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Dwayne Johnson

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
622 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

Because they were chanting Rocky Sucks, which was a lot of fun in that world when you have 20,000 people.

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

Well, here's the thing.

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

In that world, when you're a good guy and they're chanting Rocky Sucks, that's a death sentence.

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

Now, when you're a bad guy and you say, hey, I may be a lot of things, but sucks isn't one of them.

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

Then I said something that really lit the crowd and they just booed even more.

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

But it was different back then because then I became a heel that night.

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

And within three months, I became the hottest heel in the company.

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

And the Ascension happened pretty quick.

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

But you know what, Terry?

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

It was...

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

That moment was so defining for me because it really allowed me to step into my power.

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

And what I mean by that is just being real and authentic.

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

And even in this crazy world of pro wrestling, every time I grabbed the microphone and I said something or every action that I did came from a very, very real place.

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

And it was like instantaneously the crowd knew it and they said, oh, this guy's holding up a mirror.

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

That's who he is.

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

And we love it.

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

And then The Rock was born.

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

Well, that's what I did do.

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

I became like the Don Rickles of pro wrestling.

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

In professional wrestling, it is always and only real blood, and that's the truth.