By ROBERT RAMOS
Staff Writer
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has a brand new show out about his life. Now everyone and their mom knows who The Rock is. What many may not know is his historic family roots in professional wrestling. This show explores that, and it is my duty to review it of course. The show is based on flashbacks. The year is 2032 and The Rock is president. His story is told in flashbacks. Starting with a memory of his childhood, watching his father, “Soulman” Rocky Johnson wrestle. The Rock grew up surrounded by wrestling royalty. Names like The Junkyard Dog, The Wild Samoans, The Iron Sheik, and Andre the Giant, or as he called him, uncle Andre. Now being a wrestling fan since I could remember, seeing these wrestlers being reimagined for the show was incredible. Most of them are dead but seeing them live again on screen was quite the sight. We then cut back to the interview set and The Rock talks about his teen years. As a teen The Rock stole a lot. He stole a cool jacket and some clothes to impress girls at his school. He even lies about his name, calling himself some French sounding name. He gets invited to a party because of his facade. He comes off as rich, but that isn’t the case. Him and his mom have a conversation about needing a car. Him and his friend have about 100 dollars and buy a really beaten down car. It even comes with a free homeless person named Waffle inside! On the way to the party, they realize they have no way to buy alcohol, and Waffle needs a place to sleep. They trade, Waffle buys them beer and he gets to stay in the car. The Rock picks his mom up in this car and he says that he is going to start working for the family. Some comedic relief comes in with Waffle listening to the conversation and saying it was cute and sweet. Waffle then provides Dwayne with some words of encouragement. He then drops dead. The Rock claims to pay homage to Waffle every time he passes a Waffle House. We then fast forward to Johnson’s college football days at the University of Miami. His father “puts him over”, which means that he talks a big game about his son, with all of the football players. Claiming his son was going to be on a Wheaties box. It is here that Dwayne Johnson would really discover how to “work the gimmick”. He was himself, just dialed up to 11. That was his professional wrestling character, and we see how it came about in this episode. Now I really liked this episode. With some nostalgic callbacks and some quality comedy from Waffle, it was a strong start to a future hit show. This episode gets a solid 8 out of 10. I look forward to the next episode.