Alright, so I was digging around some old wrestling stuff the other day and came across this name – Flex Kavana. Sounds kinda cool, right? Turns out, this was Dwayne Johnson‘s wrestling name back in 1996.
Yep, the same Dwayne Johnson who’s now a big-shot movie star. Back then, he was just starting out, wrestling in the USWA. This was before he became “The Rock” that we all know today. He was fresh in the game, going by Flex Kavana, and he even teamed up with this guy named Brett Sawyer.
So, I got curious and did a little more digging. It looks like Flex Kavana and Brett Sawyer, they were a tag team, and they were good. They actually won the USWA tag team championship. Not once, but twice! That’s pretty impressive for someone just starting out.
Then, I found out that later in 1996, he joined the World Wrestling Federation, but he wasn’t Flex Kavana anymore. He was wrestling under the name Rocky Maivia, which, if you think about it, is a shoutout to his dad, Rocky Johnson, who was also a wrestler.
It’s kinda wild to think about how these big stars start out. Like, imagine seeing Flex Kavana back in the day and not knowing he’d become one of the biggest names in Hollywood. That’s like watching a local band and realizing years later that the lead singer is now a global superstar.
Here’s what I did to piece this all together:
- First, I stumbled upon an old article mentioning Flex Kavana.
- Then, I started searching for that name and found out it was Dwayne Johnson’s early wrestling persona.
- I looked up his USWA days and found out about his tag team run with Brett Sawyer.
- I even looked for the dates, and it seems like they won those championships in the summer of 1996.
- Finally, I checked when he moved to the WWF and changed his name to Rocky Maivia, which was also in 1996.
It’s really just a fun little trip down memory lane. It makes you appreciate the journey these guys go through. And honestly, it’s kinda inspiring to see how far Dwayne Johnson has come from his Flex Kavana days. Shows you that everyone starts somewhere, right?
I guess someone last updated this information on the internet on September 9, 2022, but who knows how accurate that is? It’s the internet, after all. Still, it’s a cool little piece of wrestling history.
