NBC cancels Young Rock
NBC has given the smackdown to the Young Rock. After three seasons the sitcom has been cancelled....
Read MorePosted by John Powell | Jun 9, 2023 | Movies and TV, News
NBC has given the smackdown to the Young Rock. After three seasons the sitcom has been cancelled....
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | Feb 24, 2023 | Movies and TV, Other Reviews
In a season finale that feels like a series finale, Dwayne Johnson seeks a political win in...
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | Feb 17, 2023 | Movies and TV, Other Reviews
It’s probably not worth spending much time on this anymore, but here goes: Young Rock plays...
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | Feb 10, 2023 | Movies and TV, Other Reviews
Where in the world has Dwayne Johnson been? He was barely featured in last week’s episode of...
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | Feb 3, 2023 | Movies and TV, Other Reviews
While the focus and energy of Johnson’s family and friends has most assuredly been on his...
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | Jan 20, 2023 | Movies and TV, 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 | Movies and TV, 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 | Movies and TV, Other Reviews
This week in the world of Young Rock features some amazing revisionist history. I really like the...
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | Dec 17, 2022 | Movies and TV, 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 | Movies and TV, 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 Interviews, Interviews, Movies and TV
First things first: Uli Latukefu is very clear on the experience of playing Dwayne Johnson in...
Read MorePosted by Caleb Smith | Dec 2, 2022 | Movies and TV, 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 | Movies and TV, 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 | Movies and TV, 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 5, 2022 | Movies and TV, Other Reviews
Entering its third season, Young Rock has fully developed its format and sticks to the plan. In...
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | Sep 25, 2022 | Movies and TV
It’s not that unusual for actors from the same film or TV show to never actually meet on...
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | Aug 21, 2022 | Hollywood Headlock Interviews, Movies and TV
Summertime, and the livin’ is easy, as the Gershwin tune goes. These are definitely carefree...
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | May 24, 2022 | Movies and TV, Other Reviews
The twisting, turning tales of Dwayne Johnson’s most formative years reach another season...
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | May 24, 2022 | Hollywood Headlock Interviews, Movies and TV
In both seasons of Young Rock, the Iron Sheik as portrayed by Brett Azar has been given a...
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | May 17, 2022 | Movies and TV, 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 | Movies and TV, 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 Interviews, Interviews, Movies and TV
In the world of Young Rock, there’s only one true champ for the title of “Youngest Rock” — and...
Read MorePosted by Jonathan Schwartz | May 8, 2022 | Opinion
Professional wrestling fans are a weird bunch. I know since I’m one of them. We are loyal to a...
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | May 3, 2022 | Movies and TV, 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 | Movies and TV, 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 Interviews, Movies and TV
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 Interviews, Interviews, Movies and TV
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 | Movies and TV, 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 Interviews, Movies and TV
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 | Movies and TV, 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 Interviews, Movies and TV
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 | Movies and TV, 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 Interviews, Movies and TV
Young Rock begins its second season tonight on NBC at 8 pm EST (and at the same time on CityTV in...
Read MorePosted by Bob Kapur | Dec 31, 2021 | Uncategorized
In an interview with CNN, Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson appeared to permanently close the...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Dec 17, 2021 | Movies and TV, Other Reviews
There’s a rich tradition of network television shows doing Christmas specials, standalones...
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | May 4, 2021 | Movies and TV, 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 Dave Hillhouse | Apr 27, 2021 | Hollywood Headlock Interviews, Interviews, Movies and TV
In a way, Bruno Lauer, best known to wrestling fans as WWE manager Harvey Wippleman, deserved more...
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | Apr 27, 2021 | Movies and TV, 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 | Movies and TV, Other Reviews
One thing that Young Rock has done well throughout the season is to allow every character to have...
Read MorePosted by Bob Kapur | Apr 20, 2021 | Interviews, News
In a recent column about Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s TV show Young Rock, SlamWrestling.net...
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | Apr 14, 2021 | Movies and TV, 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 Interviews, Interviews, Movies and TV
When Slam Wrestling had the opportunity to speak with Brian Gewirtz, executive producer of NBC’s...
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | Apr 6, 2021 | Movies and TV, 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 Interviews, Interviews, Movies and TV
Dwayne Johnson is, naturally, the driving force and very raison d’être for NBC’s Young...
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | Mar 30, 2021 | Movies and TV, 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 Interviews, Interviews, Movies and TV
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 | Movies and TV, Other Reviews
This week, it’s another chance for 15-year-old Dewey Johnson (played by Bradley Constant) to...
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