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Dwayne Love
Former Memphian Dwayne Johnson gave the city some love last week in a heartfelt Instagram video toasting his former home.
In the “eight minutes of your life you’ll never get back,” Johnson recalled the start of his wrestling career here after being cut from a Canadian Football League team. He wrestled at WMC and The Big One Flea Market all while staying with a friend in his trailer in Walls, Mississippi. The theme of the toast was, “sometimes the thing we want most in life can be the best thing that never happened.”
“Thank you, Memphis,” he wrote. “Love you right back. My city of blues, you’ll always have a grateful place in my [black heart emoji].”
Todd Love
Former Memphian Todd Snider gave the city some love last week in a heartfelt but tongue-in-cheek Facebook post toasting his former home.
After noting that “the main thing you gotta remember about taking a trip to Memphis is that you’re going to get mugged, so don’t take a bunch of crazy steps to avoid it.” Snider suggested Huey’s for lunch, Brother Juniper’s for breakfast, Rev. Al Green’s church on Sundays, shooting pool at the (now defunct) Highland Cue, and listening to Memphis singer-songwriter Keith Sykes.
“Memphis has more soul than all the other towns combined,” Snider said. “The music of Booker T. & the M.G.’s emits from sidewalk cracks.”