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During the Jan. 13, 2023, episode of 'Young Rock,' the titular personality mentioned "Chad Frost" is a pseudonym for another wrestler. So, who is he?

For those unaware, the 3rd season of NBC's acclaimed sitcom Young Rock delves additional into the one and only Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's wrestling occupation. From exploring his legendary heel flip to unveiling the origins of his notorious rebrand from Rocky Maivia to "The Rock," Season 3 is, as The Miz says, "must-see TV."

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The 3rd installment additionally comprises numerous familiar faces from that iconic generation of wrestling, including Bret Hart, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Mick Foley, Triple H, and ... Chad Frost? The latter wrestler used to be offered in Episode 8, titled "Going Heavy," and has left many diehard WWE fans at a loss for words. So, who the heck is this "Chad Frost"? Let's examine.

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Who is Chad Frost in 'Young Rock'?

Season 3, Episode 8 of Young Rock takes position in 1998 and sees a tender Dwayne Johnson attaining a lot luck in the WWF because the breakout famous person of the Nation of Domination. While things are going smartly in the hoop, backstage is a unconditionally different story.

Enter Chad Frost, a wrestler clad in an all-denim ensemble and wearing a waist-length ponytail who badmouths Dwayne to Vince McMahon to stay the Samoan wrestler from transferring up the company's ranks. In the episode, he's described as one of the most WWF's top stars on the time; then again, it's revealed by the use of narration that Chad Frost isn't real and that the nature is merely a pseudonym for the actual wrestler who attempted to sabotage Dwyane's occupation.

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Although the 50-year-old actor never says who Chad Frost is a pseudonym for, he does note, "That guy never turned out to be a friend. And I'll just leave it there." Of path, WWE fans in an instant discovered Dwayne used to be speaking about Shawn Michaels. He was once some of the WWE's best superstars in the '90s till a back harm pressured him to quickly retire.

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"The Rock got that forever beef with Shawn Michaels," one fan tweeted. "Called him Chad Frost on Young Rock." Another added, "Apparently they don’t even call Bald head HBK by his name on Young Rock and call him Chad Frost instead? Yeah, that beef is FOREVER." Wait, what pork? Stick around to be told more about The Rock and Shawn Michaels's feud.

The Rock and Shawn Michaels had real-life pork.

Let's get one this instantly — The Rock and Shawn Michaels have never liked each and every different, and they never will, but why?

According to Bret Hart, the "Heartbreak Kid" severely bullied The Rock in his early days with the WWE. During an episode of his Confessions of the Hitman podcast, the 65-year-old Hall of Famer printed, "a lot of the wrestlers would give him a hard time in those days, a really hard time, enough to try to break him and get him to quit and they almost succeeded."

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Bret said he appeared out for The Rock, mentioning, "I can remember going to bat for Dwayne quite a few times and kind of looking out for him, Owen [Hart] too. I think Owen and I had a lot to do with sort of looking out for him when he first came down. [The Rock] was kind of a marked guy."

He added that the bullying stemmed from jealousy, noting, "Just seeing someone that is a nice kid climbing the ladder bothered someone like Shawn Michaels or bothered Triple H so much that they couldn't see passed it. They worked on him and worked on him, and it was pretty clear to me."

New episodes of Young Rock air Fridays at 8:30 p.m. EST on NBC.

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