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Muscle & Fitness Man

The Rock is dominating the cover of our latest issue of Muscle & Fitness, as he proudly shows above. And here is a fact about The Rock and his relationship with the magazine, straight from the man himself: “At 14yrs old my family was evicted and @muscle_fitness became my bible. Commitment & hard ass work. #ThankU.” Here are eight other facts about Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.

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We all know M&F cover star Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson blazed his way through the WWE with massive fanfare, and now he reigns king on the big screen. The following slides track that journey from wrestling star to box office king.

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Youngest WWE Champion

As the era of veteran pro wrestlers such as Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair passed, a younger generation of grapplers soon filled the void. In 1998 The Rock “laid the smackdown” and became the youngest WWE World Champion at just 26 years of age. From that point forward, millions of fans throughout the world would smell what The Rock was cookin’.

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The Rock’s box office power is legendary. He battled John Cena in a main event that gathered a crowd of 80,647 fans to WrestleMania 29.Despite massive gates for his blockbuster films, the Great One helped the WWE set a new record in New Jersey’s MetLife stadium in 2013 – generating an incredible $12.3 million in live ticket sales.

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In 2013, The Rock bodyslammed the competition and became the undisputed champion of Hollywood. Forbes Magazine named him the ‘Top Grossing Actor of 2013’.  Releasing multiple blockbusters such as The Fast and the Furious 6, Pain & Gain and G.I. Joe, The Rock’s movies have delivered an astouding total of  $1.3 billion.

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You may have heard that Johnson has been cast as the star of Hercules: The Thracian Wars, but did you know about his insane diet?The Rock recently tweeted to reveal that he’s eating seven full meals a day, consuming an incredible 14 egg whites and more than three pounds of meat. He’ll keep this up for 22 weeks and has listed ‘1 cup of lion blood upon rising’ as a breakfast drink… although he’s keen to stress tongue-in-cheek that the lion blood is optional.

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Muscle & Fitness Man

The Rock is dominating the cover of our latest issue of Muscle & Fitness, as he proudly shows above. And here is a fact about The Rock and his relationship with the magazine, straight from the man himself: “At 14yrs old my family was evicted and @muscle_fitness became my bible. Commitment & hard ass work. #ThankU.” Here are eight other facts about Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.

We all know M&F cover star Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson blazed his way through the WWE with massive fanfare, and now he reigns king on the big screen. The following slides track that journey from wrestling star to box office king.

Youngest WWE Champion

As the era of veteran pro wrestlers such as Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair passed, a younger generation of grapplers soon filled the void. 

In 1998 The Rock “laid the smackdown” and became the youngest WWE World Champion at just 26 years of age. From that point forward, millions of fans throughout the world would smell what The Rock was cookin’.

The Rock Says...

Johnson’s autobiography The Rock Says was published in 2000.

The book was a huge success and flew off the shelves, making its debut at #1 on The New York Times Best Seller list. It remained there for several weeks.

Silver Screen Scorpion

Johnson’s first leading role was in The Scorpion King, released in 2002. He was paid $5.5 million for the part– the highest fee ever paid to an actor leading a movie for the first time.

Legendary Matchup

The Rock’s box office power is legendary. He battled John Cena in a main event that gathered a crowd of 80,647 fans to WrestleMania 29.

Despite massive gates for his blockbuster films, the Great One helped the WWE set a new record in New Jersey’s MetLife stadium in 2013 – generating an incredible $12.3 million in live ticket sales.

Box Topper

In 2013, The Rock bodyslammed the competition and became the undisputed champion of Hollywood. Forbes Magazine named him the ‘Top Grossing Actor of 2013’.  Releasing multiple blockbusters such as The Fast and the Furious 6, Pain & Gain and G.I. Joe, The Rock’s movies have delivered an astouding total of  $1.3 billion.

Fastest to Half a Billion

Talking of those massive box office hits, The Rock’s role as Luke Hobs in The Fast & The Furious 6 made a bigger impact on the franchise than his trademark “peoples elbow”. The movie is the quickest to reach $500 million worldwide in ticket sales in the history of Universal Studios.

Social Beast

There is no doubt that Rock fever is taking over the web. Dwayne Johnson is by far one of the most talked about celebrities in cyberspace.

The athlete & actor has racked up almost 3 million Instagam followers already. He’s got 6.8 million Twitter followers, and over 27 million fans on Facebook.

Herculean Diet

You may have heard that Johnson has been cast as the star of Hercules: The Thracian Wars, but did you know about his insane diet?

The Rock recently tweeted to reveal that he’s eating seven full meals a day, consuming an incredible 14 egg whites and more than three pounds of meat. He’ll keep this up for 22 weeks and has listed ‘1 cup of lion blood upon rising’ as a breakfast drink… although he’s keen to stress tongue-in-cheek that the lion blood is optional.

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