Dwayne Johnson
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They cheered these guys.
And that's why Vince, at that time, Vince McMahon.
Vince McMahon, yeah.
Yeah, he's like, you know what?
You guys need to become champions because you guys are changing the behavior of people.
And that's what one of the qualities of trailblazing is, when you're able to change the behavior of people.
Of somebody, and that's what they did.
So the reason why I share that was because that, to me, that was my dad's greatest accomplishment, which was him becoming first black tag team champions.
But my dad always referenced that moment when he and I were in the ring together at WrestleMania as his greatest achievement.
So I'm glad it happened for him.
Because even despite our complicated relationship, I think it's just the love of a son that...
You'll always be just that.
You'll be the son of your dad.
And you always want to make your dad happy, you know, despite all the stuff you go through.
I grew up singing.
And in our family, I'm half black and half Samoan.
And in my culture, especially on the Polynesian side...
singing and dancing was ever present in our household with my dad as well.
And so we grew up that way.
And my mom, who will listen to this and is going to love this entire interview, she still carries a ukulele with her everywhere she goes, Terri.