Dwayne Johnson has admitted WWE helped save his relationship with daughter Simone Johnson.
The WWE legend made his name as The Rock and went from wrestling full time to working at becoming the biggest name in Hollywood, and it meant he was ‘always gone’.
However, his 21-year-old daughter has since started her own career with the company as Ava on the NXT show, and they have started to bond.
Speaking on The Pivot Podcast, he explained: ‘I have the privilege and honor of watching my daughter Simone – and I had her when I was young in my 20s and you know, as dudes, we’re still trying to find ourselves in our 20s, in our 30s.
‘If we’re lucky, we reach our fourth level and we find ourselves a little bit. [laughs] We get a little bit more wiser.
‘So when I had Simone, I was flying by the seat of my pants. I was wrestling full-time, I started transitioning into movies full-time. I had so much s**t going on so I like to say me and Simone grew up together.’
He admitted her own wrestling journey has brought them ‘closer together’, and helped save his family.
The Rock added: ‘So we had a relationship where I was always gone but we tried to keep it together. Now, years later, as she becomes a pro wrestler, it’s actually brought us closer together.
‘So in a way, it’s helped save that relationship too, so, in many ways, pro wrestling has been my family’s savior.’
Using the stage name Ava, she can be seen every Tuesday night on NXT as part of the Schism group alongside Joe Gacy and The Dyad duo Rip Fowler and Jagger Reid.
Over WrestleMania weekend in Hollywood last month, she made her first in-ring appearance as she teamed up with the three men in a losing effort against Chase University and Tyler Bate at NXT Stand & Deliver.
WWE NXT airs Tuesday nights at 1am on BT Sport 1.
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