Everybody isn’t the one to follow in the footsteps of their ancestors when it comes to choosing a suitable career. But still, there are chunks of young chaps or lasses who like to carry the ball of their family legacy forward. Dwayne Johnson‘s eldest daughter, Ava Raine, belongs to the second group.
Although the highest-paid Hollywood hero has been nowhere near the squared circle for a long time, he successfully sowed the seed of his ardent passion for pro wrestling in his 22-year-old offspring. Johnson did an excellent job as a father by officially bringing Simone aka Ava Raine to the WWE realm back in 2020. After she dipped her fit into the NXT developmental brand last year, WWE chose to glorify her presence, handing her a clear win in the recent NXT Live event.
Ava Raine scored a monumental win in her first WWE singles match
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Raine stepped into the Stamford-based company as a member of Schism, Joe Gacy-led faction. The incredible rise of the first fourth-generational star in the business didn’t only make her dad proud, it seems like it impressed the WWE higher-ups as well.
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Johnson has already tasted her abilities in tag team and six-person tag team contests in NXT and attained significant recognition across the promotion as well. But this time, the gifted superstar took her worth as a performer to the next level, winning her first-ever single match in WWE NXT live event in Tampa, last night. After trading barbs on and off screen for a while, the sinister Ava pulled off her best antics to stand tall against rival Ivy Nile.
History in the making. We are getting to see @avawwe_ ‘s first official singles match and she picked up the win over @ivynile_wwe #NXTTampa pic.twitter.com/s7a3AluiXf
— Mary-Kate Anthony (@marykayfabe) August 20, 2023
However, despite moving at a good pace in her current run, The Rock’s child seemingly failed to receive endorsement from fans.
Fans recently lambasted her on social media walls for her lack of improvement
The WWE Universe built huge expectations around the emergence of the daughter of the Great One in the wrestling arena for all the right reasons. When someone carries the blood of a handful of luminaries like father Dwayne Johnson, grandfather, Rocky Johnson, great grandfather, Peter Maivia, they have to bear the burden of some extra pressure to run in on that level. It’s no different for Ava Raine.
Keeping that premium standard in mind, a majority of netizens showed their disapproval of the current active wrestler of the family. They recently launched a bunch of trolls and criticisms to bury Raine on social media, who, according to them, has improved little since her NXT debut last year.
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While how much’ right or wrong the critiques are in dishing out opinions is subject to debate, Raine continues to carve her path in the wrestling world, regardless.
Now, we need to wait and watch the rest of the eventful journey of The Rock’s successor, which leads her not to uphold herself as the second Rock but to be the first Ava Raine in the promotion someday.
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