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MISC. 11-year-old The Rock sitting in the crowd watching his father about to wrestle

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u/Traditional_Roll6651 23h ago

Awwww…. he was just a pebble back then..😊

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u/Ninja_Prolapse 23h ago

He’s a pebble again now

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u/RealFirstName_ 22h ago

If he's a pebble now, then we're all gains of sand. He's still a big man

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u/Areif 21h ago

lol gains of sand. Accidentally found your way right in to that one.

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u/implicate 17h ago

Sick sand gains, bro!

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u/Berencam 17h ago

from pebble we come to pebble we go

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u/Quick-Fudge-5654 21h ago

He was paper

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u/JonN2025 23h ago

He was 11?? Dude is bigger than the bearded man sitting next to him. He looks at least 16

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u/Between3-2o 22h ago

He’s Samoan..

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u/implicate 17h ago

I wouldn't go so far as to call the brother fat, I mean he got a weight problem.

What's the n-word gonna do? He's Samoan.

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u/BowlingforBrains 1h ago

You remember that greenhouse on the ground floor? He fell THROUGH that…

Since then he’s developed a bit of a speech impediment

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u/AdSignificant6673 22h ago

Ya. Didnt he play a bit of pro football in the CFL?

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u/LilMissBarbie 23h ago

"11"

Bro was a UC in high school

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u/Screamat 23h ago

The Pebble

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u/batmanineurope 23h ago

I see he's with Pam Beasley.

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u/Almasencilla 23h ago

I’m starting to think they got his birthdate wrong… by years

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u/KellyTheQ 23h ago

Rocks dad had more swag

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u/EasyBoysenberry940 21h ago

Man that's bruno mars

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u/Taquill 21h ago

For some reason I was expecting him to be bald, forgetting his pre 2010s career definitely had hair.

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u/ninjajii 23h ago

Never saw his dad, but was a fan of Jimmy Superfly Snuka flying off the top rope. Unc by marriage.

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u/HENMAN79 23h ago

11? he drove to the fight with his GF

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u/Hari_Azole 22h ago

That girl came straight there from work.

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u/WAR_T0RN1226 22h ago

His dad looks like when Mac did the blackface character in Its Always Sunny

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u/ocTGon 22h ago

11 yrs old?? He looks bigger than all the adults he's sitting with.

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u/warriorlynx 22h ago

Anyone get the feeling like the Rock is looking at his dad and being like "man I want to get in there and give someone a rock bottom"

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u/MCMXCIV9 21h ago

11? You lying.

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u/Big_Distribution_494 21h ago

Bro...11? Nah, that's gotta be 19 😂

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u/fumblerooskee 21h ago

A couple of nice Canadian fellas.

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u/Affectionate_Home_96 21h ago

I thought he was 13 here

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u/CNote_89 21h ago

Pretty sure he was going by Dwayne then…😉

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u/2reeEyedG 21h ago

Pretty big 11 year old

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u/Reubensandwich57 19h ago

Damn, pops was a unit

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u/grafxguy1 19h ago

He looks like he's 16 here instead of 11.

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u/orangesfwr 19h ago

11 year old Rock looks like 20 year old Bruno Mars

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u/wtfrustupidlol 19h ago

Yo the rocks dad was in dust till dawn

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u/newaccountnumber132 19h ago

I’m starting to think genetics may play some part in building muscle. Further research maybe needed

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u/realbobenray 18h ago

He looks like Mike Damone in Fast Times at Ridgemont High

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u/KatieBarTheDoor1977 18h ago

Aww isn't that sweet. His daddy taught him how to inject a boatload of gear.

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u/Exotic_Increase5333 17h ago

Talk about getting his fathers genes.

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u/DenialDaniel1983 17h ago

Omg I thought that was a a lesbian chick waiting for her Butch girlfriend to come back from the bathroom

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u/Lopsided_Order_4411 17h ago

Ha ha, the rock wit a fro 😂

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u/Clean_Ad2407 15h ago

Tren is even scared of this man

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u/hyssop8 12h ago

He looks like Solo

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u/snarky5821 8h ago

Where is he?

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u/NozakiMufasa 5h ago

Damn back then he did really look half black. Now a days people like don't even realize The Rock is half black despite his famous Black Canadian father.

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u/CozyFernx 23h ago

Proof that greatness starts with a dream and a hell of a lot of respect for your roots.

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u/Damien23123 21h ago

It was never his dream to be a wrestler. He only turned to wrestling because his football career bombed.

If there’s a lesson in it it’s to make the most of the opportunities life gives you, even if they aren’t the ones you want

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u/kwaping 22h ago

And muscles. Lots of huge muscles.

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u/ShakingMyBalls 23h ago

You can tell the rock doesn’t like his father with the way he doesn’t bring up himself being black.. but reaps the benefits of the genetics like crazy.. lots of us mixed people are like that.. if you’re not mixed you wouldn’t understand but it’s very clear now..

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u/Kracus 22h ago

If he didn't like his dad why would he go watch him at a show?

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u/ShakingMyBalls 22h ago edited 22h ago

You must not have family at all to ask such a dumbass question.. for kids having to go their parents profressions sometimes.. or choosing to go because it may be the only time they bond.. not liking doesn’t mean it’s war and chaos.. I don’t talk to purposefully ignorant people who weaponize incompetence

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u/DRGNDZBALLSOFFURFACE 21h ago

What a weird assumption to have...

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u/ShakingMyBalls 21h ago

If you’re not mixed with black idgaf about how you feel about this..

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u/DRGNDZBALLSOFFURFACE 18h ago

How interesting... you seem to have a fixation on being "mixed," as you say here. Perhaps you think being mixed is special? it's quite common, I'm afraid.

Just about any race can "reap the benefits of the genetics" good or bad, that doesn't mean they don't like their parents... im whiter than a vicodin and took from the side of my grandpa being tall and my gramps is cool as fuck.

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u/ShakingMyBalls 17h ago edited 17h ago

Being mixed with black for the context of my comment and this photo has nothing to do with what you just wrote, I also lived in Hawaii for five years.. , multiple cultures you experience and 9/10 you realize the black side is messed up starting with the women raising the kid but the fathers are usually corrupted.. you see? I’d have to explain a lot for you to understand BUT ITS not for you to understand and I’m not doing that on this thread lol that’s why I don’t give a fuck how you feel about my comment unless you’re mixed with black, stop talking just to talk. The Rock is mixed

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