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}} Dwayne Douglas Johnson (born May 2, 1972), also known by his ring name The Rock, is an American and Canadian actor, producer and semi-retired professional wrestler, signed with WWE. Johnson was a college football player for the University of Miami, winning a national championship on the 1991 Miami Hurricanes football team. He later played for the Calgary Stampeders in the Canadian Football League, and was cut two months into the 1995 season. This led him to become a professional wrestler like his grandfather, Peter Maivia, and his father, Rocky Johnson (from whom he also inherited his Canadian citizenship).〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = Hollywood.com )〕 Through Maivia he is considered a non-blood relative of the Anoa'i wrestling family. Originally billed as "Rocky Maivia", he gained mainstream fame in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF/E) from 1996 to 2004 as a major figure in the company's Attitude Era, and was the first third-generation wrestler in the company's history. He returned to wrestling part-time for WWE from 2011 to 2013 and continues to make sporadic non-wrestling appearances for the company. As of , he has had seventeen championship reigns in WWE, including ten as a world champion, winning the WWF/E Championship eight times and the WCW/World Championship twice. WWE.com has gone on to describe him as a 10-time WWE World Heavyweight Champion.〔 He won the Intercontinental Championship twice and the WWF Tag Team Championship five times. He is the sixth Triple Crown Champion in WWE history, and won the 2000 Royal Rumble. The Rock is considered by many to be the biggest superstar in WWE history,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Top 100 Pro Wrestlers of All time Reviewed in Wrestling Perspective )〕 as well as one of the top box office draws in wrestling history.〔List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards#Best Box Office Draw〕 WWE legend Hulk Hogan called The Rock "the biggest superstar in this business", 15-time world champion John Cena described him as "the biggest superstar in the history of WWE" and "the most successful WWE superstar ever". WCW icon Diamond Dallas Page described him as "the biggest star in our business, of all time". Vince Russo, the head writer of WWE's most popular era The Attitude Era, stated: "I don't think there's ever going to be a star in the history of this business that is bigger than The Rock". Johnson's autobiography ''The Rock Says...'', co-written with Joe Layden, was published in 2000. It debuted at No. 1 on ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list and remained on the list for several weeks. Johnson's first leading film role was in ''The Scorpion King'' in 2002. For this role, he was paid US $5.5 million, a world record for an actor in his first starring role. He has since appeared in several films, including ''The Rundown'', ''The Game Plan'', ''Get Smart'', ''The Other Guys'' and ''Faster''. As an actor, he is perhaps best known for his portrayals of Luke Hobbs in ''The Fast and the Furious'' franchise. He also hosted and produced ''The Hero'', a reality competition series. == Early life == Johnson was born in Hayward, California, the son of Ata Johnson (''née'' Maivia) and professional wrestler Rocky Johnson. His maternal grandfather, "High Chief" Peter Maivia, was also a wrestler. His maternal grandmother, Lia Maivia, was one of wrestling's few female professional promoters, taking over Polynesian Pacific Pro Wrestling after her husband's death in 1982, until 1988. His cousin, Savelina Fanene, is also a wrestler currently working for WWE. His father is a Black Nova Scotian, and his mother is of Samoan heritage. Johnson briefly lived in the suburb of Grey Lynn in Auckland, New Zealand, with his mother's family.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Actors – The Rock )〕 He attended Richmond Road Primary School, before returning to the United States with his parents.〔 Johnson spent 10th grade at President William McKinley High School in Honolulu, Hawaii. As he entered 11th grade, his father's job required his relocation to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He began playing football at Freedom High School in the East Penn Conference.〔 He was also a member of the school's track and field and wrestling teams.〔 Johnson was a promising football prospect, and received offers from many Division I collegiate programs. He decided upon a full scholarship from the University of Miami to play defensive tackle. In 1991, he was on the Miami Hurricanes' national championship team. After an injury kept him sidelined, he was replaced by future National Football League (NFL) star Warren Sapp.〔 While attending Miami, Johnson met his future wife, Dany Garcia, who graduated from the university in 1992 and later became a member of its Board of Trustees. Johnson graduated from Miami in 1995, with a Bachelor of General Studies degree in criminology and physiology. He joined the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League in 1995. He was on the practice roster as a backup linebacker but was cut two months into the season.〔 On November 10, 2007, Johnson returned to the Miami Orange Bowl to participate in the festivities surrounding the University of Miami's last home football game at the stadium. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dwayne Johnson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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