Mat Matters: No Rocky, no problem for Johnson kids
There are stories that come along every so often that are far bigger than we are. Journalism and...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Mar 29, 2023 | Opinion
There are stories that come along every so often that are far bigger than we are. Journalism and...
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 | 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 | Jun 30, 2022 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Opinion
A reflective editorial There is a story of mine at SI.com — “Finding Rocky’s...
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 | 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 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 | 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 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 | Mar 30, 2021 | Hollywood Headlock, Other Reviews
NBC’s Young Rock has tiptoed along a very fine line in its episodes, playing to both...
Read MoreDwayne “the Rock Johnson dedicated his Hollywood Critics Association “Trailblazer...
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | Mar 2, 2021 | Hollywood Headlock, Other Reviews
As noted in the review of last week’s episode, Young Rock has laid down its rules about...
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | Feb 23, 2021 | Hollywood Headlock, Other Reviews
After last week’s fast start out of the gate, which introduced the concept of the show and...
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | Feb 16, 2021 | Hollywood Headlock, Other Reviews
The first episode of Young Rock, a series produced in part by Dwayne Johnson as a look back upon...
Read MorePosted by Jamie Hemmings | May 15, 2020 | Gary Howard Memorial Library
Attorney John Crowther is a big believer in having a hobby outside of one’s work....
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Jan 18, 2020 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, Interviews
For all the entertainment in the ring that he provided to fans throughout his lengthy career, the...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Jan 15, 2020 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews, Obituaries
The Cauliflower Alley Club broke the news that “Soulman” Rocky Johnson, who was a huge...
Read MorePosted by Jamie Hemmings | Oct 15, 2019 | Gary Howard Memorial Library
Rocky Johnson says he “wanted to tell the good, the bad and the ugly” in his first...
Read MorePosted by JONATHON 'FUZZY' SAYERS | Jul 15, 2017 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Opinion
The roads of our great industry of professional wrestling have changed drastically over the years...
Read MorePosted by JOHN DOLIN - For SLAM! Wrestling | Jun 11, 2017 | Documentary Reviews
Invariably, wrestling biographies mix drama, old school hype and oddball minutiae and on this...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Dec 7, 2015 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Opinion
Ricky Johnson says I never write about him, but then I remind him that I first wrote about him in...
Read MorePosted by Blaine Van Der Griend | Feb 2, 2011 | Interviews
Black History month is here, and just like Eli Whitney, Harriett Tubman and Martin Luther King Jr....
Read MorePosted by Kenai Andrews | Dec 4, 2008 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews
TORONTO — The WWE kicked off a partnership with the Daily Bread Food Bank Wednesday with an...
Read MorePosted by Bob Kapur | Mar 30, 2008 | WrestleMania
ORLANDO, Fla. — Saturday night opened with a laugh-filled address from a returning hero, and...
Read MorePosted by Chris Schramm | Apr 1, 2007 | WrestleMania
DETROIT – Rowdiness, cursing and blood are put aside for one night every year when the WWE...
Read MorePosted by Steven Johnson | Aug 14, 2006 | Events, Interviews
ROCKVILLE, Md. — In the past, promoter Greg Price’s wrestling legends conventions have...
Read MorePosted by Slam Wrestling | Sep 30, 2003 | Movie Reviews
I have some home movies from when Dwayne was young, and I played one recently, and I saw...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Aug 20, 2003 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews
After 30 years in the business, Rocky Johnson is more than happy to give back. As the boss of the...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Jan 30, 1997 | Interviews
Add Rocky Maivia to the list of next generation wrestlers competing in the WWF. As the son of...
Read MorePosted by Vance Nevada | Dec 2, 1900 | Results
ROCKY “SOULMAN” JOHNSON (1965 – 2003) Real Name: Wayde Bowles Born: Dartmouth, NS Brother: Ricky Johnson Son: Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson Titles Held: Canadian (BC) tag team 1967 Canadian (NS) Heavyweight 1968 North...
Read MorePosted by Slam Wrestling | Sep 12, 1900 | Story Archives
In this case, we CAN say we knew The Rock when … he has told us that his first pro...
Read MoreApr 27 – TNA: Rebellion
Apr 29 – NJPW: Hizen no Kuni
May 2 – ROH: Supercard of Honor
May 3 – GCW: Crazy Scary Spooky Hilarious
May 3 – NJPW: Wrestling Dontaku
May 4 – NJPW: Wrestling Dontaku (continued)
May 4 – GCW: We Still Don’t Trust You
May 9 – NJPW: Resurgence
May 10 – WWE: Backlash
May 10 – MLW & CMLL: Azteca Lucha
May 10 – MLP: Northern Rising
May 17 – NWA: Crockett Cup
May 17 – GCW: Big Time
May 23 – TNA: Under Siege
May 24 – WWE: Saturday Night’s Main Event XXXIX
May 25 – WWE: NXT Battleground
May 25 – AEW: Double or Nothing
Jun 1 – NJPW: Best of the Super Juniors (Final)
Jun 4 – AEW: Fyter Fest
Jun 6 – TNA: Against All Odds
Jun 7 – WWE: NXT Worlds Collide
Jun 7 – WWE: Money in the Bank
Jun 7 – GCW: Tournament of Survival X
Jun 8 – GCW: Cage of Survival
Jun 11 – AEW: Summer Blockbuster
Jun 15 – NJPW: Dominion 6.15 in Osaka-jo Hall
Jun 18 – AEW & CMLL: Grand Slam Mexico
Jun 20 – GCW: TBA (Little Rock, AR)
Jun 20 – NJPW: Fantastica Mania Mexico
Jun 26 – MLW: Summer of the Beasts
Jun 29 – NJPW: Tanahashi Jam
Jul 11 – GCW: Boss of All Bosses
Jul 11 – ROH: Death Before Dishonor
Jul 12 – AEW: All In
Jul 20 – TNA: Slammiversary
Aug 2 – WWE: SummerSlam (Night 1)
Aug 3 – WWE: SummerSlam (Night 2)
Aug 17 – NJPW: G1 Climax 35 (Final)
Aug 24 – AEW & NJPW: Forbidden Door
Aug 31 – WWE: Clash in Paris
Sep 13 – MLW: Fightland
Oct 4 – GCW: TBA (Anchorage, AK)
Oct 4 – MLW: Slaughterhouse