DWAYNE ‘The Rock’ Johnson is one of the most recognizable faces in the world and possibly the most famous wrestler of all-time.

The 50-year-old turned his wrestling fame into Hollywood success to become one of the highest-grossing actors in the world.

The Rock was part of the WWF and WWE for more than two decadesCredit: World Wrestling Federation

The Rock spent more than two decades in WWE and is one of the faces the company is built on.

He starred in the attitude era heyday that included Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Undertaker.

The Rock was known as the peoples’ champion and the most electrifying man in sports entertainment.

But he wasn’t always known as The Rock in his wrestling days.

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His dad, Rocky Johnson, was also a pro wrestler back in the 1980s.

And when Dwayne started out wrestling after giving up on a football career, he wanted to forge his own identity in the ring.

He initially wrestled under his real name Dwayne Johnson before his first stage character was born.

Johnson signed for Jerry Lawler’s United States Wrestling Association in Memphis.

His first stage name in the ring was Flex Kavana

Flex Kavana appeared in the USWA in 1996

His first character in his WWE days was Rocky Maivia

He adopted the ring name Flex Kavana in a bid to go his own way and not follow after his dad Rocky Johnson.

Dwayne then made his WWF debut in 1996, but Vince McMahon was keen for him to honor his family.

The Rock’s grandfather was also a wrestler.

Peter Maivia was of Samoan-American descent and lived in Hawaii before he died aged 45.

Wrestling boss McMahon came up with the name Rocky Maivia for Dwayne to use. That character lasted six months in Dwayne’s early wrestling days.

He then started using The Rock for the first time in 1997 and the rest is history.