Rocky Johnson, Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson’s father, died on the age of 75. Rocky was a WWE wrestler and Corridor of Famer, and the sports-entertainment community introduced the information on Thursday through social media.
“WWE is heartbroken to study that Rocky “Soul Man” Johnson (born Wayde Douglas Bowles), a WWE Corridor of Famer, former World Tag Workforce Champion, and father of Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, has died on the age of 75,” the corporate introduced in an announcement.
WWE is saddened to study that WWE Corridor of Famer Rocky Johnson has handed away. https://t.co/9uxrICJKxb
— WWE (@WWE) January 15, 2020
Rocky Johnson’s sports-entertainment profession started within the mid-Sixties, in keeping with wwe.com. He wrestled for the Nationwide Wrestling Alliance for almost all of his profession till becoming a member of the World Wrestling Federation within the Nineteen Eighties.
He and Atlas established the ‘Soul Patrol’ tag group, which grew to become one of the widespread of the period. Rocky retired within the early Nineteen Nineties, however he was instrumental in getting his son Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson launched to WWE executives.
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Rocky’s son, acquired the Rocky identify. After a bout at WrestleMania in 1997, Rocky rushed to his son’s assist. In 2008, The Rock enshrined his father within the WWE Corridor of Fame.
Brian Blair, one other former WWE star from the Nineteen Eighties, was buddies with Rocky for many years and the 2 at present attend church collectively within the Tampa, Florida area.
On Wednesday, Brian advised The Related Press that Rocky had been affected by an unidentified ailment and had skipped church with Brian and different former wrestlers. Rocky’s spouse, Sheila, was claimed to be heartbroken by her husband’s loss of life, in keeping with Mind.
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