Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson Puts Over His Childhood Hero as the Best Big Man to Pull Off a Physically Demanding Move

Former WWE World Champion The Rock is one of the greatest athletes in sports entertainment. He has shown impressive athleticism in the WWE’s Attitude Era. But even The Great One needs the inspiration to take on challenges on his way.

In the wrestling square, Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson used to pull a kip-up move when lying on the spring mat. The Rock used to get up without using his hands. WWE fans always loved the quickness of The Brahma Bull.

The Hollywood Megastar recently took to Twitter to share the birth of this move. A baseball and football legend, Bo Jackson, in the 1980s on the baseball field, had the same technical brilliance.

The Rock salutes his icon!

The baseball legend Bo Jackson used to perform kip-up in front of a live audience. The fans on the internet compared the two sportsmen and questioned it as ‘Who did it better?’

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson responded to the question of ‘Who did it better?’ with humility. He acknowledged his hero, Bo Jackson and gave him some widespread recognition. The Rock replied, “100% Bo. @BoJackson was one of my heroes coming out of high school, and when I signed to play football for THE U. I’m a decent athlete who’s always been obsessed with humans who defied logic with athletic prowess and dominance. That’s Bo Jackson. He did it better.” 

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It appears that The Brahma Bull is really down to earth. He did not even have a pinch of doubt that Bo Jackson performed the kip-up better than him.

Be like Dwayne Johnson

The Great One’s response to the tweet had emotions that defined Bo Jackson’s legacy. Dwayne Johnson paid respect to the baseball player as he mentioned that Bo Jackson was his idol when he was graduating from high school.

Even when young Rock signed with the University of Miami to play football, The Rock always looked up to Bo Jackson as his inspiration. Watching Bo Jackson’s exceptional technical abilities on the baseball field influenced The Rock’s electrifying showmanship in the WWE 

As we know, Dwayne Johnson’s life-long dream was to play for the NFL. However, he made his name in the wrestling ring. Dwayne Johnson squared up his dream when introducing the two teams at the NFL Super Bowl LVI kick-off.

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The Rock has come a long way to become a cosmic entity in sports history. However, he has been thankful to everyone who helped him become The Great One.