The 47-year-old actor confirmed the news this week, during an appearance on Live With Kelly and Ryan. Johnson, who was promoting his new film Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, reflected on his days as The Rock and credited the WWE for all his success.

"I miss wrestling, I love wrestling. Yes, I do," he said. "I quietly retired from wrestling because I was lucky enough to have just a really wonderful career and accomplish what I wanted to accomplish, but there’s nothing like a live crowd, a live audience, a live microphone as you both know. Plus, I grew up in wrestling. For a lot of you guys that don’t know, my grandfather wrestled, my dad as well, my whole family. And I actually had my very first match ever in the WWE, was in Madison Square Garden and it was a big pay-per-view, and it was funny because I credit my time and my journey in pro wrestling to getting me to where I am at today."