Woo: Dwayne Johnson announces Ric Flair biopic amid Vince McMahon scandal
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, now a board member of WWE-owner TKO, leads a whiplash-inducing period for the pro-wrestling giant

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Amid his return to pro wrestling, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has yet to comment on the abuse and assault allegations against his former boss, Vince McMahon. It’s unsurprising given that McMahon is responsible for Johnson’s career and the former WWE champion is on the board of directors of WWE’s parent company, TKO. Considering his business dealings, he probably won’t be making statements about the allegations of sex trafficking and rape cover-ups miring the company’s latest hot streak. But the Rock is announcing things. A few weeks back, he began discussing his next movie, The Smashing Machine, directed by Benny Safdie, a biopic about MMA fighter Mark Kerr. On social media this afternoon, he doubled down on biopics, announcing one on longtime friend and pro wrestling legend “The Nature Boy” Ric Flair.
Johnson wrote about growing up “in the wild world of professional wrestling,” where he met and idolized Flair, a reverence that grew when he broke into the business “began to spill my own sweat and blood in arenas across America.”
“Ric Flair had a relentless passion to be the greatest of all time, but with achieving that GOAT status — he also sacrificed it all and paid a heavy price. And lived to tell the story,” Johnson wrote. “I’ve known Ric since I was 8 years old when he and my dad, Rocky ‘Soulman’ Johnson, were wrestling together in the NWA (National Wrestling Alliance).”