Dwayne Johnson, 'the Rock,' will return to host pro wrestling

 

It was pro wrestling that made Dwayne Johnson famous, and to pro wrestling Dwayne Johnson will return: The actor also known as the Rock will host WrestleMania XXVII after seven years away from the wrestling spotlight.

"The most electrifying man of all of entertainment is hosting the most electrifying event of all of entertainment!" (Hey, if you say so, Dwayne.)

The announcement came on USA's "Monday Night Raw," setting off a Twitter frenzy that included a message from WWE Hall of Fame announcer Jim Ross: "Dwayne Johnson's classic 'Rock' promo 2nite on RAW was the best thing on RAW in recent memory. Young wrestlers hopefully paid attention."

And hopefully they weren't paying too much attention to "Tooth Fairy" and "Race to Witch Mountain"?

It's unclear whether Johnson will get in the ring or simply host -- and also unclear how this jibes with the performer's name-change request from a few years back: "From now on, please call me Dwayne Johnson," he said in 2006. "I want to be known as Dwayne Johnson the actor, and not the Rock."

Wrestlemania XXVII will be held April 3 in Atlanta.

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-- Christie D'Zurilla

Photo: Dwayne Johnson rocks the movie "Tooth Fairy." Credit: Diyah Pera / 20th Century Fox

 

Comments

[patriciaredding]

hi! i really like all your movies, and loved you when you was on raw. i have been watchiong wreastling all my life my dad got me into it and i love it. and i also love john cena. you two guys are my favorite men on monday night raw.

[Justin]

There is hope that The Rock will wrestle John Cena and Wrestlemania, but that seems too good to be true.

[Ted guglielmo]

Hey Christie perhaps if you watched it you would know what you were talking about. The promo he did was hilarious. and he took the time as Dwayne to thank the fans for getting them where he was. Did you bother to watch before you wrote this in the condesending way which you did.

[cdz from the ministry]

@Ted guglielmo -- Christie D'Zurilla here from MOG.

Of course I watched the promo, and I did find it hilarious -- didn't think I was being condescending? Sorry if you took it that way.

//cdz

[ChaChaheels]

He'll be back as The RockOBama...har, har

[t pulliam]

THE ROCK, HAVE MADE ALL HIS MONEY IN HOLLYWOOD , NOW HE WANT TO CONTROL WRESTLING .ALSO HE NOT THE GREATEST WRESTLER.

[carolyn norton]

hi dewayne my husben and i likes all ur movies and the tooth fairy movie u made and we liked when u mad fun of micheal cole we don't like him and we are glad u came back to wwe ur a good westler and it will be a good match between u and john cena i like cena hes cool but u are to if u can can u add me to ur friends list on facebook? we are normale people as normal as we can get my husben and i wish we can see u in person but we live here in redding ca