Dwayne Douglas Johnson     (The Rock) Journey

Dwayne Douglas Johnson was born on May the 2nd 1972 in Hayward County California. His mother Atta was of samoan origin while his father Wade was a black Nova Scotian Wade. Earned a living as a professional wrestler under the name of rocky Johnson to further entrench the wrestling gene in his blood Dwayne's maternal grandfather also had been a professional wrestler promoted as high chief Peter Maivia. He was the first Samoan wrestler to break into the big-time a generation later rocky became the first black champion to conquer the state wrestling scene. Rocky hustled as a wrestler taking on bouts wherever he could in order to support his family times were tough. With the family moving from state to state in order to keep pace with the wrestling venues in fact during Dwayne's formative years the family of three lived in 38 of the 50 states as they became entrenched in the Gipsy wrestling lifestyle the only time Dwayne got to see his dad was when he went on the road with him.

He cherished these times and quickly fell in love with everything to do with professional wrestling. His dad taught him some basic moves including the sleeper hold when he was 11. Dwayne was playing wrestling one school lunchtime when he put the sleeper hold on a classmate the kid immediately passed out unfortunately rocky hadn't shown his son how to bring someone out of the sleeper hold the ambulance and the police were called and rocky had to come down to revive the students. The Johnson house became a hangout for Dwayne's schoolmates who knew that they were going to have to do several round with their host. Dwayne would turn these events into mock TV shows where he would pretend to interview the Restless. He would even interview himself as he portrayed the bad guy his chairmanship was immediately evidence as he came out with all sorts of outrageous pronouncements against his intended victims Dwayne excelled in a number of sports physically.

He was miles ahead of his classmates he had his first weight workouts when he was 13 but he'd been tagging along with his dad to the gym since he was 5 years old as he sat quietly on a bench and watched proudly as rocky pounded out set after set with gargantuan weights Dwayne breathed in the gym atmosphere and marveled at the sight of huge men doing seemingly impossible things with massive loads of iron while other dance took their kids to the playground. Rocky took Dwayne to most of the hardcore gyms in the country it was here that the future superstar learns that there was no replacement for pure gut-wrenching hard work at the age of 8 rocky allowed Dwayne to participate in sports. He tried baseball soccer martial arts and gymnastics what he really longed to do was lift weights but it'd have to wait a few more years to get into that. Finally on his 13th birthday his dad took him to a local gym for his first ever weights workout an obvious place to start was the bench press which had studied for years as his dad and others pressed massive amounts of Steel from their chests rocky had his son start with an unloaded bar he pumped out 10 reps with no problem so rocky added a 20 pounds plate to each ends this time Dwayne pushed out eight easy reps impressed.

Rocky asked his son if he wanted to try the 45 pounders Dwayne not at his head his dad stood behind him and lifted the bar off the supports and Dwayne got buried under the 135 pound weight he felt embarrassed and ashamed as if he had let his dad down that feeling fueled an intense desire to get better at the benchpress and within a few years he would be benching 400 pounds between the ages of 14 and 15. Dwayne excelled in the gym by the time you entered high school he had grown to a towering 6-foot 3-inches and tipped the scale at 225 pounds his imposing physicality gave him a great steel of self-confidence which sometimes bordered on arrogance but his unstable home life that saw his father constantly traveling left him directionless. When he wasn't pounding the weights as a result of this he started to get into trouble it came to a head when he was 15 and he got arrested for check fraud.

His parents had to come and collect him from the police station when he looked at his mother and father and he realized that despite living from paycheck to paycheck he was the biggest source of stress in their lives. In that moment he vowed that he would never cause problem for his parents again although that was the last time that Dewayne got arrested it wasn't the last time he caused worry for rocky Anita in fact that very next day at school he got into a fight and knocked the other kid out it turns in a two-week suspension. Upon returning to school he decided that the students bathroom was not good enough for him and so he decided to use the teachers one when asked to leave he was rude to the teacher and tried to intimidate him with his physical presence that night drain felt pangs of guilt of the way he had treated the teacher so the next day he marched in to the teachers class and holding out his hand said that he wanted to apologize for the way he had acted the day before the teacher stared at Duane's hand for a moment and then grabs it and told Wayne that he appreciated the apology then still holding the boy's hand he said I want you to play football for me. football proved to be a positive outlet for Dwayne's frustrations and aggressions providing him with a renewed sense of focus under the watchful eye of coach. being Twain's workout intensity and dedication have been an inspiration to millions. He hits the gym at 4:00 a.m. every morning training for up to two hours with heavy basic compound moves in dispersed with cardio to keep his body fat percentage into the single digits.

He is also a favorite in the bodybuilding community appearing as a guest host at the 2016 mr. Olympia competition since 2014. Dwayne has been living in Southwest Ranches in Florida his first child Simone was born in 2001 while he was still married to her mother Danny in 2015 his second daughter Jasmine was born to his girlfriend of nine years Lauren hash Ian. Dwayne Johnson has risen from humble beginnings to establish himself as the most bankable movie star of the 21st century in the process he has brought back to mainstream entertainment the sort of alpha male persona that has been so absent for so long. He has become the people's champion once again.

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