The Rock
Sports Illustrated has a new article online about Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and his football career that will be featured in the December 5th issue of the magazine, with Rock on the cover.
Related: The Rock Finally Makes The Cover Of Sports Illustrated (Photo)
The Rock talks about how football saved him and made him who he is today, how it helped him prepare for wrestling, and much more. You can read a few excerpts below:
The Rock on falling in love with football and how it drove him to succeed:
“I fell in love with the game. It was more than that, actually. It gave my life a purpose. Coach Cwik sat me down and said, ‘Listen, your family doesn’t have any money. Your grades are average. If you’re going to get out of this town and make a different life for yourself, football is the vehicle.’ He explained how I could get a scholarship, and that was a whole shift in my psychology. Suddenly I had a chance to become the first person in my family to go to college. I became obsessed with making it.”
The Rock talks about learning how to trash talk while at ‘The U’ in Miami:
“Oh, man, the s— talking was an art form. It never stopped, and it was creative. It helped me when I got into wrestling, right, tapping into all of that for the Rock.”
Four Eyes, Nine Lives
Veda Scott announced (via Twitter) that she has asked for and been granted her release from Ring of Honor Wrestling.
Shortly afterwards, Beyond Wrestling announced Scott will appear in a broadcast role for their December 11th iPPV debut on FloSlam in Melrose, Massachsetts. Scott posted:
1. I have asked for and received my release from ROH as of today. Thankful for some good years. What’s next? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
— Veda Scott (@itsvedatime) December 1, 2016
2. Open for all opportunities – live events/broadcast/ippv/etc – here & internationally. Find me at vedavidivici@gmail.com for more info.
— Veda Scott (@itsvedatime) December 1, 2016
3. But the BIGGEST, most important thing today is: where do YOU want to see me next?
— Veda Scott (@itsvedatime) December 1, 2016
