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prvhc21 t1_ixc0ga7 wrote

After which he would go on to become an above average wrestler and below average ‘actor’

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hoppyfrog t1_ixc0ml1 wrote

Obligatory "Rock me like a Hurricane" reference

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CaptainMezO t1_ixcqnid wrote

The guy looks like wwe wrestler

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doa70 t1_ixcysws wrote

I look at this photo different than most. As a fan of Rock’s father’s ring work in WWE, I still see him as the kid in the famous photo with his father. They even got that photo into the background in a Hobbs & Shaw scene.

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Fthewigg t1_ixd0vol wrote

I always assumed the tattoo meant he attended the University of Texas.

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procheeseburger t1_ixd76w0 wrote

If you aren't watching Young Rock.. you're missing out.

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i-am-boots t1_ixdfood wrote

And not just any old backup... He probably would have played a lot more if he wasn't behind NFL HOFer Warren Sapp.

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ophaus t1_ixdhkbs wrote

He was just a pebble back then...

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movieball t1_ixdhxcl wrote

Without steroids, he was just a bench warmer.

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jwg2695 t1_ixdjfsb wrote

He looks like a narc.

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tvnr t1_ixdjj82 wrote

Hilarious hilarious

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chesterforbes t1_ixdjwfu wrote

IIRC he also played for the CFL here in Canada

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beefstewforyou t1_ixdl0sa wrote

He played in the CFL for the Calgary Stampeders as well.

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pimp_juice2272 t1_ixdmxao wrote

Warren Sapp beat him for the position. The Rock said it ended up being the best thing to happen to him (in the long run, of course)

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MasterOffice9986 t1_ixdpfqr wrote

He went to highschool with my math teacher in highschool in Allentown pa ( me skool in NJ )...who ended it up getting arrested for a huge oxy ring

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Leeiteee t1_ixdy17o wrote

I wonder what he's doing nowadays

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chev327fox t1_ixdz7dt wrote

That guy looks like he could make it as a wrestler and maybe even a movie star.

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go_faster1 t1_ixdzg1p wrote

Eh, he won’t amount to anything. Just fizzle up and die

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theteedo t1_ixe2ki4 wrote

Also for the Calgary Stampeders before being cut from the CFL.

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Jaded-Trainer12 t1_ixe44mq wrote

Replying to paulsoleo (#618,963)

Go on YouTube. Put in "warren Sapp goes in on the rock"..it's funny but as the interview went on Warren gave me and others I showed it to the impression throwing a lot of "shade" on the Rock's career. You be the judge

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ResettisReplicas t1_ixe661p wrote

That name is much too plain, how on earth will he make it in entertainment?

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Dependent-Job1773 t1_ixe9ggf wrote

I think he might have been a high school all American before that too. Miami hurricanes had a loaded ass college team and being a d1 athlete means you’re special either way

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soupafi t1_ixecxwp wrote

Man, I dunno if he’s gonna make it in the NFL. Hope he’s got a backup plan

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DreadlockSamurai t1_ixepj1f wrote

I had understood he was the starter until he got hurt. Then Sapp got the spot and the rest is history. I believe he was coached by one of my university head coaches as well. So he either won one or two national championships

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amitrion t1_ixestbm wrote

Was this before Rocky Miavia?

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Losalou52 t1_ixf4he1 wrote

Mr. future president the rock

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underengineered t1_ixf8ccm wrote

This was before anybody could smell what he was cooking.

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Calkky t1_ixfb41m wrote

I can't say for sure if they're actually related by blood, but he looks a lot like his cousins "The Usos" here.

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Explorer3130 t1_ixfh4fx wrote

Replying to Thneed1 (#620,230)

The Stamps have joked about this from time to time. “Oh what ever happened to that Dwayne guy? Hope it all worked out for him.” kind of stuff.

He was cut due to the cap on American players on CFL teams and he didn’t make it. At the time he had something like $7 in his pocket and him and his other broke football buddies were raiding the Cecil hotel (notorious Calgary dive) garbage for “the least-repulsive smelling mattress” just to sleep on. He actually credits his time in Calgary for giving him a hard reality check and shifting his focus from football to entertainment.

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hamsolo19 t1_ixfi9ei wrote

He started out really well at Miami but he fucked up his shoulder real bad and by the time he was ready to play again Sapp had taken over.

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dizzyhobo t1_ixflfps wrote

He looks like he just smelled something.

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i-am-boots t1_ixfqihp wrote

Replying to brobeanzhitler (#621,619)

Do you think everyone who sees playing time in college football is good enough to play at the next level? Even the CFL? I didn’t even say he could start at Miami. I just said he PROBABLY would have played more if he wasn’t behind Sapp on the depth chart. D lines often run rotations. And I don’t see how it’s unreasonable to think that if the guy ahead of him wasn’t a future HOFer he might have seen the field more.

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