Dwayne Johnson's father Rocky was a WWE Hall of Famer who taught him how to wrestle
on their website, writing, “WWE is saddened to learn that Rocky ‘Soul Man’ Johnson , a WWE Hall of Famer, former World Tag Team Champion, and father of Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, has passed away at age 75.”Rocky was born in Nova Scotia, Canada as Wayde Douglas Bowles and began wrestling at the age of 16.
He joined the WWE in 1983 and began wrestling with Tony Atlas. The two became a part of the first African American tag team — known as The Soul Patrol — to win the World Tag Team Championship in the World Wrestling Federation . on Instagram and thanking him for teaching him how to be a father to his own three daughters.
“Happy Father’s Day to this hardly ever smiling OG badass. Little boys by nature, look up to and idolize their old man. They want to be just like em, do whatever they do and are always looking for their approval. Funny thing is the day I stopped looking for that approval was the day I understood what it meant to be man and more importantly, a father,” Dwayne wrote.
“That shift lifted me to a new level of gratitude for the tough love he always gave. Years later as a man and father of three girls, I know that tough love, is a helluva lot better than no love at all. I’ll take it. It’s made me who I am today. Grateful to the original Rock. #HappyFathersDay #KingStache #RockyJohnson,” he concluded.
Rocky was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2008. He married Ata Maivia in 1970, and the two welcomed their son, Dwayne, in 1972, before later divorcing in 2003. titled “That Wrestling Show.”
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