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‘Young Rock’ Episode Eight: Turning points for Rocky, Dewey, and Dwayne
As Young Rock continues to use Dwayne Johnson's life story, told in a dramatically creative fashion, to play for some laughs and deliver lessons,...
‘Young Rock’ executive producer Brian Gewirtz looks back on 15-plus years with the WWE
When Slam Wrestling had the opportunity to speak with Brian Gewirtz, executive producer of NBC’s Young Rock and former WWE writer, it became clear...
‘Young Rock’ Episode Seven: an action-packed episode
I'm going to cut to the chase for this week's episode of Young Rock, titled "Johnson & Hopkins": with no wrestling and no football, it's up to...
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Brian Gewirtz brings his own wrestling acumen to ‘Young Rock’ as executive producer
Dwayne Johnson is, naturally, the driving force and very raison d'être for NBC's Young Rock, a show that details his own life story, and one which he is both starring in and co-producing. He is not, however, the only one on the production team with work in the pro...
Documentary review: ‘Luchadoras’ transcends the wrestling ring
There's a bold statement made near the beginning of Luchadoras, a documentary directed by Paola Calvo and Patrick Jasim who, along with Phillip Kaminiak, produced the film through their Berlin-based Tumult Film company. The statement comes from one of the film's main...
‘Young Rock’ Episode Six: A royal battle in Hawai’i
NBC's Young Rock has tiptoed along a very fine line in its episodes, playing to both wrestling fans and a broad family viewership. If anything, and to its credit and success, the show has focused much less on wrestling than one might have first presumed would be the...
Chavo Guerrero, Jr. forging a new legacy behind the scenes
So, you need someone to train actors to get into the ring and fill the wrestling boots of some iconic names -- who do you call? Chavo Guerrero, Jr., who had a hand in the Emmy-winning stunt choreography of Netflix's GLOW series, took that call from the Young Rock...
Documentary shows Page’s Relentless pursuit of DDP Yoga success story
Wrestling fans have long been acquainted with Diamond Dallas Page. He started at a late age as a pro wrestler (at 35 years old) but would go on and win the WCW World Title multiple times along with numerous other championships. DDP has many fans and if you are...
‘Young Rock’ Episode Five: Mom’s Rules
This week, it's another chance for 15-year-old Dewey Johnson (played by Bradley Constant) to take center stage in Young Rock. To get you back into this timeline, we last saw Dewey decking a schoolmate for calling wrestling fake, right after he had managed to impress...