4. The Rock Reveals He Wanted To Join UFC After Leaving WWE
During his appearance on UFC Unfiltered podcast, 10 time World Champion The Rock revealed that he wanted to join UFC after leaving WWE. Below is what he said:
“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.
In my head, I felt like it was at least a two-year process for me to even get in the cage, 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.
Anybody, by the way, who is successful in one area and then commits to MMA, I just feel like it’s the toughest f*cking sport in the world. I always take my hat off to those guys.
Still a big fan and love the sport. But at one time, I did consider it.”
