00:00There's a brony beating, pie eating, trail blazing,
00:04eyebrow raising, here it comes!
00:07Do you smell what The Rock is cooking?
00:09Dwayne The Rock Johnson is finally coming back
00:11to WWE SmackDown.
00:13The pro wrestler turned actor will make his first appearance
00:16on the weekly show in six years,
00:18when SmackDown, named after one of Johnson's catchphrases
00:21when he was a WWE star, debuts Friday on Fox.
00:25The show has spent the last nine years on cable,
00:27on SyFy from 2010 to 2015, and USA from 2016 until last week.
00:32The Fast and Furious and Baller star announced his big return
00:35on Twitter, saying,
00:36Finally, I come back home to my WWE universe.
00:39This Friday night, I'll return for our debut of SmackDown
00:42live on Fox TV.
00:44There's no greater title than The People's Champ,
00:46and there's no place like home.
00:48The Rock said I listen, if you listen.
00:54The WWE has teased a star-studded opening for the show
00:57on Fox, with appearances by several other pro wrestling icons,
01:00and a card that features several
01:02of the promotion's biggest stars.
01:05Oh, hell yeah.
01:09All right, for more on this story, head to THR.com.
01:12Until next time, for The Hollywood Reporter News,
01:14I'm Tiffany Taylor.
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