Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson got suspended from school twice for beating up kids who called wrestling ‘fake’ because dad and others told him ‘protect the business’

The Rock has revealed he was suspended from school on two occasions for fighting kids who called wrestling ‘fake’.

It is a well known fact that results in wrestling are predetermined, however, the wear and tear on a performer’s body is certainly very real… just ask Jason Jordan, Edge or Paige.

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In an episode of Young Rock, a television series that looks back on Dwayne Johnson’s experiences growing up, a scene shows the WWE legend knocking a classmate out after he had mocked the authenticity of wrestling.

And The Rock confirmed to his fans on social media that the scene had actually happened in real life.

A tweet read: “Teenage @TheRock knocking out a kid at school for calling wrestling 'fake' just made my night. Because you know it happened.”

And The Rock replied: “Hi Jack, yup it sure did happen. Twice. I pile drived a kid in elementary. KO’d a kid in high school. Got suspended both times.

“I was wrong. But back in the 80s I was taught by my dad and all the wrestlers to always ‘protect the business’. It’s what we we did.”

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In his teens, numerous brushes with the law could have led him down the wrong path, with police even coming into his school to pull him out of class one day to arrest him.

However, The Rock’s father, the late Rocky Johnson, who starred for WWE during the 1980s, inspired his son to pursue a career in wrestling.

And what a smart decision it turned out to be as The Rock won 10 world titles and main-evented five WrestleMania pay-per-views, before becoming one of Hollywood's biggest stars.

Now 48 years old, The Rock has his own clothing line with Under Armour, his own brand of tequila, more than 200 million followers on Instagram and made around $90m in 2020 alone.