As noted, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson appeared on the “UFC Unfiltered” podcast today, and below are some interview highlights. You can check out the entire podcast at this link. h/t to Fansided for the following transcription:
On contemplating a move towards the UFC around 2004:
“There was a time there where I thought, man, I achieved everything I wanted to achieve in WWE, my movie career is floundering a little bit, what do I do? I was relatively still young, I think I was 34. I thought, oh well maybe UFC. Maybe I should do something like that.”
On how far he progressed with the idea:
“In my head, I felt like it was at least a two-year process for me to even get in the [Octagon], let alone the UFC. I wasn’t quite too sure what to do or what kind of people to put around me at the time, so the idea kind of fizzled out and I continued to stay on the path of movie making. Still a big fan and love the sport. But at one time, I did consider it.”
Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.
