Dwayne Johnson Underwent 5 Surgeries Before Striking His First Deal With WWE: Here’s a List of Some of the Injuries He Suffered During His Football Career

Dwayne Johnson has been an athlete for most of his life. Now he has become a successful businessman alongside having a top-notch Hollywood career. But there is no denying the fact that he has had his fair share of athletic days during his time in WWE as well as before that. Because of this history, he has also suffered a number of injuries. The former wrestler recently shared a light on his football injuries from his university days.

While playing for the University of Miami, Johnson put his body on the line for the football team. As a result, he was on the receiving end of many injuries. A couple of years ago, The Rock appeared in a Wired interview and talked about his many injuries.

Despite his love for football, Dwayne Johnson received pain from the sport

Not only did the sport of football offer Johnson ’emotional pain’, due to the fact that he couldn’t pursue it further, but the sport also gave him several severe injuries. During the post-release promotion of his movie Jungle Cruise, Johnson appeared on the YouTube channel Wired, for an interview alongside Emily Blunt. The Hollywood beauty was reading the most searched questions regarding Dwayne Johnson and one of them read, “What was Dwayne Johnson’s football injury?”

DJ revealed, “I’ve had many. I’ve had a complete shoulder separation here, that required complete reconstruction of my shoulder. I’ve had five knee surgeries from football and a torn Achilles.” The WWE legend suffered a number of injuries from football alone, even before he got on with wrestling. Apart from a shoulder separation football also gave Johnson five knee surgeries toward the end.

Blunt even joked about the same by wondering if these surgeries are the reason behind The Brahma Bull’s fake leg. The Hollywood star quickly replied by saying that he doesn’t have any fake legs, and in fact, all his legs are real.

Out of the five knee surgeries he mentioned, Johnson credited four of them for stopping him from doing one of his favorite exercises. After years of recovery, he was finally able to perform this exercise in June this year.

Even surgeries can’t stop Dwayne Johnson

The four knee surgeries from his football days, combined with the torn quads from the pelvis resulting from a wrestling match, together stopped DJ from performing Bulgarian Split Squats. However, after years of recovery, he finally got back to it in June 2023. While doing so, he captured the moment to post on Instagram and shared it with his fans.

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He also explained how exercise can really burn your muscles, but The Rock likes his life with challenges. So, Johnson keeps looking for ways to challenge himself while working out at the Iron Paradise Gym.

Even though he has a recollection of all of his injuries, neither of them was able to stop him from ultimately recovering and getting back to his healthy lifestyle.

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