I didn’t know how to feel about wearing those shorts

[Jin Wah]

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is arguably one of the most famous people in the world, and it’s obvious as to why. He’s had a hand in nearly every form of popular entertainment, including wrestling, sports, music, and of course, film and television. The legendary multimedia personality and star of the upcoming Black Adam has enjoyed a long-lasting career that shows no signs of stopping any time soon, but for the longest time, he hadn’t really done much in the realm of scripted television besides HBO’s Ballers.

That was until February 16, 2021, when the first season of Young Rock premiered. Clearly taking inspiration from sitcoms based on real-life individuals such as Everybody Hates Chris, Young Rock does exactly what the title implies, which is chronicle several events in Dwayne Johnson’s life at various ages.

With Season 1 becoming the most-watched sitcom on NBC during 2021, a sophomore outing was practically guaranteed, and it may actually be here sooner than you think. Here’s everything there is to know about Young Rock Season 2.

When Season 1 of NBC’s Young Rock came to an end, a lot of fans said they wanted more wrestling added to the mix. And that’s exactly what they’ll get when the sitcom returns for a heartfelt Season 2 this Tuesday at 8/7c.

Young Dewey will fight in the ring during a daydream sequence in the season opener, and Adrian Groulx, who plays the youngest Rock, had to rock wrestling shorts to pull off the scene. But he says it was totally worth it.

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“I loved being out there,” a beaming Groulx tells TVLine. “Even while they were practicing, it was like the best thing ever. I had so much fun, even before we got to the part of Dewey doing his wrestling bit. We got to see the other wrestlers, and I was like, ‘Whoa. I’m about to do that.’ At first, I didn’t know how to feel about wearing those shorts. But after seeing the audience, I completely forgot about what I was really wearing, and I was not self-conscious about it at all.”

It's almost time to watch Young Rock season 2 online, and see how younger versions of Dwayne interact with the wild world of professional wrestling, as he inches closer to the man he becomes.

The series will bring The Rock a new role, as Dwayne "The Narrator" Johnson. His voice-over work will be the thread that sews together his life at ages 10, 15 and 20 years old.

Johnson's grandmother will be under house-arrest, we'll see his younger self's troubles in the Canadian football league and we'll even see that his inspiration to join pro wrestling also came from seeing The Undertaker and Kane. We'll also see fictional versions of Bam Bam Bigelow, The "Macho Man" Randy Savage and Andre the Giant.

It’s during this part of the premiere that Rocky, Ata and Dewey are living high in Hawaii. Rocky and his Soul Patrol wrestling partner Tony Atlas had just become the WWE’s first Black tag team champions, and they had the belt and the swagger to prove it.

“The Nashville years were prior to Pennsylvania and were a lot harder for him,” Bradley Constant, who costars as teenage Rock, observes. “It was just a lot tougher, and he started demystifying Rocky and learning how to be comfortable being uncomfortable.”

Also explored are Dwayne’s post-college years during the time he moved to Canada to play for the Calgary Stampeders after the NFL didn’t draft him. Not only was he colder and broker than he’d ever been before, but he was miles away from his family and his then-girlfriend Dany.

“If you’ve been to university, then you know those struggles after you graduate,” Uli Latukefu, who plays the eldest Rock, teases. “Dwayne had more of those struggles, but that’s also when he drops down to his ‘seven bucks’ moment, and there is eventually a huge turnaround for him.”