Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson gave his Uncle Tonga a customized Ford pickup truck for Christmas, almost 20 years after Tonga helped out his “broke” nephew when he needed some wrestling gear. The Rock shared the amazing story on Instagram.

“So we walk outside and I said “Uncle how do you like my truck?” He said, “Whoooaaa nephew it’s beautiful… I love it!” I said “Good ’cause it’s yours.”

The Rock wrote that when the WWE gave him his first big break after he started out in the United States Wrestling Association, Uncle Tonga gave him a pair of wrestling trunks to wear for his tryout match in front of Vince McMahon.

“I get a call from WWE saying ‘Vince McMahon wants to see you wrestle immediately. He’s flying you to RAW tomorrow and you’ll have a tryout match.’ I thought holy that’s awesome, buuuut there’s a few problems: For me, I wasn’t just having “a tryout match”, because I had never actually HAD a real match in my life. Ever. WWE thought that I already had multiple matches under my belt, but little did they know. What they also didn’t know was that I was broke as hell and didn’t actually own wrestling gear – no boots, knee pads or most importantly.. wrestling trunks. I went to Sports Authority and bought some bright ass white volleyball knee pads, called my Uncle and asked if he had ANY trunks I could use for my tryout. He said all I have is a pair of shiny purple trunks (purple was his signature color), I told him I don’t care if the trunks are all the colors of Skittles, I’ll happily wear them. When I picked the trunks up from him I’ll never forget the monster hug he gave me, look me in the eyes and said, “I’m so proud of you. Go get ’em nephew!”

King Haku, who also wrestled under the names Tonga and Meng, started his career in Japan and came to WWE in 1986, where he would become a one-time tag team champion with André The Giant. Here he is facing The Undertaker in Yokohama, Japan, in 1992.

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