and ex-wife Ata Johnson (L), was a former WWE tag team champion Rocky Johnson, a former professional wrestler and father of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, has died aged 75. His death was confirmed on ...
[He was a] Black pro wrestler at that time in the '60s and '70s, mainly throughout the South." According to Johnson, Rocky had to develop a certain toughness to consistently perform in front of ...
The High Chief was himself a "blood brother" of the even more legendary Anoa'i Samoan wrestling dynasty ... not be the end of the Johnson/Maivia dynasty. In 1972, Rocky and Ata Johnson had ...
The conversation eventually turned to The Rock's father, the late Rocky Johnson. Rocky was a WWE superstar throughout the 80s and one-half of the first black WWE title holders when he and Tony ...
The Rock's father is Rocky Johnson, who was a Canadian professional wrestler, and his mother Ata Johnson is a member of the Anoa'i family. The Rock's daughters get a blend of Samoan, African ...
But wrestling was in his blood. His father, Rocky Johnson, spent nearly 20 years in the NWA before jumping to the then-WWF for four years and winning the tag team titles with Tony Atlas.
The world of wrestling is deep seeded with tradition ... his career being trained by his Uncle Peter Maivia and cousin Rocky Johnson after he left the United States Marine Corps.