“Our First Fan Base”: AEW Legend Justifies Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson Addressing Memphis As Home on SmackDown 03/15

The Rock was back to his musical best on SmackDown last week with a wild concert. While he didn’t hold back against Cody Rhodes and Seth Rollins, he was pretty nice to the Memphis crowd. The Hawaiian native claimed the US city as his home. But what’s the connection behind it? Does The Rock really belong to the Home of The Blues? His longtime roommate, AEW superstar Mark Henry’s recent account, added legitimacy to this already-existing truth.

Mark Henry and The Rock spent a whole lot of time together during their WWE tenure. The two legends even shared a residence at one point of time in their career. While reminiscing about the old days, the WWE Hall of Famer casually spilled The Rock’s Memphis connection during a recent interview.

Mark Henry explained why The Rock claimed the city of Memphis as his home

The two champions’ camaraderie dates back to the late 90s when both Henry and The Rock worked together as members of The Nation of Domination. Although they had a fallout after the stable dissolved, they quickly reunited, and this time they got the opportunity to strengthen their bond from a closer proximity by sharing a common residence. Eventually, both of them grew a firm connection with the city of Memphis, and here’s how.

”During that time we both lived together wow we had an apartment together in Stanford, Connecticut when we were training at the warehouse and then Jerry Lawler called Vince and said hey you need to send these guys to Memphis so they can start working in front of a crowd, they are going to learn so much working in the warehouse and so Vince McMahon acquiesced to it and sent us to Memphis. We stayed in Memphis for like 3 or 4 months at a time. We would go there for about 2 or 3 months and then leave and go back to Stamford. Then we go back to Memphis for 2 or 3 months and then we go back to Connecticut and during that time, Memphis was like home to us, because that was our first fan base.” The World’s Strongest Man noted.

However, The Brahma Bull’s former roommate not only just justified his Memphis fervor, he also gave a huge shout-out to his friend’s commendable work ethic.

Mark Henry is a fan of The Rock’s strong work ethic 

Amidst incredible charisma, boundless talent, and every other virtue of The Great One, Mark Henry feels most people tend to miss out on focusing on his most valuable character trait. In the same interview, the prized AEW wrestler claimed that Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson is certainly the most diligent individual he has ever seen in his life.

Despite feeling annoyed by The Rock’s quirks and antics from time to time, Henry applauded his drive to be the best in the world and how he made this a reality.

What’s your take on Mark Henry weighing in on The Rock’s Memphis connection after the SmackDown reference last week? Sound off in the comments.

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