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Will Young Rock S3 Lead to Dwayne Johnson’s WWE Return?

Published 05/13/2022, 1:00 PM EDT

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Hollywood Megastar Dwayne Johnson, aka The Rock, will return to NBC’s Young Rock season 3. Dwayne Johnson’s comedy hit series Young Rock’s first season was released in 2021. The NBC hit comedy revolves around the real-life experience of Dwayne Johnson before he became the world’s most popular star.

After the success of season 1 of Young Rock, Johnson brought fans to another season of his life this year. Season 2 of NBC’s Young Rock portrayed his days at college. This phase of Dwayne Johnson’s life was also when he stepped inside the WWE after his father, Rocky Johnson.

 

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Meanwhile, the season 2 NBC comedy hit series will end on May 24, 2022. However, season 2 of Young Rock has dropped significant hints of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson returning to the WWE.

Young Rock season 2 whispered the return of Dwayne Johnson to the WWE!

As of now, Johnson’s cousin Joe Anoa’i aka Roman Reigns is the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion. Reigns have been the WWE Universal Champion for over 600 days and have smashed every opponent on his way. 

Wrestling fans imagine that the only way to de-throne Roman Reigns is for The Rock to return to the WWE and humble his obnoxious cousin Roman Reigns.

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In Young Rock’s season 2, episode 5, ‘What is Business?’ Dwayne Johnson heavily teased his return to the WWE. In the middle of the episode, young Roman Reigns climbs on the back of Dwayne Johnson and says, “Come on, Dewey, let’s wrestle!”

To young Reigns, The Rock responds, “No, the world is not ready! A match that big can happen only at WrestleMania.”

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WWE Universe flipped their mind at this episode, as Johnson in Young Rock season 2 dropped a massive Easter Egg of his return. However, this was not an ordinary hint; Johnson referred to Roman Reigns vs. The Rock at WrestleMania.

What can we expect from S3 of the NBC hit comedy series?

The WWE Universe expected Dwayne Johnson to return to this year’s WrestleMania. However, the wrestler turned actor’s Hollywood schedule did not allow him to step inside the squared circle. Today it was announced that NBC had renewed the Young Rock series for season 3. There is not yet a premiere date for season 3 of the NBC hit comedy.

However, season 2 of Young Rock has dropped a significant spoiler ahead of The Rock’s return to the company. WrestleMania 39 will take place at SOFI Stadium in Los Angeles in 2023.

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At the same time, we can speculate that season 3 of Young Rock might premiere around March 2023. So, around WrestleMania 39, we expect 2-3 episodes of Young Rock season 3 to release.

And in these first two-three episodes, the WWE Universe would witness more spoilers of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s return to the company.

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There was a reason that season 2 gave us the snippet of Roman Reigns vs. The Rock at WrestleMania. Indeed, fans can expect major revelations of Dwayne Johnson in season 3 and finally watch The Rock appear at WrestleMania 39 to humble his cousin.

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Akash Dhakite

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Akash Dhakite is a WWE writer at EssentiallySports. Since he was three years old, Akash has been a fan of WWE, which gives him an ascendancy of knowledge about this sport. He grew up watching John Cena and to ‘Never Give Up’ is something that he has learned from him.
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Vibhanshu Kumar