{"id":158533,"date":"2023-05-09T16:19:43","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T21:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=158533"},"modified":"2023-05-09T16:19:43","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T21:19:43","slug":"the-rock-pro-wrestling-has-been-my-familys-savior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2023\/05\/09\/the-rock-pro-wrestling-has-been-my-familys-savior\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rock: &#8220;Pro wrestling has been my family&#8217;s savior&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-702633182\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>The Rock says that professional wrestling helped save his relationship with his daughter, Simone Johnson (Ava Raine in NXT).\u00a0In a new interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MVc0592Je_o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Pivot Podcast<\/a>, The Rock discussed his relationship with Simone and how the two grew up together.<\/p>\n<p>I have the privilege and honor of watching my daughter Simone (Johnson) and I had her when I was young in my 20s and you know, as dudes, we\u2019re still trying to find ourselves in our 20s, in our 30s,&#8221; Rock said. &#8220;If we\u2019re lucky, we reach our fourth level and we find ourselves a little bit (he laughed). 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