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Dwayne Johnson

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
622 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

That night was WrestleMania, and I knew what the finish of the match was going to be.

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

I knew that he was not going to break the ankle lock and the referee was going to reverse the decision.

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

We knew that.

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

We talked backstage.

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

We rehearsed for hours and hours and hours.

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

And prior to us getting to WrestleMania, myself and Ken Shamrock, we were already wrestling each other every night on the road.

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

So by the time we got to WrestleMania, we had our chemistry, we had our alchemy, and we had a really, really great match that night.

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

So the reason why I was bleeding from the mouth is because he suplexed me

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

And this is where a lot of times in wrestling, you can train, you can have your techniques, you can do your best to protect your guy, your dance partner, as we call it.

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

But sometimes just things hurt, and you land in a way that hurts.

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

So he suplexed me, and I landed in a way that really, for the moment, damaged my lungs and blood vessels.

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

And that's why I was spitting up blood.

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

So that was part of the match that we didn't plan, but just happens.

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

So I was on the stretcher, which I knew the ambulance was going to come and take me out.

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

It was all part of the finish.

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

So I did know everything that was going to happen that night, but I did not know that I was going to start bleeding from my lungs.

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

He did.

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

He asked me, there's ways that wrestlers can talk in the ring.

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

And he says, hey, are you okay?

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

And I said, I feel like I'm okay.