Young Rock portrays the first wrestling match of Dwayne Johnson, more commonly known as "The Rock," but in the show, he goes by an entirely different name. In the fictionalized biographical series, which shares the origin story of one of the biggest names in Hollywood, Johnson reflects on his first match with the WWF (World Wrestling Federation), now known as WWE. "The Rock" debuts in his first wrestling match, not with the moniker he is known by now, but instead as "Rocky Maivia."

Young Rock season 2, episode 8, "Corpus Christi," follows Johnson as he makes his first appearance in the ring. In this first match, Johnson is introduced as Rocky Maivia. In reality, "The Rock" did not choose his first wrestling name at all. It was the head of WWE, Vince McMahon, who combined the names of Johnson's father and grandfather to pay homage to their careers as pro-wrestlers. Johnson hated this from the moment it was proposed, but he didn't have a choice, so it was from his father, Rocky Johnson, and his grandfather, Peter Maivia, that Johnson's first WWE wrestling name was born: Rocky Maivia.

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While Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson has been grateful for the legacy his family left behind for him, he wanted the change to forge his own path. At first, Rocky Maivia allowed him easier access to the industry. The name got his foot in the door of wrestling with the foundation his father and grandfather had already established. However, Johnson discovered Rocky Maivia was not the name he wanted crowds to chant. He realized it was time to create a new, more authentic identity. It was Patt Patterson, a mentor and father figure to Johnson, that originally proposed an idea for a wrestling name, telling Johnson, "what if we call you The Rock?" as revealed (via Wired).

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Johnson loved the chance to leave Rocky Maivia behind to embrace a new name. In a post (via Instagram), Dwayne Johnson shared images from the Young Rock season 2 episode where he reminisced on the first match, telling his followers that the night of his debut as Rocky Maivia changed his life but that he would "eventually drop the name "Rocky Maivia" (which [he] hated)." By changing his character to "The Rock," Johnson was able to make his own place in the world of wrestling while still honoring his father and grandfather.

Johnson is not alone in his goals to branch outside of the family tree while still remaining true to those that paved the way before him. Johnson's daughter, Simone Johnson, has followed the family's wrestling tradition, becoming a fourth-generation wrestler. She has also followed in her father's footsteps, taking on her own WWE wrestling name, which has been revealed as "Ava Raine." Unlike her father, Simone will have the opportunity to be her more authentic self from her first steps in the ring. NBC has officially renewed Young Rock for a season 3, so it might not be long before the show tackles Johnson's change from Rocky Maivia, embracing his new legacy as "The Rock."

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