While the third-generation member of that family -- The Rock -- is the most well-known, it all started with his grandfather, the legendary High Chief Peter Maivia. Maivia, born in Samoa in the ...

Lia Maivia, who is The Rock's maternal grandmother, ran the Polynesian Pro Wrestling after the death of her husband, Peter Maivia, and ran it for a few years before it was shut down in 1988.

Maivia, Johnson’s grandmother, and his late grandfather, legendary wrestler Peter “High Chief” Maivia, established one of the most prominent families in the sport. They were both Samoan.