TV Guide Canada:
MAX MANIA!!!
The Rock Talks About Wrestling's Biggest Day oF The Year



(Precious thanks to Sarah B. for being nice enough to send me a copy of this guide...I appreciate it alot girl...you Rock!!)

      Life is good for ``The People´s Champion.´´ His major-motion-picture debut in ``The Mummy Returns´´ is slated for a May 4 release, and when he´s not crisscrossing the country for weekly television tapings for ``Raw´´ and ``WWF Smackdown,´´ he´s in Los Angeles doing preproduction on ``The Scorpion King,´´ a spinoff featuring his ``Mummy Returns´´ character.
      So with his career firing on all cylinders, how does he find time for ``Wrestlemania?´´

      ``That´s easy,´´ he says. ``It´s the biggest day of the year for us. As a performer, it´s such a special event - not only to go to `Wrestlemania,´ but to be the headliner.´´

      Over the years, the Rock says, ``Wrestlemania´´ has evolved into one of the most unpredictable nights of the year for all the characters in television´s wildest soap opera.
      ``It´s the pinnacle of all our story lines throughout the year,´´ he says, ``but it´s also the beginning of some new stories. Everything we work for, and work toward, will ultimately culminate at `Wrestlemania.´´´    

   What has the potential to be a huge year for the Rock - a.k.a. Dwayne Johnson - has already gotten off to a good start. During a recent conversation with Maria Shriver, she mentioned that her husband, Arnold Schwarzenegger, liked the Rock's work.
      ``That was mind-boggling,´´ he says. ``To get an anointment from a guy of that magnitude was quite humbling.´´
      Any chance of a co-starring gig in the future?       ``Imagine that, the Rock and Ah-nuld,´´ he says with a laugh, doing a passable imitation of Schwarzenegger´s Austrian accent. ``He says `I´ll be back,´ and the Rock says `Just bring it.´       ``It would be catch phrases galore in that movie!´´