Randall: Election day 2032 has finally arrived,
and people are flocking to the polls to cast their vote.
Who will win the battle for the white house
to become the 49th president of the United States?
I stood by Dwayne after the tooth fairy six-episode event series,
I'm sticking with him now.
Taft is it. From his policies to his nurse's shoes.
I'm voting for the third party, the chrome party.
It's time we had a sentient ai computer in the white house.
I was on the fence until Dwayne and Dr. Julien sorted things out.
Indeed, early exit polls show candidate Johnson
experiencing a surge in popularity after posting this photo
to his social media account last night.
I was actually there.
I'm not in the photo, but I was there.
By the looks of it, the sixth grade rivals
have put to rest the public feud
that had become a distraction in the final days of the campaign,
with evil candidate taft using it to his advantage
to gain major ground on the awesome candidate Johnson.
Woman: Uh, I don't think you can say evil.
Can't say... can't say what?
Evil? Adult Dwayne: Good job, Randall.
The camera loves you, man.
I don't know why you ever quit acting.
Maybe I should go back.
You should definitely go back to acting, Randall.
Randall: Yeah? Mmm-hmm. Instead of this.
Yeah. Hey, how did you get Julien to come around?
Well, forest Whitaker eased our tension with a bottle of amazing wine.
And then he asked Julien
what could be done to end our beef.
Forest Whitaker, the actor?
And humanitarian, yes.
Yes, he is involved in all of my major life decisions.
Anyways, I've come to find out that Julien has a son,
and I guess the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
My son doesn't believe that I was in the sixth grade with you.
I showed him our class photo and he was like,
"how do we know that's the real Dwayne Johnson?" Made me crazy.
Hmm.
It's good to question authority.
I appreciate you, forest Whitaker.
Adult Dwayne: Well, I appreciate you more, forest,
and I think you know that.
It's the grapes. Hmm.
Anyway, when you responded to my tweets, well, he finally believed.
But that made it worse because he was like,
"cool, Dwayne Johnson hates my dad."
He's so hard to please,
but I love him.
So he agreed to squash our beef
if I helped prove to his son that I didn't hate him.
Hence the photo. Win-win all around.
Mmm-hmm. I am just glad that's behind us.
Our early exit polls are tracking well.
Hey, that's great!
I'm gonna go to the stables.
But it's election day.
Yeah, horses don't know that. Come on, Randall.
Can I call one of them cimarron?
Adult Dwayne: Oh, I love it. Yes!
So, you really are fine not tracking the results
in real time today?
Oh, yeah. And I've done all I can.
At some point, you just gotta step back and let the people decide.
Like back in Hawaii, when my parents were riding high
after my mom's successful wrestling event,
the backyard brawl-b-q.
My dad's match went over big.
Matter of fact, in his mind
that people had already decided
that they want to see more "soulman" rocky Johnson,
as a solo performer. So, then,
through my uncle of a, he booked a couple of matches
in Saudi Arabia, with a new local promoter.
And he also had an exclusive contract with the wwf.
He did, which caused a little bit of a mess when, a few days later,
Vince McMahon himself called, with some pretty big news.
Vince: Time to brush up on your arabic,
'cause I'm sending you to Saudi Arabia to wrestle for the wwf.
What? Vince: That's why I didn't have you
on the bill for wrestlemania.
I need you to help me open up the middle east.
It's a huge, untapped market, rocky.
Hey, that's great.
I mean, I didn't even know they liked wrestling out there.
I mean, do they even like wrestling out there?
They love it! The soul patrol
will be the kings of Riyadh.
Are you in? Randall: Wait.
So Vince was launching the wwf in Saudi Arabia
at the same time rocky had already planned to go?
Yes, it's a crazy coincidence,
but Vince had been wanting to take wrestling global for some time.
How did rocky get out of it?
Vince, I don't know what to say.
Except, "hell, yeah!"
Vince: Fantastic! We'll get in touch and set it all up.
Give you all the details.
Rocky: Office promoters already putting up billboards.
They're promoting the hell out of it.
So, you're just gonna double book Saudi Arabia?
Behind Vince's back?
It's not a good idea to bite the hand that feeds you.
I'll wrestle for Vince and the other promoter.
Saudi Arabia's a big country.
I don't think anyone will notice.
Lia: A toast!
To the brawl-b-q.
The biggest event in the polynesian pacific pro wrestling history.
Lia: Thanks to the work
my daughter, ata.
When you're doing something you love, it's not work.
One of the puppeteers from alf
said that, in an interview with TV guide.
Lia: Ata has helped me
think about the business differently.
And I am going to make a big announcement
at the next meeting. Something, I think,
you're going to be very happy about.
Adult Dwayne: But while my dad was double booked,
I was taking things to a whole other level.
Okay, hold, hold on. Let's wait a minute.
How many girlfriends do you have?
Four. I gave them each shirts from the brawl-b-q.
Won over huge.
Wow. Damn proud of you, Dewey.
So, how do you get 'em to share you?
They don't know about each other.
All: Ooh! Young Dwayne: I ride the bus with cam,
eat lunch with Bethany,
do morning recesses with Sarah,
and since it's the shortest amount of time,
I do afternoon recesses with Emily.
Ah! Emily's better in small amounts.
All right, students, gather up. Class photo!
Bethany!
I see you're wearing the shirt I bought you.
Notice anything unusual, Dewey?
That we're all wearing the t-shirt you gave us.
School picture day. A forever memory day.
Did you think we wouldn't figure out
you've been dating all of us?
We're in the same class.
You guys talk to each other when I'm not around?
Who else did you give a shirt to?
I bought this myself.
Teacher: All right, everybody find a spot.
Adult Dwayne: So, / got what / deserved.
And my mom was hoping she'd get what she deserved, too.
Maybe my mom's finally banning milk duds from the locker room.
The guys keep slinging them at each other, and they're staining the rug.
Maybe, she'll ask you to officially join the business.
That is what I'm secretly hoping.
I know. I know you a little bit.
Lia: Okay, everyone!
Many of you know, I consider myself a lone wolf,
whether it's playing tennis or running my business.
When I was in court, fighting the FBI,
I learned the value of having a partner.
Someone strong, reliable, trustworthy.
And that's why
I'm bringing in Lars Anderson
as vice president of pppw.
Uh, thanks, Lia.
Lars: You guys have done good so far,
but now, you've got a real professional here.
Welcome to the majors, folks.
Lars: Hi. Lars. Lars.
Hi. Lars.
Lars. Hi.
What is happening? Who is that?
Lars Anderson. He wrestled with Peter in the '705.
When you said you learned the value of a strong, reliable partner,
I thought you were talking about me.
What? No.
I was talking about Herman, my white lawyer.
Sometimes you need a white face to get ahead.
Herman, he helped me beat the rap.
Lars, he's gonna help us take the pppw to the next level.
Ata: I guess
packing aloha stadium with 60,000 fans isn't next level enough.
Baby, you proved you're the best promoter in Hawaii,
and when you're the best, you can't be afraid to think big.
Yes, we invite Lars to go fishing, then push him off the boat.
What I mean is you should start
thinking about stepping out on your own.
Starting my own promotion?
Yes!
Baby, your mama don't decide ifyou're successful.
The people do!
You and I are about to step into even bigger and better things.
So, when I get back from Saudi Arabia,
we're going to get to work on starting your promotion business.
Okay.
Adult Dwayne: So, while my dad got ready for Saudi Arabia...
And this is our penthouse suite.
Adult Dwayne: Vince had just arrived.
Are there any good places to eat near prince faisal stadium?
Scouting it for a wrestling...
What the hell?
Randall: So, when Vince found out
about rocky double booking in Saudi Arabia,
did he fire him?
But things were never the same after that.
Vince was really upset that my dad made a decision
that hurt the company.
My dad went from ah.
Rocky Johnson, tag team champions of the world
to a guy who was losing to other wrestlers.
Vince gave my dad a slow death.
Dwayne! We lost New York.
I don't understand. I thought our exit polls showed us ahead of taft.
We didn't lose New York to taft.
Ifsthe third party candidate, the chrome party.
It's siphoning off just enough of your votes that taft carried the state.
Their ads are all over my social media today.
Makes sense, a sentient ai would know to weaponize the Internet.
It's fine.
It's just one state and there's plenty of time left.
How can you be so calm right now?
You know, when I was a teenager in Nashville,
I learned that you don't always get to sit
in the driver's seat of your own life.
Sometimes, other people get to decide.
It was 1987 and I was finally finding my groove.
Man: I'm a woman's man no time to talk
and it's all right it's okay
I'll live to see another day
we can try to understand
the New York times' effect on man
whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother
you're stayin' alive, sta yin' alive
feel the city breaking and everybody shaking
sta yin' alive stayin' alive, ah!
Sta yin' alive sta yin' alive
hey, hey! Just picked up some hot chicken sandwiches and they are hot as...
Uh, what's going on?
Did we get a new apartment?
Sure did. In Pennsylvania.
Wait, what?
Lawler took me off the roster.
Running Nashville's over.
You serious?
After the crowds you've been drawing?
That's what I said.
But Jerry said it wasn't personal, just business.
Didn't want things to get stale, so he's bringing in new wrestlers.
Butyourdad called uncle of a,
and apparently, there's lots of wrestling work in Bethlehem right now.
So, just like that, we're moving?
And I don't even get a say in it?
It'll be great to be around family again.
Your uncle said he's doing so well,
he bought a new washer and dryer.
We don't need that.
Young Dwayne: The one in the basement is totally fine.
I finally started to like it here. I just broke in my boots.
I'm sorry, honey, but you know this is how it works in our business.
Is that where Jesus was from?
No, that's Bethlehem in the Bible.
This is Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Oh, that makes more sense.
Bummer.
Hey, fellas, listen, headliner's refusing to go on tonight.
Something about, I don't know, her costume?
Dewey, you mind helping me out on this one?
Me? Can't you just handle it?
I would. It's just...
You know how attracted I am to women who are mean to me.
Please. Come on.
Uh, miss moolah?
Next one won't miss, ginger snap.
You deaf, or just stupid, honey?
I grew up around tougher women than you. So you don't scare me.
You rocky Johnson's kid?
Yeah.
Then you ain't lying.
I know your grandmother well.
She fought the FBI and won, didn't she?
She told them to kill themselves on a local TV broadcast.
Good lad.
So what's the problem? Why are you upset?
It's myjacket.
Myjacket is in a suitcase,
and my suitcase is on a flight to Tokyo right now
because of the knuckleheads at myrtle beach airport.
So I ain't going on.
So, that's your problem? Ajacket?
Not just a jacket, baby. My jacket.
Without that jacket, the fabulous moolah
is just moolah.
And I've worked too hard at becoming fabulous to start backsliding now.
Okay, so it's not a real problem.
Oh, you got real problems, do ya?
I do, actually.
We're moving to Pennsylvania.
Oh, you're moving. Boo-hoo.
Not just moving. Moving again.
I just started to like it here.
How am I supposed to figure out where I fit
if I keep moving every time I get comfortable?
Baby, nobody knows
what their life is going to look like when they're your age.
When I was young, I wanted to get married,
live in the suburbs,
be the kind of woman that bakes cookies for the mailman.
And you know what happened?
What? I got that life anditsucked.
So I grabbed my makeup bag and I ran away.
And here I am, 50 years later,
talking to you in the ladies locker room
which is really a storage closet that smells like dead squirrels,
and I don't regret a second of it.
I thought my journey was over.
But, baby,
I was just getting started.
Don't just take my word for it.
Ask anybody.
I was going to be Randy poffo, yeah!
And I was gonna barrel it up in St. Louis for the colonels.
Ooh, yeah!
André had planned to stay in his village
in France, and become a farmer.
Easy. Wrestling. Since baby.
And then I blew out my shoulder.
Lost my spot on the team.
Farming is not for andré.
Pick the carrot, pick the turnip,
pick the carrot, pick the turnip. No.
1971, aau greco Roman wrestling champion.
That's it, baba.
Then I found wrestling and everything made sense, yeah.
André make the decision to leave his mama,
come to america. Become big champion.
What? I always want to be wrestler, so I become wrestler.
Busting my shoulder was the best thing
that ever happened to the macho man, baby.
André has no regrets.
See? Proof. Cameraman, zoom in.
Life is a winding path, Princess.
But if you trust in yourself,
and in your journey,
younget where you need to be.
Announcer: Please welcome.
The fabulous moolah!
Oh, boo-hoo.
Boo-hoo.
Hey, Dwayne, ain't that your, uh...
Suits her better.
Moolah!
Adult Dwayne: On the way home, I thought a lot about moolah's words.
So, you think they got snow in Pennsylvania?
Could be cool.
Adult Dwayne: And I decided to trust the journey.
They definitely have snow.
Uncle of a says he keeps a hair dryer in his car to keep his feet warm.
Dude's always sweating, but somehow still cold.
Jeannie, we're ready to call the state of Ohio
for candidate Johnson.
He's rebounding well after his surprise loss in New York.
Looks like it's gonna come down to the wire, boss.
You were right. Just gotta let the people decide.
You know, all we can do is ask for a chance to succeed, Randall.
Reminds me of a similar situation
when I made my debut in the wwa.
Was this after your wrestle-in-the-dark match in corpus crispy?
Did you just say corpus crispy?
Vveh, okay. No.
Yes, after my dark match,
Vince McMahon had a vision for me
to make my televised debut at one of the major pay per views of the year.
And it was called survivor series.
So, Vince wanted me to lean into
my family legacy with this new persona called rocky maivia.
And I obliged with, let's just say,
a very memorable wrestling costume.
I was gonna come in like a badass, jump the top rope
and talk smack straight to the hard cam
so all the viewers at home could see me.
Randall: Wait, what's a hard cam?
Adult Dwayne: That's the main TV camera that overlooks the ring.
Wrestlers are supposed to play all their actions towards it
because it's the eye of the viewer at home.
Yeah! It's rocky maivia, baby, I'm here.
Ifsthe Madison square garden...
Adult Dwayne: Turns out the hard cam was behind me
and I was literally talking to nobody.
But I made up for it.
Yeah! I'm rocky maivia, baby.Thafs_.
Dwayne. Hey, nice work on the debut.
You missed the hard cam, but real good.
You know, we're planning a big push for you.
You're on your way to becoming the wwf's next baby face star.
I'll do whatever you say to make that a reality.
That's what I like to hear. Lia: Vince.
Vince: Lia! How are you, beautiful?
Adult Dwayne: This was the first time my dad and Vince
saw each other since the double booking incident
in Saudi Arabia, that ended my dad's wwf career.
Vince!
Rocky. There he is.
Randall: That's how they greeted each other after everything?
Warm like that? Adult Dwayne: That's wrestling.
You know, your kid's really got something.
It makes sense. I taught the boy everything he knows.
Lucky for us,
he never listens to me.
You made your family very proud tonight, Dewey.
Yesterday, you were just my baby.
And now, you're my survivors series champion baby.
Ah, you missed the hard cam, but pretty good, son.
You were like Superman,
except with a very, very different costume.
You know, ifvince wants me to dress like I just stepped out of the lion king,
then, uh, that's what I'll do.
Adult Dwayne: After thatnight, ihit the road hard for the wwf.
Show after show, town after town.
Aa part of Vince's big push,
I went up against triple h for the intercontinental title.
That was a match I'll never forget.
Announcer: The winner...
Rocky maivia!
Adult Dwayne: I was the champ and it felt incredible.
Randall: Wait. Why were they booing?
Well, that was the beginning of the attitude era.
That was when fans really wanted more edge.
Like the beer-swigging, trash-talking heel
known as stone cold Steve Austin. Hmm.
And there I was, on the other end of the spectrum.
I mean, I had a bad haircut and a big smile.
Plus, it didn't help that Vince
was force-feeding me to the people as their new hero.
The people were deciding.
They were, over and over again.
But despite the signs that things weren't working,
Vince kept believing in me and kept me on the bill
for the biggest pay per view of them all.
Wrestlemania.
Randall: The show your dad missed out on because of Saudi Arabia.
Adult Dwayne: That's right. Come on, Dewey!
Get him! Get him!
Adult Dwayne: Now, the sultan was one of the biggest heels in the company,
and I was one of their biggest baby faces.
Usually, at this moment, the crowd rallies behind the baby face
before he makes his big comeback.
However...
Rocky sucks! Rocky sucks!
Adult Dwayne: The crowd did the exact opposite.
Randall: Was this your lowest moment in the ring?
Adult Dwayne: Nope, that was about to come.
So, you get to wrestlemania.
All should be well, but the crowd hates you.
Hates me so much.
And that wasn't your low point.
As I said, that was about to come.
Vince had another idea
about how to turn the crowd around for rocky maivia.
Argh!
Adult Dwayne: It all had to do with legacy.
Argh!
Randall: Your dad jumped in to save you? Adult Dwayne: Yep.
Randall: Did everybody lose their minds?
Adult Dwayne: No.
Go, rocky!
Look at how heavy his breathing is.
Randall: But two generations of wrestlers side by side.
How could they not be moved by that?
Adult Dwayne: Lknow.
But trust me, you weren't the only one who was surprised.
Rocky sucks!
Rocky sucks! Rocky sucks!
Adu it dwayn e: I went into the ring,
thinking Vince's gimmick was gonna work,
and my future would be bright.
But instead, [left wondering if I had any future in wrestling at all.
The people had decided I wasn't their guy.
This isn't working.
No, it is not.
Did we make a mistake here?
You mean, with the dad stunt?
About him.
I never knew this. I always just assumed
that once you made it to the wwf, you were instantly a star.
You know, I think a lot of people assume
that once you hit a certain level in your career,
it's all easy sailing from there. But they're wrong.
I mean, you could reach for the stars
and ifyou're lucky, even get there,
but that doesn't mean that it won't disappear overnight.
Hmm. So, what happened next?
How'd you turn it around?
Well, there was no saving that day.
So, after that, I went ahead... Sandy: Sir?
They're calling Texas.
We 're calling Texas for candidate Dwayne Johnson.
A huge victory for Johnson. Yes!
Yes, yes, yes!
Male reporter: But in a surprise turn, it looks like Michigan
has officially been called for candidate taft.
Hey, you were just in the lead in Michigan.
It's the chrome party.
They're still siphoning votes away.
That's okay. I got a lot of faith
that the people are gonna make the right decision.
And in another shocker,
Florida, seemingly a Johnson lock,
according to exit polls, has gone to taft.
Male reporter: And California is officially projected
to go to taft. Female reporter: Which seals it.
In a result nobody could have seen coming,
the 49th president of the United States
is senator Brayden taft.
Adult Dwayne: Llost.
But the journey is never over.