The Untold Truth Of The Wild Samoans
The Untold Truth Of The Wild Samoans
By Miles Schneiderman/March 12, 2021 8:47 am EDT
NBC s
Young Rock is a show about the life of actor and suspected future presidential candidate Dwayne Johnson. It s also a show about professional wrestling not only because Johnson first became a celebrity in the wrestling ring as the Rock, but because his family had roots in the wrestling industry before he was even born. Many of the characters who surround Johnson in
Young Rock are wrestlers popular (and notorious) stars from the 1980s like the Junkyard Dog, the Iron Sheik, and Andre the Giant appear in the show, as does Johnson s pro wrestler father, Rocky Johnson. But perhaps most interesting for wrestling aficionados is Johnson s maternal bloodline, which links him to the famous Anoa i family, represented in