Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson on Career Changes, Jason at WrestleMania, Girl Dads & Jabronis | Ep 159

New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce

Wondery

Sports, Comedy

4.8 • 15.8K Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2025

⏱️ 80 minutes

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92%ers, welcome to another episode of New Heights brought to you by Peloton!

On today’s guest episode, we are joined by the most electrifying man in sports entertainment, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.

Dwayne and the guys talk all about how he left his comfort zone for his new movie "The Smashing Machine," what his life was like playing with Hall of Famers at The U, why his dad didn't want him to step into the ring, his favorite memories from WWE's Attitude Era, what he thought of Jason's appearance at WrestleMania, if Travis is allowed to call people jabronis, life as a girl dad, and more!

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1:17.7	He was like, hey, good luck to you, DJ. Great working with you.
1:22.6	And I said, thank you, coach. And then I hang the phone up. And my dad's listened to the call.
1:27.2	I said, I don't want to do
1:29.2	that. I'm closing that chapter in my life. He goes, well, what are you going to do? I said,
1:33.7	I'm going to be a wrestler. He hated the idea.
1:37.6	No. Welcome back to New Heights, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls for a very, very special episode.
1:52.7	A one-dry show brought to you by Peloton.
1:55.3	We're your host.
1:55.8	I'm Travis Kelsey.
1:56.6	This is my big brother, Jason Kelsey, out of Cleveland Heights, Ohio.
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