Duane Johnson

Dwayne Douglas Johnson , also known by his ring name The Rock, is an American and Canadian actor, producer and semiretired professional wrestler, signed with WWE. Johnson was a college football player for the University of Miami, winning a national championship on the 1991 Miami Hurricanes football team. He later played for the Calgary Stampeders in the Canadian Football League, and was cut two months into the 1995 season. This led him to become a professional wrestler like his grandfather, Peter Maivia, and his father, Rocky Johnson . Through Maivia, he is considered a nonblood relative of the Anoai wrestling family.

Johnson was born in Hayward, California, the son of Ata Johnson and professional wrestler Rocky Johnson. His maternal grandfather, High Chief Peter Maivia, was also a wrestler. His maternal grandmother, Lia Maivia, was one of wrestlings few female professional promoters, taking over Polynesian Pacific Pro Wrestling after her husbands death in 1982, until 1988. His cousin, Savelina Fanene, is also a wrestler currently working for WWE. His father is a Black Nova Scotian, and his mother is of Samoan heritage. Johnson briefly lived in the suburb of Grey Lynn in Auckland, New Zealand, with his mothers family. He attended Richmond Road Primary School, before returning to the United States with his parents.

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