Dwayne Johnson

And even in this crazy world of pro wrestling, every time I grabbed the microphone and I said something or every action that I did came from a very, very real place.

And it was like instantaneously the crowd knew it and they said, oh, this guy's holding up a mirror.

That's who he is.

And we love it.

And then The Rock was born.

In professional wrestling, it is always and only real blood, and that's the truth.

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

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

We knew that.

We talked backstage.

We rehearsed for hours and hours and hours.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

And that's why I was spitting out blood.

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

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