WWE LIFE
Before becoming a Hollywood star, Dwayne
“The Rock”
Johnson was a
WWE
wrestler. At SummerSlam,
The Rock defeated Booker T
to win the WCW Championship.
He lost the title to Chris Jericho at No Mercy.
The Rock defeated Jericho on November 5 episode of Raw
for his second WCW Championship, which was renamed to
World Championship. After failing to win number one contendership for the World Heavyweight Championship, The
Rock turned his attention to Steve Austin who, to The Rock’s
chagrin, had been chosen as “Superstar of the Decade”. This
led to a match at WrestleMania XIX, which called back to
their previous two WrestleMania encounters, both of which
Austin had won. The Rock won after delivering three consecutive Rock Bottoms, ending their long-running feud in what
turned out to be Austin’s final match.[89][126] The next night,
Raw was billed as “The Rock Appreciation Night”, in honour
of his victory over Austin. That night, he was attacked by a debuting Goldberg. At Backlash, Goldberg defeated The Rock,
who then left WWE as an active wrestler to focus on his films.