Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson was born #onthisday in 1972 into a professional wrestling family. The grandson of professional wrestler Peter "High Chief" Fanene Maivia and son of wrestler Rocky Johnson, an injury ended his college football career, turning to the ring instead. Do you smell what The Rock is cooking? | Biography

10K views · 221 reactions | 1972 Olympic Gold Medal Finals  Dan Gable (USA) v  Russlan Ashraliev (USSR) | Obsessed About NCAA Wrestling | Facebook

Professional wrestling legend and former Iranian amateur wrestler Iron Sheik (Khosrow Vaziri) died on June, 2023, but this interaction between 1972 Olympic gold medalist Dan Gable at the 2016 George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame inductions shows the reverence they have for each other. | FloWrestling

On March 3, 1997 the final professional wrestling event was held at The Omni in Atlanta, Georgia. In the final main event of the legendary coliseum, The Giant & Lex Luger squared off against The Steiner Brothers (Rick & Scott Steiner) on WCW Monday Nitro. The match ended in a no contest due to interference by the NWO. The Omni broke ground in March of 1971 and opened in March of 1972. It was officially closed on May 11, 1997. Its successor, Philips Arena (now State Farm Arena), was constructed o

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