Humpday Spotlight: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

Chances are when you were growing up, you watched the WWF at least once (It's still the WWF in my eyes, fuck that dumb panda and the World Wildlife Foundation).  There were the likes of the beer guzzling, middle finger flipping Stone Cold Steve Austin, the 22-0 Undefeated Deadman, The Undertaker (He still is undefeated at Wrestlemania, the refs messed up the count), and the pie eating, eyebrow raising, jabroni beating, the People's Champ, THE ROCK.  The Rock is the biggest wrestler ever to succeed out of the ring, and there's no question about it.  If I could switch lives with him for one day, I would do it without question.  He probably gets so much puss with the beautiful temple of his body that he works endless hours a day working on.  He was the most electrifying man in Sports Entertainment and he continues to bring it on the big screen.

Wrestling Career:  In November of 1996, The Rock debuted in at Survivor Series, one of the
"Big 4" WWE PPVs.  Athleticism was in his blood.  He played football at the University of Miami as a backup to Warren Sapp (NFL HOF'er).  Since he saw football wasn't his route in life, he followed his father and grandfather's route and joined wrestling.  He had all the pieces necessary to become a superstar.  His physique was amazing, his polarizing skills on the mic and was able to fire up the crowd like no one else could.  He went through bouts with wrestling legends like Stone Cold, Mic Foley, Chris Jericho and Hulk Hogan.  The Rock left in 2004 to pursue his acting career and returned to the ring 2011 for some long term part-time gigs passing the torch off to John Cena and CM Punk.  He wrestled at Wrestlemania 28 and 29 facing John Cena, going 1-1, dropping the belt to him at Wrestlemania 29, which he won off of CM Punk at the 2013 Royal Rumble in January.  Wrestlemania 30 was this year and he, Stone Cold and Hulk Hogan opened the show with an awesome promo that made the little child in me jump up and down in excitement.  It was one of the coolest promos I've ever seen, period. He will without a doubt be inducted into the WWE Hall Of Fame when the time comes, and I hope he has at least one more match left in him because he suffered some severe injuries against John Cena at Wrestlemania 29.  Here are some of the most memorable and iconic moments The Rock so far in his WWE career. 

Acting Career:  This was perhaps the hardest step Dwayne took in his professional career, trying to go to the big screen and movies.  People were very skeptic about his transition and if he would succeed... and boy did he.  His movies grossed a total of $1.3 BILLION, with a B in 2013, which was the most among any actor or actress. No one can get enough of The Rock, hes a megastar.  His first feature film was The Scorpion King in 2002.  From there, he went on to lead in The Rundown and Walking Tall.  The first serious, non action roll he played was Gridiron Gang.  He played a football coach who coached a group of kids who had problems staying out of trouble off the field.  He instilled faith and discipline in them, showing them someone cared about them, and thats what they needed in their life.  They wound up losing in the championship game, but they won in life.  It was a very feel good story, and I feel The Rock executed that role perfectly.  He is well known for his roles in the Fast And Furious series.  He appeared in FF 5, 6 and is currently filming 7 which is being fixed due to the tragic passing of Paul Walker (RIP).  My favorite movie in which he appeared was Pain And Gain. Themigs touched on this movie in his blog yesterday so head over there and read it or watch the movie yourself, and have your mind blown away.  He made me feel bad for his character, be scared of his character, laugh at his character and sympathise for his character all in the same movie.  Not to mention my other Man Crush Mark Wahlberg was in it, so it was an absolute must for me to see.  Hercules is scheduled to be released on July 27th, The Rock's next featured film and hes currently filming his next film San Andreas which should also be a box office giant.  

I'll admit he really isn't the greatest actor, staying mainly with action rolls, but thats ok. He brings more to the table than acting, he's a huge name that draws people to the movies and sells tickets.  He does his job.  People pay to see him, he puts people in the seats, exactly like he did in the WWE.  Dwayne is one of the biggest names in Hollywood, and I don't see that ending anytime soon.  I'd pay him money to Rock Bottom or People's Elbow me, but I don't think he would need the cash because his net worth is $70 Million.  I just hope to run into him one day just to say I've met The People's Champ, The Rock.