“Bret Showed Me How It’s Done” – Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson Credits Bret Hart for Supporting Him Early in His WWE Career
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Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is arguably the biggest star in the world and his popularity has transcended sports and acting. However, his roots lie in wrestling, and Bret Hart had a role to play in it.
In a recent interview with “Screen Rant Plus”, The Rock remarked that host Joseph Deckelmeier was sporting a Hitman t-shirt. Speaking to his Jungle Cruise co-star, Emily Blunt, stated how Bret Hart was so nice to him in the early years. The Rock wanted to give props to Bret Hart whenever he could.
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Turing to Blunt he said, “The T-shirt he’s wearing, is [of] a guy who didn’t have to be, but he was so good to me when I was a rookie professional wrestler, and his name was Bret “The Hitman” Hart.
“He comes from a very famous wrestling family. But at that time, he was World Champion and there were a lot of guys in that world at that time, in ’96, that didn’t necessarily embrace me.”
Emily took interest in the story and enquired if this happened when The Rock was a good guy or a bad one. “Just when I was a rookie coming in. Because everyone hungry for the spot and there’s a lot of sharks in the water, but that guy, Bret, and he was World Champion, showed me how it’s done.”
. @TheRock is a true classic act. He took the time to not only pay his respects to @BretHart but he explain the impact The Hitman’s had on his pro-wrestling career to Emily Blunt. This is by far the greatest moment I’ve had doing this… Thank you, Rock! https://t.co/I38XoUFuDt pic.twitter.com/vi7htwOsEe
— Joseph Deckelmeier #BlackLivesMatter (@Joelluminerdi) July 30, 2021
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Why was the WWE Hall of Famer nice to Dwayne Johnson?
Emily Blunt asked the same question to ‘The Great One‘. He thinks it’s because their families knew each other. Bret knew that The Rock came from a lineage of pro-wrestling.
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The Hitman also knew that Rock had a real love and respect for wrestling. For Dwayne, Bret Hart was the nicest guy and thus, he always likes to give him props where he can.
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Both wrestlers are highly respected and admired by all. The work they did in and outside the ring still resonates with the fans.
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