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Post by Turd Ferguson on May 29, 2012 15:15:01 GMT -5
I've always seen reports that Rocky Johnson's real name is Wade Bowles (Also, that he's Canadian)
Wouldn't that make Rocky's real name Dwayne Bowles?
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Post by Allie Kitsune on May 29, 2012 15:22:05 GMT -5
I've always seen reports that Rocky Johnson's real name is Wade Bowles (Also, that he's Canadian) Wouldn't that make Rocky's real name Dwayne Bowles? Depends on if Rocky Johnson legally changed his name or not.
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Post by Porky's Butthole on May 29, 2012 15:40:15 GMT -5
It's Rocky Melvin...
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Post by Metalheadbanger Man on May 29, 2012 15:44:07 GMT -5
Dwayne Bowles could easily be an FCW guy.
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Post by Turd Ferguson on May 29, 2012 16:03:12 GMT -5
Dwayne Bowles could easily be an FCW guy. Dwayne "Scrubs" Bowles, the military academy cutup character!
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Post by Robbymac on May 29, 2012 16:07:38 GMT -5
It appears as if Rocky Johnson changed his last name at some point. The Rock played football at Miami under the name Dwayne Johnson, and would not have been using any type of stage name at that point.
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2012 19:24:15 GMT -5
Wow, I didn't think this family could have a goofier name in it than Flex Kavana.
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Post by nisidhe on May 29, 2012 21:29:21 GMT -5
I'm from Nova Scotia, from whence Rocky originally came. Bowles is an established African-Canadian family name in these parts; primarily (if memory serves me) in the Annapolis Valley. If you recall the show _Trailer Park Boys_, Cory is played by Cory Bowles.
Johnson is a very common name also among the African-Canadian families here, though they're more prominent in Preston, which incorporates a few communities just to the east of Halifax (on the Dartmouth side of the bridges.) However, it's unclear (or at least, never discussed to my knowledge) if Rocky chose Johnson as a last name because it was more common but still from here or if it was simply more common than Bowles.
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on May 29, 2012 21:52:05 GMT -5
He changed it after his original name of Wade "Loose" Bowles didn't take off.
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Post by molson5 on May 29, 2012 22:09:08 GMT -5
Interesting, I never knew that Rocky Johnson was a straight up "Black Nova Scotian," nor did I know that that term described a specific group of people. I wonder why he's never played up that side of his heritage as opposed to the Samoan side. Looking at his wiki page quickly now, having a father born in Canada is enough to net you official Canadian citizenship too, as of 2009. He must have a lot of family there too.
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Post by mizerable on May 29, 2012 22:13:32 GMT -5
So he could have been Rocky Bowles? Jesus, Cena would have a field day.
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Post by thegame415 on May 30, 2012 1:12:24 GMT -5
So, Rock is also part Canadian? Technically, since his father would be African-Canadian.
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Post by RowdyRobbyPiper on May 30, 2012 8:28:31 GMT -5
So, Rock is also part Canadian? Technically, since his father would be African-Canadian. You wouldn't know it from his Sharpshooter.
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Post by That Mickie Fan on May 30, 2012 8:34:59 GMT -5
What's Rocky Bowles doing in the impact zone?!?
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Post by Turd Ferguson on May 30, 2012 8:49:24 GMT -5
So he could have been Rocky Bowles? Jesus, Cena would have a field day. Rocky Johnson isn't bad enough? It sounds like a scene on the XXX Fantastic Four parody DVD.
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Post by HBL on May 30, 2012 9:13:56 GMT -5
''Fruity Pebbles'' would make sense.
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Post by trollrogue on May 30, 2012 11:32:15 GMT -5
Dwayne "Lets Smoke" Bowles was a legend at Miami U
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Post by Throwback on May 30, 2012 11:37:08 GMT -5
Not only Canadian but he's a fellow Nova Scotian. And yes he did legally change his name to Rocky Johnson
"He is the son of the late James Henry Bowles the descendant of slaves who escaped the plantations of the American south and found refuge in Amherst,Nova Scotia during the early 1800's,and Lillian Bowles(nee Gay)who'was mixed with Black, Native and Irish,and who's roots are still strong and present to this day in Amherst. Because Wayde like the name so much and he was so well known by it, he legally had his name changed to Rocky Johnson a few years after he started his career."
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Post by Todd Pettengill on May 30, 2012 15:10:44 GMT -5
Not only Canadian but he's a fellow Nova Scotian. And yes he did legally change his name to Rocky Johnson "He is the son of the late James Henry Bowles the descendant of slaves who escaped the plantations of the American south and found refuge in Amherst,Nova Scotia during the early 1800's,and Lillian Bowles(nee Gay)who'was mixed with Black, Native and Irish,and who's roots are still strong and present to this day in Amherst. Because Wayde like the name so much and he was so well known by it, he legally had his name changed to Rocky Johnson a few years after he started his career." The Gay-Bowles wedding must have really been something.
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Post by Throwback on May 30, 2012 19:08:52 GMT -5
Man. The Rock is a Mutt.
Black, Native, Irish, Samoan, Canadian from Miami.
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