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WWE icon Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson admits he would be ‘honoured’ to face Roman Reigns at WrestleMania in big return hint
DWAYNE JOHNSON has dropped another huge hint over a WWE return to face Roman Reigns.
The Rock, who paved the way for wrestlers to make the transition to the mainstream entertainment business, last competed in a six-second impromptu match against Erick Rowan at WrestleMania 32.
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The Great One, 48, became one of the most recognisable faces on the planet during the WWE Attitude Era days in the 1990s.
Following a transition to the silver screen to become one of the biggest actors in Hollywood, he announced that he quietly retired from wrestling last summer.
However Reigns - real name Joe Anoaʻi - has already said a match between the family members would be perfect to draw the legend back at WrestleMania next year.
Now Rock has added further fuel to fire in a video posted to his YouTube account.
He said: “I have talked about this and it's so funny how a lot of people always say, 'if you were to go back to WrestleMania, who would be the opponent that you would face?'
“It feels like the one that would make sense, right, would be Roman. In terms of box office draw, it would be huge.”
He added he would be “honoured to share the ring with Roman and go back to WWE” and that he would love to raise his cousin's hand in victory at the end of it.
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Both Reigns, 35, and Johnson consider each other cousins though they are not technically related as their grandfathers, who are both from Samoa, were blood brothers.
While they have never faced off in the ring, the two starred alongside each other in last year's Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw.
Reigns recently returned to WWE himself following a near six-month absence due to fears surrounding coronavirus to win the WWE Title last month.
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