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.