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Dwayne Johnson Turns Up the Heat With LeBron James in Unearthed Photo

Published 04/26/2022, 10:54 AM EDT

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Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson has always shown love to Miami City. Johnson spent a major part of his life in Miami, as his family stayed there when they shifted from Hawaii. The Rock has referred to Miami as his hometown and whenever he wrestled a match, the fans were always over the board.

Dwayne Johnson loves everything about Miami and it is no surprise to say that his favorite NBA team is Miami Heat.

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Recently, a resurfaced picture was found of Dwayne Johnson, along with Udonis Harlemand Dwyane Wade. The NBA stars are gifting a Miami Heat jersey with The Rock written on the bank with the number 1 printed on it.

Dwayne Johnson shared the post on his Twitter where he said, “Congratulations my boys @KingJames @DwyaneWade @chrisbosh “UD” @MiamiHEAT NBA CHAMPS #MiamiPride.”

The picture was taken 10 years ago in 2012 when Johnson’s acting career skyrocketed to more heights. He had become a major celebrity across the globe as a wrestler and also as an actor.

Rock just turned up the heat in this picture by tagging LeBron James with Harlem and Wade in the picture. It was a pride moment for Johnson as he got a jersey of his home-state team from the players of the team. 

What other things did Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson was doing in 2012?

The above-unearthed picture of Dwayne Johnson is from 2012. This was the year when Dwayne Johnson became The Rock once again after a decade. In 2011 The Rock returned as the host of WrestleMania 27 and by the end of the same had the first match in WWE after a long time at Survivor Series.

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Perhaps his greatest match after returning was in 2012 against John Cena. This was an iconic match that had great storytelling and promos. The last WrestleMania match of The Rock before this was at Mania 20 in a tag team handicap match alongside Mick Foley against Ric Flair, Batista, and Randy Orton 

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The Rock and John Cena at the next year’s WrestleMania had one more match. However, this time it was for the WWE Championship which ‘The Great One’ lost.

The Rock may return to WWE early next year

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Since Roman Reigns has returned as The Tribal Chief, fans want to see his match against The Rock. For the entire year of 2021, WWE and Reigns teased a return of The Rock, but unfortunately, it didn’t happen.

However, in the episode of ‘Young Rock’, the match between the two was teased. A young Roman Reigns is seen asking ‘The Rock’ to wrestle with him. The Rock neglects the request saying this will be a WrestleMania caliber match and now is not the right time.

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Fans consider this episode a benchmark to ignite the feud between The Rock and Roman Reigns. This is also a sign that The Rock can return to have a match.

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Tushar Deogharkar

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Tushar Deogharkar is a WWE writer at EssentiallySports. Tushar has done his Master's in Tourism Management and is an ardent fan of pro wrestling. He follows WWE and AEW very closely and wants to learn how the promotions are run.
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Vibhanshu Kumar