NBC’s Young Rock Cast 1980s Vince McMahon and Randy Savage

With Young Rock, the NBC movie series about the formative years of the wrestler and the movie star Dwayne, The Rock Johnson, which will premiere on Tuesday, February 16, additional cast has been announced for the roles of a Vince owner, Vince, from the 80s. McMahon and the popular “Macho Man” Randy Savage, according to The Wrap, play comedian Adam Ray (Spy, The Heat) McMahon while Kevin Makely (Badland of 2019) plays Savage.

Click here to see Ray and Makely as their iconic wrestling characters from the 80’s.

Previously it was announced that Matthew Willig Andre will play the Giant, Nate Jackson Junkyard Dog and Brett Azar The Iron Sheik. Since Johnson grew up in the wrestling industry, with pro wrestlers on both sides of his family – his father, Rocky Johnson (played by Joseph Lee Anderson), and his mother’s pedigree from the Samoan dynasty – much of Johnson’s childhood was spent this larger personalities. Below are the official descriptions for Vince McMahon and Randy Savage:

Vince McMahon
The future WWE chairman and owner is daring, ambitious and rises rapidly through the ranks of his father’s company and is a good friend and supporter of Lia’s and a trusted confidant when it gets tough with a competitor.

“Macho Man” Randy Savage
The Macho Man is one of the everyday greats and is known for his greater style than his extraordinary personality inside and outside the ring. The young Dewey was only ten years old and enchanted with his unparalleled wrestling ability and unique promotional instinct and knew immediately that he wanted to be just like him when he grew up. His originality and memorable words were a great influence on him. Ooooh yes!