Young RockThe final episode of Season 2, “Let the People Decide,” airs tonight on NBC and will feature Oli Latukevu portraying young Dwayne Johnson as he wrestles in the USA Wrestling for Jerry Lawler as Flex Kavanaugh, the character he portrayed in 1996 before he was called up. Even WWF in Survivor Series In November of that year. Images from the episode were previously dropped via TVLineJohnson appears in a confrontation with Lawler. The two only wrestled in USWA tag team matches, with Johnson and Bart Sawyer dropping the USWA Southern Tag Team Championship to Lawler and Bill Dundee before taking them back a month later.
Brian Gewirtz, the series’ executive producer, spoke about how much Latukefu liked in the ring during an interview with ComicBook ahead of Season 2. He said, “Uli, who plays 23-year-old Dwayne, is really just a sports geek. He took up wrestling so quickly that if Vince [McMahon] I wanted to take a look at him and bring him to WWE, I’m sure he will be successful very quickly. I don’t think he will. But if he wants to, maybe he can.”
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Season previews have confirmed that it will feature Johnson’s debut as Rocky Johnson Survivor Series. Gewirtz also confirmed that the third season will cover the WWF’s Attitude Era and the show was recently given the green light for a third season to premiere later this year. Stay tuned for full coverage of tonight’s season finale and Young Rock Season 3!
“We strategically placed a quick little second of a clip right there in the new trailer, sort of like Princess Leia in the trailer for The Force Awakens. We just wanted a quick introduction of, ‘Oh my God, what is that?’ Moment watching Rocky Maivia go big on Survivor Series ’96. We’ve got to that and maybe more stuff this season without really giving up anything. Hopefully we can get into Season 3 and beyond, at least in that timeline with Uli. (Latukefu), really find out,” Gewirtz said.
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