Thursday, August 2, 2012

History Of Rock

Dwayne Douglas Johnson, also known by his ring name The Rock is American actor and professional wrestler who appears for WWE on RAW brand. He is often credited as Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. Johnson was a college football player.
Born: May 2,1972 (age 40),Hayward

Height:1.96 m

Weight:125 kg

He gained mainstream fame as a wrestler in the World Wrestling Federation from 1996 to 2004 and was first third generation superstar in the company's history, Johnson was quickly given a push as a heroic character in the WWF,originally billed as "Rocky Maivia" and then as "The Rock". He would subsequently turn into a villain as a member of the Nation of Domination in 1997. Two years after he joined the WWF,Johnson won the WWF Championship and became one of the most popular wrestler within he company's history for his engaging interviews and promos. Johnson is regarded by many as one of the greatest talkers in professional wrestling history, Rock was third by the fans for his microphone ability behind Roddy Piper and Stone Cold Steve Austin who were second and first respectively.

He widely considered one of the greatest professional wrestler of all time. He won a total of 16 championships in WWE\F. This included nine World Heavy Weight Championships , 2 WWF Intercontinental Championship and 5 times Tag Team Championship. He was sixth WWF\E triple crown Champion,and the winner of the 2000 Royal Rumble.

On the February 14 , 2011 episode of RAW the Rock revealed as the Host of the Wrestle Mania XXVII appealing live on RAW  for the first time in almost seven years. During a lengthy promo that ran 20 minutes over the usual RAW ending time,the Rock addressed the fans , Michael Cole, The Miz and John Cena calling Big fat bowl of Fruity Pebbles as a response of a shoot interview Cena did on the Rock a couple of years ago.

From February 27, 2012 and up to Wrestle Mania, The Rock and John Cena had various verbal conformations on Raw nut they never came to blows. On march 12,2012 edition of RAW,The Rock hosted his first Rock Concert after 8 years since 2004. The Rock also explained that having beaten Hulk Hogan and  Stone Cold Steve Austin at Wrestle Mania he needed to beat Cena to become greatest wrestler of all time.

At Wrestle Mania XXVIII The Rock faced Cena in the main event match which had been building for a year and that was billed as "once in a lifetime". The climax of the match came when Cena made the mistake  of  attempting the Peoples Elbow on Rock as the Rock countered with the Rock Bottom to seal victory . The next night on RAW Rock praised Cena for putting a good fight calling their match an honor. The Rock then vowed to once again become WWE Champion. Johnson would announce that he would get to face whoever the WWE Champion is at Royal Rumble. During the show, the Rock have encountered with both CM Punk,Daniel Bryan and Cena all showing a desire to face the Rock,with Cena wanting a rematch but would similarly get assaulted by CM Punk.

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