What is Dwayne Johnson’s Net Worth?

Dwayne Johnson also known as Dwayne Douglas Johnson is an American actor born on 2 May 1972 in Hayward, California, United States. He is an amazing actor who is recognized all over the world. He is not only an actor but also a businessman and former professional wrestler. He is considered one of the most influential wrestlers of all time. His films are blockbuster hits worldwide making him the highest-grossing and highest-paid actor. He is such a fantastic personality. According to the celebrity Net Worth 2022, Dwayne Johnson’s net worth is around $800 million.

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Dwayne Johnson’s Early Life

Johnson was born in a family where his father was a professional wrestler himself. He is the son of Ata Johnson and Rocky Johnson. He spent his childhood in Grey Lynn in Auckland with his mother and her family. He attended Richmond Road Primary School. After that, he attended Montclaire Elementary School in Charlotte, North Carolina, and Shepherd Glen Elementary School in Hamden, Connecticut. He then attended President Willia McKinley High School in Honolulu, Glencliff High School, McGavock High School in Nashville, and graduated from Freedom High School in Bethlehem Township in 1990.

While studying at Freedom High School he learned about the culture of conflict and petty crime. At the age of 17, he even got arrested for fighting, theft, fraud, etc. After that, he joined the University of Miami and graduated there in 1995.

Dwayne Johnson’s Wrestling Career:

Johnson officially started his wrestling career in 1996. He performed in several tryout matches fixed by the Veteran wrestler Pat Patterson with the World Wrestling Federation. The first match where he defeated The Brooklyn Brawler as an official wrestler was on March 10. But unfortunately, he lost matches with Chris Candido and Owen Hart. He performed different matches at the United States Wrestling Association he won the title of USW tag team championship twice with his partner Bart Sawyer. Later, he was signed to a WWF contract and adopted the name Rocky Maivia for his matches. 

Dwayne debuted on November 4, 1996, as a member of Marc Mero’s entourage and performed his first match on November 17, 1996, in an eight-man elimination tag match. He won the Intercontinental Championship on February 13, 1997. He had his first WrestleMania match on March 23, 1997.

Then the champion entered into the “Deadly Game” tournament for the vacant WWF championship. On November 15, 1998, he defeated Vince McMahon in the finals and won the championship. Again he had a rematch with Mankind in December 1998 where he retained his title. On January 4 in the episode of Raw is War mankind defeated Johnson. But, on January 24, 1999, he regained the title in a match called “I Quit”. He won his third WWF championship on February 15, in the match Raw is War, but unfortunately then lost the championship on march 28, 1999 against Stone Cold Steve Austin at WrestleMania XV. 

He was very popular at this point in time. Although he lost the championship his fans still cheered him up and encouraged him. This was the rising point of his life. Unfortunately, he again lost the title on April 25 1999 in the rematch against Stone Cold Steve Austin. On April 29, 1999, he won a match aired by WWF called SmackDown against Triple H. Then he performed a match for the title of WWF championship against Undertaker but he lost.

After the SummerSlam, the Rock and Mankind formed a team and won the title of WWF Tag Team Champions. He defeated Undertaker and Big Show for the first time in the Raw is War match on August 30, 1999. After a few matches of winning and losing he won his fourth WWF championship on April 30 at Backlash. Following night on Raw, he won a title in a Steel Cage match against Shane McMahon.

He then won his fifth WWF championship at the King of the Ring on June 25 against Shane McMahon and defended the championship against Christ Benoit. Again, Dwayne won the title against Kurt Angle and Triple H the next month. On September 24, he again won the title against Undertaker, Benoit, and Kane. He, unfortunately, lost the next WWF championship on October 22, 2000, against Kurt Angle. On December 18 With his partner Undertaker, he won the title of WWF Tag Team Championship.

He won the WWF championship for the sixth time on February 25, 2001, against Kurt Angle. He then lost the title at WrestleMania X-Seven against Stone Steve Austin. Then in 2001, he played to win the title of WCW won for the first time against Booker T at SummerSlam. He won his second WCW championship against Jericho.

Dwayne Johnson’s Acting Career:

Dwayne Johnson was already a superstar in his wrestling career and changed his career all of sudden, from wrestling to acting. However, this could have been a tragic decision but sometimes, things happen for good. He became one of the highest-paid actors during his career and one of the most successful ones too. The superstar began his acting career in television in 1999 on the show Thar 70s Show called “That Wrestling Show”. In the show, he portrayed the role of his own father. Dwayne Johnson began his career on the big screen with the movie Mummy Returns [2001]. He then acted in movies like The Scorpion King[2002], Walking Tall[2004], and a supporting role in Be Cool[2005] and Doom[2005]. He then acted in movies like Gridiron Gang[2006], Reno 911:Miami[2007], Southland Tales[2006], The Game Plan[2007], etc.

His first huge box office success movie was Fast Five in 2011. The movie was the seventh highest-grossing film of 2011. His roles in Fast and Furious[2013], Pain and Gain[2013], and Empire State[2013] were highly appreciated. The same year he also hosted and produced the TNT reality show The Hero. In December 2013, Forbes named him the top-grossing actor of 2013. In 2013 his films collected $1.3 billion worldwide.

The success of Fast and Furious 6 made him the top star on the list whereas the film collected $789 million worldwide. Then in 2014, he performed in the movies Hercules and in 2015 in the movie Furious 7. He then hosted another reality show in 2014 called Wake Up Call. The actor also starred in an action-comedy movie called Central Intelligence and gave voice to the lead character of the Disney animated film Moana.

In 2017 he gained reprised his role in the movie The Fate of the Furious. In the same year, he gave two blockbuster movies Baywatch and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle. He also starred in the action films Rampage[2018] and Skyscraper[2018] and did not see any failures coming his way, hence becoming one of the favorite actors who is loved by all.