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Height: 6'5"
Weight: 275 lbs.
Date of birth: May 2, 1972
Born: Hayward, California
Resides: Davie, Florida
Pro debut: 1995
Aliases: Flex Kavana, Rocky Maivia, The Rock, The People's Champ, The Great One, The Most ELecTrifying Man in Sports Entertainment
The Rock Says: "Know Your Role, Shut your Mouth", "If you Smell lalaa owww What The Rock is Cookin", "Lay the Smackdown", Layeth' The Smacketh Downeth", "Jabroni", "Roody Poo Candyass", "Monkey Ass", "It doesnt matter..", Turn that sumbitch sideways, stick it straight up your Candyass", "JUST BRING IT"
Famous moves: The Rock Bottom, The People's Elbow, Samoan Drop, Spine Buster
Ethnic Background: Black/Samoan
Family Background: "High Chief"Peter and Leah Maivia(grandparents) Rocky and Ata Johnson(parents)
Marital Status: Married(Dany Garcia Johnson)
School: Freedom High(Bethlehem, Pa), University of Miami(90-94)
Football Accomplishments: played football when he was fourteen at Freedom High in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. By senior year at Freedom High, he was considered one of the best defensive tackles in Pennsylvania. He was scouted by Dennis Erickson, the head coach at the University of Miami and offered a four-year football scholarship with the Miami Hurricanes. As a defensive tackle, he won a National Championship with Miami in 1991. After his graduation at
Miami, he signed a contract with the
CFL team, Calgary
Stampede. A back injury ended any
NFL aspirations.
USWA Accomplishments: - 1996, As Flex Kavana, he and Bret Sawyer captured the USWA tag team title. They would go on to become 2 time tag champs.
WWF Debut: In November 1996 at Survivor Series.
Factions: The Nation of Domination, The Corporation
Titles:USWA Tag Team (2)-Bret Sawyer WWF Heavyweight (5), WWF Intercontinental (2), WWF Tag Team (3)-Mick Foley
Biggest Feuds: Hunter Hearst Helmsley, Mick Foley, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Ken Shamrock
Mainstream Accomplishment: Book "The Rock Says" went #1 on the New York Times Bestsellers List; First Male to be on the cover of Jane Magazine
Mainstream Television Appearances: "The Net", "That 70's Show", "Chef Boy-ar-Dee Comm", "MTV's WWF Week" "The View"(twice), "Martin Short Show", "Saturday Night Live", "The Tonight Show w/Jay Leno"(twice), "MTV's Countdown to Wrestlemania 2000", "The Late, Late Show w/Craig Kilborn", The Martha Stewart Show", "Later Today", "The Today Show" "Extra", "Fox News Channel"(3), "MSNBC"(3) "Access Hollywood" "MTV's Total Request Live"(twice) "UPN News" "Dateline NBC" "Wyclef Jean's "It doesnt Matter music video" "National Inquirer TV", "Inside Edition", "The Republican National Convention", MTV's Choose or Lose Special", "Live with Regis" "Access Hollywood's Top Ten of 2000", "MTV Countdown to Summerslam 2000" "The Source Awards", "MTV Video Music Awards", "BET Madd Sports"
Aliases: Flex Kavana, Rocky Maivia, The Rock, The People's Champ, The Great One, The Most ELecTrifying Man in Sports Entertainment
The Rock Says: "Know Your Role, Shut your Mouth", "If you Smell lalaa owww What The Rock is Cookin", "Lay the Smackdown", Layeth' The Smacketh Downeth", "Jabroni", "Roody Poo Candyass", "Monkey Ass", "It doesnt matter..", Turn that sumbitch sideways, stick it straight up your Candyass", "JUST BRING IT"
Famous moves: The Rock Bottom, The People's Elbow, Samoan Drop, Spine Buster
Ethnic Background: Black/Samoan
Family Background: "High Chief"Peter and Leah Maivia(grandparents) Rocky and Ata Johnson(parents)
Marital Status: Married(Dany Garcia Johnson)
School: Freedom High(Bethlehem, Pa), University of Miami(90-94)
Football Accomplishments: played football when he was fourteen at Freedom High in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. By senior year at Freedom High, he was considered one of the best defensive tackles in Pennsylvania. He was scouted by Dennis Erickson, the head coach at the University of Miami and offered a four-year football scholarship with the Miami Hurricanes. As a defensive tackle, he won a National Championship with Miami in 1991. After his graduation at
Miami, he signed a contract with the
CFL team, Calgary
Stampede. A back injury ended any
NFL aspirations.USWA Accomplishments: - 1996, As Flex Kavana, he and Bret Sawyer captured the USWA tag team title. They would go on to become 2 time tag champs.
WWF Debut: In November 1996 at Survivor Series.
Factions: The Nation of Domination, The Corporation
Titles:USWA Tag Team (2)-Bret Sawyer WWF Heavyweight (5), WWF Intercontinental (2), WWF Tag Team (3)-Mick Foley
Biggest Feuds: Hunter Hearst Helmsley, Mick Foley, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Ken Shamrock
Mainstream Accomplishment: Book "The Rock Says" went #1 on the New York Times Bestsellers List; First Male to be on the cover of Jane Magazine
Mainstream Television Appearances: "The Net", "That 70's Show", "Chef Boy-ar-Dee Comm", "MTV's WWF Week" "The View"(twice), "Martin Short Show", "Saturday Night Live", "The Tonight Show w/Jay Leno"(twice), "MTV's Countdown to Wrestlemania 2000", "The Late, Late Show w/Craig Kilborn", The Martha Stewart Show", "Later Today", "The Today Show" "Extra", "Fox News Channel"(3), "MSNBC"(3) "Access Hollywood" "MTV's Total Request Live"(twice) "UPN News" "Dateline NBC" "Wyclef Jean's "It doesnt Matter music video" "National Inquirer TV", "Inside Edition", "The Republican National Convention", MTV's Choose or Lose Special", "Live with Regis" "Access Hollywood's Top Ten of 2000", "MTV Countdown to Summerslam 2000" "The Source Awards", "MTV Video Music Awards", "BET Madd Sports"