7 Ups And 9 Downs From WWE Raw (Jan 20)

5. Rest In Peace, Rocky

Rocky Johnson
WWE.com

No matter the era, you can always count on WWE’s video production team to deliver a solid package when it’s needed.

In this case, the team produced a nice tribute to the late Rocky Johnson, who passed away last week. Better known as the father of The Rock, Johnson married into wrestling royalty, becoming part of the legendary Samoan Anoa’I family.

Rocky would achieve his greatest fame in WWF by winning the WWF Tag Team Championship with Tony Atlas, becoming the first African-American duo to win the titles. He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2008 alongside his father-in-law, High Chief Peter Maivia.

Nicely done, WWE video guys.

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.