WWE - Determined

THE MOST ELECTRIFYING MAN IN SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT

• After leaving football in ’95, he made first appearance in United States Wrestling Alliance under the name "Flex Kavana" in 1996 and made his way to the WWF that same year, donning his new moniker, The Rock.
• He was trained by his father, Rocky Johnson, who spent the better part of 3 decades in wrestling, and Pat Patterson, who is credited as the first WWE Intercontinental Champ.

• His debut, the 1996 Survivor Series, was an incredible one, where he won, being the sole survivor, which led to him garnering the Intercontinental Championship for the first time.

• Knowing wrestling, there’s a good guy (in wrestler's terms, a "babyface") and bad guy ("heel") image, both of which he’s had to play. Initially a babyface, he came into the limelight as a heel with the Nation of Domination, along with fellow wrestlers Faarooq, D’Lo Brown and Kama, who is also known as The Godfather.
• At this time, The Rock developed his persona, referring to himself in 3rd person and talking the best trash that the WWF has ever seen with words like "Jabroni" and eventually donning the distinction of "The People's Champion."

• He won his first of 7 WWF/WWE Championships in 1998. He was the youngest in history (26) to hold the title until Brock Lesnar, at 25, broke his record, by beating The Rock at Summerslam in 2002.

• The Attitude Era, from ’98 to ’02 or ’03, was an incredible time in pro wrestling. The Rock feuded with everyone he could and beat everyone he could. Here’s a short list of the titles he claimed in that era:
• WWF/WWE Champion - Nov. ’98, Jan. ’99, Feb. ’99, Apr. ’00, June ’00, Feb. ’01, July ’02
• Tag Team Champion - 



The Rock 'n' Sock Connection

• The Rock ‘n’ Sock Connection (The Rock & Mankind) - Aug. ’99, Sept. ’99, Oct. ’99
• The Rock & Undertaker - Dec. '00
• The Rock & Chris Jericho - Oct. '01

• Royal Rumble Champion - 2000
• Intercontinental Champion - Feb. ’97, Dec. ’97
• Here's a list of the WWF/WWE Champions over the years.

• He retired in ’04, was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2008, and came back recently in 2011 to defeat John Cena. He’s headlined last year’s WrestleMania and he’ll do the same this year.