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The Rock: Rocky Johnson
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Dwayne Johnson, better known as The Rock, is the youngest champion in World Wrestling Federation (WWF) history. Johnson is of Samoan and African-American descent, and his exotic looks--and impressive physique--have helped make him one of the top-earning personalities in his field. His 2000 autobiography, The Rock Says...The Most Electrifying Man in Sports Entertainment, spent five months on the New York Times best-seller list, and the following year, Johnson made his feature-film debut in The Mummy Returns.
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Most recently, The Rock (aka Dwayne Johnson) surprised middle-schoolers in San Jose as part of the After-School All-Stars program. The actor arrived at San Jose’s Camera 12 cinemas for a special preview of the film, to the delight of kids in attendance.
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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson was born on May 2, 1972 in Hayward, California. He is a third generation wrestler. His father is Rocky Johnson and his grandfather, on his mother's side, was the late Peter Maivia. He was a member of the 1991 national champion Miami Hurricane football team. While attending Miami, he met and later married Dany Johnson (Garcia). They are currently separated.
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The WWF writers devised storylines for The Rock and his foes such as Triple H, a wrestler named Paul Leveque, and pitted them in battles with WWF executives in the McMahon family as well. Johnson, responsible for fleshing out the character further through dialogue, kept a notebook with him in order to jot down ideas and new putdowns as they come to him. As a heel, The Rock arrogantly browbeat his opponents outside of the ring before the cameras. "The character of The Rock is perpetually defiant, perpetually talking or glaring," observed Miami Herald writer Peter Whoriskey, "and calls himself 'The People's Champion,' a moniker that has nearly unlimited spinoffs. There is 'The People's Eyebrow,' a trademark gesture in which he lifts one indignant and threatening eyebrow. 'The People's Elbow' is a basic flying elbow move that Johnson dresses up by tossing his elbow pad into the crowd, waving his arms dramatically, and bouncing off the ropes a few times before delivering the blow."
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