The Rock tweeted the following in response to a fan on Twitter who questioned where he got the idea to wear open-calf wrestling boots. He said,
The open calf wrestling boot was an idea for OG wrestler named George Wells. He gave my pops an old pair of his boots in the 80’s. They were in storage and my pops never wore em. I found em and thought it was a dope idea. Plus luckily I have big calves to fill them out 😂🙏🏾
— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) March 31, 2018