History Wrestling / DwayneJohnson

** His current heel run with The Bloodline and Wrestling/RomanReigns shows he is just as venomous and hilarious on the mic as a trash-talking villain as he was over twenty years ago.
--->"Wrestling/CodyRhodes, from the bottom of my heart, man to man, fuck your story."
** His match with Roman against Cody and Wrestling/SethRollins at Wrestling/{{WrestleMania}} XL impressed a lot of people for how little ring rust he had compared to his matches with Cena and Punk a decade prior (where he famously got gassed fairly quickly and kept getting injured), managing to hold his own for the match despite being in his 50s at this point.

* SweetTooth: He absolutely loves desserts and baking in general, wishing to one day open his own bakery. He's also a big fan of ''Series/TheGreatBritishBakeOff'' and has stated that, if he had the time for it, he would love to participate in the celebrity edition (Celebrity Bake Off) for charity.

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: His 2024 heel turn has shades of this. With his position as a board member acknowledged by wrestlers and commentators alike, he tries to swindle Wrestling/CodyRhodes out of a rematch against Wrestling/RomanReigns by attempting to set up a Roman v Rock main event for ''[=WrestleMania=] 40'' at the kickoff, something that he described as a main event that was "bound by blood". This did not fly with Cody, who confronted Rock and declared that it was his right as the winner of the ''Royal Rumble'' to face Roman at ''[=WrestleMania=] 40'', noting that their family would be ashamed by what they attempted to do after Roman mocked Cody's father Dusty. This led Rock to slap Cody in the face and confront Wrestling/TripleH backstage along with Roman, telling Hunter that he needs to fix it or ''they'' would. Later, Rock states that he'll use his power on the board to guarantee Cody never gets another shot at the title should he lose to Roman in the upcoming match.
** This hits its apex during the Night One main event for ''[=WrestleMania=] 40'' where he and Roman face Cody and Wrestling/SethRollins in a tag match to determine the stipulations for Roman and Cody's match the next night. During the match, Rock continually abuses his authority as a TKO Board Member to blatantly cheat and threatening to fire the referee if he enforces the rules. At one point, the referee even has to apologize to Cody after Rock delivers an obvious low blow to his partner Seth, noting that while the Rock as his boss, the ref can't really do anything to stop him.

** During his early days in the USWA as Flex Kavana, he gave the kind of promos and ring presence that would one day signify him as The Rock.

* FriendToAllChildren: Jokingly defied in many fan meetups, where he'll gleefully exclaim that he doesn't like kids. Of course, in reality it's completely played straight, with him always making time for young fans in addition to being a very devoted father.
** Even during his 2024 heel turn, he made an effort to be nice to kids.

* SirSwearsALot: This was never part of his character until his return to WWE in 2024. With his return came a renewed intensity and a much darker character than he had ever portrayed, along with a tendency to drop F-bombs left, right, and center.

* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: As member of the board of directors of WWE, the Rock vowed to Cody Rhodes to use his power to not only screw him out of the United WWE Universal Championship but also make Seth Rollins' World Heavyweight Championship "disappear" implying heavily it will be forcibly absorbed into the UWU title or deactivated. This reached the peak during his tag team match with Wrestling/RomanReigns vs. Cody and Wrestling/SethRollins at ''[=WrestleMania=] 40'', where -- [[OhCrap upon realizing his opponents might actually win]] -- stopped the ref from counting down, outright telling him "You count, ''you're fired!''"

* AlwaysABiggerFish: The Rock's 2024 heel run, especially during the buildup to ''Wrestling/WrestleMania 40'', was one of dominance, doing everything as WWE's new resident CorruptCorporateExecutive -- [[RedBaron the self-proclaimed "Final Boss"]] -- to make Wrestling/CodyRhodes suffer. His intrusion in the main event match between Cody and Wrestling/RomanReigns was only briefly thwarted by [[BigDamnHeroes the unexpected help]] of Wrestling/SethRollins and Wrestling/JohnCena, and even they would end up getting [[TheWorfEffect worf'd]]. [[DarkestHour Just when it seems like there's no one left to save Cody]], cue ''Wrestling/TheUndertaker'' [[StealthHiBye suddenly appearing in the ring]], chokeslamming The Rock, before disappearing and taking The Rock with him, presumably ''[[DraggedOffToHell down to Hell]]''.

* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: As member of the board of directors of WWE, the Rock vowed to Cody to use his power to not only screw him out of the United WWE Universal Championship but also make Seth Rollins' World Heavyweight Championship "disappear" implying heavily it will be forcibly absorbed into the UWU title or deactivated. This reached the peak during his tag team match with Wrestling/RomanReigns vs. Cody and Wrestling/SethRollins, where -- [[OhCrap upon realizing his opponents may actually win]] -- stopped the ref from counting down, outright telling him "You count, ''you're fired!''"

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: His 2024 heel turn has shades of this. With his position as a board member acknowledged by wrestlers and commentators alike, he tries to swindle Wrestling/CodyRhodes out of a rematch against Wrestling/RomanReigns by attempting to set up a Roman v Rock main event for ''[=WrestleMania=] 40'' at the kickoff, something that he described as a main event that was "bound by blood". This did not fly with Cody, who confronted Rock and declared that it was his right as the winner of the ''Royal Rumble'' to face Roman at ''[=WrestleMania=] 40'', noting that their family would be ashamed by what they attempted to do after Roman mocked Cody's father Dusty. This led Rock to slap Cody in the face and confront Wrestling/TripleH backstage along with Roman, telling Hunter that he needs to fix it or ''they'' would.

* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney and Have Money]]: As member of the board of directors of WWE, the Rock vowed to Cody to use his power to not only screw him out of the United WWE Universal Championship but also make Seth Rollins' World Heavyweight Championship "disappear" implying heavily it will be forcibly absorbed into the UWU title or deactivated.

* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: The 3/25/24 ''RAW'' saw him delivering one hell of a backstage beatdown onto Wrestling/CodyRhodes a mere two weeks before the latter's main event at ''[=WrestleMania=] XL''. Cody had already gotten into a fight against Jey Uso backstage, leading The Rock to come in, drag Cody out of the stadium, and utterly clobber the guy with everything he had available around him, leaving Cody drenched in [[BattleInTheRain rain]] as well as his own blood.

The People's Champion.]]

* PowerStable: Wrestling/TheNationOfDomination; Wrestling/TheCorporation; The Bloodline.

** In 2024 The Rock would turn heel for the first time since 2003 when he sided with his cousin Wrestling/RomanReigns and slapped Wrestling/CodyRhodes, joining The Bloodline in the process.

* DarkerAndEdgier: His 2024 heel run as the self-proclaimed "Final Boss" brings him back to the "Hollywood Rock" persona (complete with the return of said theme), but with a new twist. Combining both his Hollywood and Corporate gimmicks into something more vicious, twisted, and villainous than ever before, as he and his family in The Bloodline became absolutely determined to make Cody Rhodes' life a living hell before ''[=WrestleMania=]'' 40.

* ClusterFBomb: Surely enough he's got quite the foulmouth. His 2011-era run downplayed this slightly as although his promos are the most foul-mouthed, he doesn't use the actual F-word.
** Semi-averted within his 2024 run due to his status at TKO, to the point he's the only wrestler who isn't restrained from WWE's social media rules, allowing him to say anything he wants, and he surely has taken advantage of this with loads of F-bomb-ridden posts.
** [[Cathphrase/DwayneJohnson FINALLY]], on the 3/25/24 edition of ''RAW'', during his bloody, brutal beatdown of Cody Rhodes, he drops the F-bomb on national television for the first time. Granted, it was muted for censor reasons, but doesn't make it any less surprising.

* DarkerAndEdgier: His 2024 heel run as the self-proclaimed "Final Boss" brings him back to the "Hollywood Rock" persona (complete with the return of said theme), but with a new twist. He combines both his Hollywood and Corporate gimmicks into something more vicious, twisted, and villainous than ever before, as he is absolutely determined to make Cody Rhodes' life a living hell before WrestleMania 40. And just aligning himself with his family in The Bloodline makes him even more dangerous.
** His heel run marks a tonal shift of WWE into an all-new (semi) non-PG era that hasn't been seen since the Ruthless Aggression Era.

* DarkerAndEdgier: His 2024 heel run as the self-proclaimed "Final Boss" brings him back to the "Hollywood Rock" persona (complete with the return of said theme), but with a new twist. He combines both his Hollywood and Corporate gimmicks into something more vicious, twisted, and villainous than ever before, as he is absolutely determined to make Cody Rhodes' life a living hell. And just aligning himself with his family in The Bloodline makes him even more dangerous.