Dwayne Johnson

Yes, it's really me.

It's Maui.

Breathe it in.

I know it's a lot, the hair, the bod When you're staring at a demigod What can I say except you're welcome For the tides, the sun, the sky Hey, it's okay, it's okay, you're welcome

I'm just an ordinary demigod.

Thank you, Terry.

Good to talk with you.

First of all, I realized I don't like getting punched in the face, so I would prefer not to, as these guys do.

But in 1997, I was wrestling for the WWE.

And my career at that time wasn't going as planned.

And it was actually going backwards, and I wasn't making much progress.

And I wound up getting hurt.

I tore a ligament in my knee.

And so I went home.

And when I was sitting at home, that's when I really started to question whether or not I was on the right path of being a professional wrestler.

And the reason why I considered MMA at that time was because guys like Mark Kerr, who I met, and a lot of his MMA fighting buddies at that time from Mark Coleman, Kevin Randleman, Don Frye,

These are all guys who ultimately went on to become legends and godfathers of the world of MMA.

And those guys were making a lot more money, and they were wrestling out of Japan.

And at that time, I was wrestling approximately 235 to 250 nights a year.

So I was never home, and I was wrestling every single night in a different city.