I didn't have to win, and winning wasn't important to me. Being world champion wasn't important to me. What was important to me was entertaining the audience, and whether that meant winning, losing, singing, or whatever it was on the live show we were doing every week, which was awesome, I was game for it.

He was initially reluctant to take the name but was persuaded by Vince McMahon and Jim Ross. Johnson hosted the 2009 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards on March 28. Johnson was a college football player.

Johnson was a college football player. For this role he was paid US$5. He is the sixth WWF/E Triple Crown Champion and the winner of the 2000 Royal Rumble.