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Dwayne Johnson

by Ali from San Diego

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Dwayne Johnson "He was the first black wrestler to insist on being very intelligent in front of the camera" (The Rock). The Rock's father was the first African American to win wrestling championships in Georgia and Texas when it was still a regional sport with no nationally recognized stars. Johnson was born in 1972 in Hayward, California, but moved several times during his youth because of his father's career. He attended schools in Hawaii, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania, and he was often teased by classmates because of his size and his father's career. But Dwayne's early passion for wrestling did not get deterred. Even before WWF wrestling matches and before the cameras went on live he browbeat his opponents before the match. With his giant body he has been playing the football position defensive tackle. He had a passion for wrestling and football.

Dwayne Johnson has acted in many movies and decided to join WWF wrestling just for our entertainment. Dwayne Johnson had called his dad over to come help him train for WWF wrestling so he can compete with other wrestler and possibly win a belt. Dwayne wanted to continue training with his dad to entertain his audience and without further notice Dwayne became the youngest WWF wrestler to win a belt. But the audience has been more aggressive during the year of 1990. "The character of The Rock is perpetually defiant, perpetually talking or glaring" (Miami Herald writer Peter Whoriskey). Before Dwayne's wrestling career he started lifting weights at the age of 13. He decided to play football and did not go too far with it so he returned to the WWF wrestling ring in 1991.

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Dwayne Johnson has been training with his dad just to entertain us by making a scene and a wrestling match. Dwayne made very good accomplishments too. But when Dwayne decided making a change at 13 and lifting he wanted to start a football career. "I loved everything about it, the violence, the theatricality, the athleticism, the volume" (The Rock). Dwayne wanted to play NFL football as a defensive linemen but was not good enough for it so he was supposed to play for the CFL. In 1995 he became a practice player for the Calgary Stampeders franchise and survived for months on a meager salary of $175 per week. Before every WWF wrestling match Dwayne Johnson would take off his elbow pads and during a fight he would wave his arms a lot and bounce off the ropes before he delivers the, "Blow."A hero like Dwayne Johnson possesses hard work and entertainment and peers can benefit a lot from his intensity. Dwayne Johnson is a hero for putting in so much hard work for football even though he did not make it the way he wanted to. Hes also a hero for becoming the youngest wrestler to win a belt and doing it for our entertainment.

Dwayne Johnson called his dad after he did not make it into the NFL and to the CFL to help him train for wrestling. His dad had been helping him train and he became the youngest wrestler to win a belt. But to do that he put in a ton of hard work and did not give up when he did not make it to the NFL. Dwayne decided to wrestle just to inspire and entertain us and that's why he is a hero.

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"Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson." UXL Newsmakers, UXL, 2005. Research in Context, go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?p=MSIC&sw=w&u=powa9245&v=2.1&id=GALE%7CEJ2132100028&it=r &asid=694cdcea5b0a24dd1d25f5b6d94735e5. Accessed 1 Feb. 2017. "The Rock." Contemporary Black Biography, vol. 66, Gale, 2008. Biography in Context, link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/K1606003983/BIC1?u=powa9245&xid=fedc3383. Accessed 1 Feb. 2017.

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