As Brock Lesnar makes his anticipated UFC return, while CM Punk gets his first assignment, another former pro-wrestling legend has spoken about giving mixed-martial-arts a go.
Dwayne Johnson aka The Rock has revealed that he considered MMA when his movie career wasn't going to plan. The hugely popular WWE star transitioned into Hollywood becoming a bonafide movie superstar after leaving the sports entertainment promotion in 2004. Speaking on UFC Unfiltered podcast;
"There was a time there where I thought, man, I achieved everything I wanted to achieve in WWE, my movie career is floundering a little bit, what do I do? I was relatively still young, I think I was 34. I thought, oh well maybe UFC. Maybe I should do something like that."
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Johnson ultimately snubbed the cage for the ring since it was in the family as both his father and grandfather were pro-wrestlers. After initial reservations the idea soon became a distant one.
"In my head, I felt like it was at least a two-year process for me to even get in the [cage], let alone the UFC, I wasn't quite too sure what to do or what kind of people to put around me at the time, so the idea kind of fizzled out and I continued to stay on the path of movie making."
Often spotted at UFC events, he finished by adding;
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"Still a big fan and love the sport. But at one time, I did consider it."
We were so close to seeing the signature people's elbow inside the famed octagon.
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