Vancouver’s Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson Day

Oct 20, 2017 | 7:27 PM Clinton Herman

On Thursday Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson proclaimed October 19th , 2017 as “Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson Day“. The proclamation made mention of Johnson’s CFL career that began and ended in Vancouver and they also threw in a WWE-ism:

” Yes, we do smell what the Rock is cookin‘”

Gregor thanked The Rock for bringing $2 Billion in revenue to the city and creating over 3,000 jobs. The thing is the Mayor didn’t let anyone know about “The Rock Proc” until the day after…

It’s official: The Rock Day. Such a cool (and bad ass) honor to have the Mayor of Vancouver, Gregor Robertson, present this proclamation to me last night on set. I’m a grateful man to be in the business of making big movies and entertainment that serve multiple purposes around the world. One of those critical purposes is providing jobs for thousands of hard working people, local businesses and economies every time we bring a production to town. Jobs and opportunities for people. And free waffles for me. Thank you Mayor and your staff for being so gracious and welcoming to myself and our entire production crew to your city. And thank you for this honor and thanks for being such a cool guy. Vancouver will always hold a special place in my DNA. Next time drinks on me.. #ItsOfficial #TheRockProc #October19th #Vancouver #TheRockDay ✊🏾

A post shared by therock (@therock) on Oct 20, 2017 at 3:18pm PDT

And big thanks @TheRock + team for making #Skyscraper movie in #Vancouver. 3000+ people working on set this week - phenomenal! pic.twitter.com/derbJTVu7o
— Gregor Robertson (@MayorGregor) October 20, 2017

The CBC reported that Robertson “brought along the proclamation as a surprise” last night, and that it wasn’t Tweeted until Friday because “he visited later on at night and wanted to proclaim it together with the Rock.”

When asked about the delayed timeline The People’s Champ said “IT DOESN’T MATTER!”