What the Rock is Cooking. From a shoplifter in Hawaii to a potential president candidate, Dwayne Johnson’s determination allowed him to become the highest paid actor of the modern day. Even after being cut by the Canadian Football League and only having seven dollars, Johnson kept hope and kept trying. Today, Johnson has the potential to have the most successful acting career of all time. With all his success Dwayne remains humble and thankful. At the age of 45, Dwayne Johnson credits his success to everyone, but himself. Johnson’s true reason for his success is his incredible adaptability and unhuman work ethic. Dwayne was born into the life of wrestling (Contemporary Black Biography). Dwayne’s father was the first African-American wrestling champion and his grandfather was a famous samoan wrestler (Contemporary Black Biography). Because of his father’s job Dwayne moved around a lot (Contemporary Black Biography). He was born in California, but moved to places like Hawaii, Connecticut, and Pennslyvania (Contemporary Black Biography). Johnson moved to Hawaii when he was …show more content…
Once his fans did the same he introduced several spinoffs such as "The People's Eyebrow" a trademark gesture in which he lifts his indignant and threatening eyebrow (Contemporary Black Biography). Next came "The People's Elbow" which was The Rock's finishing move where he would through his elbow pad to the crowd then bounce off the ropes before delivering an elbow to his opponent (Contemporary Black Biography). Dwayne believes The Rock's character appealed to the crowds of "The Attitude Era" (Contemporary Black Biography). As "The Attitude Era" came to an end fans continued to enjoy the heel character insulting other wrestlers and their bosses (Contemporary Black Biography). Johnson continued to expand his character the point where although he was a heel wrestler, he was still considered the