Former WWE Tag Team Champion Reveals How Dwayne Johnson Cited His Own Example to Make Him Take a U-Turn on His Kids’ Future – “Was Totally Against It”

It is one of the best moments in a father’s life when his kids decide to follow in his footsteps. Nothing makes a father happier than seeing his kids earning a name in the same field that once brought him glory. And if we talk about this scenario in the professional wrestling world, then fans have witnessed several legends shedding tears of happiness seeing their kids competing inside the squared circle.

However, when it comes to the WWE Hall of Famer and the former ‘Dudley Boyz’ member D-Von Dudley, then things were exactly the opposite. In his recent interview, the WWE legend revealed that he never wanted his kids to join professional wrestling until the fan-favorite WWE superstar Dwayne Johnson convinced him.

Dwayne Johnson once convinced a WWE legend to support his kids’ decision of joining the wrestling

In the recent episode of ‘Insight with Chris van Vliet’, the WWE legend D-Von Dudley appeared as the special guest. There, he made his fans aware of some of the unheard moments of his professional wrestling career and even his personal life.

During the podcast, a segment came when D-Von revealed that he didn’t want his kids to join wrestling. He also mentioned that it was Dwayne Johnson who changed his mind by giving him a piece of parental advice.

The former WWE superstar said that Dwayne Johnson encouraged him to let his sons follow in their father’s footsteps. He further elaborated that the ‘People’s Champion’ talked about the time when his father was also against his decision of joining the wrestling, but eventually he did and that turned out to be the best decision of his life.

Recalling his conversation with Dwayne Johnson, the WWE Hall of Famer said, “I had a conversation with The Rock one day, and he says ‘How’s your boys’. I was like ‘Oh they’re doing good you know…and he goes are they thinking about getting into the business…and I go absolutely not… I don’t want them in the business’…… and then he started explaining to me how him and Mr Johnson, his dad uh were at odds about him coming into the business.”

D-Von continued, “He (The Rock) said, ‘Listen if I would have listened you know to my dad about not getting into the business. I probably wouldn’t be where I am today. You never know, let them do them. If they fail guess what at least they tried and they know, so now they can move on and get back to where they need to be.'”

Not only this, but the former professional wrestler also gave the reason why he was hesitating to let his kids enter the world of professional wrestling.

Why D-Von never wanted his kids to be professional wrestlers?

Earlier in the show, the 50-year-old WWE legend explained his intentions behind not agreeing with his kids’ decision.

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D-Von said that during his professional wrestling career, he has been through several problems that include promoters treating the wrestlers badly. 

He mentioned that he didn’t want his kids to go through the same thing that’s why he wanted them to stay away from the professional wrestling world. 

“I basically did not want them to wrestle. I was totally against it you know I went through my share of I will say racism…… and …… promoters treating you bad and things like that and… So I didn’t want them to go through that.”

But after talking to Dwayne Johnson, D-Von finally gave in and now his kids are competing inside the squared circle. Despite facing all the difficulties that he mentioned, D-Von had an amazing career. He competed inside the squared circle for three decades and gave fans some incredible moments with his team partner Bubba Ray Dudley.

And now that his kids are following in his footsteps, it would be interesting to see how they continue the legacy of their father.

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