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The Rock

Date of Birth: Tuesday, May 02, 1972

Place of Birth: Hayward, California, USA

Height: 6' 4½

A thumbnail picture of The Rock. Clicking on the this thumbnail will open The Rock picture gallery. The Rock's real name is Dwayne Douglas Johnson. He was born in Hayward California to Rocky and Ata Johnson. His father and his grandfather, Peter Maivia, were great wrestlers in the federation.

Dwayne played football during high school and he recevied a full scholarship from the University of Miami. In 1995, he suffered from a back injury which cost him his dream to become professional football player.

Dwayne join the USWA under the name Flex Kavanah where he won the tag team championship with Bret Sawyer. He joined the WWE in 1996 as Rocky Maivia in a group called The Nation of Domination. He led the group before they splitted up. The Rock joined another elite group of wrestlers, called The Corporation. He had a feud with Steve Austin which made him got kicked out from the group. Then he became known as The Peoples Champion. He became the WWE Champion and later lost it to Mankind on Raw Is War.

In 2000, The Rock made his movie debut when he played in The Mummy Returns. The movie was successful, which led him to roles in other movies, such as The Scorpion King, The Rundown and Walking Tall.

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