Dwayne Johnson, aka The Rock, is another WWE Superstar who has had many nicknames in WWE. He is The Great One, The Brahma Bull, and The People's Champion. To his family, however, he was Dewey.
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The Rock laughed when he told the story behind that nickname during a Television Critics Association Zoom panel for the "Young Rock" TV series.
"When I was a little baby, I was with my godparents. I was probably, from what I'm told, 6 months old. And my mom had said to my godmother, 'Is his diaper wet?' She goes, 'No. He's just a little dewy.'"
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The former eight-time WWE Champion revealed that people did not react well to his unsung nickname.
"In my existence for years, when my parents would come around in front of my girlfriends or friends or anyone, (it was), 'Hey, Dewey!' automatically. Because it's not like that's a powerful name. Automatically, people were like, 'Oh, God.'"
The Rock has not competed in a WWE ring since WrestleMania 32 when he defeated Erick Rowan in an impromptu squash match.
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Ahmed Hamdy
Ahmed Hamdy is an Egyptian journalist with a decade of experience in sports journalism, specializing in pro wrestling and football.
Hamdy kicked off his career as a sports reporter for Al-Ahram Weekly. He then became a producer/reporter for Mal Masr TV program on the Egyptian channel ON TV. In the following years, Hamdy worked as a reporter for several international news outlets, including Deutsche Welle (Germany), As-Safir (Lebanon), and Al-Monitor (U.S.A).
In 2014, Hamdy joined leading Egyptian newspaper Al Masry Al Youm, where he is now a Senior Sports Editor. In addition to all that, the Egyptian also worked as a sports editor for Sport360 and feature writer for Manshoor.com.
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