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Movie titan Dwayne Johnson appears at Sundance to promote comedy about the youngest woman to win WWE’s Divas Championship

Park City • The biggest movie star in Hollywood — in terms of box-office appeal and upper body strength — would normally look out of place among the independent, non-mainstream artists who show their works at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival.

But Sundance also likes stories about underdogs, and the movie Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson came to Park City to promote late Monday night is definitely one of those.

Johnson was in attendance at The Ray Theatre in Park City for the world premiere of “Fighting With My Family,” a comedy based on the true story of Saraya-Jade Bevis, known to the world as Paige, the English pro wrestler who went from her family’s ramshackle wrestling circuit to becoming the youngest woman ever to win the WWE’s Divas Championship.