Dwayne Johnson aka “The Rock” flexes his super strong biceps as he
films scenes for ‘Pain and Gain’ in Miami on Tuesday.
Dwayne Douglas Johnson was born in Hayward, California on May 2nd 1972
to Rocky Johnson and Ata Johnson. While growing
up, Dwayne traveled around a lot with his parents and watched his father
perform in the ring. During his high school years, Dwayne began playing
football and he soon received a full scholarship from the University of Miami
where he had tremendous success as a football player.
In 1995, Dwayne suffered a back injury which cost him a place in the
NFL. He then signed a 3 year deal with the Canadian League but left after a
year to pursue a career in wrestling. He made his wrestling debut in the USWA under
the name Flex Kavanah where he won the tag team championship with Brett Sawyer.
In 1996, Dwayne joined the WWE and became Rocky Maivia where he joined a group
known as "The Nation of Domination" and turned heel.
Rocky eventually
took over leadership of the "Nation" and began taking the persona of
The Rock. After the "Nation" split, The Rock joined another elite
group of wrestlers known as the "Corporation" and began a memorable
feud with Steve Austin.
Soon the Rock was kicked out of the "Corporation". He turned face and
became known as "The Peoples Champion".
In 2000, the Rock took time off from WWE to film his appearance in The Mummy Returns (2001).
He returned in 2001 during the WCW/ECW invasion where he joined a team of WWE
wrestlers at The Scorpion
King (2002), a prequel to The Mummy Returns (2001).
