“You’re Not Trapped Here”: Dwayne Johnson, Who Left WWE in His Prime for Hollywood, Once Gave Top MCU Actor a Priceless Advice to Succeed in Hollywood

Published October 04, 2022, 9:00 AM EDT

Dwayne Johnson is one of the rarest talents that went through WWE in his career. No one imagined his meteoric rise to the top of the mountain in WWE was just the beginning of his career. Since then, not only has he become the highest-paid actor, but also a household name across the globe. This transition from pro wrestling to acting was nothing short of impossible.

While he wasn’t the first one to make that shift, he was the one to land it perfectly in Hollywood. But seeing his rise in Hollywood, many other wrestlers have looked for jobs in the acting business. The most recent ones are Sasha Banks and John Cena. But one of these wrestlers approached Johnson for advice, and the Brahma Bull gave it on point.

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Hollywood star once received advice from Dwayne Johnson for a career shift

In a clip from Chris Van Vliet’s interview with Batista, he asked Batista, “Speaking when you got this job, The Rock congratulated you. You tweeted him back: Thanks for everything, thanks for the advice. What advice did Rock give you?”

Batista answered that DJ was able to switch from wrestling to filming smoothly. As per him, Johnson described it as ‘quicksand’. Since the wrestling promotion is strict with their athletes, DJ advised Batista to be strong and make his intentions known.

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“They’re not the easiest company to deal with and he was like, it’s just quicksand, man, he said, don’t get caught in the quicksand. You’re not trapped here, you have to be strong. You have to stand your ground and if this is what you want to do, you have to make it known that this is what you’re gonna do and you’re not gonna deviate from that plan.”

While not being as big as The Rock or John Cena, Batista was still a fan favorite on SmackDown. His rivalries with Edge, Rey Mysterio, and Triple H boosted his confidence as a prominent figure for the blue brand. But once he gained popularity as Drax the Destroyer in the Guardians of the Galaxy series, there was no looking back.

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Murtaza Bharmal is a WWE and AEW writer at EssentiallySports. Pursuing an English Literature degree, he is very fond of both storytelling and the wrestling promotions. His passion for wrestling started when Randy Orton and John Cena were squaring it off in the ring, but it magnified when Sasha Banks and Bayley put on a masterpiece in NXT.

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Rohini Kottu

“You’re Not Trapped Here”: Dwayne Johnson, Who Left WWE in His Prime for Hollywood, Once Gave Top MCU Actor a Priceless Advice to Succeed in Hollywood

Hollywood star once received advice from Dwayne Johnson for a career shift

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