This week’s ‘Young Rock’ features Dwayne & Rocky’s inconceivable adventures
A lot of people are flooding the web with outrage over recent casting efforts in Young Rock,...
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | Jan 20, 2023 | Featured Home Page, Hollywood Headlock, Other Reviews
A lot of people are flooding the web with outrage over recent casting efforts in Young Rock,...
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 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 | 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 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 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 | 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 16, 2022 | Hollywood Headlock, Other Reviews
Young Rock is back for its second season, featuring the tall and true tales, with some license...
Read MoreBrian Kendrick was pulled from Wednesday night’s episode of AEW Dynamite after controversial...
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 Dave Hillhouse | Nov 22, 2021 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2021
A dominant overall performance by one brand, a statement victory by one world champion over the...
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 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...
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | Mar 30, 2021 | Hollywood Headlock, Hollywood Headlock Interviews, Interviews
So, you need someone to train actors to get into the ring and fill the wrestling boots of some...
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | Mar 23, 2021 | Hollywood Headlock, Other Reviews
This week, it’s another chance for 15-year-old Dewey Johnson (played by Bradley Constant) to...
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | Mar 23, 2021 | Hollywood Headlock, Hollywood Headlock Interviews, Interviews
In previous interviews for our Young Rock series, Slam Wrestling has heard from actors who...
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | Mar 16, 2021 | Hollywood Headlock, Other Reviews
It feels like a lifetime since we’ve seen Uli Latukefu playing the role of 20-ish-year-old...
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | Mar 16, 2021 | Hollywood Headlock, Hollywood Headlock Interviews
It’s not a stretch to say that pro wrestling is largely a macho, manly kind of world. This...
Read MoreFinally… The Rock… has come back… to the CFL? Well, not as a player, of course....
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | Mar 9, 2021 | Hollywood Headlock, Hollywood Headlock Interviews, News
“I’m Dwayne Johnson, and I approve this message.” Those were the final words...
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 | Mar 2, 2021 | Hollywood Headlock, Hollywood Headlock Interviews
Let’s be honest: it’s hard to truly stand out in a lasting way in the world of...
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 Tommy "Milagro" Martinez | Feb 12, 2021 | Hollywood Headlock, Movie Reviews
One can argue that the lines of “Sports Entertainment” became more and more blurry with the rise...
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | Dec 25, 2020 | Movie Reviews
Here’s the thing: I have never seen a Fast & Furious movie. I’m not much of a car or racing...
Read MorePosted by Bob Kapur | Sep 12, 2020 | Gary Howard Memorial Library
When you think of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, you can have one of several images in your mind:...
Read MorePosted by John Powell | Sep 2, 2020 | News
The pandemic has hit home for The Rock and AJ Styles who both revealed on social media that they...
Read MorePosted by Bob Kapur | Aug 3, 2020 | News, The Sporting Connection
RedBird Capital Partners, a private investment firm, announced that it has tag-teamed with Dwayne...
Read MorePosted by Jamie Hemmings | Nov 3, 2019 | Gary Howard Memorial Library
Tres Dean is one of the millions (and millions) of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s...
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | Jun 6, 2019 | Hollywood Headlock
Barry Blaustein’s 1999 documentary Beyond the Mat captured lightning in a bottle when it was...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Nov 5, 2018 | Gary Howard Memorial Library
When I scribbled down some words, “detailed but not in-depth,” to describe the latest...
Read MorePosted by Kari Williams | Sep 1, 2018 | Interviews
Twenty years ago, Mick Foley stood atop a nearly 20-foot high steel cage, not knowing that the...
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