Johnson was a college football player. In 1991, he was part of the University of Miami's national championship team. He later played for the Calgary Stampeders in the Canadian Football League, and was cut two months into the 1995 season This led to his decision to become a professional wrestler like his grandfather, Peter Maivia, and his father, Rocky Johnson. He gained mainstream fame as a wrestler in World Wrestling Entertainment originally known as the World Wrestling Federation from 1996 to 2004, and was the first third-generation superstar in the company's history. Johnson was quickly given a push in the WWF, first as "Rocky Maivia", and then as "The Rock", a member of the Nation of Domination. Two years after he joined the WWF, Johnson won the WWF Championship, and became one of the most popular wrestlers within the company's history for his engaging interviews and promos.
Johnson won a total of sixteen championships in WWF/E. This included nine World Heavyweight Championships (the WWF/E Championship seven times and the WCW/World Championship twice), two WWF Intercontinental Championships, and five times as co-holder of the WWF Tag Team Championships. He was the sixth WWF/E Triple Crown Champion, and the winner of the 2000 Royal Rumble.
Johnson's autobiography co-written with Joe Layden, The Rock Says..., was released in 2000. It debuted at number one on The New York Times Best Seller list, and remained on the list for several weeks. Johnson's first leading role as an actor was in The Scorpion King in 2002. For this film, he received the highest salary for an actor in his first starring role, earning $5.5 He has since appeared in several blockbuster movies such as The Rundown, Be Cool, Walking Tall, Gridiron Gang, The Game Plan, Get Smart, Race to Witch Mountain, Planet 51, Tooth Fairy, Doom, Why Did I Get Married Too?, The Other Guys, and Faster.
o 1.1 Education and football
* 2 Professional wrestling career
o 2.1 Training and Rocky Maivia (1996)
o 2.2 World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment (1996–present)
+ 2.2.1 Early WWF run (1996–1997)
+ 2.2.2 Nation of Domination and feuding with DX (1997–1998)
+ 2.2.3 The Corporation (1998–1999)
+ 2.2.4 The Rock 'n' Sock Connection (1999)
+ 2.2.5 Feuds for the WWF Championship (2000–2001)
+ 2.2.6 The Invasion and final storylines (2001–2003)
+ 2.2.7 Part–time WWE appearances (2004–2009)
+ 2.2.8 Return to the WWE (2011–present)
* 3 Television and film career
* 4 Filmography and TV roles
* 5 Personal life
o 5.1 Public activities
o 5.2 Philanthropy
* 6 In wrestling
o 6.1 Relatives in wrestling
* 7 Championships and accomplishments
* 8 References
* 9 External links
Dwayne Johnson, the son of Ata Johnson (née Maivia) and professional wrestler "Soulman" Rocky Johnson, was born in Hayward, California His maternal grandfather, "High Chief" Peter Maivia, was also a professional wrestler. His maternal grandmother, Lia Maivia, ran Polynesian Pacific Pro Wrestling from 1982 until 1988 following her husband's death, becoming one of wrestling's few female professional promoters. His father is of Black Nova Scotian (Canadian) origin and his mother is of Samoan heritage. a brief period, Johnson lived in Auckland, New Zealand, with his mother's familyDuring this time his mother Ata ensured Johnson was exposed to one of the urban Polynesian cultural strongholds of the Southern Hemisphere Johnson attended Richmond Road Primary School before returning to the United States with his parents.
He spent 10th grade at President William McKinley High School in Honolulu, Hawaii. As he entered 11th grade, Johnson's father's job required his relocation to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the state's Lehigh Valley region. He began playing football at Bethlehem's Freedom High School in the highly competitive East Penn Conference In addition to playing football at Freedom High School, he also was a member of the high school's track and field and wrestling teams.
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