Walking Tall (2004) is an American vigilante action film directed by Kevin Bray, starring Dwayne Johnson (credited as The Rock) and Johnny Knoxville, which serves as a remake of the 1973 film of the same name. The film follows Sergeant Chris Vaughn, a former Green Beret who returns to his hometown and becomes sheriff after discovering corruption and crime, ultimately fighting to clean up his community. Despite starring Dwayne Johnson, the film received negative reviews from critics (27% positive on Rotten Tomatoes) and grossed $57.2 million against a $46 million budget. This film marked Johnson's transition from professional wrestling to acting, where he would go on to become one of the world's highest-grossing actors with films grossing over $11.4 billion worldwide.
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Walking Tall is a 2004 American vigilante action film directed by Kevin Bray. It is the remake of the 1973 film of the same name and [music] stars Dwayne Johnson, credited as The Rock, and Johnny Knoxville. The film revolves around a discharged [music] U s army soldier who returns to his hometown only to become the town's sheriff when he [music] finds that the town is laced with heinous crimes and corruption.
Walking Tall was released on April 2nd, [music] 2004 by MGM Distribution Co. in the United States with 20th Century Fox releasing [music] in other territories.
The film received negative reviews from critics and grossed $57.2 [music] $2 million against a $46 million budget.
Plot. Sergeant Chris Vaughn is a former Green Beret who returns to his small hometown in Kitap [music] County.
Looking for work, Chris finds the local cedar mill was closed down 3 years prior by its owner, Jay. Hamilton, [music] who opened a casino that now accounts for the majority of revenue for the local area. Hamilton, who was Chris's [music] school friend, invites him to a night of fun at the casino. While checking out the VIP lounge, Chris stumbles [music] upon his childhood friend, Denny, who is now working as a stripper. He notices the craps dealer using [music] loaded dice and demonstrates this to the patrons. When the floorman [music] refuses to pay out, Chris instigates a fight. Although Chris beats [music] most of the security guards, he is subdued with a cattle prod. In the basement, Hamilton's [music] head of security, Booth, cuts Chris torso with a utility knife and leaves him for dead. After recovering, Chris attempts [music] to press charges, but Sheriff Stan Watkins refuses, saying the casino [music] is untouchable.
Chris learns that his nephew Pete has overdosed on meth, which was sold [music] to his friends by the casino security guards. Furious, Chris arrives [music] at the casino and using a piece of lumber as a club, destroys [music] casino property and brutally beats the security guards. Sheriff Watkins and his [music] deputies apprehend Chris as he drives away. In the ensuing trial, Hamilton's security and staff testify against Chris. When the judge allows Chris to present his defense, he fires his appointed attorney, whom he suspects of working for Hamilton. Chris gives a civic speech about the town's former glory and promises to clean it up if acquitted. To further emphasize his plea, [music] Chris reveals the grotesque scars on his torso. Chris is acquitted and wins the [music] sheriff's election. Upon taking office, Chris sumearily dismisses the entire police force and deputizes his friend Ray Templeton. Being a [music] former drug addict, Ray teaches Chris about narcotics.
Chris [music] and Ray crack down on a supply spot and take Booth into custody.
Despite stripping [music] his truck into pieces in front of him, Booth reveals nothing. Chris assigns Ry to stand watch over his house in [music] case Hamilton targets his family. Chris remains at the sheriff's office to supervise [music] Booth. Denny visits him, brings him food, and reveals [music] that she quit her job. The next morning, Watkins and his deputies [music] arrive at Chris office, blow up his truck, and fire upon the building with machine guns.
Recognizing his dangerous predicament, [music] Booth pleads for Chris to let him out of his cell. Chris uses the situation [music] as leverage and Booth reveals that the drug lab is in the cedar mill.
Booth is immediately killed [music] by the attackers's indiscriminate fire, but Chris kills the attackers with Denny's help. Chris parents house is also attacked, but Ry and Chris [music] father dispatch the gunman. After ensuring their safety, Chris heads for the mill. Hamilton, calmly waiting in a [music] control room, attempts to kill Chris with the mill equipment.
Chris drags Hamilton through a trapoor with him and the two fall through a chute. Chris, whose leg is injured, tends to his [music] injury in a nearby forest before Hamilton attacks him with an ax. Chris cripples [music] Hamilton and arrests him. With Ray's assistance, Chris shuts down the casino and reopens the cedar mill. Cast Dwayne Johnson, credited as The Rock, as Chris vaugh [music] Jr., an Army veteran who runs for sheriff in an effort to clean up his hometown. Both the character and the story are based on Sheriff Buford Pusser and his time as sheriff of McNary County, Tennessee. The film is dedicated to his memory. Johnny Knoxville as Ray Templeton, Chris [music] friend and former convict who is deputized by Chris. Neil [music] Mcdana as Jay Hamilton, Chris former friend and owner of the casino. He is also the head of the drug [music] trade in the town.
Michael Bowen as Sheriff Stan Watkins, a corrupt sheriff who allows Hamilton and his men to run the casino [music] undisturbed as a front for their drug dealing. Kevin Durant as JW [music] Booth, the head of security at the casino and one of Hamilton's dealers.
[music] Kristen Wilson as Michelle Vaughn, Chris sister and paramedic. Ashley Scott as Denny, Chris friend and love interest [music] who worked at the casino as a stripper. Barbara Tarbuk as Connie Vaughn, Chris mother. Cleo Thomas as Pete Vaughn, [music] Michelle's son and Chris nephew. John Beasley as Chris Vaugh senior, Chris father. Kobe Smolders as Exotic Beauty, [music] one of the employees at the casino.
Reception based on [music] 134 reviews collected by the film review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. 27% [music] of critics gave Walking Tall a positive review with an average rating of 5.4/10.
The site's critics consensus [music] reads, "The Rock makes a competent hero, but the movie is content to let a 2* 4 do all [music] the talking." Two.
Metacritic gave the film a score of [music] 44 out of 100 based on 31 critics indicating mixed or average reviews. Three audiences [music] pulled by Cinema Score gave the film an average grade of B+ on an A+ to F [music] scale.
Four, the film grossed $57 million worldwide with a budget of $46 [music] million.
Five sequels.
Walking Tall, The Payback, and Walking Tall: Lone Justice [music] are two directtovideo sequels that have been released starring Kevin Sorbbo. See also Dwayne Douglas Johnson, born May 2nd, [music] 1972, also known by his ring name, The Rock, is an American actor and professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, [music] where he performs on a part-time basis.
Widely regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time, 67 Johnson was integral to the development and success of the World Wrestling Federation, [music] WWF, now WWE, during the Attitude Era. He wrestled for the WWF full-time [music] for 8 years before pursuing an acting career. His films have grossed over 11.4 billion worldwide 8, making him one of the world's highest grossing [music] actors of all time. 9 1011 He is a co-owner of the United [music] Football League. 121314, a member of the board of directors of TKO Group Holdings, [music] the parent company of UFC and WWE 151617, and co-founder of Seven Bucks Productions.
18. After accepting an athletic scholarship to play football [music] at the University of Miami, Johnson was a member of the 1991 National Championship team, but was [music] largely a backup player. 19. Despite aspirations to play professional football, he went undrafted in the 1995 NFL draft and briefly [music] signed with the Calgary Stampeders before being cut in his first season. 20 in 1996, [music] his father assisted in helping him secure a contract with [music] the WWF.
One Johnson quickly rose to global prominence, aided by a [music] gimmick he employed as a charismatic trash talker. Johnson left the WWE in 2004.
[music] He returned in 2011 as a part-time performer until 2013 and made sporadic [music] appearances until his retirement in 201921. In 2023, he returned once [music] again on a part-time basis. A 10-time world champion including the promotions first of African descent 22.
He is also a two-time Intercontinental Champion, [music] a five-time tag team champion, the 2000 Royal Rumble winner, and WWE's sixth triple crown champion. [music] Johnson headlined multiple pay-per-view events, including [music] WWE'se's flagship event, Wrestlemania, six times, 15, 16, [music] 17, 28, 29, and 40, night one, which includes the [music] most bought professional wrestling pay-per-view, Wrestlemania 28, and main event, the most watched episodes of WWE's flagship television series, Raw and Smackdown.
2324. [music] Johnson's first film role was in The Mummy Returns [music] 2001.
The next year, he played his first leading role in the action fantasy film The Scorpion King. He has since [music] starred in family films The Game Plan 2007, Race to Which Mountain 2009, [music] Tooth Fairy 2010, Jamanji Welcome to [music] the Jungle 201, Jamani The Next Level 2019, [music] and Jungle Cruise 2021 and The Action Films Journey [music] to The Mysterious Island 2012.
GI Joe [music] Retaliation 2013, Hercules 2014, Skyscraper 2018, San Andreas 2015, and Rampage 2018.
He also starred [music] in the action comedy films Get Smart 2008, Central Intelligence 2016, [music] Baywatch 2017, and Red Notice 2021.
His role as Luke Hobbs in the Fast and Furious films beginning with Fast [music] 51 helped the franchise become one of the highest grossing [music] in film. 25. He joined the DC extended universe by playing the title role in Black Adam 2022. [music] 26. He has also voiced Maui in the Disney animated film Moana 2016 [music] and its sequel Moana 2 2024 and will reprise the role in [music] the 2026 liveaction remake. He received critical praise for his dramatic [music] turn as MMA fighter Mark Kerr in the sports biopic the smashing machine 2025.
2728 [music] Johnson produced and starred in the HBO comedy drama series Ballers [music] 2015 to 2019 29 and the autobiographical sitcom Young Rock 2021 [music] to 2023.
His autobiography The Rock says was released in 2000 and was a New York Times bestseller.
3031. In 2016 and 2019, Time named him as one of the world's most influential people. [music] 3233.
Early life and education.
Johnson was [music] born in Hayward, California, 3435 on May 2nd, 1972-36.
[music] The son of former professional wrestler Rocky Johnson born Wade Douglas BS 3738 and Matty Malia Adafu [music] Navia 3940. Growing up he briefly lived in Grelin in Auckland, New [music] Zealand with his mother's family 41 where he played rugby 42 and attended Richmond Road Primary School before returning to the US. 41.
Dwayne's father [music] Rocky Johnson.
Johnson's father was a black Nova Scotian with a small amount of Irish ancestry. [music] 43 44 45 while his mother is Samoan.
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His father and Tony Atlas were the first [music] black tag team champions in WWE history in 1983.
4950 [music] Johnson's uncle Ricky was also a wrestler. 51. His mother is the adopted daughter of [music] Peter Mabia, who was also a professional wrestler.
52. Johnson's [music] maternal grandmother, Leah, was one of the first female pro wrestling promoters, taking over Polynesian Pacific [music] pro wrestling after her husband's death in 1982 and managing it until 1988.
5354 [music] through his maternal grandfather, Mavia Johnson is a non-blood relative of the Anoi wrestling family. 55, 56, 57, [music] 58,59. In 2008, he inducted his father and grandfather into the WWE Hall of Fame. 60. As a senior [music] at Freedom High School in Bethlehem Township, Pennsylvania, Johnson was a member of the school's [music] football, track, and field, and wrestling teams. Johnson attended Mont Clair Elementary School in [music] Charlotte, North Carolina, and then moved to Hampton, Connecticut, where he attended Shepard Glenn Elementary School and then Hamen Middle School. 6162 he attended President William McKinley High School in Honolulu and then Glankliffe High School and McGavoc High School both in Nashville, Tennessee and then Freedom High School in Bethlehem Township, Pennsylvania [music] in the Lehigh Valley region of the state where he graduated in 1990.
63 at Freedom High School, [music] Johnson initially struggled and was drawn into a culture of conflict and petty crime. By age 17, [music] he had been arrested several times for fighting, theft, and check fraud, and was suspended [music] two weeks for fighting. 64. An article in the local newspaper labeled him a troubled teenager with a history of run-ins with police. But Freedom [music] High School football coach Jodiqu saw athletic potential in Johnson and recruited him to join the [music] school's football team where he played defensive tackle, an experience [music] that proved to be a significant personal transformation for Johnson. My thought process started to [music] change. That's when I started thinking about goals and what I wanted to accomplish. He has since said about his high school football [music] experience.
19. In addition to playing football, Johnson also was a member of Freedom High School's track [music] and field and wrestling teams. 37.
By his senior year at Freedom High School, [music] Johnson had played only two years of football, but was offered a full athletic scholarship from the University of Miami, whose football program was beginning to emerge as one of the nation's top level NCAA Division I [music] teams. 19. Football career.
Dwayne Johnson number 94 position defensive [music] tackle personal information listed height 6'5 in 1.96M listed [music] weight 253 lb 115 kg career information high school Freedom High School Bethlehem Pennsylvania College Miami FL [music] 1990 to9 1994 career history Calgary Stampeders [music] 1995 asterisk asterisk offseason and slash or practice squad member only awards and highlights national champion 1991 college career as he did in high school [music] Johnson continued to play defensive tackle at the University of Miami where he was a member of the Miami Hurricanes 199 91 team which won that year's national championship 6537. [music] Despite playing four years there, however, Johnson found himself behind elite [music] players on the depth chart, including future NFL star and pro football hall of [music] fame inductee Warren Sap and appeared mostly in backup roles. 6667 in his time at Miami, Johnson [music] played in 39 games with one start. He recorded 4.5 sacks and 77 tackles.
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In 1995, [music] Johnson graduated with a bachelor of general studies and a dual major in criminology and physiology.
Three. He was also one of the university's most prolific [music] student speakers in the Miami area community, frequently delivering positive messages about his own struggles and [music] encouraging students to remain in school and avoid the dangers of drug use.
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Canadian Football League. After graduating, Johnson was signed by the Calgary Stampeders of [music] the Canadian Football League. Calgary moved him from defensive tackle to linebacker.
[music] He was assigned to Calgary's practice roster, but was cut two months into Calgary's 1995 [music] season. 376970.
Professional [music] wrestling career.
Early career 1996 part of a series on professional wrestling history. Notable [music] promotions, notable men, notable women, notable tag teams and stables by region, styles, concepts, culture, media [music] outlets, controversies, lists, related [music] topics. B. After being cut by Calgary, Johnson began [music] his professional wrestling career the next year in 1996.
37 veteran wrestler Pat Patterson secured several tryyout matches for Johnson with the World Wrestling Federation, WWF, in 1996.
Wrestling [music] at first under his real name, Johnson defeated the Brooklyn Brawler at a house show on March 1071, 186 to 189 and lost matches [music] to Chris Candido and Owen Hart, 41, after wrestling at Jerry Lawler's United States [music] Wrestling Association under the name Flex Cavanaaugh and winning the USWA Tag Team Championship twice with his partner Bart Sawer in the summer of 1996. [music] Johnson was signed to a WWF contract.
[music] He received additional training from Tom Pritchard alongside Brockus and Mark Henry. 541 World Wrestling Federation/World [music] Wrestling Entertainment Intercontinental Champion 1996 [music] to 1997.
Johnson made his WWF debut as Rocky Mayia, a combination of his father and grandfather's ring names. Although announcers acknowledged his real name.
[music] 72. He was initially reluctant to take this ring name but was persuaded by Vince McMahon and Jim Ross. 5471 [music] 146. He was given the nickname the blue chipper. And to [music] play up his lineage, he was hyped as the WWF's first third generation wrestler. To a clean [music] cutface character, Mavia was pushed heavily from the start despite his wrestling inexperience.
He debuted on Monday Night Raw as a member of Mark Merrow's Entourage [music] on November 4th, 1996 73. His first match [music] came at Survivor Series on November 17th. In an eight-man elimination tag match, he was the [music] sole Survivor and eliminated the final two members of the opposing team, Crush and Goldest.
74. On February 13th, [music] 1997, he won the Intercontinental Championship from Hunter Hurst Helmsley on a Thursday [music] edition of Monday Night Raw 757677.
Maybe then successfully defended the title against [music] Helmsley at In Your House 13, Final Four on February 16th.
>> [music] >> Johnson's first Wrestlemania match came at WrestleMania 13 on March 23rd, where he was victorious in his Intercontinental Championship defense against the Sultan.
WWF fans started to reject his character and push from the company. 78. He defeated Bred Hart by disqualification [music] in a title defense on the March 31st episode of Raw is War. 79. Behind the scenes, [music] Hart mentor Johnson for his first year in WWF80 and refused to be booked to take the title from him. 81. On April 20th at In Your House 14, Revenge of the Taker, he lost to Savior Vega by Countout, but retained the title.
Audiences [music] became increasingly hostile toward Mavia with Chance of Die, Rocky, Die, and Rocky sucks being heard during [music] his matches.
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After losing the Intercontinental Championship [music] to Owen Hart on the April 28th episode of Raw is War 82, maybe suffered a legitimate knee injury in a match against mankind in June and spent [music] several months recovering.
One Nation of Domination 1997 to 1998.
See also [music] Nation of Domination.
Upon returning in August, [music] Mayia turned heel by lashing out at fans who had been booing him and joining Farukq, Dlo Brown, [music] and Kama in the stable called the nation of domination.
83. He then refused to acknowledge the Rocky Mavia name, instead referring to himself in the third [music] person as The Rock, though he would still be buil as the Rock Rocky until 1998.
The Rock would then regularly insult the [music] audience WWF performers and interviewers in his promos. 83 at Degeneration X in your house on [music] December 7th. Stone Cold Steve Austin defeated The Rock in under 6 minutes to retain the Intercontinental [music] Championship 84. The next night on Raw is War. Austin was ordered by Mr. McMahon [music] to defend the title in a rematch, but forfeited it to The Rock instead, handing him the title belt before hitting him [music] with the Stone Cold Stunner. 8586 The Rock feuded with Austin and Ken Shamrock through the end of 1997 [music] and beginning of 1998.
8788. On January [music] 19th, 1998, at the Royal Rumble, The Rock defeated Shamrock by disqualification to retain the Intercontinental Championship.
Later that night, The Rock entered the Royal Rumble match and lasted until the final two before he was eliminated by Stone Cold Steve Austin. On March 29th at Wrestlemania 14, [music] The Rock defeated Shamrock by disqualification once again to retain the title. The next night on Raw is War, The Rock debuted a new Intercontinental Championship [music] design and would later overthrow Faruk as leader of the nation of domination to spark a [music] feud between the two. He then successfully defended the Intercontinental Championship against Faruk at Over the Edge in your house on May 31st. [music] The stable would then refer to themselves as simply the nation 89. The Rock and the Nation then feuded with Triple H [music] and Deg Generation X DX with the two stable leaders first meeting in the quarterfinal of the 1998 King of the Ring tournament which The [music] Rock won. At King of the Ring on June 28th, The Rock [music] defeated Dan Severn in the semi-final match and lost to rival Ken Shamrock in the final. The Rock then resumed [music] his feud with Triple H as the two had a two out of three falls match at Fully Loaded in Your [music] House on July 26th for the Intercontinental Championship, which The Rock retained in controversial fashion 90. [music] This led to a latter match at SummerSlam on August 30th where The Rock lost [music] the title to Triple H 91. In the latter half of 1998, [music] The Rock saw a big uptick in fan support. The Rock also started consolidating [music] his famous persona during this time, which would last until 2000 92. [music] through The Rock's popularity caused him to be booked in a feud with fellow Nation members Mark Henry and DLo Brown, turning baby face in the [music] process. Henry defeated The Rock at Judgment Day in Your House on October [music] 18th after interference from Brown, effectively breaking up the stable. 9394 [music] WWF Champion and Rise to Superstardom 1998 to 2000.
See also the corporation [music] and rock and sock connection. As part of the corporation, The Rock feuded [music] with Stone Cold Steve Austin and stole Austin's personalized WWF Championship Smoking Skull Belt. The Rock was then entered into the deadly game tournament for the vacant WWF Championship. The finals occurred at Survivor Series on November 15th where The Rock defeated Vince McMahon's associate [music] Mankind to win his first WWF championship.
9596 [music] a double turn then occurred as The Rock turned heel again after aligning with Vince and Shane McMahon as the crown jewel of their stable, the corporation after the McMahon's betrayed mankind.
9597 [music] on December 13th at the pay-per-view named after him, Rock Bottom: [music] In Your House, The Rock had a rematch with Mankind for the WWF Championship.
Mankind appeared to win the match when [music] The Rock passed out to the mandible claw submission move, but Vince McMahon ruled that since The Rock did not tap out, he retained his title.
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In the main event of the January 4th, 1999 episode of Raw is War, Mankind defeated The Rock for the Championship after [music] interference from Stone Cold Steve Austin. 99 at the Royal Rumble on January 24th. The Rock regained the title in an I quit match, a type of submission match that only ends if one of the competants [music] says I quit on a microphone.
intended to show a vicious streak in The Rock's character. The Rock hit mankind in the head with a steel chair [music] 11 times instead of the scripted five.
Five shots already being risky. Most wrestling matches [music] in the Attitude era involving steel chairs had at most two or three shots to the head.
After the fifth shot, mankind [music] was still ringside instead of two/3s up the entrance ramp where he was supposed to be. And after the 11th shot, which knocked mankind out, a recording of mankind saying, "I quit [music] from an earlier interview was played over the public address system."
1001 on January 31st during an episode of Sunday [music] Night Heat, The Rock, and Mankind participated in an empty arena match, a match that [music] took place in an arena with 22,000 empty seats where any part of the facility [music] could be used to contest the match.
After 20 minutes of chaotic brawling in the ring, the stands, a kitchen, the catering area, an office, the arena corridors, and finally a basement loading area. Mankind pinned the Rock using a forklift truck to win the WWF Championship. The two faced off again [music] at St. Valentine's Day Massacre in Your House on February 14th in [music] a last man standing match which ended in a draw, meaning mankind retained the title. Their feud ended on the February 15th Raw is his war when The Rock won his third WWF Championship in a latter match after a debuting Big Show interfered on his behalf.
102 [music] 103 The Rock then lost the WWF Championship to Stone Cold [music] Steve Austin at Wrestlemania 15 on March 28th 104.
The Rock's popularity was fueled by [music] his charisma and speaking abilities, which led to many catchphrases and merchandising opportunities.
The Rock's popularity continued to grow and audiences still cheered for him even though he was a heel. The Rock then lost the title rematch [music] against Stone Cold Steve Austin at Backlash in Your House on April 25th.
105 the next night on Raw is War.
[music] The Rock was fired from the corporation after he was betrayed by Shane McMahon, turning him [music] face again and starting a feud with Triple H, the Undertaker, and the corporate ministry. On April 29th, [music] 1999, WWF aired the pilot episode of Smackdown, a term derived from one of The Rock's catchphrases. [music] In the episode, The Rock continued his feud with the corporate ministry. This led to a match with Triple H at Over the Edge on May 23rd, which The Rock [music] won 106, and a match for the WWF Championship against the Undertaker at King of the Ring on June 27th, [music] which The Rock lost 107. The Rock then lost a number one contenders match to Triple H at Fully Loaded on July 25th after interference from Mr. Asbilly [music] Gun 108. The Rock then defeated Gun in a Kiss My Ass match at SummerSlam on August 22nd.
The Rock [music] was also given the privilege of having his own signature match like the Undertaker with the buried alive match, Kane with the Inferno match, and Mankind with the boiler room brawl, the Brahma Bull Rope match, a variant of a strap match was a normal singles match where the components are tied together with a rope used for cattle [music] farming and the rope and its attached cowell could both be used as weapons. The Rock contested this match twice. Both times in [music] Texas versus Triple H in Dallas and versus Al Snow in Houston.
109. [music] Shortly after SummerSlam, The Rock began teaming with former opponent Mankind [music] and the two became known as The Rock and Sock Connection.
110. They became WWF tag team [music] champions for the first time after defeating the Undertaker and Big Show for the titles on the August 30th episode of Raw is War 1112.
The two performed a number of critically acclaimed comedic [music] skits together, including one called This Is Your Life, which saw mankind bring parody versions of people from The Rock's past on television, [music] such as his high school girlfriend and his high school football coach, only to have The Rock insult them. The segment earned an 8.4 Neielson rating, one of the highest [music] ratings ever for a Raw segment.
113. The two lost the titles back to the Undertaker and Big Show on the September 9th episode of Smackdown and won them back from them on the September [music] 20th episode of Raw is War 115. The Rock and Mankind then lost the [music] titles to the New Age Outlaws on the very next episode of Smackdown 116. The Rock and Mankind would win the WWF Tag Team [music] Championship for the third and final time after beating the New Age Outlaws on the October 14th episode of Smackdown before losing the [music] titles to the Holly Cousins on the October 18th episode of Raw is War 11718.
At the Royal [music] Rumble on January 23rd, 2000, The Rock entered the Royal Rumble match and was one of [music] the final two remaining along with Big Show.
In an attempt at a false finish, Big Show intended to throw The Rock over the top rope in a running power [music] slam-like position before The Rock countered the move on the ring apron, sending Big Show to the floor [music] before re-entering the ring as the winner.
119. But the Rock's feet accidentally hit the floor during the reversal attempt. Though those watching the event on television did not see that. This was played up in the story line as Big Show provided additional video footage showing it and claimed [music] to be the rightful winner. The Rock's number one contendership for the WWF Championship was then put on the line against Big Show at No Way Out on February [music] 27th, which Big Show won after Shane McMahon interfered.
[music] 120. The Rock then defeated Big Show on the March 13th episode of Raw is War to regain the right to face the WWF champion [music] Triple H at Wrestlemania 2000 on April 2nd in a fatal four-way elimination match, also including Big Show and [music] Mick Foley.
121 122 Each [music] wrestler had a McMahon in his corner. Triple H had his wife Stephanie. Foley had Linda. The Rock had Vince. and Big Show had Shane.
1223 The Rock lasted until the final two, but was [music] eliminated by Triple H after Vince betrayed him by hitting him with a chair.
[music] 123 124. Due to his image at the time, a magic, the gathering deck archetype was named after him.
125 record-breaking world champion [music] 2000 to 2002.
The Rock as the WWF Champion [music] in 2000. In the following weeks, The Rock continued his feud with Triple [music] H and eventually won his fourth WWF Championship, which he won on April 30th at Backlash after [music] Stone Cold Steve Austin intervened on his behalf.
126 [music] 127. The following night on Raw his War, The Rock successfully defended his title against Shane McMahon in a steel cage match. [music] On May 21st at Judgement Day, The Rock faced Triple H in an Iron Man match with Shawn [music] Michaels as the special guest referee.
128 with the score tied [music] at five falls each. And with seconds left on the time limit, The Rock was disqualified when the Undertaker [music] attacked Triple H. thus giving Triple H the 6 to5 win and the title 128 129. The Rock won the WWF Championship for a fifth time at King of the Ring on June 25th by scoring the winning pin in a six-man tag team match, teaming with Kane and the Undertaker against Shane McMahon, [music] Triple H, and Vince McMahon, whom he pinned.
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The Rock successfully [music] defended the championship against Chris Benwatt on July 23rd at Fully Loaded. The next [music] month, he successfully defended his title against Curt Angle and Triple H at SummerSlam on August 27th. [music] The Rock had another successful title defense against Binois Kane and the Undertaker on September [music] 24th at Unforgiven 132. The Rock then lost [music] the WWF Championship to Kurt Angle at No Mercy on October 22nd, 2000.
133. [music] The next month, The Rock feuded with Ricochet and defeated him at Survivor Series on November 19th.
[music] 134. The Rock wrestled a six-man Hell in a Cell match for the [music] WWF Championship at Armageddon on December 10th, which Angle won to retain [music] the title.
35 on the December 18th episode of Raw is War. The Rock won the WWF [music] tag team championship with the Undertaker defeating Edge and Christian before losing [music] the titles back to Edge and Christian the next night at a Smackdown.
Taping 136. [music] The Rock continued to feud with Angle over the WWF Championship, culminating at No Way Out on February 25th, 2001, [music] where he pinned Angle to win the WWF Championship for a sixth time.
1371 [music] 138. The Rock then feuded with the Royal Rumble winner, Stone Cold [music] Steve Austin, whom he lost the title to at Wrestlemania X7 on April 1st after Austin allied with Vince McMahon, who interfered on his behalf.
104 on the next night's [music] Raw is War during a steel cage title rematch.
Triple H attacked [music] The Rock, allying with McMahon and Austin and helping Austin retain the championship.
139. [music] Austin and Triple H then formed a tag team called the Power Trip 140 while The Rock was indefinitely [music] suspended in story line. Johnson used this time off to act in the Scorpion King. The Rock taunting Rob Vanam at ringside at WWF Raw October 2001.
The Rock returned in late July when the WWF was feuding with rival promotions World Championship Wrestling, WCW, and [music] Extreme Championship Wrestling, ECW, during what is known as the invasion story line. In reality, WCW [music] was purchased by Vince McMahon and the WWF and ECW had gone out of business in early 2001.
Many former [music] WCW and ECW wrestlers were then brought onto WWF [music] television and formed the Alliance to compete with the WWF in Storyline. The Alliance and Vince McMahon then both attempted [music] to persuade The Rock to join their team.
The Rock then aligned with McMahon and the WWF.
The next [music] month, The Rock defeated Booker T at SummerSlam on August 19th to win the WCW Championship for the first time.
141 142 The Rock [music] later lost the title to Chris Jericho at No Mercy on October 21st.
143 [music] 144 the next night on Raw. The Rock teamed with Jericho to win the WWF Tag [music] Team Championship from the Dudley Boys. The Rock and Jericho then lost the tag [music] titles to Booker T and Test on the November 1st, 2001 episode of Smackdown.
145. The Rock defeated Jericho on the November 5th episode of Raw for his second WCW Championship.
146. [music] As part of the WWF's battle against the Alliance, The Rock wrestled [music] in a winner takes all five on-5 elimination tag team match at Survivor Series on November [music] 18th, where the losing team's company would be dissolved in story line. The Rock was a member of team WWF [music] along with Chris Jericho, the Undertaker, Kane, and Big Show. The Alliance's [music] team consisted of Stone Cold Steve Austin, Curt Angle, Booker T, Rob Vanam, and Shane McMahon. In the end, [music] it came down to a one-on-one between The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin. The Rock seemed to have the upper hand [music] until his teammate Jericho entered the ring and attacked The Rock.
Austin tried to capitalize on this by pinning The Rock, but Kurt Angle revealed his true allegiance by attacking Austin. The Rock then pinned Austin, giving team WWF the victory [music] and forcing the Alliance to disband. The Rock's WCW Championship [music] was renamed the Unbranded World Championship following the Alliance's loss. [music] 147 at the next pay-per-view, Vengeance on December 9th. The Rock lost the World Championship to Jericho, [music] who would then unify the WWF and World Titles later that night.
[music] 148. The Rock then unsuccessfully challenged Jericho for the now undisputed WWF Championship at Royal Rumble on January 20th, [music] 2002.
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The Rock doing [music] his signature pose before wrestling Hulk Hogan. Bottom right at Wrestlemania X8, March 2002.
[music] At the next pay-per-view, No Way Out on February 17th, The Rock defeated the [music] Undertaker in a singles match.
No Way Out also saw the WWF debut of the famed WCW faction New World Order NWO, [music] which at the time consisted of Hollywood Hulk Hogan, Kevin Nash, and Scott Hall 150. This later led to a match between The Rock and Hogan at Wrestlemania X8 on March 17th. The match was [music] built as Icon versus Icon with both men representing the top tier of two generations of wrestling. Ultimately, The Rock pinned Hogan at Wrestlemania X8 to win the match.
[music] 151. Despite The Rock portraying a heroic character and Hogan, a villain, a portion of the crowd attending the Sky Dome was rooting heavily for Hogan.
152 [music] 153. In an interview in 2013, Hogan said he and The Rock changed the style of the match on the [music] fly based on the crowd's response.
154. After the introduction of the first ever brand [music] extension, the WWF held a draft lottery on the March 25th, 2002 episode of Raw. The Rock was the number one overall pick going to the Smackdown brand before taking a sbatical from wrestling 155. The Rock made a surprise return on a June episode of Raw before going to his assigned brand of Smackdown.
there. The Rock was named the number one contender for the WWE Undisputed Championship, which he won for a record- setting seventh time at Vengeance on July 21st [music] by defeating Kurt Angle and then champion the Undertaker in a triple threat match 1567. [music] The Rock successfully defended the title at the Global Warning event on August 10th against [music] Triple H and Brock Lesnar. After pinning Triple H 158 [music] on August 25th at SummerSlam, The Rock lost the WWE Undisputed Championship to Lesnar along with the record for the youngest WWE Champion which he had set in 1998.
159 in 2018. [music] Writing for ESPN.com, Shawn Coyle noted in a retrospective review of the event that following his victory over Hulk Hogan at Wrestlemania X8, The Rock [music] started to see a dip in fan support. And that dip turned into a plunge by the time The Rock had his match with Lesnar [music] at SummerSlam because fans knew he was leaving WWE to pursue an acting career 160 as [music] evidenced by the negative crowd response during his match with Lesnar.
61. [music] After SummerSlam ended, The Rock was visibly angry at the crowd reaction. When he tried [music] to do a postshow speech for the crowd, the fans booed him. He eventually [music] cut a short promo, declaring that sing along with The Rock is over.
162. [music] The Rock then took time off to kickstart his acting career.
163. [music] Hollywood Rock 2003.
The Rock [music] defeated Stone Cold Steve Austin left in Austin's final match at Wrestlemania 19 in March 2003.
The Rock returned on the January [music] 30th, 2003 episode of Smackdown to set [music] up another match with Hulk Hogan at No Way Out on February 23rd [music] 164. Because of negative fan reaction during previous matches as a result of his budding acting [music] career, The Rock turned heel. He also started a new persona that has been called Hollywood Rock with a new look and a shaved head.
1656 [music] The Rock defeated Hogan at No Way Out before moving to the Raw brand.
167 There, The Rock had various small feuds, [music] including one with the Hurricane.
168. The Rock also began performing [music] rock concerts, segments in which he played the guitar and mocked WWE performers [music] and fans in song 169.
After failing to win a number one contendership for the World Heavyweight [music] Championship, The Rock went into another program with Stone Cold Steve Austin. This led to a match at Wrestlemania 19 on March 30th, [music] which called back to their previous two Wrestlemania encounters, both of which Austin [music] had won.
170. The Rock won after delivering three consecutive Rock Bottoms, ending their [music] long-running rivalry in what turned out to be Austin's final match until Wrestlemania 38 [music] 171. The next night, Raw was built as the Rock Appreciation Night in honor of The Rock's victory over Austin. That night, The Rock was [music] attacked by a debuting Goldberg 172 at Backlash on April 27th. Goldberg defeated [music] The Rock, who then briefly left WWE to film Walking Tall 173. [music] Final Feuds and Departure 2003 to 2004.
On the June 2nd episode of Raw, The Rock joined the highlight reel and attacked Christian and [music] Chris Jericho with Booker T, turning face once again.
[music] 174. The Rock would later return on the December 8th episode of Raw to help Mick Foley against [music] Law Resistance.
In 2004, The Rock aided Mick Foley in his feud against Evolution 21 175, [music] leading to a reunion of The Rock and Sock Connection. They lost against Ric Flair, Randy Orton, and Batista in a handicap match at Wrestlemania [music] XX on March 14th, 2004 when Orton pinned [music] Foley after an RKO 176. This was Johnson's final wrestling match until November 2011.
The Rock appeared in WWE sporadically following Wrestlemania XX. He made [music] returns to provide support for Eugene against Jonathan Coachman and made a cameo in his hometown of Miami where he confronted Randy Orton. One on the August [music] 23rd episode of Raw, he hosted a pie eating contest as part of the WWE Diva [music] Search and ended the segment by giving Coachman a people's elbow. won the Rock's contract with WWE then ended and he started his full-time [music] acting career.
177 non-wrestling [music] appearances 2007 to 2009 on March 12th [music] 2007, The Rock appeared on a WWE show after nearly 3 years via a pre-taped promo [music] shown during Raw. He correctly predicted that Bobby Lashley would defeat Umea at Wrestlemania 23 in Donald Trump's and Vince [music] McMahon's Battle of the Billionaires Hair versus Hair match 178. On March 29th, 2008, [music] Johnson inducted his father Rocky Johnson and grandfather Peter Mavia into the WWE Hall of Fame.
[music] 179. His next appearance was through a pre-taped promo on October 2nd, 2009 during the decade of [music] Smackdown.
180 independent circuit 2009. [music] On September 30th, 2009, The Rock appeared at a World Extreme [music] Wrestling WXW show to support the professional wrestling debut of Serona Snika, the daughter of his longtime [music] friend and mentor Jimmy Snika.
181. Return to WWE.
The Rock in [music] the Ring as Wrestlemania XXVI host. April 2011.
Fud with John Cena. 2011 to 2013.
On February [music] 14th, 2011, The Rock was announced as the host of Wrestlemania XXVI on April 3rd, 2011, [music] appearing live on Raw. During a lengthy promo, he addressed the fans and started a feud with John Cena.
182 183. After numerous appearances via satellite, The Rock appeared live on the Raw before Wrestlemania XXVI to confront Cena. After he and Cena [music] exchanged insults, The Miz and Alex Riley appeared and attacked The Rock. He fended off Miz and Riley, [music] only for Cena to blindside him with an attitude adjustment.
184. The Rock and John Cena left on Raw, agreeing to a match at Wrestlemania XXV III IIear in advance. On April 3rd at Wrestlemania XXVI, The Rock opened the show by cutting a promo. After appearing in numerous backstage [music] segments, The Rock came to ringside to restart the main event between Cena and The Miz as a no disqualification match after it had ended in a double countout. As revenge [music] for the attitude adjustment Cena had given him on Raw, The Rock hit Cena with the Rock Bottom, allowing The Miz [music] to pin him and retain the WWE Championship.
After the match, The Rock attacked The Miz and hit him with the People's Elbow.
185 The next night on Raw, The Rock and Cena [music] agreed to a match at Wrestlemania XXV III the next year. They then [music] worked together to fend off an attack by the core which at the time consisted of Wade [music] Barrett, Eat Slater, Justin Gabriel, and Ezekiel Jackson.
186 The Rock [music] appeared live on Raw in his hometown of Miami to celebrate his 39th birthday.
187. On September 16th, WWE announced The Rock would wrestle in a traditional five on five Survivor [music] Series tag team match, teaming with Cena at Survivor Series in November 188. [music] But on the October 24th episode of Raw Super Show, Cena instead suggested [music] The Rock be his partner in a standard tag team match against The Miz and our Truth, a team called Awesome Truth 189, which Rock agreed to the [music] next week.
190. On November 14th, during the special Raw Gets Rocked, The Rock appeared live, delivering Rock Bottoms to Mick Foley, who had been hosting [music] a This is your lifestyle segment for Cena and later both members of Awesome Truth.
191. The Rock and Cena defeated Awesome Truth on November 20th at Survivor Series when The Rock pinned the Miz.
After the match, The Rock gave Cena a rock bottom 192. The Rock celebrating his victory at Wrestlemania XXV III, April [music] 2012.
Leading up to Wrestlemania, The Rock and Cena had several verbal confrontations on Raw Super Show [music] 193 194 on the March 12th, 2012 episode of Raw Super Show. [music] The Rock hosted his first rock concert segment since 2004, mocking Cena in his songs.
195 on April 1st [music] at Wrestlemania XXV III III. The Rock defeated Cena in the main event after [music] countering Cena's attempt at a people's elbow into a rock bottom and pinning Cena.
196. This event broke the record for biggest [music] professional wrestling pay-per-view berate. The following night on Raw Super Show, The Rock praised Cena, calling their match in honor.
[music] He then vowed to once again become WWE Champion.
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On July 23rd at Raw 1000, [music] The Rock announced he would wrestle for the WWE Championship at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view.
197 At the event, The Rock [music] defeated Punk to win the title.
198 Punk received a title rematch [music] with The Rock at Elimination Chamber where he retained the championship.
199 The following night on Raw, The Rock unveiled a new WWE Championship [music] design with a different center plate and removable customizable side plates which had [music] his Brahmaul logo. 200. The Rock then resumed his rivalry with John Cena, [music] who won that year's Royal Rumble to set up a rematch of the previous Wrestlemania match between the two at WrestleMania 29, only this time [music] with the WWE Championship on the line.
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On April [music] 7th at WrestleMania 29, The Rock lost the WWE Championship to Cena, ending his reign at 70 days 203.
Despite being [music] advertised for Raw after WrestleMania, where it was stated that The Rock was still entitled a rematch for the WWE Championship 204, The Rock did not appear because of a real injury sustained during his match with Cena, [music] in which his abdominal and adductor tendons tore from his pelvis. 205 Johnson underwent surgery on April 23rd to reattach the torn tendons. [music] 206 part-time appearances and first retirement 2014 [music] to 2023.
The Rock Wright confronts Hulk Hogan at Wrestlemania X April 2014.
From 2014 to 2023, [music] he appeared on WWE shows, most notably in the opening segment of Wrestlemania X with Hulk Hogan and Steve Austin [music] 207 at Wrestlemania 31 alongside Ronda [music] Rousey, getting into an inring altercation with Triple H and Stephanie McMahon 208 and at Wrestlemania 32 [music] where he defeated Eric Rowan in 6 seconds which set the record for the fastest win in Wrestlemania history 209.
In 2015, [music] he also appeared at the 2015 Royal Rumble event where he helped his relative Roman Reigns to win the Royal Rumble match 2110 [music] 211 212.
He also appeared on several episodes of Raw [music] and Smackdown.
213 214 215 21 2016. On [music] August 3rd, 2019, The Rock officially announced his retirement [music] from professional wrestling.
21 2017, The Rock and Roman [music] Reigns face tof face with Cody Rhodess and Seth Frein Rollins at Wrestlemania XL. April 2024. [music] The final boss 2024 present. See also the bloodline. The Rock made his return to WWE on the day 1 [music] edition of Raw on January 1st, 2024, 218 [music] 219. The Rock also appeared on the February 2nd episode of Smackdown, where he confronted [music] WWE undisputed champion Roman Reigns after Royal Rumble winner Cody Rhodess decided [music] against choosing Reigns as his Wrestlemania 40 opponent to allow The Rock to come out of retirement and face Reigns. 220. This was met by intense backlash from fans who wanted Roads to face [music] Reigns. So, The Rock turned heel and aligned with Reigns.
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The Rock with the People's [music] Championship at the 2024 WWE Hall of Fame induction ceremony in April 2024.
[music] He also debuted a new persona that incorporated facets of his arrogant Hollywood rock incarnation from 2003, such as insulting the audience, [music] wearing goaudy, expensive clothes, and entering the arena to a new entrance theme that began with his heroic characters music before transitioning into his Hollywood rock music 223 being known as the final boss. 224. In the night one main event of [music] Wrestlemania XL, The Rock and Reigns defeated Roads and Rollins, allowing Roads to wrestle for [music] Reigns title under bloodline rules 225. During the night two main event between Reigns and Roads, multiple people [music] interfered on behalf of both men, but Roads went on to defeat Reigns for the undisputed WWE Championship.
226 After Wrestlemania, The Rock took time off to film the biopic The Smashing Machine. 227 [music] 228.
Rock made his return 6 months later at Bad Blood. 229. He also appeared on the Raw premiere on Netflix on January 6, 2025 [music] 230 at New Year's Eve, making his first NXT appearance 231-232 [music] and at Elimination Chamber Toronto, where he turned [music] John Cena heel and ordered him to attack roads after the latter refused to be his champion.
233 Mainstream [music] Crossover. The Rock in a 2001 Vanity Fair photo shoot. The Rock appeared on [music] White Left Jean's 2000 single It doesn't matter and in its music video 234 [music] 235. He also recorded Pie with Slick Rick for WWF the music volume 5 236 [music] in 1999.
Johnson appeared on that 70s show as his father Rocky Johnson. The next year he was on Star Trek Voyager as an alien wrestler who used the rocks moves. 237 [music] in 2000 he hosted Saturday Night Live SNL for the first time. 238 fellow wrestlers [music] Triple H Big Show and Mick Foley also appeared on the show. 22 239 Johnson has said the success of [music] that episode is the reason he began receiving offers from Hollywood Studios.
240 He [music] has since hosted SNL four more times. In 1999, The Rock was listed [music] number one on Entertainment Weekly's top 12 entertainers of the year. 241 in 2000.
[music] Access Hollywood ranked him number one in their list of the top 10 celebrities of 2000.
242. That year, Rock was also listed in the Forbes Celebrity 100 and People magazine's [music] 25 most intriguing people. 243 244. The Rock was listed on Entertainment [music] Weekly's 101 most influential people in both 2000 and 2001.
245. In 2001, he was also [music] listed on E20 top entertainers.
246 247. [music] In 2002, The Rock was listed on E S25 Toughest Stars. 248.
[music] In 2003, he was listed in VH1's 200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons 249 and was number [music] seven in People magazine's 50 Favorite TV stars.
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The Rock [music] made a surprise appearance at the official Xbox unveiling during Bill Gates's keynote speech at the ongoing consumer electronics show in 2001.
251 Johnson's [music] motion picture debut was as the Scorpion King in The Mummy Returns 2001.
252. [music] The movie broke a 2-year record for the highest grossing single day in film history by earning 28,594,667 [music] 23 [music] to238.
The movie's financial success led to Johnson's first leading role in the spin-off The Scorpion King 2002.
two. He received $5.5 million for the role and Guinness World Records named him the record holder for highest paid actor in their first leading role. 254 [music] 255.
The Rock has appeared on the covers of many [music] magazines including Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, and TV Guide 256 [music] 257 258. He has also appeared in [music] and been the cover athlete for several video games. 259 as of October [music] 2024.
His Instagram account is the sixth most followed in the world [music] with over 395 million followers.
260 legacy in professional wrestling. Fans watching on as The Rock makes his entrance in [music] 2013.
The Rock has been listed as one of the all-time greatest professional wrestlers 2267 as well as one of the top draws in [music] wrestling history. Many have placed The Rock on their Mount Rushmore of Pro Wrestling, including Hulk Hogan 261, Ric Flair 262, [music] and John Cena 263. In cable visions, television beyond broadcasting, [music] The Rock was described as for a long time the WWE'se's biggest star and probably held the greatest international appeal. [music] 264 RD Reynolds stated in his book, The Wrestlepook of Lists that The [music] Rock was the biggest star for WWE from 1999 until 2004.
265. [music] of the Rocks I quit match with Mankind at the 1999 Royal Rumble event is infamous for its [music] brutality and one of the most popular I quit match of all times.
266 [music] 267 268 269 The Rock [music] main event the most bought pay-per-view worldwide in WWE history. Wrestlemania XXV II II, 270, [music] the most bought pay-per-view domestically in WWE history.
Wrestlemania X7, the highest rated RAW [music] in history, 271-272, the highest rated Smackdown in history, 273, and was part of the highest rated cable segment in WWE history with Mankind entitled This Is Your Life, in which Mankind would honor The Rock with various gifts and reunions.
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His return in 2001 had a 7.1 rating, the [music] highest rated segment of the year. The Rock was also part of the highest rated match of the 21st century when his WWF Championship defense against Shane McMahon [music] on May 1st, 2000 got an 8.3 rating, making [music] it the highest rated segment of all time behind This Is Your Life. In 2011, The Rock's return to an episode of Raw generated an average of [music] 4.7 million viewers in the United States with 7.4 million [music] tuning in during his promo. 276 Raw 1000 was [music] the highest rated RAW episode of 2012 and his segment with CM Punk and Daniel Bryan was the highest rated segment of the show. 277. [music] In 2013, the night after The Rock won the WWE Championship at Royal Rumble, Raw got its highest rating [music] of that year, 278.
Derived from one of his catchphrases lay the Smackdown, WWE [music] introduced in 1999 its second flagship program, WWE Smackdown, [music] which became television's second longest running weekly episodic program in history.
279 The term Smackdown was included in Miam Webster dictionaries in 2007.
[music] 280281 He is also known for popularizing the [music] term Jabroni derived from Jabber although it was originally introduced [music] by the Iron Chic. 282 283 The Rock holds the record for most Raw shows main event in one year 38 [music] in 2000 comma 284 most Smackdown shows main event in one year [music] 36 in 2000 comma 285 and is tied with Stone Cold Steve Austin in 2001 [music] for most PPV shows main event in one year 12 in 206 286 7. The Rock is also one of two wrestlers, the other being the Undertaker, to main event Wrestlemania in four different decades: [music] 1990s, 15, 1999, 2000s, Wrestlemania 2000, 2000, X7, 2001, [music] 20110s, XXVI III, 2012, 29, 2013, 2020s, [music] XL, 2024.
At the 2021 Survivor Series, WWE held a 25man battle royal to [music] celebrate the 25th anniversary of The Rock's WWE debut. The match was won by Omos 288.
Acting career. See also Dwayne Johnson filmography.
Johnson in April 2009.
Johnson entered Hollywood and had early success due to [music] his wrestling popularity and noted work ethic. Over his acting career, he became one of the highest paid and most successful actors in Hollywood 289 29291-292.
[music] Career beginnings 1999 to 2010.
He began his acting career on television while wrestling. In his [music] first television acting job in 1999, he portrayed his father Rocky Johnson in an episode of that 70s show called That Wrestling Show. Nearly a year later, he appeared in the Star Trek Voyager episode as an alien [music] wrestler who fought against Seven of Nine. While Johnson was away from WWE, the company continued to sell the Rock merchandise, and he continued [music] to be featured prominently in the opening montages of their television shows. 41. Johnson [music] made his theatrical debut in The Mummy Returns 2001, playing the antagonist Mat, [music] the Scorpion King. He reprised this role in the spin-off film The Scorpion King [music] 2002 where he starred as the titular character. Johnson was paid [music] $5.5 million for his leading role putting him in the Guinness World Records for the highest salary for a firsttime leading man. $293. The film was a commercial success and despite mixed reception, Johnson's acting was praised. Citation needed. Film critic Roger Eert wrote, "I expect him to become a durable action star 294."
In the following [music] years, he worked in action films The Rundown, 2003, and Walking Tall, 2004, [music] but these films failed to gain success.
He had a supporting role in the comedy Be Cool [music] 2005 as a homosexual bodyguard hoping to become an actor 295 [music] and was the primary antagonist in the horror film Doom 2005.
He also worked in the sports drama Grid Iron Gang 2006, [music] comedy Reno 911, Miami 2007, and thriller Southland Tales [music] 2006.
He had further success by playing an arrogant famous American football player in the sports family comedy the game plan 2007 [music] agent 23 in spy action comedy get smart 2008 a cab driver in the science fiction film Race [music] to Mountain 2009 the title character in the fantasy comedy Tooth Fairy 200 and a [music] police officer in buddy cop comedy The Other Guys 2010 10. Johnson returned to action genre in the unsuccessful [music] faster. 2010, Johnson made his voice acting debut in the 2006 video game Spy Hunter Nowhere to Run, originally intended as a [music] tie-in for an unproduced film. 296. He also voiced NASA astronaut Chuck in the 2009 animated sci-fi comedy Planet 51.
[music] 297. and he presented the Academy Award for best visual effects at the 80th Academy Awards.
298 commercial [music] success 2011 to 2020.
Johnson's first big box office success came in [music] 2011 portraying Luke Hobbs in Fast 5 2011. The film became the seventh highest grossing [music] film of 2011.
Following this, all of Johnson's projects in the 2010s decade achieved major success and established him as a bankable actor. 299300.
He next starred [music] in the box office hit Journey 2: The Mysterious Island in 2012.
He became known for reinvigorating film franchises after portraying [music] Marvin F. Pinton/roblock in GI Joe Retaliation [music] and repreasing his role as Luke Hobbs in Fast and Furious 6 2013, 301 302 while also starring in [music] true story films Pain and Gain 2013 and Empire State 2013.
That same year, he hosted and [music] produced the TNT reality competition series, The Hero 303, 304, and won [music] the Favorite Male Butt Kicker Award at the 2013 Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards.
305. In May 2013, [music] it was announced that he would executive produce and star in Ballers 306, an HBO comedy drama series [music] about NFL players living in Miami.
307. By December of that year, Forbes named [music] him the top grossing actor of 2013 with his films bringing in 1.3 billion [music] worldwide for the year.
Forbes credited the success of Fast and Furious 6, which grossed [music] $789 million globally, and his frequent acting work as primary reasons for topping [music] the list. 308.
Johnson starred as the title character in Hercules [music] in 2014 309 and hosted another reality series for [music] TNT that same year entitled Wakeup Call which saw him lending a helping hand to everyday people who were [music] facing enormous challenges in their lives alongside guest experts such as Rocco Despir, Jillian Michaels, and Josh Ship 310. In 2015, [music] Johnson repreeded his role as Luke Hobbs in Furious 7311 and starred in [music] the disaster film San Andreas. In 2016, he co-starred with Kevin Hart in the action comedy Central Intelligence [music] and had a lead voice role in the Disney animated film Moana, in which he voiced Maui. He repreeded his role as Luke Hobbs in the Fate of the Furious, which was released in 2017.
Johnson starred in two other blockbuster movies that year, [music] Baywatch and Jamanji, Welcome to the Jungle as Mitchell Mitch Buchanan and Dr. Smoulder Bravestone respectively.
312 313 [music] in 2018. He starred in two solo box office hits Rampage and Skyscraper.
[music] Johnson's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Johnson's role within the Fast and Furious [music] franchise continued with Fast and Furious presence Hobbs and Shaw starring alongside co-star Jason Stathithm. David Leech [music] directed the project from a script co-written by franchise writer Chris Morgan and Drew Pierce. The film began principal [music] photography in September 2018 and was released on July 26th, 2019.
Johnson [music] reprised his role as Brave Stone in Jamanji: The Next Level.
With the critical [music] and financial success of Welcome to the Jungle, production of the movie began in early 2019, and [music] it was released on December 13th, 2019.
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Johnson's films [music] grossed 10.6 $6 billion in the 2010s, making him the decade's sixth highest [music] grossing actor and the highest grossing actor outside the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
315. [music] Career fluctuations. 2021 to 2024.
In 2021, [music] after a year-long hiatus, Johnson co-starred with Emily Blunt in Disney's Jungle Cruise as Frank Wolf. The film is [music] based on the theme park ride of the same name.
316 How may Call it Sarah directed with a script by Michael Green from a [music] previous one by JD Payne and Patrick McKay. 317 [music] 318 In addition to his work on the film, Johnson assisted with redesigning the titular ride for all Disney theme parks.
319 Jungle Cruise [music] was released on July 30th, 2021.
32321 [music] 322 on March 16th, 2021. [music] He appeared for the first time as the video game character The Foundation in Fortnite Battle Royale. Johnson was initially uncredited in his role, yet hinted at his involvement through a series of [music] Instagram posts. His involvement was finally confirmed during the chapter 2 end event on December 4th, 2021 [music] with the Foundation removing his helmet to reveal that he share Johnson's voice and likeness.
323 [music] He would later repraise his role as the Foundation in 2026.
324 Also in 2021, [music] Johnson starred in Netflix's film Red Notice, written and directed by Ross and Marshall Thurber. It is the third [music] time that the two collaborated after Central Intelligence and Skyscraper 325 [music] 326. It co-stars Galgadot and Ryan Reynolds.
327 until the released of K-pop [music] Demon Hunters. In 2025, it was the most watched film on Netflix of all time.
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Johnson voiced Krypto the [music] Superdog in the animated feature DC League of Super Pets 2022, which was released [music] theatrically in July and emerged as a success.
329 on November 14th, [music] 2019. He had announced a late 2021 release date for the superhero Black Adam film 330. [music] Production on Black Adam began filming in April 2021 and was released on October 21st, [music] 2022.
33132 He earned $22.5 million to star in [music] the film and received millions more for producing and promoting it on social media. 333.
However, the anticipated [music] film received mixed to negative reviews and turned out to be a box office disappointment.
Following the failure of Black Adam, Johnson's star power came under scrutiny [music] and his involvement in creative decisions faced criticism.
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In 2023, Johnson voiced his Moana character Maui in [music] Disney crossover short film Once Upon a Studio 336. [music] In May 2023, Johnson repreeded his role as Luke Hobbs in a cameo appearance during the mid-credit scene of Fast X. By the early 2020s, [music] Johnson faced increasing criticism for consistently portraying similar characters, often [music] described as charismatic, larger than-l life figures who are both physically imposing and possess a dry wit. These roles [music] frequently involve action or adventure elements, and the characters tend to be heroic, if sometimes reluctant protagonists.
337 338. [music] Johnson has been a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in the Actors Branch [music] since 2017.
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In 2024, he presented an award alongside Bad Bunny. 340. In November 2024, [music] Johnson reunited with director Jake Casden to star alongside Chris Evans, [music] Lucy Louu, and JK Simmons in the Christmas themed action comedy Red 341, [music] which didn't farewell both critically and financially.
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However, it became one of the top streamed [music] movies of 2024 after its release on Amazon Prime. 343.
[music] In the same month, he repraised his voice role of Maui from Moana 2016 in its sequel Moana 2. Despite [music] receiving mixed reception, the film opened strongly and set several box office records.
344. It eventually emerged as the third highest grossing [music] film of 2024.
345 diversification 2025 [music] present. He was next seen portraying former MMA fighter Mark Kerr in [music] Benny Safy's biographical sports drama The Smashing Machine 2025.
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Full facial prosthetics and [music] a wig were used to transform Johnson's appearance to resemble Kerr. 347.
[music] When asked about taking on a serious intimate drama after years of big budget action and comedy films, [music] Johnson expressed excitement about finally exploring personal struggles on screen that he [music] had never before addressed. He described the process as both frightening and liberating.
348 critics noted that he used the opportunity to pivot his brand and persona toward that of a serious actor.
349. The film premiered at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival on September 1st, [music] 2025.
It received a standing ovation and a Golden Lion Award nomination.
35351. [music] The film garnered positive reviews with Nicholas Barber of the BBC describing Johnson's portrayal as impressively vulnerable.
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The performance sparked [music] discussions about a potential Oscar nomination for Johnson 353 [music] 354. It had its wide release on October 3rd, 2025, but was met with [music] a poor theatrical response 355 and is understood to be Johnson's lowest grossing opening ever. 356. [music] In 2026, he will portray Maui again in the liveaction adaptation Moana. 2026 357. [music] In February 2025, Johnson was cast in a crime drama film directed by Martin Scorsesei [music] alongside Leonardo DiCaprio and Emily Blunt. 358. The [music] film will depict the mafia's influence in Hawaii with Johnson portraying an aspiring mob boss's rise within the criminal underworld. [music] 359. He will rete with Zapdi for the film Lizard Music based on the Daniel Pink [music] Water Teen novel of the same name. 360. In May 2025, [music] it was announced that Johnson would star in a new feature from Darren Aronovski called [music] Breakthrough.
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362. In December 2025, it [music] was announced that he would star in a film about movies being directed by JJ Abrams.
363 producing in [music] 2012. Johnson founded his production company Seven Bucks Productions.
18 though. Originally attached as producer [music] and star, Johnson will now serve solely as the former on a film adaptation of the [music] Jansen directive. John Cena will fill the leading role with Akiva Goldsman attached as screenwriter.
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Additionally, he will produce and star in a Netflix exclusive film titled John Henry and the Statesman [music] as the titular folklore hero. The film will be directed by Jake Casden from a script by Casden and Tom Wheeler. With the [music] first official teaser trailer released in October 2018, the project marks Casdens and Johnson's third collaboration [music] after Jamanji, Welcome to the Jungle, and Jamanji: The Next Level 365.
In [music] 2019, Johnson produced and appeared as himself in Fighting with My Family, [music] a comedy drama about Ser Bevvis and her family, who are also professional wrestlers.
366 [music] 367 Johnson will co-produce and star in The King, a film about King Kamehameha Kunuakia, founder and first ruler of the Kingdom of Hawi. The project will be directed by Robert Zmechus from [music] a script by Randall Wallace. The movie will be comparable to Braveheart in tone [music] given Wallace's work on both films and will depict the king's role in resolving the wars among the islands of Hawi. The King was scheduled [music] to begin production in 2020, but was halted by the co9 pandemic.
368. [music] Johnson is also attached to produce/star in a sequel to Big Trouble in Little China 369 370 as well as Project [music] Under Development with Shane Black focusing on a new interpretation of Doc Savage 371.
In [music] 2021, his biographical comedy drama series Young Rock began airing on NBC.
372. A film centered around Taith [music] Adam/Black, a part of the DC Extended Universe, was announced to be in development [music] in January 2017.
Originally cast in the role as early as September [music] 2014 as the antagonist in a film centered around the superhero Billy [music] Batson/ Shazam 373 374. for his villainous role for Shazam was reworked [music] into two separate films.
375 Johnson did not appear in Shazam, but he served as a producer and his likeness was used through special effects in flashback scenes.
376 [music] 377 Business Career In March 2020, Johnson launched Tier Mono [music] Tequila, which sold 600,09 L cases in its first year, 378, and is valued at approximately $3.5 billion. [music] 379 Johnson presenting the 2023 XFL Championship Trophy. In August [music] 2020, Johnson along with several partners and investors including Redbird Capital [music] partners purchased the XFL for $15 million.
Within months, [music] Johnson announced plans for the relaunch of the league in spring 2022.
While the launch was delayed a year, the first games of [music] 2023 kicked off on time. 380 after a successful 2023 season, [music] the XFL and United States Football League announced their intent to merge into a single league. On December [music] 31st, 2023, it was announced that the new merged league would be called the United Football League, UFFL 381. [music] The league would feature eight teams and start on March 30th, 2024.
Johnson along with Danny [music] Garcia and Redbird Capital Partners own 50% of the UFFL together under XFL [music] Properties LLC.
382.
On January [music] 23rd, 2024, Johnson joined the TKO Group Holdings Board [music] of Directors. In the process, he obtained full ownership over his trademark name, The Rock, which was owned [music] by WWE.
15383 384. As [music] part of the settlement, Johnson signed a new services and merchandising agreement with WWE.
[music] 383 384 385.
Other work. In 2000, [music] Johnson published his autobiography, The Rock says, co-written with [music] Joe Leaden. It debuted at number one on the New York Times best-seller list and remained on the list for several weeks.
30 in 2013, Johnson hosted and produced the TNT reality competition series, The Hero 3034.
In 2014, he hosted another [music] TNT reality series, Wakeup Call. 310. In 2019, [music] Johnson started hosting the NBC competition series The Titan Games. 386.
In March [music] 2016, Johnson partnered with American fitness apparel manufacturer Under Armour to release Project [music] Rock 387.
The first item in his partnership with Under Armour, [music] a gym bag, sold out in a couple of days. 388 389. His second item, a black t-shirt sporting [music] his signature Brahma Bull, sold out after being worn at Wrestlemania 32.
390 Johnson also released an alarm clock app as [music] part of Project Rock that received more than 1 million downloads in its first week of release.
391 Since then, they have released sneakers, [music] headphones, and other apparel.
392 In [music] 2016, Johnson started his YouTube channel. His first [music] video, The YouTube Factory, featured online personality Lily Singh and several other internet [music] stars.
393.
In 2019, Johnson announced he would launch a competitive bodybuilding show, Athleticon, with his business partner and ex-wife, Dany Garcia. It is set to rival other long-standing bodybuilding shows [music] such as the Arnold Classic and Joe Weer's Mr. Olympia.
394. for the show [music] was set to debut in October 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia, but plans were disrupted [music] by the CO9 pandemic.
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A fan of the rapper techn 395 Johnson is featured [music] on the song Face Off from the rapper's 2021 album is in 9 396.
activism and philanthropy politics.
As part [music] of WWE'se's nonpartisan Smackdown your vote campaign aiming to encourage young people to vote 397, Johnson had a speaking role at the 2000 Republican National Convention 398 and attended the 2000 Democratic National Convention less than 2 weeks later. 399.
Johnson voted for Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012 [music] 256, but did not vote in 2016 400 and was an independent voter as of 2017 [music] 45. He endorsed Joe Biden in 2020 42, [music] but told Fox News in an April 2024 interview that he regretted the decision due to it causing division and refused to endorse anyone in [music] 2024.
43.
Johnson has expressed interest in running for president, telling USA Today in February [music] 2021 that he would consider a presidential run in the future if that's what the people wanted. 44. Following an online poll which [music] found that 46% of Americans would consider voting for Johnson in an election, [music] he told today in April 2021, "I do have that goal to unite our country and [music] I also feel that if this is what the people want, then I will do that." 405 charity. Johnson has worked [music] with the Makea-Wish Foundation on a number of occasions.
406. In 2021, Johnson dedicated his people's choice award to an Armenian [music] cancer survivor.
4748 in [music] 2006. Johnson founded the Dwayne Johnson Rock Foundation, a charity working with at risk and terminally ill children.
49. In 2007, [music] he and his then wife, Dany Garcia, donated $1 million to the University of Miami to support the renovation of its football facilities. The university renamed [music] the Miami Hurricanes locker room in his honor. 410.
In 2015, [music] actress Michelle Trackenberg tagged Johnson in a tweet about an abandoned dog [music] that her local shelter had rescued and named after him, prompting him to donate $1,500 to the GoFundMe for the dog's life-saving surgery.
$411. In 2017, [music] he donated $25,000 to Hurricane Harvey relief efforts.
$412. In 2018, he donated a gym to a military base in Oahu, Hawaii.
413. After the 2018 Hawaii floods, [music] he worked with the nonprofit organization Malamakawi to help repair flood damage. 414. [music] Johnson made a seven-f figureure donation to the Sagra Foundation during the 2023 Sagapra strike, [music] which foundation president Courtney Bans cited as the largest single donation that the foundation had ever received [music] from one individual at one time. 415.
The following month, Johnson and Oprah Winfrey announced the creation of the People's Fund of Maui in response to the 2023 Hawaii wildfires [music] and asked people to donate.
416. They also donated $5 million each to it. 416. The [music] announcement received backlash from fans who criticized Johnson and Oprah for requesting donations while having net worths of $800 million and $2.5 [music] billion respectively. Johnson apologized in October 416.
Personal life. Johnson has experienced multiple episodes of depression [music] beginning in his college years.
He has spoken publicly about the importance of seeking help and being open about mental health struggles, [music] advocating for increased awareness and support.
417. [music] In 2003, Johnson got a partial Samoan P tattoo on his left side. 418. In August [music] 2004, in recognition of his service to the Samoan people and because he [music] is a descendant of Samoan chiefs, Johnson was given the noble title CI meaning the son of Malto Alo Malto by Malletto Tanimapili [music] 2 during his visit there. 419 In 2017, Johnson had the small Brahma bull tattoo on his right arm covered with a larger half-sleeve tattoo of [music] a bull's skull. 420.
In 2009, Johnson obtained [music] Canadian citizenship through his father's birth and citizenship there.
421 [music] on May 1st, 2011. Johnson was the second person to leak the news of Osama bin Laden's death. Shortly after US Navy Seals had killed Bin Laden in a raid in Pakistan, [music] Navy officer Keith Urban tweeted about it. A later that minute, Johnson tweeted, "Just got word that will shock the world. [music] Land of the free, home of the brave, damn proud to be an American." US President [music] Barack Obama publicly announced the raid afterwards. Johnson later [music] said that a friend of a friend had told him the news in a phone call. 423422.
[music] Johnson is a supporter of the Samoa National Rugby League team and publicly [music] pledged his support to the team during the 2021 Rugby League World Cup when the team made the finals for the first time. 424 425.
Relationships.
Johnson [music] first met Dany Garcia when they were both University of Miami students in the early 1990s. [music] They married on May 3rd, 1997.
She is a businesswoman, International [music] Fitness and Bodybuilding Federation, professional bodybuilder and producer.
426. [music] They have one child, Simone, a daughter who was born [music] August 14th, 2001 in Davy, Florida. 426 427.
On June [music] 1st, 2007, Johnson and Garcia announced they were separating amicably.
426. [music] The divorce was finalized in May 2008.
428 Lauren Hashian, Johnson's wife, at the 2026 [music] Met Gala. In 2007, Johnson began dating Lauren Hashian, the daughter of Sib [music] Hashian, the drummer for the band Boston.
429. They met in 2006 while Johnson [music] was filming the game plan. 430 on August 18th, 2019. [music] Johnson and Hashian married in Hawaii.
431432. [music] They have two daughters, Jasmine and Tiana, 43345, and live in Los Angeles. They also maintain a farm in Virginia, 436, and a home in Southwest Ranches, Florida.
437438 alongside Johnson, [music] Jasmine, and Tiana provided voices for Moana, too.
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In [music] February 2020, WWE announced that Johnson's daughter Simone had started training at the WWE Performance Center 440, making her the first [music] fourth generation WWE wrestler.
441. On May 16th, Johnson announced she had signed a contract with WWE 442 [music] and announced in May 2022 that her ring name would be a rain. She has since been appearing on the NXT brand.
443 [music] Philip John Clap born March 11, 1971 known professionally as Johnny Knoxville is an American [music] stunt performer, actor, producer, and screenwriter.
He is best known as a co-creator and star of the MTV reality stunt show [music] Jackass 2000 to 2001 and its subsequent movies. Following the conclusion of Jackass, Knoxville [music] and his co-stars returned for the first installment in the Jackass film series with the second and third installment released in 2006 and 2010 [music] respectively.
Jackass presents Bad Grandpot 2013.
[music] The first film in the series to feature a story line saw him star [music] as his jackass character Irving Zisman. The fourth main installment, Jackass Forever, was released in [music] 2022.
Jackass Best and Last is set for theatrical release in 2026. [music] Two, it will be the last Jackass movie.
Three. Knoxville has had acting roles in [music] films Men in Black 2, 2002, Grand Theft Parsons, 2003, A Dirty Shame and Walking Tall, both 2004, The Dukes [music] of Hazard, The Ringer, and a cameo role as a sleazy corporate president of a skateboard company in Lords of Dog Town. All 2005, [music] The Last Stand 2013, Skip Trace 2016, [music] and the television series Reboot 2022.
He also voiced Leonardo in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, 2014. [music] Early life. Knoxville was born Philip John Clap in Knoxville, Tennessee on March 11th, 1971-45.
The son of Sunday [music] school teacher Le Moine Nihawk and car and tire salesman Philip Clap. 678. He has two older [music] sisters. Nine. Knoxville has compared his father to Dr. Jackekal and Mr. Hyde. When he's not [music] drunk, he was amazing. Super funny. But when he was drinking, it was total hell.
10. Hanging [music] out in his father's tire store, Knoxville would watch his dad play pranks on the crazy [music] characters who worked for him. 11. When he was 14, his cousin, [music] singer songwriter Roger Alan Wade, gave him a copy of Jack Keruaks book on the road.
He credits [music] this with sparking his interest in acting. 1213 Knoxville attended South Young High School, [music] now South Boil High School, in Knoxville, where he played on the baseball team and was named All Knoxville [music] Interscolastic League honorable mention. He also played in the Knoxville area all-star game as [music] a pitcher. 1415. After graduating in 1989, he moved to California to become an actor. He began appearing in commercials and as an [music] extra 16, including a job as Keanu Reeves' stand-in on the 1992 Francis Ford Copala film Bram Stoker's Dracula.
17. When the breakthrough role he sought eluded him, [music] he decided to create his own opportunities by writing and pitching article ideas to various magazines.
An idea [music] to test self-defense equipment on himself captured the interest of Jeff Tmaine skateboarding magazine Big Brother and the stunts were [music] filmed and included in Big Brother's number two video career.
Jackass Knoxville at [music] the 2011 San Diego ComicCon.
Knoxville is responsible for many of the ideas in Jackass and is often seen [music] as the de facto leader of the crew. 18. The show is directed by Jeff Tummaine [music] who produced a pilot that used footage from Big Brother and Bam Margerous CKY videos. With help from Tummaine's friend, film director Spike Jones, they pitched a series to various networks. A deal was made with MTV and Jackass was born. 19. He start in
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