‘Young Rock’ Episode Eleven: To be continued…
It’s the season finale for Young Rock, which we now know is not a series finale as it has...
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Get some guacamole on The Rock!
Let’s get this out of the way first — “The Rock” Dwayne Johnson can...
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‘Young Rock’ Episode Ten: Football and family dreams
Election Day is coming … in about eleven and half years for future Dwayne Johnson. In...
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‘Young Rock’ Episode Nine: Reaching for the stars
One thing that Young Rock has done well throughout the season is to allow every character to have...
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‘We shocked the world!’ – A look back at wrestlers-turned-politicians
In a recent column about Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s TV show Young Rock, SlamWrestling.net...
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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...
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‘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...
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‘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...
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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...
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‘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...
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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...
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‘Young Rock’ Episode Five: Mom’s Rules
This week, it’s another chance for 15-year-old Dewey Johnson (played by Bradley Constant) to...
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A-Ten-Hut! ‘Young Rock’ drafts Australian wrestler & actor Wayne Mattei as its Sgt. Slaughter
In previous interviews for our Young Rock series, Slam Wrestling has heard from actors who...
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‘Young Rock’ Episode Four: Are you ready for some football?
It feels like a lifetime since we’ve seen Uli Latukefu playing the role of 20-ish-year-old...
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Stacey Leilua sees opportunity and responsibility in playing Ata Johnson in ‘Young Rock’
It’s not a stretch to say that pro wrestling is largely a macho, manly kind of world. This...
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Dwayne Johnson gets reflective in post about potential XFL-CFL tag team
Finally… The Rock… has come back… to the CFL? Well, not as a player, of course....
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‘Young Rock’ the latest of Dwayne Johnson’s Presidential bid teases
“I’m Dwayne Johnson, and I approve this message.” Those were the final words...
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“Trailblazer” Dwayne Johnson dedicates award to his late father Rocky Johnson
Dwayne “the Rock Johnson dedicated his Hollywood Critics Association “Trailblazer...
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‘Young Rock’ Episode Three: The wrestling business show
As noted in the review of last week’s episode, Young Rock has laid down its rules about...
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Kevin Makely has a savagely good time portraying Macho Man in ‘Young Rock’
Let’s be honest: it’s hard to truly stand out in a lasting way in the world of...
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Young Rock, Episode Two: Rocky and Ata take center stage
After last week’s fast start out of the gate, which introduced the concept of the show and...
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Azar ‘made humble’ (but not too much) by ‘Young Rock’ role
Young Rock, showing on NBC on Tuesdays at 8 p.m. EST, takes viewers back to Dwayne Johnson’s...
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‘Young Rock’ premiere episode: A fast and furious rush through the many lives of Dwayne Johnson
The first episode of Young Rock, a series produced in part by Dwayne Johnson as a look back upon...
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Actor Matthew Willig has ‘Giant’ shoes to fill in ‘Young Rock’ role
Dwayne Johnson has claimed the mantle of Hollywood movie star number one, and he was no slouch in...
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Squared Circle Cinema and Shots: A Rock-y Family Double Feature
One can argue that the lines of “Sports Entertainment” became more and more blurry with the rise...
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Long & Delirious: A stream of consciousness journey through 8 Fast & Furious movies
Here’s the thing: I have never seen a Fast & Furious movie. I’m not much of a car or racing...
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The Rock photo book is for staunch fans of the people’s champion
I really hope SlamWrestling.net readers appreciate the efforts that us writers make for them. Just...
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Photographer captures all sides of The Rock in new photo book
When you think of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, you can have one of several images in your mind:...
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The Rock, Styles, Nash admit to testing positive for COVID-19
The pandemic has hit home for The Rock and AJ Styles who both revealed on social media that they...
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Dwayne Johnson buys the XFL
RedBird Capital Partners, a private investment firm, announced that it has tag-teamed with Dwayne...
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Author explores the world’s love of Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson
Tres Dean is one of the millions (and millions) of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s...
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The Rock picture book detailed but not in-depth
When I scribbled down some words, “detailed but not in-depth,” to describe the latest...
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Sue Aitchison: Making wishes come true at WWE for 30 years
To many, Sue Aitchison is the “wish lady” for World Wrestling Entertainment. Thirty...
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Rock DVD compilation leaves fans with questions
When Dwayne Johnson was in WWE, I will openly say that he was one of my favourite wrestlers....
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In awe at my first Cauliflower Alley Club reunion
LAS VEGAS – Paul Vachon calls to me and thrusts a Polaroid picture into my hand....
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The Rock hints that ring career is finished
What has been the fear of WWE fans for the last couple years looks like it is now a reality...
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Film Review: ‘Doom’ can’t quite live up to its legacy
Most people of a certain age will remember that when Doom arrived on the video game landscape, it...
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Proud uncle praises ‘The Rundown’
I have some home movies from when Dwayne was young, and I played one recently, and I saw...
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Rocky Johnson: The unknown WWE trainer
After 30 years in the business, Rocky Johnson is more than happy to give back. As the boss of the...
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Fans the reason Rock’s back
The Rock has certainly been on a roll lately. He had his big screen movie debut in The...
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Kurt promises a new Angle
This Sunday at the No Way Out pay-per-view, WWF World Heavyweight Champion – Kurt...
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The Rock takes Toronto
Finally The Rock has come back to Toronto! And it’s much to the delight of hundreds of...
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Rock’s autobiography disappoints
Together with professional author Joe Layden, WWF star The Rock has released his autobiography....
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A piece of The Rock
Talking with Rocky Maivia sure has changed over the past year. I first interviewed Maivia in...
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Rocky Maivia belongs to the next generation
Add Rocky Maivia to the list of next generation wrestlers competing in the WWF. As the son of...
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Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson and family story archive
In this case, we CAN say we knew The Rock when … he has told us that his first pro...
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