How old is WWE superstar The Rock in 2024?
The Rock will become one of the oldest WWE stars to main-event WrestleMania on Saturday night,
One of WWE’s biggest stars returns to the sport’s biggest stage on Saturday night at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, as Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson teams up with Roman Reigns to face Cody Rhodes and Seth Rollins in Night 1 of WrestleMania 40.
The Rock has made several cameo appearances at WrestleMania over the last decade, but his match at WrestleMania 40 will be his first real contest at the event since his main-event loss to John Cena at WrestleMania 29 in 2013.
In fact, The Rock will be making WWE history as one of the oldest stars to ever main-event a WrestleMania event.
See: The Rock’s WrestleMania history – every match, year-by-year
How old is The Rock?
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is currently 51 years old, and will turn 52 on May 2nd. He was born May 2nd, 1972.
When did The Rock begin wrestling?
The Rock comes from a wrestling family. Both his father, Rocky Johnson, and his grandfather, “High Chief” Peter Maivia, are WWE Hall of Famers.
The Rock played football at the University of Miami, and won a national championship in 1991. After graduating in 1995, The Rock had a short stint in the Canadian Football League, but turned to wrestling in 1996 and quickly made his WWE debut at Survivor Series in November, 1996.
Is The Rock the oldest WWE star to main-event WrestleMania?
No, but he’s second on the list, and becomes only the second man to main-event WrestleMania over the age of 50.
The Undertaker is the oldest WWE star to main-event WrestleMania, a record he broke himself in 2020.
At the time of WrestleMania 36 and his “boneyard match” with AJ Styles, The Undertaker was 55 years old. Just a few years earlier at WrestleMania 33, The Undertaker faced Roman Reigns in the main event.
Several WWE stars have main-evented in their later 40s, including Brock Lesnar, Edge, Triple H and Shawn Michaels.