Dwayne Johnson is one of the most popular celebrities. Reaching the status he is today took a lot of hard work and determination. After several failed initial careers, Johnson finally struck gold when he joined WWE.
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Through years of hard work and determination, he was able to reach the top spot. Johnson started out as a football player; however, he failed to make a career out of it and soon chose professional wrestling as an alternative.
Luckily, his great physique helped him a lot in pro wrestling, and soon he was soaring high.
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During McMahon’s time in WWE, it was believed that he had a preference for big players in the business. And, we often observed him and saw how he always chose the big ones in the locker room. The Rock was one of them.
He had hit puberty quite early in his life and was already huge going into high school.
Several years earlier, Johnson had revealed on Twitter that the girls at his school thought The Rock was an “undercover cop” due to his stature and appearance. In the post, he even referred to his mustache as “pornstache”.
Johnson wrote, “very true story when I moved from Hawaii to Nashville I was already 6’4 225lbs with a pornstache at age 15.”
😂👍🏾 Nice trip to the past. And yes, very true story when I moved from Hawaii to Nashville, I was already 6’4 225lbs with a pornstache at age 15 – and the students at my new high school thought I was an undercover cop. All the lovely ladies stayed away from me 😭🤦🏽♂️ https://t.co/P0m71Bo487
— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) February 23, 2019
He said, “The students at my new high school thought I was an undercover cop.” He further revealed how even the girls used to stay away from him. Johnson wrote, “All the beautiful ladies have stayed away from me.”
By the time Dwayne Johnson was in high school, he was already 6’4. And, his physique and structure helped him a lot in his later career.
Dwayne Johnson once revealed his troubled teenage years
Back in 2015, Johnson took to her Instagram account to share something related to her teenage years, puberty and high school.
It’s well known that Dwayne Johnson often got in trouble with the law when he was younger, and in his Instagram post, he revealed how during his teenage years he had to change high schools four times.
Kids at one of his high schools thought he was an “undercover cop” because of his appearance.
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And, while in Nashville at one of his high schools, he engaged in petty crimes. He wrote, “In Nashville, I was already hanging out at Honey Tonk dive bars on Music Row and shoving crackhead cars.”
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Johnson further mentioned that this is one of the reasons why he is today a thankful man for what he has in life today, and also how successful he has been in kicking foot at puberty.
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