5 Reasons why The Rock 'quietly retired' from WWE

#3 No one would let go of an established career in Hollywood

The Rock is one of the biggest actors out there in Hollywood

At WrestleMania 19, The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin met for the third and final time at a WrestleMania. The Great One finally managed to put down Austin in a 'Mania encounter after suffering defeats on the previous two occasions. This turned out to be Austin's final match in WWE.

Throughout the match, Jerry Lawler and Jim Ross debated on The Rock's decision to leave WWE for Hollywood. Lawler stated that the people booed The Rock for leaving to make a career as an actor, but ever single one of them would have done the exact same thing if they had gotten a chance.

This statement couldn't be truer! No one in their right mind would leave a golden opportunity like the one The Rock got in Hollywood. He returned back to WWE in 2011 because he genuinely loved wrestling, but he had his Hollywood obligations to tend to, and no one should blame him for wanting to go back, especially after he devoted several years of his life entertaining pro-wrestling fans.