Dwayne Johnson shares tribute to his dad Rocky Johnson who passed on at 75

Rocky Johnson, whose real name is Wayde Bowles, was a former professional wrestler, and the WWE took to their website to announce his passing.

They wrote: “WWE is saddened to learn that Rocky “Soul Man” Johnson (born Wayde Douglas Bowles), a WWE Hall of Famer, former World Tag Team Champion, and father of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, has passed away at age 75.”

Rocky was born in Nova Scotia, Canada as Wayde Bowles. He started wrestling when he was 16 and began his career in 1964.

He won several championships throughout the ’60s, the 70s, and ’80s before he joined the WWE in 1983. After his retirement in 1991, he went on to train his son, Dwayne Johnson to become a wrestler.

Dwayne, who has successfully made the switch from wrestler to an actor, took to his Instagram page to share a touching tribute to his father.

He wrote: “I love you.
You broke color barriers, became a ring legend and trail blazed your way thru this world.
I was the boy sitting in the seats, watching and adoring you, my hero from afar.
The boy you raised to always be proud of our cultures and proud of who and what I am.
The boy you raised with the toughest of love.
The intense work.
The hard hand.
The adoring boy who wanted to know only your best qualities.
Who then grew to become a man realizing you had other deeply complicated sides that needed to be held and understood.
Son to father.
Man to man.
That’s when my adoration turned to respect.
And my empathy turned to gratitude.
Grateful that you gave me life.
Grateful you gave me life’s invaluable lessons.
Dad, I wish I had one more shot to tell you, I love you, before you crossed over to the other side.
But you were ripped away from me so fast without warning.
Gone in an instant and no coming back.
Im in pain.
But we both know it’s just pain and it’ll pass.
Now I’ll carry your mana and work ethic with me, as it’s time to move on because I have my family to feed and work to accomplish.
Finally, I want you to rest your trailblazing soul, Soulman.
Pain free, regret free, satisfied and at ease.
You lived a very full, very hard, barrier breaking life and left it all in the ring.
I love you dad and I’ll always be your proud and grateful son.
Go rest high.
#ripsoulman #rockyjohnson”

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