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In the spirit of The Rock's movie
(The Mummy 2)
coming out this summer, I have added an Egyptian type look to his Bio
Real name:
Dwayne Johnson
Titles held:
Tag Team Title, Intercontinental Belt, WWF World Title
And let's not forget The Peoples' Champ
Height: 6'5
Weight: 275lbs.
Hometown: Miami, Fla
Attended:
Freedom High in Bethlehem, Penn and attended college in Miami
Football: # 94
FAVORITES:
Favorite Food: Polynesian
Hobbies: Working out and fishing
Favorite Actor: Tommy Lee Jones
Favorite Actress: Dany Garcia (Also his wife)
Other Favorite Sport besides wrestling:
Football, played for Miami Hurricanes in college.
He also loves fishing.
Favorite Athlete: Junior Seau
Career Highlights:
World Wrestling Federation Champion (5 time, He is the current),
Intercontinental Champion (2),
Tag Team Champion (2),
Peoples' Champion (24/7/365(including leap year))
The Rock is a third-generation superstar with
immeasurable athleticism--and cockiness to boot!
After graduating as an All-American football star
from the University of Miami, Rocky Maivia entered
the World Wrestling Federation and quickly became
the Intercontinental Champion.
Under controversial circumstances, The Rock won
the World Wrestling Federation Championship at
Survivor Series 1998. The Rock went on to win the
title two more times, making the "Great One" a
three-time Federation Champion. He’s a gifted
athlete, he’s gifted on the microphone-he’s simply
a gifted entertainer. And from the Rolex watch to
the $500 shirts to the eyebrow and the People's
Elbow, The Rock is just plain cool.
Whether he’s a champion or a contender, a face or a heel,
The Rock is a phenom.
He’s already the "Most Electrifying Man in Sports-Entertainment,"
and when it’s all said and done he may go down in history
as the most decorated,
well-known and renowned superstar the Federation has ever known.
ROCK HISTORY
A new face entered the wrestling equation
in March of 1996 down in San Antonio,Texas.
Dwayne Johnson, then known as Flex Kavana,
son of legendary Rocky Johnson,
made his debut against the Brooklyn Brawler.
An inside-cradle win over a lifetime jobber
didn't seem much at the time,
but little did the spectators know,
they witnessed the birth of The People's Legend.
Kavana worked matches with USWA for a few months
where he co-held
the Tag Team Championship with Bart Sawyer
on two occasions.
WWF officials noticed the extrordinary talent,
charisma and possibilities of Dwayne Johnson.
He began in the WWF as "Rocky Maivia"
where in a few up-close interviews
he said he chose his name to honor both his father,
former superstar wrestler Rocky Johnson,
and his grandfather, Grand Chief Peter Maivia.
He made his in-ring debut at the 1996 Survivor Series,
where he received the start of his push by
being the sole survivor of his team.
Rocky seemed to be off to a great start,
as he was over with the fans and recived a huge pop every time he competed.
Gold came early in his WWF career when he took the IC Strap
from Hunter-Hearst Helmsley on Feburary 13,1997,
and then lost it to
"The Nugget" Owen Hart in April.
Then came the bizarre warping of attitude toward Maivia.
Fans began to chant "DIE ROCKY DIE!"
or
the ever-popular "ROCKY SUCKS!",
and it didn't help that he started cheating
and using illegal meunevers.
He was drawing a typical response response for a heel,
but there was one problem:
HE WAS SUPPOST TO BE A BABYFACE!!!
Rocky Maivia, after fueding with
the Nation of Domination,
actually joined them after Ahmed Johnson
went out injured.
This marked the "official" heel turn for Rocky,
as he played the roll of the arrogant @ss
who followed the NOD around.
He started getting more and more mic time,
and "smarts" all over the internet began to
fall in love with this guy.
Soon, catch phrases such as "Know Your Role"
and "Do You Smell What the Rock is Cookin?"
were created.
Rocky was awarded the Intercontinental Title
when "Stone Cold" Steve Austin was forced to give it up
(Austin went to bigger and better things).
In theory, Farooq became jealous of his fellow NOD member.
It was clear that the Rocky drew more heel heat than Farooq,
and that Rocky was slowly gaining more power than him.
It was sometime around here that Maivia declared that
he was now "The Rock" and added Mark Henry
to the group, without Farooq's consent.
At the Royal Rumble in January of 1998,
The Rock retained his Intercontinental Title against Ken Shamrock,
when he planted illegal brass knuckles in Shamrock's tights.
He had a rematch with Shamrock at WrestleMania,
which he actually lost by tapping out.
But Shamrock snapped, and the decision was reversed,
allowing The Rock to keep the title.
It was during Shamrock's "snap" that Farooq came out,
and instead of helping Rock like anticipated,
he flipped him the bird and left the ring.
The night after WrestleMania was the pivitol point in
The Rock's career.
It was when, with a raise of The People's Eyebrow,
the rest of the NOD "ex-communicated" Farooq.
With The Rock at the helm,
and the later additon of Owen Hart,
the newly named stable called The Nation raised to new heights.
As well as defeating Farooq at OVER THE EDGE,
The Rock received even more interview time,
and he was officialy declared "The Greatest Heel Ever"
by many internet insiders. The People's Elbow grew to being the second most
over move beside the Stone Cold Stunner,
and the rest of the Nation receievd huge pushes as well.
The Nation actually "won" the fued against D Generation-X.
The Nation dominated the WWF.
The insanely popular DX appeared to be teetering,
but DX eventually got revenge at SummerSlam 1998
when Triple H challenged The Rock for
the title in a ladder match.
The previous time these men fought for the title
was a month earlier at FULLY LOADED,
which ended in a draw.
But this matches' ending was drastically different.
After a spectacular match, HHH took the title from the Rock.
The ladder match was suppost to be "the" match that
put HHH over as a huge face, but instead,
the following weeks showed that The Rock was now a fan favorite,
both on internet and in the arena.
Now, The Rock had a reversal of his former problem:
He was getting face heat,
but he was suppost to be a HEEL!!!
Then the fall of the Nation began.
Owen Hart was fading from the group,
D'lo Brown regained with the Euro strap,
Kama the Godfather went out with an injury,
and Mark Henry became tangled in a fued
with CHYNA of all people.
And more importantly, people liked The Rock.
The week or so before JUDGMENT DAY was the official
fall of the Nation.
On RAW, D'lo and Mark Henry attacked The Rock.
Owen Hart "retired" then showed up as the Blue Blazer.
Kama came back,
only to be attacked by the D'lo/Henry combination
on HEAT before the PPV.
At this point,
the Rock is becoming a HUGE face in the WWF.
His interviews weren't quite the same when
he can't make fun of everyone,
but the meat of the character is still there.
He is being pushed for the WWF Title,
and the WWF December PPV is entitled ROCK BOTTOM.
But first, Survior Series was coming up,
when The Rock would most certaintly be involved in
the 16-man Tournament for the World Title,
which he would probably win.
As predicted, Rock grabbed the gold
at Survivor Series after defeating Mick Foley
in the final match of the tournament.
He then shocked everyone but me and joined Vince McMahon.
Rock became "The Corporate Champ"
and began a seesaw battle with Foley,
in which the Rock lost the belt on an episode of RAW,
won it back at the Royal Rumble,
lost it again on Halftime Heat,
and then won it back
in a RAW ladder match
with help from Paul Wight.
In a matter of months,
Rock was a "THREE-TIME" World Champion.
The Rock beat Triple H at backlash...
only to loose the belt to Triple H not much
farther down the road...
Now, after finally beating Triple H,
The Rock pinned Mr. Vince McMahon
during a 6 man Tag team match for
the WWF World Title.
Which makes The Rock a 5 time champ.