Dwayne Johnson

And so the wear and tear of my body was already beginning to set in, and it was just year one for me.

So at that time, I began to consider a career in MMA, thinking, I know they're making triple the money that I'm making, and they're only fighting...

maybe five to eight times a year.

So I did consider it, and it was the summer of 1997.

And as I was rehabbing my knee...

I got a call from the WWE who said that we're going to bring you back at the end of the summer, but there's going to be one difference.

And I said, what's that?

And they said, we're going to make you a heel.

A villain.

A villain, yeah, exactly.

And that's at parlance.

Babyface is a good guy.

Heel is a villain.

And they said, we're going to make you a heel when you come back.

I said, great.

I just want any kind of change immediately.

And I went back as a villain, and probably about three months later, the rest was history, and I took on the persona of The Rock.

Sure.

Well, it really came down to money, Terry.

That's the truth.