If there’s one thing that we know our readers love it’s Dwayne Johnson, so we’ve decided to take a look back at why The Rock made headlines on JOE over the past year.
First up, The Rock isn’t your average Joe Soap who lazes around the house all day and his birthday is no different. So instead of blowing out candles and stuffing his face with birthday breakfast bacon, he was down at the gym pumping iron before heading to work on set where he does his own stunts…
Appreciate my gym playin’ “Happy Birthday” by Stevie Wonder, as I walked in. Great timing;). #WorldGym #AussieLove #BirthdayBisAndTris
— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) May 2, 2014
The proper way to kick off my birthday before headin’ to set..;) #ClanginAndBangin #TheBull pic.twitter.com/4t4Y0QGSsL
— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) May 2, 2014
This week, The Rock, along with some other WWE Superstars, tweeted support to Oscar Knox, an incredibly brave five-year-old from Antrim who has been battling a rare form of childhood cancer for several years.
@TripleH @SDM_Punk @WWESheamus @JohnCena @Wee_Oscar Stay strong Oscar! #TrueSuperHero
— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) April 30, 2014
Dwayne, being the legend he is, also recently tweeted a stay strong message to another Irish cancer patient, former Belvedere College and DCU student, Marc Owens.
@TheRock I feel like a fan girl right now .. Appreciate the tweet bro ! You are forever the champ #SilverBackChamp
— Marc Owens (@OwensMarc) March 19, 2014
When he’s not tweeting messages of support to his loyal fans, the Big Man is more than happy to stop for a quick photo, like the time he ran into former Cork GAA player Ciaran Sheehan.
The awkward moment when the guy next to you in @GoldsGym is @TheRock #goodworkout #goldsgym #veniceCA pic.twitter.com/vjfyDbwq9J
— Ciaran Sheehan (@Gussyman90) December 18, 2013
Earlier this year we saw the first glimpse of The Rock as Hercules and he looked absolutely beastly. If not a little bit scary.
EXCLUSIVE first look..#HERCULES The world’s first superhero. #TilDeathOrVictory pic.twitter.com/NXZp8JfWo5
— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) March 24, 2014
But as the man himself will tell you, you don’t get a body like The Rock’s by eating 12 massive pancakes, four double dough pizza and 21 brownies… Oh, wait…
When I wrap #HERCULESMovie it’s 172 days straight of intense diet for the role. This’ll be fun.. #SilverbackDestroys pic.twitter.com/uc94NkCmre
— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) September 29, 2013
One fan of The Rock named Matt Stonie even tried to eat the ‘legendary cheat day meal’ as fast as he could… Stonie is a competitive eater after all.
Last year he tweeted out this incredible picture that showed us just how ridiculously defined his massive arms are and it made us feel like little weak girls in just a matter of seconds.
The road to success & greatness is always paved by hard work. Get after it.. #ChaseYourGreatness pic.twitter.com/uR2n17cSLu
— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) October 6, 2013
In fairness, The Rock trains hard in order to maintain his massive arms, but he can have a laugh too, even when he’s working on set or working out in the gym.
Finally, we all know and love the man for his time in the ring so we’ll leave you with a look at The Rock on his wrestling debut along with some of the best People’s Elbows and Rock Bottoms that have ever been recorded…
Armed w/ ambition and a bad haircut.. today in 1996, I made my WWE debut in Madison Square Garden. #ForeverGrateful pic.twitter.com/dNTVk6Wh34
— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) November 18, 2013
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7q8YO5rijs
Happy Birthday, Dwayne! You legend…
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