Why Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson Is The Highest Paid Movie Star In The World

His nickname was embarrassing

Today, everyone knows Dwayne Johnson as ‘The Rock’ and that is far from an embarrassing nickname, but in college, his teammates decided to give him a very awkward name.

When he attended the University of Miami, he was known as “Dewey Johnson”, a name his mom called him and it was overheard by the rest of the team. To this day, his teammates don’t let him live it down and he will always be Dewey Johnson to them, despite the fact the whole world knows him as The Rock.