Dwayne Johnson

That was like the last man standing in terms of small promotions.

So when I first got into pro wrestling, I didn't immediately go to the WWE because I wasn't ready and I was still green and I needed experience.

So fortunately, there was a wrestling company called the USWA.

And that wrestling company was based out of Nashville and based out of Memphis.

And I lived in Memphis, and that's where I started.

And the reason why I say I was really lucky in that, because it allowed me to cut my teeth every night.

I would wrestle in flea markets.

and barns and used car dealerships where people would come to buy a used car and there would be a ring in the parking lot and you would see wrestlers.

And I had my guarantee for wrestling a match every day was 40 bucks.

That was my guarantee.

So we're making no money and really starving, but you just love to do it.

So wrestling had changed and evolved from my grandfather to my dad to me and the WWE, but I was really lucky that before I got to the WWE, I was still able to learn that way and learn on the road.

Yeah.

That was awesome.

That was what you're referring to.

That was WrestleMania.

And that was my very first WrestleMania match, WrestleMania 13 in Chicago.

That was when I was a good guy, the baby face, the rookie.

And I was intercontinental champion for WWE at that time.

And-