*Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is one proud papa over his daughter Simone Alexandra joining the WWE family.
We previously reported… Simon Johnson is following in the footsteps of her famous father and grandfather Rocky “Soul Man” Johnson, and great-grandfather, Peter Maivia, who were both WWE Hall-of-Famers.
This makes her the first ever fourth-generation WWE performer.
“It means the world to me,” Simone said in a statement. “To know that my family has such a personal connection to wrestling is really special to me and I feel grateful to have the opportunity, not only to wrestle, but to carry on that legacy.”
WWE said the budding star is “on a path to become the first fourth-generation Superstar in WWE history.”
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Johnson made a virtual appearance on Friday’s episode of “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” during which he gushed about Simone making a name for herself, PEOPLE reports.
“I wanna say congrats to your daughter Simone by the way who is going to be in the WWE,” Fallon said.
“She signed her contract with the WWE and you know it blows my mind,” the father of three said.
“First of all, what an honor that my daughter wants to follow in my footsteps but more importantly, follow in my footsteps sounds cliché, but she actually wants to create and blaze her own path, which is so important,” added Johnson, who shares Simone with his ex-wife Dany Garcia.
“She’s 18 now, at 16 she was working her ass off quietly under the radar, in the ring getting thrown around, you know all the bumps and bruises that go with pro wrestling,” he told Fallon. “But she hung in there, and I’m very very proud of her.”
WWE announced in February that Simone officially signed with the company.
“Simone Johnson’s unbridled passion and incredible drive has earned her a coveted spot training with the elite athletes from around the world at the WWE Performance Center,” said WWE executive vice president Paul “Triple H” Levesque.
“Not only does Simone now have an opportunity to cultivate and display her passion for WWE within the Performance Center, but she’ll carry on the tradition of her incredible family lineage while creating her own impact as WWE’s first fourth-generation Superstar,” he added.
Hear/watch more from Dwayne about his daughter’s WWE goals via the YouTube clip above.
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