Did you know that the world's most popular WWE wrestler named himself after a 1996 film featuring Sean Connery and Nicolas Cage? And did you know that was because Raising Arizona is his favourite film of all time and he wanted to pay sweet sweet homage to Nic Cage? No?
Ha, you idiot, I smacked you down good. That was a little bit of fake news for you there, free of charge.
What isn't fake, however, is the fact that Rocky McRockle Rock is no stranger to self-deprecation, a plus point given the fact that the sport in which he made himself a global megastar is faker than fake news.
Take his cameo appearance in The Other Guys, for example, where your man The Rock (otherwise known by his birth name Dwayne Johnson) played the role of a tough guy cop Detective Christopher Danson, who (along with Samuel L Jackson) hounded a bunch of bad guys for a small bag of weed and jumped off a skyscraper to a pointless and inexplicable death. Or his performance in The Scorpion King. It wasn't meant to be self-deprecating, but anyone who's watched it will agree it really should have been marketed as such.
During his appearance on American show Saturday Night Live last weekend, Johnson announced his decision to run for president, with Tom Hanks as his running partner. Presumably it was all a big fun joke but who can say for sure?
Something that was definitely a big fun joke was his decision to recreate his classic '90s look, a period when he ruled the wrestling world and had hair. What look is that, you say?
Credit: Saturday Night Live/NBC
Simple. Back then, Dwayne did things with a super-chill, laid-back vibe coming out of every orifice. Denim jeans. A friendship bracelet of sorts. A massive-as-fook watch (possibly a Rolex he bought with money funded from smackdowning Steve Austin), a black turtleneck jumper (because why wouldn't you wear a black turtleneck jumper?), an elegantly understated silver chain and, of course, the obligatory bumbag - or fanny-pack as they're known in America.
Ha. Fanny.
Now, just in case you're scratching your head, thinking that whole sartorial ensemble sounds like an absolute disaster of epic proportions, keep two things in mind. First, 'what's your name IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOUR NAME IS JEBRONI!' as The Rock would say.
Ahem. Second, give The Rock some credit. The original wardrobe was thrown together during the '90s, a decade when Shania Twain ruled the airwaves and this lot were considered the six coolest people on the planet.
Credit: NBC/Warner Bros
Yes, a black turtleneck, jewellery of any sort and that fanny-pack (ha, fanny) might not
seem like a good idea now, just as it probably wouldn't have seemed like a
great one even then, but fair play to the man for digging up the past for
audience members in a New York studio and tellybox fans across the globe. You
can't accuse him of being a humourless bore, and you have to credit him for
being one of the few men on the planet who can wear a black shirt on TV without
looking like a waiter from Pizza Express. Hats off to The Rockster.