The Rock has been getting some positive coverage this week after he ruined his cellphone while jumping in a pool to save one of his new French Bulldogs this past weekend. The Rock posted the following on Instagram.
https://instagram.com/p/7WKo6fIh2Y/
He later posted this update on the situation.
https://instagram.com/p/7ZeYrbIh9u/
– WWE averaged 4,948 paid fans to live events in the month of July this year, not including the WWE Battleground event. The numbers are in line with the average in July of 2014, as that month averaged 4,948 as well, however in July of 2013 the average was 5,544 and the average in July of 2012 was 5,464.
– Based on main events for the WWE live events, Dean Ambrose vs. Seth Rollins for the WWE title drew an average of 4,813 paid fans. Kevin Owens vs. John Cena matches drew an average of 6,583 paid fans. By comparison, the Cena vs. Bray Wyatt headline matches in the summer of 2014 drew 6,000 paid fans.
– WWE shipped 137,000 DVD units in the month of July in 2015, which was down 25 percent from 182,000 units shipped in July of 2014, 231,000 in July of 2013 and 357,000 in July of 2012.
– The most-shipped WWE DVD in the past nine months was WrestleMania 31 with 109,000 units sold, followed by WWE Slam City with 101,000 units, WWE Attitude Era Volume 2 with 66,000 units, The Rock vs. John Cena with 65,000 units and The Randy Savage Story with 62,000 units.
(Credit: Wrestling Observer Newsletter)
– WWE is running a new poll for the John Cena book that is scheduled to be released in 2016. Results of the poll will be revealed in the book. WWE asks fans which John Cena “first” is their favorite. The options are as follows:
* First STF, against Chris Masters in November 2005
* First pay-per-view win, against Chris Jericho at Vengeance 2002
* First WWE Championship Match, against Brock Lesnar at Backlash 2003
* First Tribute to the Troops appearance (alongside “Stone Cold” Steve Austin) in 2003
* First televised Steel Cage Match, against Edge on Oct. 2, 2006
* First WrestleMania appearance, a rap at WrestleMania XIX
You can vote in the poll at WWE.com.
– The Rock recently had a meeting for Disney’s “Jungle Cruise” movie that he will be starring in. Rock mentioned that their goal is to “push the envelope in a smart, edgy, especially fun way.” He posted the following on Instagram:
Pumped to kick off the writing for our Disney’s JUNGLE CRUISE. Great meeting w/ our writers Requa & Ficarra who last wrote and directed FOCUS w/ Will Smith and BAD SANTA w/ Billy Bob Thornton. Our goal is to push the envelope in a smart, edgy, epically fun way. Johnny Depp raised the bar with PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN.. now it’s our turn at bat to take an iconic Disney attraction and hopefully turn it into something dope and cool. I’ll keep y’all posted along the way. Here we go…
https://instagram.com/p/7Gz01rohy5/
WWE’s Kyle Edwards posted a clip from “This Week In WWE History” that led to an exchange between The Rock and Paul Heyman, looking at Brock Lesnar defeating The Rock at SummerSlam 2002 to become the youngest WWE Champion in history.
They discussed who had the best rookie year in WWE history, with The Rock naming Jimmy Snukka and Brock Lesnar and Heyman obviously agreeing with The Rock about Lesnar.
@KyleEdwardsWWE @HeymanHustle @WWE Two greatest rookie yrs would be Snuka in 82 and Brock. Within months both primed to carry the company
— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) August 27, 2015
I fail to see any debate. Is it a slow news day? @BrockLesnar is #Beast4Business! @KyleEdwardsWWE @TheRock @WWE https://t.co/PHSCcK0tv5
— Paul Heyman (@HeymanHustle) August 27, 2015
. @TheRock @KyleEdwardsWWE @WWE Thou shalt not dispute Dwayne Johnson's assessment of @BrockLesnar's rookie year! Debate settled!
— Paul Heyman (@HeymanHustle) August 27, 2015
Dear @WWEUniverse This must be a rhetorical question. @BrockLesnar had the greatest rookie year EVER! @WWE @TheRock #Beast4Business
— Paul Heyman (@HeymanHustle) August 27, 2015
During Saturday’s WWE NXT Takeover Brooklyn event, a video package aired hyping the debut of a new women’s wrestler, Nia Jax.
Nia Jax (real name Lina Fanene) is the real-life cousin of The Rock and a former college basketball star. She signed with WWE back in May and is one of the largest women’s wrestlers WWE has ever signed. Jax has teamed with Eva Marie at WWE live events and is being looked at as “the next Awesome Kong.”
Last August, she was involved in a bad accident with The Rock’s mother when the two were struck by a drunk driver. Thankfully there were no serious injuries – with The Rock posting an emotional message on Instagram shortly thereafter.
https://instagram.com/p/rhhV7iIh0u/
– After Tuesday’s SmackDown tapings went off the air, Seth Rollins attacked Dean Ambrose from behind while Ambrose was calling out Bray Wyatt. Rollins cut a promo about being the man in WWE and went to Pedigree Ambrose, but it was blocked and Ambrose nailed him with Dirty Deeds to end the show.
– WWE Hall of Famer Trish Stratus tweeted the following about Tough Enough winner Sara Lee and the Divas Revolution, questioning why Natalya hasn’t been involved in the movement:
So will @ToughSara fit into the #DivasRevolution? With all the trifectas, she may need partners … & still I ask #WheresNattie@NatbyNature
— Trish Stratus (@trishstratuscom) August 26, 2015
– Variety reports that Sunday’s season finale of The Rock’s “Ballers” on HBO averaged 1.43 million viewers, down from last week’s 1.57 million. Ballers was HBO’s highest-rating comedy series of this decade. The Rock tweeted:
It's official: You've made season 1 of #BALLERS @HBO's most watched comedy of the decade. Thank y'all so much. ?? ?? pic.twitter.com/CyO4fZma9Q
— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) August 26, 2015
– Following the episode with Dave Scherer that drops this evening, Jim Ross’ next “Ross Report” guest will be former UFC Heavyweight Champion and New Japan Pro Wrestling’s AXS TV announcer Josh Barnett. The show will be available on Tuesday, September 1st at PodcastOne.com.
– On Tuesday, The Rock tweeted the following in response to a WWE Network link to a Rock vs. Brock Lesnar match from SummerSlam 2002, where Lesnar defeated Rock to become the youngest WWE Champion in history.
We poured blood & sweat around the world together. The fun we had. Pleasure "Doin' the honors" for my boy & the biz. https://t.co/S4R0WguSO9
— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) August 25, 2015
– WWE recently posted the following Tough Enough “Digital Extra,” which looks at Booker T’s favorite phrases on the set..
The Hollywood Reporter reports that Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is teaming up with Disney to star in a big screen adaptation of the popular Jungle Cruise theme park ride.
Disney has been trying to get the movie going for over a decade. As one of Disneyland’s original attractions, the Jungle Cruise takes riders through Africa’s Nile and Congo rivers. The Rock commented:
“[Disney production president] Sean Bailey and Disney have been awesome partners and now the fun part begins … We’re starting to put in the work with Requa and Ficarra and our creative team. Fired up about this one. Here we go.”
John Requa and Glenn Ficarra (“Focus”). The movie is already in early development.
MTV.com recently spoke with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson about the new movie he will be starring in, which will be based on the old hit television series “Baywatch.”
Above is a video of the interview. Below are some of the highlights.
On hiring the right people to ensure the movie is of quality: “We’ve all taken great care, and steps, into making sure that we do it right. We hired really great writers. We have a really director on board, Seth Gordon… he’s got a great vision.”
On what type of film fans can expect: “We want to make a big movie — a fun beach movie. [We want to] bring the beach movie back to the world, but also have something that has edge and has badass action and really dirty, rated-R humor, which is right in my wheelhouse.”
On the casting for the film: “The casting of ’Baywatch’ has become such a thing. We’ve cast Zac Efron, and now this is the fun thing about it. Who’s going to play C.J.? I can’t tell you the amount of calls we’ve been getting from the most gorgeous actresses and models in the world, from their agents and managers. They all want to be C.J.”
Roman Reigns and Nikki Bella appeared on Fox Sports’ The Buzz with Jimmy Traina to hype WWE SummerSlam and discuss WWE’s charity auction taking place at CharityBuzz.com/WWE.
Reigns spoke about the fan who threw the MITB briefcase into the ring, his worst in-ring injury and memories of Roddy Piper and Dusty Rhodes. Nikki spoke about John Cena’s recovery from a broken nose, the Divas revolution and more.
Reigns revealed that he found out that he wouldn’t be winning the WWE World Heavyweight championship at WrestleMania 31 the night before the show, after the Hall of Fame ceremony.
He also commented on the possibility of his cousin The Rock making an appearance at SummerSlam next Sunday.
“I wanna tell you, but I don’t want to give anything away.”
You can read a more highlights from the podcast at FoxSports.com.
– WWE’s Chief Brand Officer Stephanie McMahon cashed out over $2 million of WWE stock this week, selling 46,794 shares on Monday ($1,012,622) and another 59,137 shares on Tuesday ($1,222,953).
– Men’s Journal has published a feature ranking the 18 fittest WWE Superstars. The Rock topped the list, followed by Brock Lesnar, Seth Rollins, Sheamus and Cesaro, rounding out the top 5.
– Roddy Piper’s family was in attendance for last night’s WWE SmackDown tapings in Portland, Oregon, where the family lived for several years. The family was sitting at ringside as Eden opened the SmackDown tapings with a tribute and video package to Piper.
– The Hollywood Reporter has announced that Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has signed on to star in the big scree adaptation of the hit 90’s TV show Baywatch. Seth Gordon (‘Horrible Bosses’) will be directing, with Hollywood heartthrob Zac Effron currently in talks to appear alongside The Rock. According to THR:
“The story centers on a by-the-book and very serious lifeguard (Johnson) who is forced to team up with a young rule-flouting hothead (Efron) in order to save their beach from environmental destruction at the hands of an oil tycoon.”
– Triple H announced on Twitter that next Saturday night’s NXT Takeover: Brooklyn live special from the Barclays Center is officially sold out.
It's official #NXTTakeOver: Brooklyn is
S O L D O U T!! Record crowd of 13,000+ @barclayscenter #ThankYou #WeAreNXT pic.twitter.com/WqUq1qZWg8— Triple H (@TripleH) August 10, 2015
– 2K ANZ tweeted this photo of Shawn Michaels delivering Sweet Chin Music to Bo Dallas over the weekend at WWE’s live event from Brisbane:
Something tells us @ShawnMichaels doesn't Bolieve. #WWEBrisbane pic.twitter.com/bTTFE0qXcf
— 2K ANZ (@2K_ANZ) August 6, 2015
– This weekend, while performing at an NXT live event in Lakeland, NXT Champion Finn Balor, who will face Kevin Owens at NXT Takeover Brooklyn this month hit his head off the ceiling.
Balor attached a photo along with his tweet where he joked that he blew the roof off the building, it looks like Balor was performing his Coup De Grace.
The NXT Champion was defending his title against Solomon Crowe and it was said that Crowe held his own to earn his place in the main event.
Check out the tweet below:
Literally blew the roof off #NXTLakeland #ouch #BálorClub pic.twitter.com/nuBNyhozeo
— Finn Bálor (@FinnBalor) August 1, 2015
– The Rock took to Twitter yesterday (August 2nd) to praise Kevin Owens for his match against Finn Balor last month at the Beast in the East special on the WWE Network:
@MartyDeRosa @FightOwensFight Awesome. Keep up the great work KO. (watched your match w @wwebalor from Japan – incredible). ????
— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) August 2, 2015
– Following the controversy ahead of the UFC 190 event on Saturday night where UFC President called wrestling “fake”, he took to Twitter yesterday to say he was joking:
@MLPChristian69 I pissed off wrestling fans? I respect wrestling and the people who do it. I was just responding to an idiot. It was a joke
— danawhite (@danawhite) August 2, 2015
Last night the world was shocked to learn that WWE Hall of Famer “Rowdy” Roddy Piper had passed away from cardiac arrest at the age of 61.
Ever since the news broke, tributes have continued to appear from stars in the wrestling world and beyond, some of these can be seen below:
https://instagram.com/p/50bZxhoh0d/
https://twitter.com/cyndilauper/status/627261652203868160
When things were simple, he lit my way and gave me purpose. Meeting him was a thrill. His friendship was cherished.His death, heartbreaking.
— player/coach (@CMPunk) August 1, 2015
Thanks Hotrod. Rest in Power. pic.twitter.com/OxHDblzMlM
— player/coach (@CMPunk) August 1, 2015
#RoddyPiper will live on in our hearts forever. #ThankYouPiper #RIPRoddy
— KENTA aka Lil’K (@KENTAG2S) August 1, 2015
One of the best, a Canadian entertainer, #HotRod will be missed. Your promos will forever be a patch on the quilt of my wrestling foundation
— Trish Stratus (@trishstratuscom) August 1, 2015
https://twitter.com/FightOwensFight/status/627250188403392513
While promoting the HBO dramedy series Ballers at the Television Critics Association’s press tour in Beverly Hills, California on Thursday, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson was asked about Hulk Hogan (real name Terry Bollea), whose termination from WWE last week coincided with the publication by the National Enquirer and Radar Online of racist remarks allegedly made by the wrestling legend on a leaked sex tape.
“I was pretty disappointed with what I heard, like all of us, by the way,” said Johnson. “I’ve known Terry for a lot of years, my dad helped train him in Florida in the ’70s when he was breaking into the business. My uncles helped train him too as well. I have not known the man to be racist.”
Johnson adds that while there’s no justification for what Hogan said, he believes everyone has “talked trash,” especially in private.
“It’s funny, it’s one of those things where—and not justifying what he said—we’ve all talked trash, especially in private,” said Johnson. “He said what he said, and he’s paying the price.”
– Former independent wrestling sensation Uhaa Nation, who has been getting rave reviews for his work at recent NXT live events, is now using a new theme song. Coincidentally enough, the song was featured on the first episode of TNA Impact Wrestling on Destination America. There is currently no word yet as to whether or not this will be his permanent theme song. You can check out the song below.
https://youtu.be/tlbYPBqhaak
– The Rock and Kevin Hart took part in a photo shoot for their new film, “Central Intelligence” on Sunday. The Rock posted the following clip from the shoot.
https://instagram.com/p/5ng4Jtoh8n/
WWE Hall Of Famer Jim Ross updated his official blog on Monday with his latest thoughts and opinions on a number of topics. Below are some of the highlights:
On the Hulk Hogan controversy: “Hulk Hogan remains in the news and is likely to continue to do so until another celebrity story breaks. Hulk arguably would be helped if he laid low on Twitter for a few weeks. Hopefully Hulk has retained PR professionals, a sensitivity training expert and he decides to stop trying to rehabilitate his image on social media at least for the time being. I am a big believer in forgiveness and have no reason to believe that Hogan can’t or won’t be forgiven in time if he goes about it in a sincere, thought out manner. Even if some believe that Hulk did nothing wrong, his public image, of which he earns a living, has taking the big leg drop and it needs rehabilitated.
In my years of dealing with Hogan I never knew of him being a racist or having racist behavior. I can’t read his mind or look into his soul but can only respond to what I’ve personally witnessed and that is I would never earmark him as being racist based on my interactions with him.
No matter how one comments on this hot button issue, many will disagree. That’s fine as long as the dialog remains civil which is often times impossible to achieve on social media platforms such as Twitter.”
On tonight’s RAW: “OKC hosts RAW tonight on the night over the years that Ol JR usually had a long evening at the office but not tonight as I will be interviewing Patrick Clark about being shockingly eliminated off Tough Enough last week for the Ross Report that drops tomorrow night (Tuesday) at 9 pm ET on podcastone.com, iTunes and here on the homepage of our website. Should be some compelling stuff.”
On The Rock’s new HBO show: “Loved @ShoRayDonovan, @BallersHBO and @TrueDetective Sunday night as I watched each episode twice. Very proud of the production and performance of my friend @TheRock on Ballers. Ballers reminds me a bit of some of the wrestlers during the Monday Night Wars who were making silly money during that time and thought that it would never end and now are suffering the consequences. Hopefully, Ballers will be a wake up call to those athletes (NFL. NBA. etc) and entertainment performers who feel bullet proof and that the Golden Goose will live forever.”
Check out the complete blog at JRsBarBQ.com. You can also order JR’s Bar-B-Q products online at WWEShop.com.
Earlier this month, former WWE trainer Dr. Tom Prichard appeared on the Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling and spoke about a number of topics.
The former tag team champion spoke about Seth Rollins being the future of the WWE, what he taught The Rock, what made things easy in his own matches, and much more.
If you want to check out the interview in full, you can do so at this link, you can also check out highlights from the podcast below:
On why Seth Rollins was chosen as “The Future of the WWE”:
Rollins had that cocksure-ness, he knew he was good, and he was good, he was great. He and Ambrose had their angle in FCW, that was our top angle up until they went to the Performance Center. You knew that Roman Reigns was going to be great because he had the stock, he came from the stock they wanted.
Now, the way it turned out, once again, you have to peel back the layers and look at the business end of things, how does Seth Rollins get in that position? Seth’s a smart guy, Ambrose is a smart guy but I don’t know if he is as good a politician as Seth Rollins is, and that’s not taking anything away from Seth but you have to know how to play the game and you have to know who is running the game up there.
Seth got in with the right people and he has talent and he had everything going for him. Ambrose, I thought was very talented but there were some in FCW who didn’t think he had the look or the talent to be a top guy.
They were high on Reigns from the start because he had the family background, he had everything going for him, Ambrose and Rollins were going to be bit players in FCW that was the take on them but as time went on and other factors came into play, The Shield came about and they fractioned off and they became.
On what he was able to teach The Rock:
I don’t know that I was able to teach him that much. He came in August and debuted in October and had been in Memphis for a year and we just trained and worked out at that time with Achim (Brakkus) and Mark Henry.
He was a young kid, a great guy, had the Chia Pet haircut and you knew he had talent but once again you couldn’t tell, no one could tell at that time that he was going to be as big as he is today, but he had personality. To go over his finish, I gave him the shoulder-breaker, well, that was terrible.
I worked some of his first matches on the road and worked with him in the warehouse in the ring on a daily basis. He had that charisma, he had that personality but once again, you looked at him and he was this smiling, good looking kid with a Chia Pet haircut coming out and wanting everybody to cheer him and it just didn’t work.
People were revolting against that typical baby-face guy from back then and it was to his advantage because he knew and he understood once it was explained to him, once he got the feel of it, once he got to be who he really is, it was that smart-Alec come back with a comment kind of guy. That really gave him a platform, I had no idea that his goal in life was to be the performer or the actor that he is.
A player for the Jacksonville Sharks arena football team dropped the People’s Elbow on one of his teammates during a touchdown celebration at Saturday night’s game against the Tampa Bay Storm to earn the Sharks a spot in the playoffs.
Sharks player Tiger Jones dropped The Rock’s famous ove on lineman Moqut Ruffins after a touchdown. Wideout London Crawford would then go for the pin, getting the three count from referee (receiver) Joe Hills.
The Rock took notice of the end zone celebration and gave his stamp of approval.
This People's Elbow is awesome. Right after a touchdown and in the end zone. Boy's are havin' fun! #SharksGottaEat https://t.co/JXUoHwcThv
— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) July 26, 2015
– There has been some talk of having WWE SummerSlam be a four-hour pay-per-view event this year, however as of last word, the plan is to keep it the traditional three-hour show, not including the Kickoff Show on the WWE Network prior to the main show.
– The Rock’s mother Ata Johnson and his daughter Simone were in attendance at the NXT live event in Miami, Florida on Friday. Below is a photo of them at the show with Eva Marie, Jonathan Coyle and NXT Diva Lina Fanene, who is the cousin of The Rock.
https://instagram.com/p/5ihKvFk-Xt/
Deadline.com has released new information regarding The Rock’s upcoming movie project ‘Rampage’ based on the popular 1980’s arcade video game.
Brad Peyton has signed on to direct the New Line Cinema film about three giant monsters (a gorilla, a wolf and a lizard) that wreak havoc on various cities and landmarks across the United States. Peyton and The Rock just teamed up for San Andreas, which has grossed over $460 million worldwide since it opened on May 29th.
The Rock’s character will be “standing in the path” of the three giant monsters and will fight to save the day once again.
Rampage begins production in summer 2016 (after Rock finishes Fast & Furious 8) and is scheduled for a 2017 release.
WWE United States Champion John Cena recently spoke with MTV U.K. to promote the new Judd Apatow film “Trainwreck,” which he has a part in. Below are some of the highlights from the interview.
On wanting to do wrestling and movies at the same time, unlike The Rock: “My life is with WWE. And at 38 years old I tell everybody I feel as strong and as good as ever. I think you can check out Monday Night Raw and watch any US Open challenge and my actions speak for themselves. When opportunities like this come up, I’m going to do it for the same reason that Dwayne has done what he’s done. Him being such a success has just gotten more eyeballs on WWE and that’s my goal. So when opportunities like this come up, I’m going to go for it. But unlike Dwayne I won’t take a sabbatical to do so, I take nothing away from his accomplishments – he is the most successful WWE superstar ever.”
On having respect for The Rock: “A few years back I was just too ignorant to see his vision. It is amazing after beating somebody up, how much respect you have for them. But what he was doing was absolutely correct, for where he wanted to go – he’s there tenfold now. Hopefully I can ride a little bit on his wing.”
Check out the complete interview at MTV.co.uk.
The Rock put his comedic abilities on display for all of his fans this week, as the part-time WWE Superstar “trolled” his followers on social media with a fake video.
Seen below is a video from The Rock’s official Instagram page which appears to show “The Brahma Bull” suffering from a serious finger injury on the set of his new film, “Central Intelligence.”
Despite the solid acting performance from one of Hollywood’s finest, The Rock was simply trolling his followers, as Variety reports that a New Line representative confirmed with them that the video was just a joke, as a prosthetic hand was used in the clip.
https://instagram.com/p/5IVA7ioh15/
WWE Hall Of Famer Sgt. Slaughter recently spoke with Scott Fishman of the Miami Herald about a number of subjects. Below are some of the highlights from the interview.
On a possible match between The Rock and Brock Lesnar: “That would be an incredible match. Especially now that both have matured in their businesses.”
On recruiting Kevin Nash to WWE: “Whether Shawn Michaels called him or not, I did discover Diesel in a box of tapes one time. I showed it to Vince McMahon, and he told me to give him a tryout…I’ve been around a long time. Coming up the ranks I’ve got to see those who were sons of professional wrestlers get in the ring when they were five years old. I would wrestle around with them. Guys like The Rock and Randy Orton. Just to see some of the other Samoan kids now. That’s all they thought about was professional wrestling. They would get in the ring, and we would work out with them. Now to see them blossoming the proper way to get into pro wrestling and sports entertainment business, just makes your heart feel good.”
Check out the complete interview at MiamiHerald.com.
HBO has already decided to renew The Rock’s new television series “Ballers” for a second season. The first season of the show is currently airing weekly on HBO.
Below is the official press release, as well as comments from The Rock.
HBO ORDERS SECOND SEASON OF “BALLERS”
LOS ANGELES, July 10, 2015 – HBO has renewed the series BALLERS for a second season, it was announced today by Michael Lombardo, president, HBO Programming.
“The charismatic and hugely talented Dwayne Johnson, along with the rest of the BALLERS cast, has truly struck a chord with the HBO audience,” said Lombardo. “We are thrilled with the overwhelming response the series has received and look forward to another exciting season.”
From creator Stephen Levinson (HBO’s “Entourage” and “Boardwalk Empire”), BALLERS looks at the lives of former and current football players, following former superstar Spencer Strasmore (Dwayne Johnson), who is trying to reinvent himself as a financial manager for current players in sunsoaked Miami.
BALLERS kicked off its ten-episode season Sunday, June 21 on HBO and currently debuts other episodes Sundays at 10:00 p.m. (ET/PT). Among the early critical raves, Entertainment Weekly described it as “funny” and “fast-moving,” giving the series an A-, while the Hollywood Reporter called Dwayne Johnson “magnetic,” hailing his “star performance.”
The first episode of BALLERS has already gathered 8.9 million viewers across HBO’s branded platforms, making it HBO’s most watched first episode of a half-hour series since 2009. To date, the episode has also tallied a staggering 5.6 million views on Dwayne Johnson’s Facebook page.
In addition to Dwayne Johnson, cast regulars on season one of BALLERS include John David Washington, Omar Miller, Donovan W. Carter, Troy Garity, London Brown Jazmyn Simon and Rob Corddry.
BALLERS joins a strong lineup of returning comedy series on HBO that also includes “Girls,” “Togetherness,” “Veep,” “Silicon Valley” and “Getting On.”
Season one credits: BALLERS was created by Stephen Levinson; executive produced by Stephen Levinson, Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson, Dany Garcia, Peter Berg, Evan Reilly, Rob Weiss, Julian Farino, Denis Biggs.
BIG NEWS: @HBO orders SEASON 2 of #BALLERS. All due to you – the ballin' fans – makin' our show a huge hit. #BallOuthttp://t.co/fXxANcNjOR
— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) July 10, 2015