Rocky Johnson
| Rocky Johnson | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Wayde Douglas Bowles |
| Born |
August 24, 1944 Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Residence | Davie, Florida, United States |
| Spouse(s) |
Una Johnson (m. 1966; div. 1978) Ata Maivia (m. 1978; div. 2003) Dana Martin (m. 2004) |
| Children | 3; including Dwayne |
| Family | Anoa'i |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Sweet Ebony Diamond Drew Glasteau Rocky Johnson |
| Billed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Billed weight | 260 lb (120 kg; 19 st) |
| Billed from |
Toronto, Ontario, Canada Washington, D.C., United States |
| Trained by |
Peter Maivia Rocky Bollie Kurt Von Steiger |
| Debut | 1964 |
| Retired | 1991 |
Rocky Johnson (born Wayde Douglas Bowles; August 24, 1944) is a retired Canadian professional wrestler. During his wrestling career, he became a National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) Georgia Champion and a NWA Southern Heavyweight Memphis Champion, as well as winning many other championships. Along with his partner Tony Atlas, Johnson was a part of the first black tag team to win the World Tag Team championship in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF).
He is the father of American actor and professional wrestler Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.
Rocky Johnson was born Wayde Douglas Bowles in Amherst, Nova Scotia, where he was raised, the fourth of five sons of Lillian (née Gay) and James Henry Bowles. A Black Nova Scotian, he is descended from Black Loyalists who emigrated to Nova Scotia after escaping from a southern plantation in the United States after the American Revolutionary War. At the age of 16, Johnson moved to Toronto, Ontario, where he began wrestling and worked as a truck driver. Initially, he trained to be a boxer and eventually sparred with greats such as Muhammad Ali and George Foreman, but he was always fascinated by wrestling.
Johnson began his career as a professional wrestler in 1964, in Southern Ontario; soon after his debut, he legally changed his name to his "Rocky Johnson" moniker.
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