Dwayne Johnson​ Pokes Fun at His "Chia Pet" Haircut in His First WWE Wrestling Match

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Dwayne Johnson is approaching the 20th anniversary of his first WWE wrestling match at Madison Square Garden, and he's celebrating by reminiscing on the past in a new web series called The Rock Reacts. Not only does he poke fun at his stage persona, Rocky Maivia, and his "Chia Pet" haircut in the clip, but he also gets sentimental by sharing behind-the-scenes memories. "Twenty-two-thousand people did something in this moment that defined my career and literally changed my life, in one night," he explains. "It's something in wrestling you can't write, you can't script it . . . because you can't script how people are gonna react to something. And that thing was 22,000 people started chanting my name." See the full video above, and then check out his amazing transformation from WWE superstar to Hollywood heavyweight.