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Dwayne Johnson
Born (1972-05-02) May 2, 1972 (age 52)[1]
Hayward, California, USA[1]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Flex Cavana
Rocky Maivia
The Rock
Billed height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)[2]
Billed weight260 lb (120 kg; 19 st)[2]
Billed fromMiami, Florida[2]
Trained byRocky Johnson
Pat Patterson
Debut1995
RetiredMarch 14, 2004

Dwayne Douglas Johnson (born May 2 1972), better known by his former ring name The Rock, is an American actor and former professional wrestler.[2] He gained mainstream fame as a standout in World Wrestling Entertainment from 1996 to 2004. Since 2001, he has focused on a thriving acting career, though he still makes occasional WWE appearances for promotional purposes.

Johnson was a nine-time world champion in his career, including a record-setting seven-time WWE Champion; his last reign was as WWE Undisputed Champion. He also was the winner of the 2000 Royal Rumble.

Biography

Early life

Dwayne Johnson, the son of Ata (née Maivia) and professional wrestler "Soulman" Rocky Johnson, was born in Hayward, California.[3] His maternal grandfather, "High Chief" Peter Maivia, was also a professional wrestler.[4] Johnson traveled around frequently with his parents and watched his father perform in the ring. He went to such schools as President William McKinley High School in Hawaii. As he entered 11th grade, Johnson's father's job required his relocation to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the state's Lehigh Valley region. He began playing football at Bethlehem's Freedom High School.[4] In addition to playing football at Freedom High School, he also was a member of the high school's track and field team.

For a brief period, Johnson lived in Auckland, New Zealand, with his mother's family. During this time his mother Ata ensured Johnson was exposed to one of the urban Polynesian cultural strongholds of the Southern Hemisphere. His grandfather and father would end up wrestling extensively in Auckland with American promoter Steve Rickards. Rickards staged a successful television program during the late 1970s-early 1980s, called On The Mat. Many American wrestlers, such as Harley Race, and Johnson's grandfather and father, appeared. Johnson attended Richmond Road Primary School before returning to the U.S. with his parents.

Education

Johnson received collegiate football scholarship offers from several universities and settled on the University of Miami. While the University of Miami football program did not openly recruit Johnson, he entered try-outs as a walk-on for the program and made the team, playing defensive tackle. In 1991, he was part of the Miami Hurricanes' National Championship team.[5] After an injury kept him sidelined, Johnson was replaced by Warren Sapp.[4]

Johnson met his future wife, Dany Garcia, who also was attending Miami at the time. Garcia, who graduated from the University of Miami in 1992, is a member of the University of Miami's Board of Trustees,[6] and the founder of a Miami-based wealth management firm. The two have remained close to their alma mater, giving a $2 million donation in 2006 to build a living room at the university's alumni center. Johnson graduated from the University of Miami in 1995 with a degree in criminology.[4]

Johnson continued his football career by joining the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League after being passed over by the NFL, but he was cut two months into the season.[7]

Family life

Johnson married Dany Garcia on May 3 1997, a day after his 25th birthday.[8] His best man at the wedding was fellow wrestler and long-time family friend Tonga "Haku" Fifita. Johnson and his wife have a daughter, Simone Alexander, born August 14th 2001.[8] On June 1, 2007, Johnson and Garcia announced that they would splitting up after 10 years of marriage. They indicated that their parting was amicable and that they would spend the rest of their lives together as best friends.[8]

Politics

In 2002, Johnson delivered a speech at the Republican National Convention.[2] Because his mother, Ata Maivia, had royal blood, Samoan King Malietoa Tanumafili II bestowed Johnson with the noble title of Seiuli during his visit to Samoa in July 2004.[9] He is a supporter of the Samoan national rugby team, as the team's website during the run-up to the 2007 Rugby World Cup showed him holding a personalized Manu Samoa jersey with "The Rock" emblazoned on the back.[10]

Dwayne Johnson

Philanthropy

In 2006, Johnson started up The Dwayne Johnson Rock Foundation, which is known for its charitable work with at-risk and terminally ill children.[11]

On October 2 2007, Johnson and his wife donated an additional $1 million to the University of Miami to support the university's football facilities renovation; it was noted as the largest donation ever given to the university's athletics department by former students. Miami plans to rename the Hurricanes' locker room in Johnson's honor.[12]

World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment

Along with his father and grandfather, several members of Johnson's family are current and former professional wrestlers, including his uncles, the Wild Samoans (Afa and Sika Anoa'i) and cousins, such as Rikishi, Rosey, and Umaga. When he declared his intention to join the family business, his father resisted, but agreed to train his son himself, warning him that he would not go easy on him.[4] With help from veteran wrestler Pat Patterson, Johnson had several tryout matches with WWE in 1996; he defeated The Brooklyn Brawler at a house show, and lost the others to Chris Candido and Owen Hart. Impressed by his talent and charisma, Johnson was signed to a deal after a short stint for "seasoning" in Jerry Lawler's United States Wrestling Association, where he wrestled under the ring names of "Flex Cavana" and "Pidlaoan Rock."

Rocky Maivia (1996)

Johnson made his WWF debut as Rocky Maivia, which combined his father and grandfather's ring names; Johnson was initially reluctant to the idea, but was persuaded to go ahead with the name by Vince McMahon and Jim Ross.[13] In addition to tacking on the nickname "The Blue Chipper," the WWF played up his connection to his father and grandfather, calling him the company's first third-generation wrestler.

Johnson, who was first portrayed as a clean-cut babyface, was pushed heavily from the start despite his lack of in-ring experience. He debuted at Survivor Series 1996 and was the sole survivor,[14] and he won the Intercontinental Championship from Hunter Hearst Helmsley on RAW on February 13, 1997, after only three months in the company.[15][16] Fans, however, quickly grew sick of the one-dimensional good guy character, thanks in part to the exploded popularity of Stone Cold Steve Austin. As a result, a regular occurrence during Johnson's matches was the fans' angry chants of "Die Rocky Die!" and "Rocky Sucks!"

Nation of Domination (1997-1998)

Main article: Nation of Domination

After losing the Intercontinental Championship to Owen Hart on April 28 edition of RAW is WAR,[17] and returning from an injury, Johnson was allowed to turn heel. He joined the Nation of Domination, with the nickname "'The Rock' Rocky Maivia," which was eventually shortened to just "The Rock."[18] During that time, Johnson attacked and insulted the fans in his promos. In sharp contrast to the overly positive persona of Rocky Maivia, The Rock was a charismatic bully, eventually driving out the group leader, Faarooq in February 1998.[18] The Rock also referred to himself in the third person, starting many sentences with "The Rock says..."[18]

Johnson was soon recognized for cutting arguably the best promos in the industry. In his 2000 autobiography, Johnson attributed this skill to his exceptional performance in speech communications classes at Miami, in which he earned "A" grades. At In Your House: D-Generation X, Austin defeated The Rock in less than six minutes to retain the Intercontinental title.[19] The following night on RAW is WAR, Austin was ordered by Mr. McMahon to forfeit the WWF Intercontinental Championship, which Austin handed over to The Rock before hitting the Stone Cold Stunner on him.[20][21] Rock spent the end of 1997 and the beginning of 1998 feuding with both Austin and Ken Shamrock.[22][23]

Feuding with DX (1998)

Johnson next feuded with Faarooq, who was angry at the Rock for usurping his position. The two had a title match at Over the Edge 1998, where Rock retained the Intercontinental belt.[24] The Rock then moved into a feud with Triple H and D-Generation X. Nation members would fight DX while the Rock would fight Triple H over the Intercontinental Championship. They first had a two out of three falls match at Fully Loaded 1998 for Rock's title, which would see Rock retain the belt in controversial fashion.[25] This lead to a ladder match at SummerSlam 1998 where Rock would lose the belt.[26] At Breakdown, Rock defeated Ken Shamrock and Mankind in a triple threat steel cage match to become the #1 contender to the WWF Championship[27] before feuding with fellow Nation member Mark Henry, effectively disbanding the Nation.[28]

The Corporation (1998-1999)

Main article: The Corporation

Johnson's popularity as The Rock propelled him to the WWF Championship. The Rock began to conduct many entertaining interviews, and thus he got over with the fans. Fan reaction effectively turned him face, and he began to feud with Mr. McMahon, who said he has a "problem with the people" and thus he should target the "People's Champion" (as The Rock claimed himself to be). A double-turn occurred at Survivor Series 1998, when The Rock defeated the then-heel Mankind in the finals of the "Deadly Game" tournament[29] for the vacant WWF Championship,[30] to become the first world heavyweight champion of African American descent in WWF history and the youngest WWF Champion at the time. At the end of the match, The Rock applied a Sharpshooter on Mankind. As he did this, McMahon called for the bell to be rung and then ordered for The Rock to be declared the winner.[30][29]

With the plan coming to fruition, The Rock turned heel again and sided with Vince McMahon and Shane McMahon as the crown jewel of The Corporation stable[29]. This was also a start of a double turn, as Mankind was kicked out of The Corporation and made a face turn.[31] Later, The Rock had his own pay-per view Rock Bottom: In Your House where he had a rematch against Mankind for the WWF Championship. Mankind won by submission but Mr. McMahon said that since The Rock did not tap out that The Rock would retain his title.[32][31]

The Rock began a feud with Mankind over the WWF Championship, during which the title changed hands back and forth between the two, first during the main event of the January 4, 1999 edition of RAW is WAR, when Mankind defeated The Rock with the help of Stone Cold Steve Austin.[33] The Rock captured his second WWF Championship in an "I Quit" Match at Royal Rumble 1999,[34][35] when a pre-recorded sample of Mankind saying "I quit" from an interview segment was played over the sound system. This latest reign did not last long, however. In a match that counter-programmed the Super Bowl halftime show on January 31 1999, Mankind pinned The Rock using a forklift in an Empty Arena Match where the competitors used everything from bags of popcorn to garbage to punish each other.[36] This feud lasted until February 15 edition of RAW is WAR, where The Rock won his third WWF Championship in a ladder match after The Big Show chokeslammed Mankind off a ladder.[37][38]

With Mankind out of the way, The Rock had to defend his WWF Championship at WrestleMania XV, but lost the belt to Austin.[39] Rock lost the title rematch to Austin at Backlash: In Your House.[40] WWF fans began to cheer The Rock despite him being a heel, due to his comedic interviews, promos and segments which mocked wrestlers and announcers and made him popular to the fans. Rock eventually made his second face turn after he betrayed Shane McMahon and established a feud with The Undertaker, Triple H and the Corporate Ministry. During this feud, he sometimes found himself fighting alongside Steve Austin. Rock defeated Triple H at the historic Over the Edge 1999 before losing to Undertaker at King of the Ring 1999, for Undertaker's WWF Championship where Undertaker retained the title.[41][42] He continued his rivalry with Triple H, after losing to him in a #1 contender's match at Fully Loaded 1999.[43]

The Rock 'n' Sock Connection (1999)

Main article: Rock 'n' Sock Connection

Later on, still as a face, besides feuding with Triple H, The Rock also feuded with Mr. Ass over the summer of 1999, including an infamous "Kiss My Ass" match at SummerSlam 1999.[44] In the fall of the same year, The Rock found himself in several singles and tag championship opportunities. He teamed with former enemy Mankind to create Rock 'n' Sock Connection and win the WWF Tag Team Championship 3 times[45][46][47]. Aside from the championships, the team was regarded as one of the most entertaining teams in history, as Mankind imitated The Rock, who ignored Mankind, with both wrestlers having support from the crowd. The team was also involved in a segment which occurred on RAW is WAR called "This Is Your Life," in which Mankind brought out people from The Rock's past, such as his high school girlfriend and gym teacher. The segment earned an 8.4 Nielsen rating and is, to this day, one of the single highest rated segments in terms of viewership in RAW history.[48][45]

Feuds for the WWF Championship (2000-2001)

At Royal Rumble 2000, The Rock entered in the Royal Rumble match and lasted until he and The Big Show were the final two men. In the final moment of the match, The Big Show was seemingly going to dump the Rock over the top rope in a running powerslam-like position, but when they got to the apron the Rock reversed the throw, sending the Big Show to the outside floor and then came back up.[49] The Rock's feet, however, hit the floor first, although those watching the event did not see that. The Big Show attempted to prove that the Rock's feet, not his, touched the ground first. He did manage to prove it, by providing video footage showing that he was the rightful winner. Despite that, the decision that The Rock had won the Rumble match could not be reversed, so a number one contender's match for the WWF Championship at No Way Out 2000 was held, which saw the Big Show come out on top after Shane McMahon interfered, knocking The Rock in the head with a steel chair as he attempted to finish off his opponent with a People's Elbow.[50] The Rock later defeated The Big Show on March 13, 2000 edition of RAW is WAR to regain the right to face the WWF Champion, Triple H, at WrestleMania 2000 in a Fatal Four-Way Elimination match where The Big Show and Mick Foley competed as well.[51][52] Each competitor had a McMahon in their corner; for Triple H, his on-screen wife and then off-screen girlfriend Stephanie McMahon; for Mick Foley, the matriarch Linda McMahon; for The Rock, Vince McMahon; and in Big Show's corner, Shane McMahon.[52][53] Triple H retained the title when Vince turned on The Rock, giving him two vicious chair shots, allowing Triple H to pin The Rock for the three-count.[53][54]

Over the next couple of months The Rock feuded with Triple H over the WWF Championship. A month after the match at WrestleMania 2000, The Rock had a rematch with Triple H at Backlash 2000 in which The Rock won his fourth WWF Championship, after Stone Cold Steve Austin made a brief return and intervened on The Rock's behalf.[55][56][57] Later, at Judgment Day 2000, the two had an Iron Man match with Shawn Michaels as the special guest referee, that saw The Undertaker return.[58] The Rock got disqualified and lost the title, as a result of The Undertaker attacking Triple H.[58] The following night on RAW is WAR, The Rock got his revenge, taking out the entire McMahon-Helmsley Faction with the help of The Undertaker.[59] He later won his fifth WWF Championship at King of the Ring 2000 in a tag team match, which saw him team up with Kane and The Undertaker to fight Vince McMahon, Shane McMahon and Triple H.[60][61] He successfully defended the championship against superstars such as Chris Benoit, Kurt Angle, Triple H, Kane, The Undertaker, and Shane McMahon.[56][62][63]

The Rock later lost the WWF Championship to Angle at No Mercy 2000 in October.[56][64] During this time, he feuded with Rikishi and defeated him at Survivor Series 2000.[56][65] He also participated in a six-man Hell in a Cell match at Armageddon 2000 for the WWF Championship, in which Kurt Angle retained the title.[56][66] Before the match, The Rock cut one of his most successful promos ever, making fun of the other five competitors. Around that same time, Rock held the WWF Tag Team Championship with The Undertaker and the duo exchanged the titles with Edge and Christian.[56][67]

In 2001, The Rock continued his feud with Angle over the WWF Championship and eventually settled it at No Way Out 2001. After a battle that saw both wrestlers kick out of each other's finishers, The Rock finally came out on top and regained the WWF Championship.[56][68][69] Afterwards, he feuded with the Royal Rumble 2001 winner, Stone Cold Steve Austin. The Rock went into WrestleMania X-Seven as the WWF Champion, but he was defeated after a shocking turn from Austin, who used Mr. McMahon to win the title.[56][70] During a steel cage match with Austin in a rematch for the WWF title on the following night's RAW is WAR, Triple H came down to the ring with a sledgehammer. Many thought he was coming to aid The Rock, due to the hatred between Austin and Triple H (and an argument with Vince earlier in the night), but it transpired that he had joined the Austin/McMahon partnership by hitting The Rock instead.[71] Austin and Triple H became a Tag Team and called themselves "The Two-Man Power Trip." After fighting to "No Contest" with Austin in a rematch, (where Triple-H helped Austin avoid his obvious defeat from the hands of The Rock), Rock went on to film the movie "The Mummy Returns" after a storyline suspension from Mr. McMahon.

The Invasion and the return back from Hollywood (2001-2002)

Main article: The Invasion

He returned in late July 2001 and had to decide if he wanted to join the WWF or The Alliance during The Invasion, eventually siding with the WWF.[56] At SummerSlam 2001, The Rock defeated Booker T to win the WCW Championship.[56][72][73] He lost the WCW title to Chris Jericho, with whom he won the WWF Tag Team Championship around the same time, at No Mercy 2001.[74][75]

Rock defeated Jericho on November 5 edition of RAW is WAR for his second WCW Championship.[76] The Rock ultimately decided to join the WWF in its battle against The Alliance and was involved in a "Winner Takes All" match at Survivor Series 2001, which saw him end up one on one with Steve Austin. The Rock seemed to be superior than Austin, until Chris Jericho, who was also a member of team WWF and was eliminated a few minutes before that point, came inside the ring and attacked The Rock. Austin took advantage of that and tried to defeat The Rock, but Kurt Angle, a supposed teammate of Austin, proved out to be a mole planted by Vince McMahon and hit Austin in the head with a title belt, allowing The Rock to eliminate him, destroying The Alliance once and for all.[56][77] The Rock closed out the year losing the WCW Championship to Chris Jericho at Vengeance 2001 as Jericho became WWF Undisputed Champion.[78]

In early 2002, Rock feuded with Jericho and challenged him for the WWF Undisputed Championship at Royal Rumble 2002, but lost the match.[79] After losing to Jericho, Rock engaged in feuds and wrestled the likes of The Undertaker at No Way Out 2002 and Hulk Hogan at WrestleMania X8.[80][81] On July 21, The Rock won his record-breaking seventh and final WWE Championship, which was then under the name "WWE Undisputed Championship".[82] He defeated Kurt Angle and The Undertaker in a match at Vengeance 2002, after he hit the Rock Bottom on Angle.[82][83] The Rock successfully defended the title at Global Warning against Triple H and Brock Lesnar by pinning Triple H, who then saved The Rock after Lesnar tried to ambush him after the match.[84] Johnson finally dropped the WWE Undisputed Championship to Lesnar at SummerSlam 2002, ending his final championship reign.[85]

Final heel turn (2003)

The Rock's last heel turn began on SmackDown! in February 2003, where he publicly criticized Hulk Hogan. Their WrestleMania X8 rematch at No Way Out 2003 ended with The Rock claiming victory again, with assistance from Vince McMahon and Sylvain Grenier.[56][67] The Rock later drafted himself to RAW and started a feud with The Hurricane and other babyfaces. He also had a comical gimmick, where he played the guitar and sang songs mocking the host city for the event, which culminated in a "Rock concert" that took place during the main event of the March 24, 2003 edition of RAW, where The Rock mocked host city Sacramento because of the Sacramento Kings' inability to beat the Los Angeles Lakers. After putting down the city of Sacramento and singing about how he intended to leave as soon as possible, he concluded the song with, "I'll be sure to come back when the Lakers beat the Kings in May!".[86] The crowd booed him vociferously. The Rock also slammed Canada in a song as well, saying, "Canadians have no class, that's why they can kiss the People's Ass!"

When Stone Cold Steve Austin returned, they once again feuded, and the Rock defeated Austin at WrestleMania XIX, which was Austin's last major appearance in a wrestling role.[56][87] The Rock then had a feud with former WCW star Bill Goldberg, to whom Rock lost at Backlash 2003.[56][88] In this match, both superstars received a mixed reaction from the fans. The Rock then turned face once more by engaging in a one night feud against then-heels Chris Jericho and Christian. Despite that, he declared Christian as his favorite wrestler, and Christian began calling himself the "new people's champion" and referring to his fans as "his peeps."

Sporadic appearances (2004-present)

The Rock made occasional wrestling appearances up to 2004's WrestleMania XX, when the storyline revolving around Mick Foley had him brought back to help in his feud with Evolution (Ric Flair, Randy Orton and Batista).[2] One humorous in-ring segment involved The Rock hosting his own version of "This is Your Life" for Foley on the March 8, 2004 edition of RAW.[56][89] Rock reunited with Foley after five years, as Rock 'n' Sock Connection and the duo went on to lose to Orton, Flair and Batista at WrestleMania XX in a handicap match when Orton pinned Foley with a RKO out of nowhere.[56][90] This was Rock's last match.[56]

He made sporadic appearances in WWE following WrestleMania, including standing up for Eugene, making a cameo appearance in his home-town of Miami and helping Foley turn back La Résistance. He hosted a "Pie-Eating Contest" during the Diva Search 2004 and ended the segment by giving Jonathan Coachman a Rock Bottom and a People's Elbow. After this appearance, Johnson reported in several interviews that he was no longer under contract with WWE. He also reported that the reason he was able to continue using the name "The Rock" was part of a dual ownership between him and WWE.[citation needed]

On March 12 2007, The Rock made an appearance on WWE after a near three year absence, appearing on RAW via a pre-taped segment on the titantron. He correctly predicted that Bobby Lashley would defeat Umaga at WrestleMania 23 in Donald Trump and Vince McMahon's "Battle of the Billionaires" match.[91]

On March 29 2008, The Rock inducted his father, Rocky Johnson, and his grandfather, Peter Maivia into the WWE Hall of Fame. By doing this he stated he had now completed his WWE cycle. During his induction speech he also took some playful shots at WWE superstars such as Chris Jericho , Santino Marella and John Cena.[92]

In wrestling

  • Signature taunts
    • The People's Eyebrow (The Rock raises his right eyebrow to the opponent / crowd)
    • Just Bring It! (Hand motion telling the opponent to come)
    • Raising his hand to imitate a back hand slap threat
    • Raising his arm above his head in a fist often done with championship belts
  • Nicknames
    • The People's Champion[2]
    • The Brahma Bull
    • The Corporate Champion
    • The Great One
    • The Most Electrifying Man In Sports Entertainment[2]
    • Rocky

Relatives in wrestling

Main article: Anoa'i family

Championships and accomplishments

1Won during The Invasion
²Final reign was as WWE Undisputed Champion

Television and movie career

Johnson photographed by Jerry Avenaim for Vanity Fair in 2001.

The overwhelming success of Johnson's in-ring character allowed him to cross over into mainstream popularity, and he appeared on Wyclef Jean's 2000 single "It Doesn't Matter" and the accompanying video. That same year, he co-hosted Saturday Night Live (along with Triple H, Mick Foley, and The Big Show). The episode was considered a major success and helped kick-start his acting career.[2] According to Johnson, it was due to the success of that episode that he began receiving offers from Hollywood studios.

He filmed guest roles on Star Trek: Voyager and That '70s Show, and his motion picture debut was a brief appearance as The Scorpion King in the opening of The Mummy Returns.[2] The film's financial success led to his first leading role starring in the follow-up, The Scorpion King.[2] He was considered for the lead in a feature-length Johnny Bravo film, but it was canceled during production.

Since his last WWE match in 2004, he has quit wrestling[98] and focused solely on acting. He also continued to make television appearances, including Disney Channel's hit show Cory in the House, in the episode entitled “Never The Dwayne Shall Meet.”[99] Though Johnson is no longer active with WWE, the company continues to sell "The Rock" merchandise, and Johnson continues to be featured prominently in the opening montages of their television programming.

Johnson was featured in the 2007 Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest salary as an actor in their first starring role.[100] He appeared at the 80th Academy Awards on February 24, 2008 as a presenter for the Best Visual Effects award. He was nominated for Best Movie Actor at the Kid's Choice Awards 2008 for his role in The Game Plan.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes Gross Revenue
1999 Beyond the Mat Himself non-fiction documentary 2,047,570 USD
That '70s Show (TV series) Rocky Johnson Episode: "That Wrestling Show"
The Net (TV series) Brody Episode: "Last Man Standing"
2000 Longshot The Mugger
Star Trek: Voyager (TV series) The Champion Episode: "Tsunkatse"
2001 The Mummy Returns Mathayus the Scorpion King 202,007,640 USD
2002 The Scorpion King Mathayus the Scorpion King Salary 5,500,000 USD 90,341,670 USD
2003 The Rundown Beck Salary 12,500,000 USD 47,592,825 USD
2004 Walking Tall Chris Vaughn Salary 15,000,000 USD 45,860,039 USD
2005 Be Cool Elliot Wilhelm Salary 4,500,000 USD 55,808,744 USD
Doom Sarge Salary 4,500,000 USD 28,031,250 USD
2006 Gridiron Gang Sean Porter 38,432,823 USD
2007 Cory in the House/Hannah Montana Himself Part of the Rock Block
Reno 911!: Miami Agent Rick Smith (cameo) 21,659,638 USD
The Game Plan Joe Kingman 110,776,944 USD
Southland Tales Boxer Santaros Released November 14 2007 275,380 USD
2008 Get Smart Agent 23 set for release June 20, 2008
2009 Witch Mountain pre-production
Shazam! Black Adam In talks

Notes

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  5. ^ Morgan, Kaya. "University of Miami Famous Alumni". Retrieved 2006-12-29.
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