5 WWE stars who majored in surprising subjects in college

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#2 The Rock - Criminology

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Rock "The Dwayne" Johnson

At this point, we don't really need to tell you who The Rock is. The Great One. The Most Electrifying Man in Entertainment. The Guy Whose Cooking He's Wondering If You Can Smell. That Guy From Jumanji. Yeah, you get it.

It's also fairly common knowledge among wrestling fans that the man who now guys by Dwayne Johnson (since that's, you know, his name) attended the University of Miami, where he was a football standout for the school at Defensive Tackle. In fact, he was on the team that won the 1991 NCAA National Championship game. Of course, a pro football career really wasn't in the cards for Johnson, who then tried his hand at pro wrestling and that turned out... OK, I guess.

What's not as commonly known is what he actually majored in. That's right, The Rock didn't just play football at Miami - he got an education there, too. In 1995, Johnson graduated with a Bachelor of General Studies in the fields of Criminology and Physiology. Basically, if The Rock wasn't going to lay the smackdown on his opponents on either the football field or the wrestling ring, he was going to do it to gosh darn criminals.

"Nobody breaks the law in The Rock's town, if you smellllllllllllllllllllll-la-la-la-la...."

Interestingly enough, one of his more iconic roles would be that of government agent Luke Hobbs in the Fast & Furious film series, in which he... well... chases criminals.

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