Dwayne Johnson

And wow, what a life.

But in a lot of cases.

And in our case.

Yeah.

You know, it was like Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler, the Darren Aronofsky movie.

Yeah, it's a great film, but it's also a real look at those guys in the 80s who were stars and in the 90s who worked the gimmick.

And that's just what they did.

And instead of going home to their mansions, we went home to our trailer parks.

That's right.

That wasn't working the gimmick.

That was something entirely different.

And that was my dad being my dad.

And that did upset me.

And usually, you know, I had this relationship with my dad that was complicated.

A friend of mine said, you know, that poor word is not enough these days for the relationship that you had with your dad.

It's so beyond complicated, but...

Yeah, that happened with that book, and I knew he was writing a book, which I blessed.

I said, great, write your book, and I want you to tell your story.

Because also, I know what it's like to delve into something that can be cathartic for you, and I wanted that for my dad.

And, you know, my dad had this really incredible career we had to overcome a lot, being a black wrestler coming up in the 60s and the 70s and 80s.