5/2 WWE Monday Night Raw to feature the Rock’s Birthday

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Come Celebrate The Rock’s Birthday

STAMFORD, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, The Most Electrifying Man In All of Entertainment, finally returns to his hometown of Miami. One week from tonight on May 2, The Rock will celebrate his birthday with celebrities, thousands of WWE fans and all of WWE’s Superstars and Divas at the American Airlines Arena for “Monday Night Raw.”

WWE promises this will be the most raucous, entertaining and electrifying birthday celebration in history of Miami. And what is a birthday without a few special surprises? WWE Divas promise to give The Rock a birthday present he will never forget. Will The Miz spoil the celebration and blow out the Rock’s candles? Who will pop out of the cake? Who will sing “Happy Birthday”? Will John Cena give The Rock a present, if so what could it be?

Tickets are available at the American Airlines Arena box office, all Ticketmaster outlets, Ticketmaster charge by phone at 1-800-745-3000 or by visiting www.ticketmaster.com. Or tune in live on USA Network at 9/8c.

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Glazer is a former senior editor at Pulse Wrestling and editor and reviewer at The Comics Nexus.