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 ...

Born in American Samoa in 1967, Peter Maivia moved to ... Peter Maivia's last wrestling match was in 1982. High Chief Peter Maivia died of cancer. Lia Maivia, the wife of Peter Maivia, was ...

A natural in the wrestling ring and on the silver screen, The Rock’s extraordinary talents can be traced to his grandfather, the esteemed High Chief Peter ... Maivia emerged as Samoa’s premier ...

Johnson's grandfather, "The High Chief" Peter Maivia, was a top wrestling star all over the world in the 1970s, and his grandmother, Lia Maivia, was one of the first female professional wrestling ...

What began with High Chief Peter Maivia was passed on to nephews Afa & Sika, who took WWE by storm in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s. Arthur "Afa" Anoa'i began his career being trained by his ...

Polynesian Pro Wrestling is formed by High Chief Peter Maivia, grandfather of Dwayne Johnson, and later run by his grandmother Lia, one of the first female wrestling promoters.