WWE Hall of Famer Mark Henry recently detailed a disgusting prank that a group of veteran wrestlers pulled on Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson when he was just coming up in the federation.
"I came in and saw people laughing and giggling and running away from where our lockers were," Henry -- whose locker was right next to Johnson's -- said in a recent episode of the Busted Open Radio podcast. "I saw his box was open. I grabbed the box and was going to close it and I looked in it and there was shit in it." Henry continued, "Somebody shit in his food box, so of course, I have to dispose of this and tell him, 'Hey man, don’t leave your food in here.'" Henry added that some of the older wrestlers "were envious of us new guys coming in."
The son of Rocky Johnson and grandson of "High Chief" Peter Maivia, Johnson made his WWF debut as Rocky Maivia back in 1996, later taking on the moniker of The Rock. He and Henry were once stablemates, both serving as members of the Nation of Domination, which Johnson actually led at one point. While Johnson retired from the now-WWE in 2004, he returned to the ring in 2011 as the host of WrestleMania XXVII. He has made several sporadic appearances in the ring and at WWE events in the last decade, even picking up another WWE Championship victory in the process.
The story of Johnson's early days in the ring will be the focus of the upcoming Peacock biopic series, Young Rock. A recently-released trailer for the series teased that it will highlight aspects of Johnson's early high school and young adult lives in 1987 (played by Bradley Constant) and 1990 (Uli Latukefu), respectively. Johnson will appear in all 11 episodes of the first season as a framing device.
At the beginning of January, Johnson reflected on his growth over the years and responded to being described as "the most likable person in the world" in a profile by Polina Marinova. "From being called a 'big complicated asshole' at 15yrs old (due to fighting that led to suspension) to now being called 'the most likable person in the world'...hey I made a little progress," he wrote on Instagram at the time.
Created by Nahnatchka Khan and produced by Johnson, Young Rock stars Adrian Groulx, Bradley Constant and Uli Latukefu as the titular role with Stacey Leilua Ata and Joseph Lee Anderson as his parents Ata and Rocky. Young Rock will premiere on NBC Feb. 16, 2021.
Source: Busted Open Radio, via The Sun