Highlights
- The Rock is back on WWE's Road to WrestleMania and is now on the Board of Directors for TKO.
- The superstar's Hollywood career has been booming, with upcoming film projects impacting his WWE schedule.
- There's potential for The Rock to headline SummerSlam, with a future match against Roman Reigns in the works.
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson officially made his way back to the world of WWE on the Road to WrestleMania, and now serves on the Board of Directors for TKO. With that said, The Rock has many fingers in the pie, so to speak, with WWE and all outside branches associated with the organization and TKO. However, what does this mean for his Hollywood career? Will we see The Rock begin to take a step back from the bright spotlight and become more focused on the wrestling industry, or will he do his best to balance his schedule? Today, we have a scoop on his upcoming shooting schedule and how that may (or may not) impact his role within WWE.
The Rock | Facts & Stats |
|---|---|
Height: | 6'5" |
Weight: | 260lbs |
Billed From: | Miami, FL |
Age: | 51 |
Debut: | March 10, 1996 |
Finisher(s): | The Rock Bottom, People's Elbow |
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The Rock's Acting Career Took Off With 'The Mummy Returns'
After The Rock hit it big with his breakout role in The Mummy Returns, then a spinoff film centered around his character called The Scorpion King, we began to notice that he may have found his calling for a whole new world outside professional wrestling. The Rock has a natural gift of gab that only very few people have. He automatically had the acting chops and could entertain the masses in any way, shape or form. After The Scorpion King, he also made television guest spots on That 70s Show and Star Trek: Voyager.
Beyond that, his career began to skyrocket in the early 2010s, after he phased himself out of the WWE picture to put his focus on Hollywood exclusively. His roles as the character of Luke Hobbs in The Fast & The Furious franchise, and the spinoff Hobbs & Shaw, along with other films like Pain & Gain, Baywatch, and the hit reboots of Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle and Jumanji: The Next Level.
He had a very busy schedule, as he also became an executive producer and even developed his own TV series based around his life, titled Young Rock. As evident by his full schedule, outside the few brief appearances and his brief comeback run with John Cena during WrestleMania's 27, 28, and 29, The Rock had very little time for WWE.
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The Rock's Filming Schedule For 'The Smashing Machine: The Life And Times Of Mark Kerr'
As reported by Mike Johnson on PWInsider, The Rock's next feature movie project is a film adaptation based on the life of former UFC and PRIDE Fighting Champion, Mark Kerr. The movie will be called The Smashing Machine: The Life and Times of Mark Kerr. This film project was initially announced back in 2019, but was delayed significantly due to the COVID-19 pandemic that began taking over the world starting in early 2020. Seven Bucks, The Rock's own production company, will be producing this project. The film will co-star Emily Blunt, who worked with The Rock previously on Disney's Jungle Cruise.
Casting is currently underway for the film, and the filming process is expected to last approximately three months, from May 1 through August 1. While The Rock could still make appearances with WWE during that time frame, it's highly unlikely that he will be doing any type of physicality that could put the film in jeopardy if he were to get hurt.
Aside from the supporting cast that is currently being sought after, the film will star MMA fighters and legends such as Bas Rutton, Igor Vovchanchyn, and Mark Coleman.
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Looking Beyond WrestleMania 40 For The Rock's WWE Schedule
While we obviously don't know what may happen at WrestleMania 40 and how the story will finish with The Rock, Roman Reigns, and The Bloodline, a future match between The Rock and Roman Reigns is still on the table for the future. We can fully expect there to be some shenanigans taking place at WrestleMania 40 that may set up for The Rock versus Roman Reigns for this year's SummerSlam, without the WWE Undisputed Championship involved if Cody Rhodes is able to "finish his story" and dethrone The Tribal Chief.
The Rock still maintains a busy schedule between TKO, WWE, Hollywood, and running the UFL football league. It is going to be interesting to see how the rest of 2024 will unfold for "The Great One", and how he will be able to balance his schedule to accommodate everyone.
