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3	Rocky Johnson (born Wayde Douglas Bowles, August 24, 1944 – January 15, 2020) was a Canadian [[ProfessionalWrestling professional wrestler]].
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5	Although he initially trained to become a boxer (sparring with the likes of UsefulNotes/MuhammadAli and George Foreman), he soon switched to professional wrestling in 1964, taking the ring name "Rocky Johnson". He initially wrestled for the Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance, winning a number of tag team regional championships, before moving on to [[Wrestling/{{WWE}} WWF]] in 1982. In 1983, he won the World Tag Team Championship alongside Tony Atlas, making them the first black WWE champions.
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7	He was married three times in his life, most notably to Ata Maivia from 1978 to 2003, a member of the [[Wrestling/SamoanDynasty Samoan Anoa'i wrestling family]]. He had three children, the best-known of whom is Wrestling/{{Dwayne\|Johnson}} [[Creator/DwayneJohnson Johnson]].
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9	He died on January 15, 2020 from a pulmonary embolism.
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12	!!Soulman tropes:
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14	* AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: Inducted into the Wrestling/WWEHallOfFame in 2008.
15	* ArchEnemy: In WWE: Wrestling/AdrianAdonis, Wrestling/GregValentine, and Wrestling/DonMuraco.
16	* BadassFamily: Son-in-law to Peter Maivia, a member of the [[Wrestling/SamoanDynasty Samoan wrestling family]] and his son is [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]].
17	* FinishingMove: Boston Crab
18	%%* ItRunsInTheFamily
19	* TheMentor: He trained his son Dwayne, and for a while, also worked for WWE as a trainer.
20	* NamedAfterSomeoneFamous: His ring name was inspired by boxers Rocky Marciano and Jack Johnson.
21	* PutOnABus: Given how his son's gimmick as Rocky Maivia played up him being a descendant of a WrestlingFamily, he was initially seen at his son's matches, including an instance of coming to his son's aid after being beat down by [[Wrestling/{{Rikishi}} The Sultan]] following their match at ''Wrestling/WrestleMania 13''. After Dwayne switched to his Rock personality, Rocky vanished.
22	* RedBaron: "The Soulman".
23	* SoulBrotha: As his "Soulman" moniker implies, he was the very embodiment of this trope in the 1970s.
24	* UrExample: He and Wrestling/TonyAtlas were the first black tag team champions, defeating the Wild Samoans.
25	* WrestlingFamily: He was married to Ata Maivia, part of the [[Wrestling/SamoanDynasty Anoa'i family]], and his son, Wrestling/{{Dwayne\|Johnson}} [[Creator/DwayneJohnson Johnson]], was also a wrestler. As is his granddaughter Simone, who goes by Ava Raine.

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