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Dwayne ‘The Rock‘ Johnson showed off a gnarly elbow injury he sustained while filming The Smashing Machine. It’s his third movie costarring alongside Emily Blunt and it is being directed by Benny Safdie, the writer of Uncut Gems, a film I can’t think about without having Julia Fox’s voice saying ‘Uncut Gems’ as ‘Uncah-Jams’ in my head.
When Dwayne ‘The Rock‘ Johnson showed off his elbow injury it wasn’t immediately clear what was going on until he started touching it and suddenly it looked reminiscent of that case of bursitis Jayden Daniels had in the photo that went viral in the lead up to this year’s NFL Draft.
Dwayne said “Look at that sucker right there. Looks like I have a cantaloupe at the bottom of my elbow. I got banged up pretty good today in our scenes.” While showing this off:
The WWE and Hollywood legend said “might be some soft tissue damage” but he would have to wait for the swelling to go down before he could get an MRI on it. He also busted out a quote from his dad, Rocky Johnson, saying “I remember my old man used to say, God rest his soul… ‘A day without pain is like a day without sunshine, boy.’”
In true fashion, The Rock managed to bust out the Teremana Tequila for this video, the only medicine he needs while he awaits a reduction in swelling so he can get MRI. Speaking from experience, elbow injuries are miserable. They’re so awkward and the pain is inescapable. I feel for Dwayne with this one. Hopefully the path to recovery is swift.