the Rock would wrestle in a traditional 5 on 5 Survivor Series tag team match teaming with Cena at Survivor Series in November 189 But on the October 24 episode of Raw Cena instead suggested the Rock be his partner in a standard tag team match against The Miz and R Truth a team called Awesome Truth 190 which Rock agreed to the next week 191 On November 14 during the special Raw Gets Rocked the Rock appeared live delivering Rock Bottoms to Mick Foley who had been hosting a This Is Your Life style segment for Cena and later both members of Awesome Truth 192 The Rock and Cena defeated Awesome Truth on November 20 at Survivor Series when the Rock pinned The Miz After the match the Rock gave Cena a Rock Bottom 193 nbsp The Rock celebrating his victory at WrestleMania XXVIII April 2012 Leading up to WrestleMania the Rock and Cena had several verbal confrontations on Raw 194 195 On the March 12 2012 episode of Raw the Rock hosted his first Rock Concert segment since 2004 mocking Cena in his songs 196 On April 1 at WrestleMania XXVIII the Rock defeated Cena in the main event after countering Cena s attempt at a People s Elbow into a Rock Bottom and pinning Cena 197 This event broke the record for biggest professional wrestling pay per view buyrate The following night on Raw the Rock praised Cena calling their match an honor He then vowed to once again become WWE Champion 198 On July 23 at Raw 1000 the Rock announced he would wrestle for the WWE Championship at the Royal Rumble pay per view During the show he encountered then reigning WWE Champion CM Punk Daniel Bryan and John Cena all of whom expressed a desire to face him The Rock later saved Cena from an assault by Big Show only to be laid out by CM Punk 199 On the January 7 2013 episode of Raw the Rock returned to confront his Royal Rumble opponent CM Punk 200 On January 11 he made his first SmackDown appearance in ten years getting into an altercation with Team Rhodes Scholars resulting in him delivering a Rock Bottom to Damien Sandow and a People s Elbow to Cody Rhodes 201 The Rock closed out the 20th anniversary episode of Raw on January 14 with one of his Rock Concerts leading to a brawl with CM Punk 202 The following week on Raw the Rock was attacked by The Shield Vince McMahon then asserted that if The Shield attacked the Rock in his title match with CM Punk Punk would be stripped of the WWE Championship 203 nbsp The Rock revealing the brand new WWE Championship design on WWE Raw February 2013 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 Vince McMahon then came out and was about to strip Punk of the championship however at the Rock s request he instead restarted the match This culminated in the Rock defeating Punk to win his eighth WWE Championship 204 Punk received a title rematch with the Rock at Elimination Chamber on February 17 2013 with the added stipulation that if the Rock was disqualified or counted out he would still lose the WWE Championship The Rock would pin Punk to defeat him and retain the championship 205 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 206 The Rock then resumed his rivalry with John Cena who won that year s Royal Rumble to set up a rematch of the previous WrestleMania match between the two at WrestleMania 29 only this time with the WWE Championship on the line 207 208 On April 7 at WrestleMania 29 Rock lost the WWE Championship to Cena ending his reign at 70 days 209 Despite being advertised for Raw after WrestleMania where it was stated that the Rock was still entitled a rematch for the WWE Championship 210 The Rock did not appear because of a real injury sustained during his match with Cena in which his abdominal and adductor tendons tore from his pelvis 211 Johnson underwent surgery on April 23 to reattach the torn tendons 212 Post surgery it made his abdomen look far less muscular than the rest of his body notably his arms 213 Part time appearances 2014 2024 nbsp The Rock right confronts Hulk Hogan at WrestleMania XXX April 2014 In April 2014 the Rock appeared in the opening segment of WrestleMania XXX along with Stone Cold Steve Austin and Hulk Hogan 214 On the October 6 episode of Raw the Rock made a surprise appearance to confront Rusev and Lana this resulted in the Rock clearing Rusev from the ring 215 The Rock appeared at the 2015 Royal Rumble event on January 25 2015 during the main event match where he helped his relative Roman Reigns fend off Big Show and Kane after Reigns eliminated them from the match Reigns then won the match and the Rock endorsed him in the ring 216 217 218 The Rock appeared at WrestleMania 31 on March 29 2015 alongside Ronda Rousey getting into an in ring altercation with Triple H and Stephanie McMahon Rock and Rousey prevailed after he attacked Triple H and she overpowered McMahon 219 On June 27 the Rock appeared at a live event in Boston where he confronted Bo Dallas and gave him a Rock Bottom 220 nbsp The Wyatt Family confronting The Rock at WrestleMania 32 April 2016 On the January 25 2016 episode of Raw the Rock was in a segment that saw him converse with The Miz Big Show Lana and Rusev before he and his relatives The Usos got into an altercation with then WWE Tag Team Champions The New Day 221 The Rock appeared at WrestleMania 32 on April 3 2016 where he announced that WWE had broken the all time WrestleMania attendance record before being interrupted by The Wyatt Family The Rock got into a verbal back and forth with Bray Wyatt before having an impromptu match with Wyatt Family member Erick Rowan The Rock won after giving Rowan a Rock Bottom and pinning him in six seconds which set the record for the fastest win in WrestleMania history The Rock was then aided by a returning John Cena to fend off Wyatt Rowan and Braun Strowman 222 On the February 20 2017 episode of Raw the Rock made an untelevised appearance after the broadcast had gone off the air where he promoted and filmed a scene for his then upcoming film Fighting with My Family 223 On August 3 2019 the Rock officially announced his retirement from professional wrestling 224 On September 30 2019 after weeks of speculation the Rock announced that he would appear on SmackDown s 20th Anniversary on October 4 2019 marking his first appearance on SmackDown since October 2014 and his first televised appearance since April 2016 225 At the event he cut a promo with Becky Lynch before they were interrupted by King Corbin After attacking Corbin the Rock and Lynch celebrated in the ring 226 On September 15 2023 the Rock made a surprise return to SmackDown in a segment with Pat McAfee and Austin Theory who Rock took out within the segment This marked his first televised appearance in WWE since October 4 2019 227 The Final Boss 2024 present See also The Bloodline professional wrestling It was teased that a former WWE Champion would be appearing on the Day 1 edition of Raw on January 1 2024 the unidentified champion was at first revealed to be Jinder Mahal who insulted the crowd before being interrupted by The Rock in his first live appearance on Raw since 2016 228 The two brawled and The Rock emerged victorious after which he asked the crowd if he should sit at the head of the table in a direct reference to Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns his relative whose nickname is The Head of the Table 229 230 The Rock also appeared on the February 2 episode of SmackDown where he confronted Reigns after Royal Rumble winner Cody Rhodes decided against choosing Reigns as his WrestleMania 40 opponent to allow The Rock to face Reigns 231 This was met by intense backlash from fans who wanted Rhodes to face Reigns the WrestleMania XL media event on February 8 thus saw The Rock align himself with Reigns chastise Rhodes for reversing his decision not to choose Reigns as his WrestleMania opponent and slap Rhodes for speaking out against the Anoaʻi family of which The Rock and Reigns are both members thus turning heel for the first time since 2003 232 233 As WWE s chief creative officer Triple H was being interviewed backstage over what had just transpired The Rock and Reigns walked by and told him to fix it or they would though Triple H would later appear on SmackDown to stand by Rhodes decision 233 nbsp The Rock and Roman Reigns defeated Cody Rhodes and Seth Freakin Rollins at WrestleMania XL in April 2024 On the February 16 episode of SmackDown The Rock officially joined Reigns faction The Bloodline debuting a new character similar to past iterations of him including Hollywood Rock 234 He then appeared on the March 1 episode of SmackDown where he gave himself the new nickname of The Final Boss and issued a challenge to Rhodes and Seth Rollins if they beat him and Reigns in a tag team match at WrestleMania Night 1 Rhodes championship match against Reigns on Night 2 will be free of interference from The Bloodline but if Rhodes and Rollins lose the championship match will be contested under Bloodline Rules During the 2024 WWE Hall of Fame The Rock received a People s Championship from Lonnie Ali 235 In the Night 1 main event of WrestleMania XL The Rock and Reigns went on to defeat Rhodes and Rollins in a tag team match 236 The Rock appeared during the Night 2 main event of WrestleMania XL between Roman Reigns and Cody Rhodes where he performed a Rock Bottom on John Cena Afterwards The Undertaker appeared and took out The Rock with a chokeslam 237 The following night on the Raw after WrestleMania in Philadelphia The Rock interrupted Rhodes s celebration stating that even though he has to leave for a bit once he returns he plans on coming for him 238 Mainstream crossover nbsp The Rock in a 2001 Vanity Fair photo shoot The Rock appeared on Wyclef Jean s 2000 single It Doesn t Matter and in its music video 239 240 He also recorded Pie with Slick Rick for WWF The Music Vol 5 241 In 1999 Johnson appeared on That 70s Show as his father Rocky Johnson The next year he was on Star Trek Voyager as an alien wrestler who used the Rock s moves 242 In 2000 he hosted Saturday Night Live SNL for the first time 243 Fellow wrestlers Triple H Big Show and Mick Foley also appeared on the show 3 244 Johnson has said the success of that episode is the reason he began receiving offers from Hollywood studios 245 He has since hosted SNL four more times In 1999 the Rock was listed No 1 on Entertainment Weekly s Top 12 Entertainers of the Year 246 In 2000 Access Hollywood ranked him No 1 in their list of the Top 10 Celebrities of 2000 247 That year Rock was also listed in the Forbes Celebrity 100 and People Magazine s 25 Most Intriguing People 248 249 The Rock was listed on Entertainment Weekly s 101 Most Influential People in both 2000 and 2001 250 In 2001 he was also listed on E s 20 Top Entertainers 251 252 In 2002 the Rock was listed on E s 25 Toughest Stars 253 In 2003 he was listed in VH1 s 200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons 254 and was No 7 in People Magazine s 50 Favorite TV Stars 255 The Rock made a surprise appearance at the official Xbox unveiling during Bill Gates s keynote speech at the ongoing Computer Electronics Show in 2001 256 Johnson s motion picture debut was as The Scorpion King in The Mummy Returns 2001 257 The movie broke a two year record for the highest grossing single day in film history by earning 28 594 667 258 3 243 The movie s financial success led to Johnson s first leading role in the spin off The Scorpion King 2002 3 He received 5 5 million for the role and Guinness World Records named him the record holder for highest paid actor in their first leading role 259 260 The Rock has appeared on the covers of many magazines including Rolling Stone Entertainment Weekly and TV Guide 261 262 263 He has also appeared in and been the cover athlete for several video games 264 As of November 2021 update his Instagram account is the fourth most followed in the world with over 280 million followers 265 Legacy in professional wrestlingThis article possibly contains original research Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations Statements consisting only of original research should be removed October 2021 Learn how and when to remove this message The Rock has been listed as one of the all time greatest professional wrestlers 23 6 7 as well as one of the top draws in wrestling history Many have placed the Rock on their Mount Rushmore of Pro Wrestling including Hulk Hogan 266 Ric Flair 267 and John Cena 268 In Cable Visions Television Beyond Broadcasting the Rock was described as for a long time the WWE s biggest star and probably held the greatest international appeal 269 R D Reynolds stated in his book The WrestleCrap Book of Lists that the Rock was the biggest star for WWE from 1999 until 2004 270 The Rock s I quit match with Mankind at the 1999 Royal Rumble event is infamous for its brutality and one of the most popular I quit match of all times 271 272 273 274 The Rock main evented the most bought pay per view worldwide in WWE history WrestleMania XXVIII 275 the most bought pay per view domestically in WWE history WrestleMania X Seven the highest rated Raw in history 276 277 the highest rated SmackDown in history 278 and was part of the highest rated cable segment in WWE history with Mankind entitled This is Your Life in which Mankind would honor The Rock with various gifts and reunions 279 280 His return in 2001 had a 7 1 rating the highest rated segment of the year The Rock was also part of the highest rated match of the 21st century when his WWF Championship defense against Shane McMahon on May 1 2000 got an 8 3 rating making it the highest rated segment of all time behind This Is Your Life In 2011 the Rock s return to an episode of Raw generated an average of 4 7 million viewers in the United States with 7 4 million tuning in during his promo 281 Raw 1000 was the highest rated Raw episode of 2012 and his segment with CM Punk and Daniel Bryan was the highest rated segment of the show 282 In 2013 the night after the Rock won the WWE Championship for the first time in over a decade at Royal Rumble Raw got its highest rating of that year 283 Derived from one of his catchphrases lay the smackdown WWE introduced in 1999 its second flagship program WWE SmackDown which became television s second longest running weekly episodic program in history 284 The term smackdown was included in Merriam Webster dictionaries in 2007 285 286 He is also known for popularizing the term jabroni derived from jobber although it was originally introduced by The Iron Sheik 287 288 The Rock holds the record for most Raw shows main evented in one year 38 in 2000 289 most SmackDown shows main evented in one year 36 in 2000 290 and is tied with Stone Cold Steve Austin in 2001 for most PPV shows main evented in one year 12 in 2000 291 292 At the 2021 Survivor Series WWE held a 25 man Battle Royal to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Rock s WWE debut The match was won by Omos 293 Acting career nbsp Johnson in April 2009 Career beginnings 1999 2010 Johnson entered Hollywood and the film industry becoming a star initially through his wrestling popularity and noted work ethic Over his acting career he became one of the highest paid and most successful actors in Hollywood 294 295 296 297 He began his acting career on television while wrestling In his first television acting job in 1999 he played his father in an episode of That 70s Show called That Wrestling Show Nearly a year later he appeared in the Star Trek Voyager episode Tsunkatse as an alien wrestler who fought popular character Seven of Nine While Johnson was away from WWE the company continued to sell The Rock merchandise and he continued to be featured prominently in the opening montages of their television shows 41 Johnson began his film career in earnest with roles in The Mummy Returns 2001 The Scorpion King 2002 The Rundown 2003 and Walking Tall 2004 He had a supporting role in Be Cool 2005 as a bodyguard hoping to become an actor 298 and was the primary antagonist in Doom 2005 He also had roles in Gridiron Gang 2006 Reno 911 Miami 2007 and Southland Tales 2006 He played a cocky famous American football player in The Game Plan 2007 Agent 23 in Get Smart 2008 a cab driver in Race to Witch Mountain 2009 the title character in Tooth Fairy 2010 and a police officer in The Other Guys 2010 He presented the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects at the 80th Academy Awards 299 Commercial success 2011 2020 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 He also starred in the box office hit Journey 2 The Mysterious Island in 2012 He became known for reinvigorating film franchises after portraying Marvin F Hinton Roadblock in G I Joe Retaliation and reprising his role as Luke Hobbs in Fast amp Furious 6 2013 300 301 while also starring in true story films Pain amp Gain 2013 and Empire State 2013 That same year he hosted and produced the TNT reality competition series The Hero 302 303 and won the Favorite Male Buttkicker Award at the 2013 Nickelodeon Kid s Choice Awards 304 In May 2013 it was announced that he would executive produce and star in Ballers 305 an HBO comedy drama series about NFL players living in Miami 306 By December of that year Forbes named him the top grossing actor of 2013 with his films bringing in 1 3 billion worldwide for the year Forbes credited the success of Fast amp Furious 6 which grossed 789 million globally and his frequent acting work as primary reasons for topping the list 307 Johnson starred as the title character in Hercules in 2014 308 and hosted another reality series for TNT that same year entitled Wake Up Call which saw him lending a helping hand to everyday people who were facing enormous challenges in their lives alongside guest experts such as Rocco DiSpirito Jillian Michaels and Josh Shipp 309 In 2015 Johnson reprised his role as Luke Hobbs in Furious 7 310 and starred in the disaster film San Andreas In 2016 he co starred with Kevin Hart in the action comedy Central Intelligence and had a lead voice role in the Disney animated film Moana in which he voiced the Polynesian demigod Maui He reprised his role as Luke Hobbs in The Fate of the Furious which was released in 2017 Johnson starred in two other blockbuster movies that year Baywatch and Jumanji Welcome to the Jungle as Mitchell Mitch Buchannon and Dr Smolder Bravestone respectively 311 312 In 2018 he starred in the action films Rampage and Skyscraper nbsp Johnson s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in July 2022 Johnson s role within the Fast amp Furious franchise continued with Fast amp Furious Presents Hobbs amp Shaw starring alongside co star Jason Statham David Leitch directed the project from a script co written by franchise writer Chris Morgan and Drew Pearce The film began principal photography in September 2018 and was released on July 26 2019 Johnson will reprise his role in Hobbs amp Shaw 2 after not appearing in F9 and also not returning in Fast X or Fast amp Furious 11 313 314 In May 2023 it was reported that he would make a cameo appearance during a post credits scene of Fast X 315 Johnson reprised his role as Bravestone in Jumanji The Next Level With the critical and financial success of Welcome to the Jungle production of the movie began in early 2019 and it was released on December 13 2019 316 Streaming ventures 2021 present In 2021 Johnson co starred with Emily Blunt in Disney s Jungle Cruise as Frank Wolff The film is based on the theme park ride of the same name 317 Jaume Collet Serra directed with a script by Michael Green from a previous one by J D Payne and Patrick McKay 318 319 320 321 322 In addition to his work on the film Johnson assisted with re designing the titular ride for all Disney theme parks 323 Jungle Cruise was released on July 30 2021 324 325 326 Also in 2021 Johnson starred in Netflix s film Red Notice written and directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber It is the third time that the two collaborated after Central Intelligence and Skyscraper 327 328 It co stars Gal Gadot and Ryan Reynolds 329 Johnson is noted for his busy schedule and developing multiple projects at once 330 331 A sequel to the box office hit San Andreas was announced to be in the pre production stage with the director of the first film Brad Peyton returning as director along with the main cast marking the fourth collaboration between the two following Journey 2 San Andreas and Rampage 332 312 On November 14 2019 he announced a December 2021 release date for the standalone Black Adam film 333 Production on Black Adam began filming in April 2021 and was released on October 21 2022 334 335 He earned 22 5 million to star in the film and received millions more for producing and promoting it on social media 336 Johnson has been a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in the Actor s Branch since 2017 337 In 2024 he presented an award alongside Bad Bunny 338 On March 16 2021 he appeared for the first time as The Foundation in Fortnite Battle Royale Johnson was initially uncredited in his role yet teased his involvement in a cryptic Instagram post shared on the day of the event Following another Instagram video for Johnson s ZOA Energy drink in which The Foundation s helmet and sidearm were subtly featured in the background his involvement was finally confirmed during the Chapter 2 End Event on December 4 2021 with The Foundation removing his helmet to reveal that he shared Johnson s voice and likeness 339 In May 2023 Johnson reprised his role as Luke Hobbs in a cameo appearance during the mid credits scene of Fast X ProducerIn 2012 Johnson founded his production company Seven Bucks Productions 18 Though originally attached as producer and star Johnson will now serve solely as the former on a film adaptation of The Janson Directive John Cena will fill the leading role with Akiva Goldsman attached as screenwriter 340 Additionally he will produce and star in a Netflix exclusive film titled John Henry amp The Statesmen as the titular folklore hero The film will be directed by Jake Kasdan from a script by Kasdan and Tom Wheeler With the first official teaser trailer released in October 2018 the project marks Kasdan s and Johnson s third collaboration after Jumanji Welcome to the Jungle and Jumanji The Next Level 341 In 2019 Johnson produced and appeared as himself in Fighting with My Family a comedy drama about Saraya Bevis and her family who are also professional wrestlers 342 343 Johnson will co produce and star in The King a film about king Kamehameha Kunuiakea founder and first ruler of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi The project will be directed by Robert Zemeckis from a script by Randall Wallace The movie will be comparable to Braveheart in tone given Wallace s work on both films and will depict the king s role in resolving the wars among the islands of Hawaiʻi The King was scheduled to begin production in 2020 but was halted by the COVID 19 pandemic 344 Johnson is also attached to produce star in a sequel to Big Trouble in Little China 345 346 as well as project under development with Shane Black focusing on a new interpretation of Doc Savage 347 In 2021 his biographical comedy drama series Young Rock began airing on NBC 348 A film centered around Teth Adam Black Adam a part of the DC Extended Universe was announced to be in development in January 2017 Originally cast in the role as early as September 2014 as the antagonist in a film centered around the superhero Billy Batson Shazam 349 350 his villainous role for Shazam was reworked into two separate films 351 Johnson did not appear in Shazam but he served as a producer and his likeness was used through special effects in flashback scenes 352 353 Business careerIn March 2020 Johnson launched Teremana Tequila which sold 600 000 nine litre cases in its first year 354 In August 2020 Johnson along with several partners and investors including RedBird Capital Partners purchased the XFL for 15 million Within months Johnson announced plans for the relaunch of the league in spring 2022 While the launch was delayed a year the first games of 2023 kicked off on time 355 After a successful 2023 season the XFL and United States Football League announced their intent to merge into a single league On December 31 2023 it was announced that the new merged league would be called the United Football League UFL 356 The league would feature 8 teams and start on March 30 2024 Johnson along with Dany Garcia and RedBird Capital Partners own 50 of the UFL together under XFL Properties LLC 357 On January 23 2024 Johnson joined the TKO Group Holdings board of directors In the process he obtained full ownership over his trademarked name The Rock which was owned by WWE 15 358 359 As part of the settlement Johnson signed a new services and merchandising agreement with WWE 358 359 360 Other workIn 2000 Johnson published his autobiography The Rock Says co written with Joe Layden It debuted at No 1 on The New York Times Best Seller list and remained on the list for several weeks 30 In 2013 Johnson hosted and produced the TNT reality competition series The Hero 302 361 In 2014 he hosted another TNT reality series Wake Up Call 309 In 2019 Johnson started hosting the NBC competition series The Titan Games 362 In March 2016 Johnson partnered with American fitness apparel manufacturer Under Armour to release Project Rock 363 The first item in his partnership with Under Armour a gym bag sold out in a couple of days 364 365 His second item a black T shirt sporting his signature Brahma bull sold out after being worn at WrestleMania 32 366 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 367 Since then they have released sneakers headphones and other apparel 368 In 2016 Johnson started his YouTube channel His first video The YouTube Factory featured online personality Lilly Singh and several other internet stars 369 In 2019 Johnson announced he would launch a competitive bodybuilding show Athleticon with his business partner and ex wife Dany Garcia It is set to rival other long standing bodybuilding shows such as The Arnold Classic and Joe Weider s Mr Olympia 370 The show was set to debut in October 2020 in Atlanta Georgia but plans were disrupted by the COVID 19 pandemic 370 A fan of the rapper Tech N9ne 371 Johnson is featured on the song Face Off from the rapper s 2021 album Asin9ne 372 Activism and philanthropyJohnson attended the 2000 Democratic National Convention 373 which was part of WWE s non partisan Smackdown Your Vote campaign aiming to influence young people to vote 374 He also had a speaking role at the 2000 Republican National Convention 375 Johnson voted for Barack Obama in the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections 261 He did not vote in the 2016 presidential election 376 and is an independent voter as of 2017 update 377 He endorsed Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election though later stated that he regretted the decision due to it causing division and refused to endorse anyone for the approaching 2024 presidential election 378 379 Johnson has expressed interest in running for president himself telling USA Today in February 2021 I would consider a presidential run in the future if that s what the people wanted 380 Following an online public opinion poll that found that 46 of Americans would consider voting for Johnson in a presidential election he said in an April 12 2021 interview on Today I do have that goal to unite our country and I also feel that if this is what the people want then I will do that 381 In 2006 Johnson founded the Dwayne Johnson Rock Foundation a charity working with at risk and terminally ill children 382 On October 2 2007 he and his then wife Dany Garcia donated 1 million to the University of Miami to support the renovation of its football facilities The university renamed the Hurricanes locker room in Johnson s honor 383 In 2015 Johnson donated 1 500 to a GoFundMe to pay for an abandoned dog s surgery 384 In 2017 he donated 25 000 to Hurricane Harvey relief efforts 385 In 2018 Johnson donated a gym to a military base in Oahu Hawaii 386 After the 2018 Hawaii floods he worked with Malama Kauai a nonprofit organization to help repair flood damage 387 Johnson has also worked with Make A Wish Foundation on a number of occasions 388 In July 2023 Johnson made a seven figure donation to the SAG AFTRA Foundation during the 2023 SAG AFTRA strike which foundation president Courtney B Vance cited to be the largest single donation that the foundation has ever received from one individual at one time 389 Personal lifeJohnson first met Dany Garcia when they were both University of Miami students in the early 1990s They married on May 3 1997 She is a businesswoman International Fitness and Bodybuilding Federation professional bodybuilder and producer 390 They have one child Simone a daughter who was born August 14 2001 in Davie Florida 390 391 In 2003 Johnson got a partial Samoan Peʻa tattoo on his left side 392 In August 2004 in recognition of his service to the Samoan people and because he is a descendant of Samoan chiefs Johnson was given the noble title Seiuli meaning the son of Malietoa Alo o Malietoa by Malietoa Tanumafili II during his visit there 393 On June 1 2007 Johnson and Garcia announced they were separating amicably 390 In 2007 Johnson began dating Lauren Hashian the daughter of Boston drummer Sib Hashian 394 They met in 2006 while Johnson was filming The Game Plan 395 In May 2008 his divorce to Garcia was finalized 396 In 2009 Johnson obtained Canadian citizenship through his father s birth and citizenship there 397 In 2017 he had the small Brahma bull tattoo on his right arm covered with a larger half sleeve tattoo of a bull s skull 398 On August 18 2019 Johnson and Hashian married in Hawaii 399 400 401 They have two daughters Jasmine and Tiana 402 403 404 and live in Los Angeles They also maintain a farm in Virginia 405 and a home in Southwest Ranches Florida 406 407 In February 2020 WWE announced that Johnson s daughter Simone had started training at the WWE Performance Center 408 making her the first fourth generation WWE wrestler 409 On May 16 Johnson announced she had signed a contract with WWE 410 and in May 2022 announced that her ring name would be Ava Raine She has since been appearing on the NXT brand 411 Johnson is a supporter of the Samoa national rugby league team and publicly pledged his support to the team during the 2021 Rugby League World Cup when the team made the finals for the first time 412 413 DiscographySingles As lead artist List of singles as lead artist with selected chart positions Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album US 414 CAN 415 You re Welcome 2016 83 85 RIAA 6 Platinum 416 BPI Platinum 417 Moana Original Motion Picture Soundtrack As featured artist List of singles as lead artist with selected chart positions Title Year Peak chart positions Album US 418 USR amp B HH 419 CAN 420 It Doesn t Matter Wyclef Jean featuring the Rock and Melky Sedeck 2000 80 A The Ecleftic 2 Sides II a Book Face Off Tech N9ne featuring Joey Cool King Iso and Dwayne Johnson 422 2021 B 45 77 Asin9neFilmographyMain article Dwayne Johnson filmographyChampionships and accomplishments nbsp The Rock in Nashville during his eighth and to date last WWE Championship reign February 2013 nbsp The Rock at Mayhem in Manchester in Manchester England during one of his two Intercontinental Championship reigns April 1998 Pro Wrestling Illustrated Match of the Year 1999 vs Mankind in an I Quit match at Royal Rumble 424 425 Match of the Year 2002 vs Hollywood Hulk Hogan at WrestleMania X8 424 425 Most Popular Wrestler of the Year 1999 2000 424 Wrestler of the Year 2000 424 Ranked No 2 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2000 426 United States Wrestling Association USWA World Tag Team Championship 2 times with Bart Sawyer 427 Wrestling Observer Newsletter Best Box Office Draw 2000 2011 2012 428 429 430 Best Gimmick 1999 428 Best on Interviews 1999 2000 428 Most Charismatic 1999 2002 2011 2012 428 429 430 Most Improved 1998 428 Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame Class of 2007 431 WWE World Wrestling Entertainment Federation WWE Championship a 8 times 432 433 WCW Championship b 2 times 434 435 WWF Intercontinental Championship 2 times 436 WWF Tag Team Championship 5 times with Mankind 3 The Undertaker 1 and Chris Jericho 1 437 Royal Rumble 2000 3 Sixth Triple Crown Champion 438 Deadly Games WWF Championship Tournament 1998 439 Slammy Award 10 times Best Actor 2014 440 Game Changer of the Year 2011 with John Cena 441 Guess Who s Back or Return of the Year 2011 442 LOL Moment of the Year 2012 2013 insulting John Cena using the history of Boston Massachusetts Rock Concert on the 20th anniversary episode of Raw 443 444 Match of the Year 2013 vs John Cena for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania 29 444 New Sensation 1997 445 Tell Me You Didn t Just Say That Insult of the Year 2014 insulting Rusev and Lana 440 This is Awesome Moment of the Year 2015 with Ronda Rousey 446 Trash Talker of the Year 2024 Awards and honorsYear Award Category Work Refs 1991 NCAA National Championship Football Miami Hurricanes 447 2001 Teen Choice Awards Choice Movie Villain The Mummy Returns 448 2012 CinemaCon Action Star of the Year 449 2013 Kids Choice Awards Favorite Male Buttkicker Journey 2 The Mysterious Island 450 2015 Muscle amp Fitness Man of the Century 451 2016 Mr Olympia Icon Award 452 People s Choice Awards Favorite Premium Cable TV Actor 453 People Magazine Sexiest Man Alive 454 Shorty Awards Best Actor 455 Time 100 Most Influential People in the World inclusion 2017 Hollywood Walk of Fame Motion pictures star 456 457 People s Choice Awards Favorite Premium Series Actor 458 Kids Choice Awards BFF s shared with Kevin Hart Central Intelligence 459 Teen Choice Awards Choice Fantasy Movie Actor Moana 460 NAACP Image Awards Entertainer of the Year 461 2018 Kids Choice Awards Favorite Movie Actor Jumanji Welcome to the Jungle 462 Teen Choice Awards Choice Comedy Movie Actor 463 Golden Raspberry Awards The Razzie Nominee So Rotten You Loved It Baywatch 464 465 2019 Honored United States 1st Armored Division 466 Time 100 Most Influential People in the World 33 MTV Movie amp TV Awards MTV Generation Award 467 Notes The title was named the WWF Championship during The Rock s first six reigns It was known as the WWF Undisputed Championship during his seventh reign and as the WWE Championship during his eighth The title was renamed the World Championship during his second reign It Doesn t Matter did not enter the Canadian Hot 100 but peaked at number eight on the Hot Canadian Digital Singles chart 421 Face Off did not enter the Billboard Hot 100 but peaked at number four on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart 423 References a b c d WWE profile The Rock ESPN co uk August 11 2016 Retrieved February 26 2024 a b c d e f g h i j k Milner John The Rock Bio Slam Sports Canadian Online Explorer Archived from the original on May 19 2015 Retrieved April 13 2008 a b c d e f g h i Dwayne The Rock Johnson WWE Retrieved March 9 2012 a b The Rock Cagematch Retrieved January 26 2024 a b Dworkis Michael Dr Tom Prichard The 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