Rocky Johnson

Wrestler

1944-08-24 – 2020-01-15

Rocky Johnson was a Canadian professional wrestler and one of the first Black champions in major North American wrestling promotions. He won the WWF World Tag Team Championship in 1983 as part of the Soul Patrol. Johnson is also known as the father of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.

Books by Rocky Johnson

Soulman
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Quotes by Rocky Johnson

I met Muhammad Ali in Toronto when he was still Cassius Clay... We got to talking and it was like we knew each other for 50 years. We just clicked.
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I like to think I proved a wrestler's skin color doesn't matter.
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