Ata Johnson in serious car accident
Dwayne Johnson’s mother Ata Johnson seems to be doing fine after a horrendous car accident...
Read MorePosted by John Powell | Feb 3, 2023 | Featured Home Page, News
Dwayne Johnson’s mother Ata Johnson seems to be doing fine after a horrendous car accident...
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | Jan 20, 2023 | Hollywood Headlock, Other Reviews
A lot of people are flooding the web with outrage over recent casting efforts in Young Rock,...
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | Jan 13, 2023 | Hollywood Headlock, Other Reviews
Tonight’s episode of Young Rock digs into the beginnings of the feud between The Rock and...
Read MorePosted by Caleb Smith | Jan 6, 2023 | Hollywood Headlock, Other Reviews
This week in the world of Young Rock features some amazing revisionist history. I really like the...
Read MorePosted by Bob Kapur | Dec 20, 2022 | Hollywood Headlock, News
Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson, who portrayed Black Adam in the DC anti-hero’s...
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | Dec 17, 2022 | Hollywood Headlock, Other Reviews
The Christmas episode for Young Rock arrives early this year with an episode that spans all...
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | Dec 9, 2022 | Hollywood Headlock, Other Reviews
This week’s episode of Young Rock, titled “Five Days,” operates like a Greatest...
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | Dec 9, 2022 | Hollywood Headlock, Hollywood Headlock Interviews, Interviews
First things first: Uli Latukefu is very clear on the experience of playing Dwayne Johnson in...
Read MorePosted by Caleb Smith | Dec 2, 2022 | Hollywood Headlock, Other Reviews
This week Young Rock takes place in 1988 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where high school Rock...
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | Nov 19, 2022 | Hollywood Headlock, Other Reviews
This week, we’re going back to the 80s with the youngest Young Rock (played by Adrian Groulx...
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | Nov 12, 2022 | Hollywood Headlock, Other Reviews
It’s safe to say that this is an episode the wrestling fans who watch Young Rock have been...
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | Nov 9, 2022 | Hollywood Headlock, Other Reviews
Polynesian Pacific Pro Wrestling gets the spotlight in this week’s episode, which is...
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | Nov 5, 2022 | Hollywood Headlock, Other Reviews
Entering its third season, Young Rock has fully developed its format and sticks to the plan. In...
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | Oct 24, 2022 | Hollywood Headlock, Movie Reviews
The exploration of the Black Adam character in the new Dwayne Johnson-led movie revolves around...
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | Oct 5, 2022 | Hollywood Headlock, Other Reviews
Perhaps it’s too easy to view Tales from the Territories, the new wrestling docu-series...
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | Sep 25, 2022 | Hollywood Headlock
It’s not that unusual for actors from the same film or TV show to never actually meet on...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Sep 2, 2022 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews
An interesting assertion came up during SlamWrestling.net’s discussion with the second wife...
Read MorePosted by John Powell | Aug 8, 2022 | Hollywood Headlock, News
Vice TV, known for the controversial ‘Dark Side of the Ring’ series, has a new show in...
Read MorePosted by Domenic Marinelli | Jul 25, 2022 | Hollywood Headlock, Other Reviews
We’re on episode 3 of the Rivals A&E special and episode 3 was a ‘slobber knocker’ for sure,...
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | May 24, 2022 | Hollywood Headlock, Other Reviews
The twisting, turning tales of Dwayne Johnson’s most formative years reach another season...
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | May 17, 2022 | Hollywood Headlock, Other Reviews
This week’s episode of Young Rock, titled “Rocky’s Code” is really a tale...
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | May 10, 2022 | Hollywood Headlock, Other Reviews
It seems like just about everyone gets worked in tonight’s episode of Young Rock, titled...
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | May 10, 2022 | Hollywood Headlock, Hollywood Headlock Interviews, Interviews
In the world of Young Rock, there’s only one true champ for the title of “Youngest Rock” — and...
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | May 3, 2022 | Hollywood Headlock, Other Reviews
With his hair tousled up and his million dollar smile ready to dazzle, Dwayne Johnson arrives for...
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | Apr 26, 2022 | Hollywood Headlock, Other Reviews
The flashback storytelling gets exponentially tricky this week, as Dwayne Johnson (in 2032) tells...
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | Apr 26, 2022 | Hollywood Headlock, Hollywood Headlock Interviews
It’s not easy being the middle child. You’re not the precocious youngster, nor are you...
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | Apr 19, 2022 | Other Reviews
Sometimes, you just need to slow things down. A rest hold in a wrestling match, like a headlock or...
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | Apr 19, 2022 | Hollywood Headlock, Hollywood Headlock Interviews, Interviews
Wayne Mattei was hopeful of pulling off a pair of comebacks in 2022 — one to return as Sgt....
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | Apr 12, 2022 | Hollywood Headlock, Other Reviews
For wrestling fans of a certain age, and that includes this writer, tonight’s episode...
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | Apr 12, 2022 | Hollywood Headlock, Hollywood Headlock Interviews
Tonight’s episode of Young Rock promises a trip down a very particular memory lane, as Dwayne...
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | Apr 5, 2022 | Hollywood Headlock, Other Reviews
This week’s episode of Young Rock is a little different than most others in the series. The...
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | Mar 30, 2022 | Other Reviews
In the time-travelling adventures of Dwayne Johnson, as told in NBC’s Young Rock showing at...
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | Mar 22, 2022 | Other Reviews
Tonight’s episode of Young Rock portrays pivotal moments in the life and times of Dwayne...
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | Mar 22, 2022 | Hollywood Headlock, Hollywood Headlock Interviews
Young Rock marches onwards in its second season, with a new episode airing tonight at 8pm EST on...
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | Mar 16, 2022 | Hollywood Headlock, Other Reviews
Young Rock is back for its second season, featuring the tall and true tales, with some license...
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | Mar 15, 2022 | Hollywood Headlock, Hollywood Headlock Interviews
Young Rock begins its second season tonight on NBC at 8 pm EST (and at the same time on CityTV in...
Read MoreIn an interview with CNN, Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson appeared to permanently close the...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Dec 17, 2021 | Hollywood Headlock, Other Reviews
There’s a rich tradition of network television shows doing Christmas specials, standalones...
Read MorePosted by Bob Kapur | Oct 28, 2021 | Hollywood Headlock
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and John Cena will be battling it out again — but this...
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | Aug 1, 2021 | Hollywood Headlock, Movie Reviews
Disney’s latest “attraction to film” project (there are more of them than you...
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | May 4, 2021 | Hollywood Headlock, Other Reviews
It’s the season finale for Young Rock, which we now know is not a series finale as it has...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Apr 30, 2021 | News
Let’s get this out of the way first — “The Rock” Dwayne Johnson can...
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | Apr 27, 2021 | Hollywood Headlock, Other Reviews
Election Day is coming … in about eleven and half years for future Dwayne Johnson. In...
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | Apr 20, 2021 | Hollywood Headlock, Other Reviews
One thing that Young Rock has done well throughout the season is to allow every character to have...
Read MoreIn a recent column about Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s TV show Young Rock, SlamWrestling.net...
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | Apr 14, 2021 | Hollywood Headlock, Other Reviews
As Young Rock continues to use Dwayne Johnson’s life story, told in a dramatically creative...
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | Apr 13, 2021 | Hollywood Headlock, Hollywood Headlock Interviews, Interviews
When Slam Wrestling had the opportunity to speak with Brian Gewirtz, executive producer of NBC’s...
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | Apr 6, 2021 | Hollywood Headlock, Other Reviews
I’m going to cut to the chase for this week’s episode of Young Rock, titled...
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | Apr 6, 2021 | Hollywood Headlock, Hollywood Headlock Interviews, Interviews
Dwayne Johnson is, naturally, the driving force and very raison d’être for NBC’s Young...
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | Mar 30, 2021 | Hollywood Headlock, Other Reviews
NBC’s Young Rock has tiptoed along a very fine line in its episodes, playing to both...
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