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The Rock<\/a> recently revealed his favorite video game, naming a classic.<\/p>\n Dwayne \u201cThe Rock\u201d Johnson is busy promoting his new movie, The Smashing Machine<\/em>, co-starring Emily Blunt and directed by Benny Safdie. He spoke in an interview with IGN<\/a>, who asked The Rock to name his favorite video game.<\/p>\n He considers EA Sports Madden his all-time favorite game. The Rock also mentioned Donkey Kong as the classic arcade game he enjoyed the most. He said, \u201cFavorite video game of all time? Oh man, I gotta go with Madden. It\u2019s at home.\u201d<\/p>\n When asked about stand-up arcade games, he said, \u201cDonkey Kong,\u201d specifying that he meant the original one, as the \u201crest don\u2019t matter.\u201d<\/p>\n The Rock has appeared in several WWE 2K games and enjoys sports video games, and he even appreciates classic titles like Donkey Kong. Johnson has another video game connection, as he starred in the 2018 movie Rampage<\/em>, which was inspired by the 1986 smash \u2019em up game released by Bally Midway.<\/p>\n The rivalry between The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin ranks among WWE\u2019s most legendary, with the two clashing at WrestleMania three times. Speaking to Sports Illustrated for a new interview, The Rock revealed<\/a> that Stone Cold personally selected him as his opponent to main event WrestleMania 15.<\/p>\n \u201cSpeaking of good guys, this guy helped me so much, Mark,\u201d Rocky said. \u201cHe was on top of the world. He saw just a little bit of potential in me, but also smart enough to know, he\u2019s like, man, we got some chemistry, man. Me and you.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd I was not in a position to say, \u2018Hey, let\u2019s me and you work together. Let\u2019s go headline WrestleMania.\u2019 He had to say it. And he went on, he went to Vince McMahon in 1999, in January of 99, I think. He said, \u2018I wanna main event WrestleMania with The Rock.\u2019 The rest is history. We went on, and I went on to have just the greatest rivalry with him.\u201d<\/p>\n Read More: The Rock Got A Concussion While Filming The Smashing Machine<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n The post The Rock Names His Favorite Video Game<\/a> appeared first on Wrestlezone<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Rock recently revealed his favorite video game, naming a classic. Dwayne \u201cThe Rock\u201d Johnson is busy promoting his new movie, The Smashing Machine, co-starring Emily Blunt and directed by Benny Safdie. He spoke in an interview with IGN, who asked The Rock to name his favorite video game. 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