Dwayne Johnson at the premiere of Cirque du Soleil ‘Auana in Honolulu on Dec. 17, 2024.Photo:Marco Garcia/Getty

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson joins cast and cultural visionaries, applauding the global premiere of Cirque du Soleil ‘Auana at the OUTRIGGER Waikiki Beachcomber Hotel, a show blending Hawaiian legends with Cirque’s iconic acrobatics.

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Dwayne Johnsonheaded back to a WWE wrestling ring for the first time in 11 years forWrestleMania 40this past April — but his body doesn’t quite respond the same way it did a decade ago.

“It’s incredibly hard,” Johnson, 52, tells PEOPLE on Tuesday, Dec. 17, at the opening ofCirqueduSoleil‘Auanain Honolulu. “The training becomes really extensive, and the training camp becomes extensive."

“So, I went [to] training camp for WrestleMania, which was about an eight- to nine-week training camp,” he adds. “It’s really fast, and fortunately, I was able to get through it all.”

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Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson competing at WrestleMania 40 in Philadelphia on April 6, 2024.Tim Nwachukwu/Getty

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson reacts during a tag team fight against Cody Rhodes and Seth “Freakin” Rollins during Night One of WrestleMania 40 at Lincoln Financial Field on April 06, 2024 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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While back between the ropes this past spring, he teamed withRoman Reignsand faced off againstCody RhodesandSeth Rollins, whom he calls “great dance partners.”

From there, Johnson, also known as The Rock, went through another seven-week training camp for 2025’s The Smashing Machine before closing out the yearfilming the live-actionMoana.

Of course, that’s not to mention promoting two films back-to-back:Red Oneand the animated sequelMoana 2.

“Red Oneis special. It’s our little Christmas movie, as I like to call it, but also on theMoana 2of it all, it’s really been this incredible global embrace of our Polynesian culture and how really amazing that is,” Johnson tells PEOPLE. “So it’s a good time.”

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Dwayne Johnson and daughter Jasmine at the premiere of Cirque du Soleil ‘Auana in Honolulu on Dec. 17, 2024.Marco Garcia/Getty

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, left, and his daughter Jasmine Johnson, joins cast and cultural visionaries, applauding the global premiere of Cirque du Soleil ‘Auana at the OUTRIGGER Waikiki Beachcomber Hotel, a show blending Hawaiian legends with Cirque’s iconic acrobatics

On Tuesday, Johnson was celebrating Polynesian and Hawaiian culture while attending the premiere ofCirque du Soleil ‘Auanaat the Waikiki Beachcomber Hotel in Hawaii, the state in which he lived during high school.

The actor attended the opening with his 9-year-old daughterJasmine. He is also dad to daughtersSimone Johnson, 23, andTiana, 6.

“I think this particular Cirque du Soleil, we’ll call it the aloha, the mana style Cirque du Soleil, is going to be special,” he says. “It’s good to be back home during this time and bring the little one here, too.”

Moana 2is in theaters now, whileRed Oneis streaming on Prime Video.

source: people.com