His family has a long lineage in this business.” That run with the Nation of Domination is what led to Dwayne Johnson ditching the Rocky Maivia moniker and simply going under the name “The ...

Back then, "Rocky Sucks" chants were common throughout arenas – the WWE Universe wanted nothing to do with this young Rocky Maivia, and perhaps it was then when The Rock realized a change had to ...

WWE executive Bruce Prichard recalls Bret "The Hitman" Hart's 1997 desire to try and get the fans to cheer unsuccessful babyface Rocky Maivia.

In 1985, Maivia was in charge of promoting A Hot Summer Night, which was an event that featured several WWE Hall of Famers including Andre the Giant, Ric Flair, Rocky Johnson (Maivia’s son-in ...

While Rocky Maivia was pushed as a big-time babyface throughout the end of 1996 and much of 1997, the fans rejected him at first.

and "Rocky sucks!" The organization used this to its advantage, turning the babyface Rocky Maivia into the heel known as The Rock in the spring of 1997, and Dwayne Johnson was up to the challenge.

Perhaps it was the "Rocky sucks" chants that resonated as the wrestler-turned-superstar recalled how that exact chant almost drove him from WWE to the world of MMA.

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson will be welcoming a late wrestling trailblazer — his grandmother — into the WWE Hall of Fame. Johnson will induct Lia Maivia, one of the first women promoters of ...

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is proud to announce he will be inducting his late grandmother, Lia Maivia, into the WWE Hall of Fame as part of the class of 2024. In a joint Instagram post Monday with ...