The Rock's marriage goes rocky

[Raph's Girl]

http://www.eonline.com/news/article/...4-6f44c5e4d4fc

The divorce courts may soon smell what the Rock is cooking.

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson has announced his separation from his wife of 10 years, Dany Garcia Johnson, but says that he has no plans to stop mixing business with marital displeasure.

"While certain aspects of our relationship have changed, we are both vitally important to each other's lives," the Johnsons said in a joint statement.

"We've been fortunate enough to spend the last 17 years together as a couple and look forward to spending the rest of our lives together as best friends and business partners."

There was no immediate mention of a divorce.

The 35-year-old wrestler turned action hero and his now estranged wife, a CEO of the Miami-based wealth management firm JDM Partners, said they would "continue to advance and manage our business interests, our philanthropic efforts and, most importantly, the raising of our child together, as a loving team."

The Walking Tall star and his missus have one child together, five-year-old daughter Simone Alexander, who was born on Aug. 14, 2001.

They married in 1997 after seven years of dating; they first met as students at the University of Miami.

Johnson eventually matriculated to the WWE, where he became an A-list grappler with a penchant for referring to himself in the third-person. He went on to appear in The Mummy Returns and scored his own sequel in The Scorpion King, before starring in such testosterone-powered films as The Rundown, Doom and Be Cool.

He recently completed filming Get Smart, the big-screen adaptation of the classic spy sitcom, opposite Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway. The film is due out in June 2008.

Raph's Girl note: Woohoo!! He's single!! Er uh I mean...bummer

[ZariusTwo]

"FINALLY....THE ROCK HAS COME BACK TO...EONLINE.COM

While certain aspects of our relationship have changed, such as the fact my wife is a buy one, get one free, no cent or nickles just tokens, peice of monkey crap, we are both vitally important to each other's lives, such as her taking her ass, bending over, and receicving a vitally important left and right spanking alllll the way out of my door

If ya smeeeeeeeeeeeeelllllllllllllllllllll....what The Rock....IS...Cookin'!

Fixed

[Peanut]

I used to hate The Rock back in the WWF Attitude days. Mostly because I loved Austin so much, and Rocky was so much more entertaining in the ring than Austin could ever hope to be. I got over all of that when he went all "Hollywood".

[Sunshine]

Wow it's not often that you hear people talking about seperation and still not only being civil to each other but reffering to themselves as a "loving team". It's kind nice to know not everyone wants to maim their signifigant other when things go sour. Still it makes me kinda wonder if they aren't angry and are still a "loving team" then why seperate?

[Dinny]

Originally Posted by Sunshine

Still it makes me kinda wonder if they aren't angry and are still a "loving team" then why seperate?

I'm guessing someone's not gettin' any.

[Drtooth]

The only good news about this is that newspapers have an instant headline...

The Rock's marriage going Rocky.

The Rock has a Chip on his sholdiers

Marriage of the Rock crumbles like that Old Man in the Mountain rock formation.

Rock ariound the Clock! Rocky and Bullwinkle! Rock-et to the moon! MArriage ending.

Rock rock rock rock marriage rock rock rock rock bad rock rock rock rock could end badly rock.

And The Rock's mariage is in danger...

hey that last one wasn't a pun!

(Sorry... if you read as many newspaper headlines as I've had, they have a tendancy to be this pun laiden.)

[ZariusTwo]

Originally Posted by Peanut

I used to hate The Rock back in the WWF Attitude days. Mostly because I loved Austin so much, and Rocky was so much more entertaining in the ring than Austin could ever hope to be. I got over all of that when he went all "Hollywood".

Getting over him because he decided to make a career choice? Puh-lease, even when he occasionaly came back, he cut promos that not even Cena can stutter.

[RaphistheBest]

I really couldn't stand the Rock as a wrestler. He was just annoying to me. One of the things that I really hated was his eyebrow thing. That drove me crazy!

The second time that I went to Hawaii with my grandma when I was in like 8th grade we went on a round trip of one of the smaller islands and we flew to get there. Once off the plane and into the airport we were surprised at how crazy that small place was. It turned out that we had missed the Rock by like 5 minutes and everybody was still in shock. We walked up to a desk for something and there were these two girls behind the desk and one was gloating about how she got her picture taking with the Rock and she even got to kiss him. As she pranced away the other girl yelled and cursed at her and actually threw something at her. My grandma and I weren't the only ones standing at the counter and the girl's manager ending up ripping her a new one right there for acting like childern.

If I had seen him I would have told him that he should be an actor because he sucked as a wrestler.

[The Stryker]

He sucked as a wrestler?

Wow, My brain hurts.

[MadPirateBunny]

Originally Posted by King Stryker

He sucked as a wrestler?

Wow, My brain hurts.

shouldn't you be writing?

[KROW]

Originally Posted by RaphistheBest

I really couldn't stand the Rock as a wrestler. He was just annoying to me. One of the things that I really hated was his eyebrow thing. That drove me crazy!

The second time that I went to Hawaii with my grandma when I was in like 8th grade we went on a round trip of one of the smaller islands and we flew to get there. Once off the plane and into the airport we were surprised at how crazy that small place was. It turned out that we had missed the Rock by like 5 minutes and everybody was still in shock. We walked up to a desk for something and there were these two girls behind the desk and one was gloating about how she got her picture taking with the Rock and she even got to kiss him. As she pranced away the other girl yelled and cursed at her and actually threw something at her. My grandma and I weren't the only ones standing at the counter and the girl's manager ending up ripping her a new one right there for acting like childern.

If I had seen him I would have told him that he should be an actor because he sucked as a wrestler.

All right... *grabs pitchfork and torch*

LET'S GET 'IM!

But, really, just how exactly did he "suck" as a wrestler? He was hard-working, respectful, athletic, and entertaining in the ring as well as on the mic. He wasn't stiff, he didn't let his ego get in the way, and he always made time for the fans.

Just because his eyebrow bothered you is a pretty damn superficial judgment to make.

[Peanut]

Originally Posted by ZariusTwo

Getting over him because he decided to make a career choice? Puh-lease, even when he occasionaly came back, he cut promos that not even Cena can stutter.

...I meant in the sense that I just got over hating his character around that point in time. What the hell did you think I was talking about?

[ZariusTwo]

Originally Posted by RaphistheBest

If I had seen him I would have told him that he should be an actor because he sucked as a wrestler.

Christ, you've obviously never watched wrestling in your life.

[RaphistheBest]

Originally Posted by ZariusTwo

Christ, you've obviously never watched wrestling in your life.

Uh, actually I used to watch wrestling with my cousin all the time. What you quoted was a sarcastic remark. I know that wrestling isn't real, they are all paid performers so don't "Christ" me. I didn't like the Rock as a wrestler because in my mind he's only good at performing, not wrestling. To be a good wrestler you need to wrestle well even if you are just a paid performer. He was really good at pumping up the audience and "selling" himself. His signature move was the People's Elbow. Any wrestler can pull off an elbow. His move was nothing special or flashy like some other wrestlers. That is what I really didn't like about him.

[Andrew NDB]

Biggest sellout I've ever seen.

His words: "Oh, I'll never leave wrestling completely! That's a promise to the People!"

Until what, you decide to go on to make a bunch of bad movies? Effing sellout.

[KROW]

Originally Posted by RaphistheBest

I didn't like the Rock as a wrestler because in my mind he's only good at performing, not wrestling. To be a good wrestler you need to wrestle well even if you are just a paid performer. He was really good at pumping up the audience and "selling" himself. His signature move was the People's Elbow. Any wrestler can pull off an elbow. His move was nothing special or flashy like some other wrestlers. That is what I really didn't like about him.

So is it safe to assume that you didn't/don't like Hogan, either?

[RaphistheBest]

Originally Posted by KROW

So is it safe to assume that you didn't/don't like Hogan, either?

Yea... the thing is is that Hogan was cool when I was younger. Then I didn't care if he had special moves or not. I was like 7. What made me hate Hogan was how he kept bouncing back and forth between good and bad. A friend and I were talking about it last night and she said that if she ever got the chance to talk to Hogan she would tell him that he ruined her childhood by becoming a bad guy.

[KROW]

Back and forth? Hogan? That doesn't sound quite accurate. Lessee... He was a heel when he debuted in the late 70s, then turned face in the early 80s, stayed face until about the mid 90s when he formed the NWO (though he was still cheered because folks liked the NWO), then he became face again until he returned to the WWE in 98 (once again in the NWO, and even then still got cheered), then became face shortly after that and remained so until the end of his career.

So, in total, he made the transition about 4 times. Compared to Ric Flair, that's nothing, heh.

But I see where you're coming from. When I was younger, I didn't like when wrestlers became 'tweeners, either. Still, it wasn't a reason for me to hold such intolerance.