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Sean
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Dwayne
Johnson
Dwayne
Johnson
is
not
playing
checkers;
he’s
playing
chess,
thanks
to
his
deal
with
TKO
Holdings.
When
The
Rock
asks
the
millions
and
MILLIONS
of
fans
around
the
globe
if
“they
smell
what
the
rock
is
cooking?”
or
uses
some
of
his
other
iconic
catchphrases
and
nicknames,
he
can
do
so
knowing
he
owns
the
intellectual
rights
to
them.
Spotted
on
Variety,
Dwayne
Johnson
gained
the
rights
to
a
plethora
of
nicknames,
insults,
and
catchphrases
he
famously
used
during
his
wrestling
career,
like
“Candy
Ass”
and
“Jabroni.”
Per
Variety:
As announced
last
month,
Johnson
has
the
rights
to
his
famous
ring
name,
“The
Rock.”
In
its
10-K
filing
Feb.
27
with
the
SEC,
TKO
revealed
two
dozen
additional
names
and
taglines
—
previously
the
property
of
WWE
—
that
are
now
in
Johnson’s
control.
Here’s
the
full
list:
“The
Rock,”
“Rocky
Maivia,”
“Team
Corporate,”
“Rock
Nation,”
“The
Nation,”
“Roody
Poo,”
“Candy
Ass,”
“Jabroni,”
“If
you
smell
what
The
Rock
is
cooking,”
“The
Samoan
Sensation,”
“The
Blue
Chipper,”
“The
Brahma
Bull,”
“The
People’s
Champion,”
“The
Great
One,”
“Know
Your
Role
and
Shut
Your
Mouth,”
“Team
Bring
It,”
“The
Rock
Just
Bring
It,”
“The
People’s
Elbow,”
“Rock
Bottom,”
“Finally,
The
Rock
has
come
back
to…,”
“It
doesn’t
matter
what…,”
“Blue
Hell,”
“The
millions…
(and
millions),”
“Rockpocalypse,”
“Project
Rock”
and
“The
most
electrifying
man
in
sports
and
entertainment.”
As
part
of
his
agreement
with
TKO,
the
parent
company
of
the
Vince
McMahon-less
WWE,
he
now
also
owns
the
rights
to
“all
other
nicknames,
caricatures,
voice,
signature,
gestures,
routines,
costumes
or
parts
of
costumes,
accessories
[and]
crowns,”
used
during
his
beloved
wrestling
career.
The
Rock
laid
the
smackdown
with
this
agreement.
