The Rock's daughter makes shocking WWE NXT debut as Ava Raine

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Ava Raine, the daughter of WWE legend Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, stunned the pro wrestling audience Tuesday night when she was revealed to be the last member of Joe Gacy’s faction.

Gacy was addressing the crowd as the leader of The Schism while wrestlers in yellow masks stood on a podium behind him. Rip Fowler and Jagger Reid had already been revealed as members of the group.

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Simone Johnson, daughter of Dwayne Johnson, delivers her first WWE wrestling promo at Englewood Neighborhood Center on July 9, 2022. (Jay Reddick/Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

"Our mission statement is clear: Remove your mask and join The Schism," Gacy said, "or be torn down."

Raine stood on the podium between Fowler and Reid. When she removed her mask, the crowd appeared to be shocked.

"The love and acceptance The Schism has given me, defies any preconceived notions of who I’m supposed to be," she said. "This family completes me. I am Ava Raine."

Raine’s real name is Simone Johnson. She is the daughter of The Rock and his first wife Dany Garcia. She began training at the WWE Performance Center in February 2020 and signed a contract with the company three months later.

Dwayne Johnson and his daughter Simone Alexandra Johnson attend the premiere of "Skyscraper" in New York City on July 10, 2018. (KENA BETANCUR/AFP via Getty Images)

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There was some backlash over her ring name back in May, but she put it to bed in a tweet.

"I probably sound like a broken record & hopefully this is the last i’ll mention this but i don’t understand why people being portrayed as separate individuals from their family name is such a heated topic," she wrote. "A name doesn’t discredit any prior accomplishments from any family."

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson poses after putting his hands in cement during his hand and footprints ceremony in the forecourt of the TCL Chinese Theatre in celebration of his movie "San Andreas" in Hollywood on May 19, 2015. (REUTERS/Danny Moloshok)

She is the first fourth-generation wrestler in WWE history. Her grandfather Rocky Johnson and great-grandfather Peter Maivia were both professional wrestlers who performed in the previous iterations of WWE — the World Wrestling Federation and the World Wide Wrestling Federation.