It’s been 20 years and some change since The Rock was a full-time WWE superstar. For a whole generation, Dwayne Johnson is a Hollywood box office attraction with a nickname from something he used to do.
The highest grossing actor in the world during multiple calendar years. Head honcho of his own production company, Seven Bucks. A man with a net worth reportedly in the region of £630m. The most followed American man on social media in the world and thus, arguably the most famous man on the planet (he’s only behind Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo for men overall on Instagram).
That’s who The Rock has been and, to many, who The Rock is. But at the turn of the millennium, he was the poster boy for the golden age in professional wrestling.
Now, at 51-years-old, The Great One has returned to WWE and is primed for his first match in 11 years (he had one that lasted six seconds eight years ago, we’re not going to count that).
He returned before, back in 2011. Two matches over two years with John Cena – complete with his 10th world title run – gave fans of the Attitude Era the piece of The Rock they’d been missing, but this time his return is different. He’s not just a wrestler on nostalgia trip or looking for a payday – he’s a boss.
