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While Dwayne Johnson might be far away from wrestling right now, his daughter is making huge strides in NXT. Debuting as Ava Raine, she’s building her image as a wrestling star. She made her NXT debut alongside the Schism and also her in-ring wrestling debut, just a few months ago. Everyone in the arena loved her and kept cheering for her. So, it’s safe to assume that she’s implementing a blueprint for success, just like her father.

But there is one thing that could take away everything from Raine if it were to act up. While she talked about it years ago, only a few people know about it, but she has revealed that it was gigantic enough to steer her away from NYU.

There’s a ticking bomb that could end Dwayne Johnson’s daughter’s WWE career

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As revealed in an interview, Ava Raine opened up about her knee, blowing up just a month before she was about to go to NYU. The knee injury didn’t just halt her from going to NYU, but forced her to think about her future as well. In the end, she decided to go to the Performance Center in Orlando, Florida, which is where her home is as well.

Two years ago, she hopped on the Swerve City Podcast and she revealed her reason for not going to NYU. She said, “I was supposed to go to NYU in August in New York. And then in July, I blew my knee out completely. And it sucked, but in a way, it made me, like, rethink everything … After I hurt my knee, I think, ‘I don’t want to go to New York anymore,’ and I wanted to stay in Orlando.”

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With parents like Dwayne Johnson and Dany Garcia, who is a successful businesswoman in the entertainment industry, there was no question that Raine was going to get involved in entertainment. But then why was she looking to go to NYU for further studies?

Why did Simone Johnson hope to go to NYU?

Being from a wrestling family, The Rock didn’t go to college, and neither did his father or mother. With a failed career in football and poor financial condition at home, Johnson couldn’t go to college. So, as Raine revealed in an interview, Johnson and her mother, Dany Garcia, wanted to see her attend college.

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But in the same interview, she revealed that she is, in fact, doing a course in entertainment management. While she is kicking it with the best in NXT, even getting praise from Shawn Michaels, she is certainly preparing to take over the world, just like her father, in the coming years.

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