Young Rock: Every Wrestler In Season 2, Episode 8 (& How They Compare)
The latest episode of Young Rock season 2, episode 8, «Corpus Christi,» tells the story of future WWE and movie superstar Dwayne Johnson's first-ever wrestling match, and includes a number of depictions of real-life wrestlers. This includes some of the biggest stars of the World Wrestling Federation's «Attitude Era» during the late 1990s and early 2000s, as well as crucial behind-the-scenes figures. It's fun to see how they compare to the real people.
The Young Rock episode sees Dwayne Johnson relating the story of his first match to Randall Park as he recovers from food poisoning during his future presidential campaign. As in «Corpus Christi,» Dwayne Johnson's first-ever wrestling match really was in the WWF as part of an untelevised "dark match" before a TV taping for WWF Superstars. In real life, however, Johnson actually had two tryout matches, losing in a dark match the next day before WWF Raw to Skip, later known as Chris Candido.
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Young Rock regularly features on-screen versions of Dwayne Johnson and his famous wrestling family, including his father Tony Atlas. However, Young Rock season 2 episode 8 introduces a much wider cast of prominent wrestlers. Here's every real wrestler who is depicted in the show and how their story and actors compare in reality.
Before he makes it to his tryout match, Dwayne visits his relative Tonga 'Ulu'uli Fifita to borrow a pair of trunks. Fifita, played by Mana Tatafu, is introduced as King Tonga, but is better known to wrestling fans as Haku. He wrestled in the WWF between 1986 and 1992, including a tag tile run with Andre the Giant. At the time of the Young Rock episode in 1996, Haku was actually wrestling for
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