Rocky Johnson

Mat Matters: No Rocky, no problem for Johnson kids

Posted 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...

Rocky pays the price and Dewey dreams in 8-Bit in this week’s ‘Young Rock’

Posted 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...

Dwayne Johnson posts deeply personal thoughts as ‘Young Rock’ films season three

Posted 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...

Mat Matters: Hard truths on Rocky Johnson

Posted 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...

‘Young Rock’: Wrestling wives, Slim Jims, and the best qualities of Rocky Johnson

Posted 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...

‘Young Rock’ cooks up a well-told, sort-of-true story in this week’s episode

Posted 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...

‘Young Rock’ tells tales of a young Rocky, and a really, really young Dwayne

Posted by Dave Hillhouse | Apr 26, 2022 | Hollywood Headlock, Other Reviews

The flashback storytelling gets exponentially tricky this week, as Dwayne Johnson (in 2032) tells...

Dwayne Johnson enrolls in his father’s school of hard chops in ‘Young Rock’

Posted 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...

Actors Leilua and Anderson chart the rocky path of Dwayne’s parents in ‘Young Rock’

Posted 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...

Toughest fight happens outside of the ring in this week’s ‘Young Rock’

Posted 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...

1980s nostalgia rules in this week’s episode of ‘Young Rock’

Posted 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...

‘Young Rock’ Episode Ten: Football and family dreams

Posted 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...

‘Young Rock’ Episode Eight: Turning points for Rocky, Dewey, and Dwayne

Posted 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...

‘Young Rock’ Episode Six: A royal battle in Hawai’i

Posted 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...

“Trailblazer” Dwayne Johnson dedicates award to his late father Rocky Johnson

Posted by Bob Kapur | Mar 6, 2021 | News

Dwayne “the Rock Johnson dedicated his Hollywood Critics Association “Trailblazer...

‘Young Rock’ Episode Three: The wrestling business show

Posted 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...

Young Rock, Episode Two: Rocky and Ata take center stage

Posted 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...

‘Young Rock’ premiere episode: A fast and furious rush through the many lives of Dwayne Johnson

Posted 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...

Crowther showcases ‘Living superheroes’ in his comics

Posted 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....

The controversy over Rocky Johnson’s now-pulled autobiography

Posted 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...

Rocky Johnson dead at 75

Posted 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...

Good, bad and ugly all found in Rocky Johnson’s book

Posted 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...

Guest column: The Rock and I had the same trainer – Rocky Johnson

Posted 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...

Review: Sweet Daddy Siki documentary ‘relevant and important’

Posted 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...

Mat Matters: Here you go, Ricky Johnson

Posted 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...

Minority Mat Report: The rocky road of African-Americans in wrestling

Posted 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....

Edge, Natalya, Rocky Johnson pitch in for the food bank

Posted 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...

WWE HOF show had Flair

Posted by Bob Kapur | Mar 30, 2008 | WrestleMania

ORLANDO, Fla. — Saturday night opened with a laugh-filled address from a returning hero, and...

Emotions run high at WWE HOF

Posted by Chris Schramm | Apr 1, 2007 | WrestleMania

DETROIT – Rowdiness, cursing and blood are put aside for one night every year when the WWE...

D.C. Fanfest is a ‘Capital’ Idea

Posted by Steven Johnson | Aug 14, 2006 | Events, Interviews

ROCKVILLE, Md. — In the past, promoter Greg Price’s wrestling legends conventions have...

Proud uncle praises ‘The Rundown’

Posted 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...

Rocky Johnson: The unknown WWE trainer

Posted 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...

Rocky Maivia belongs to the next generation

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jan 30, 1997 | Classics, Interviews

Add Rocky Maivia to the list of next generation wrestlers competing in the WWF. As the son of...

Rocky Johnson Career Record

Posted 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...

Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson and family story archive

Posted 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...

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