Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson's Body Transformation From WWE to Weight Loss

From laying the smackdown in the WWE ring to smashing box office records in Hollywood, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has always been larger than life — both in charisma and muscle. Fans were stunned when the action star recently showcased a slimmed down look after bulking up for an intense role in The Smashing Machine, trading in his signature brawn for a leaner, more chiseled frame. [ami-related id="4087064" pwaid="" url="https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/the-rocks-weight-loss-transformation-for-the-smashing-machine/" title="" hiddentitle="Dwayne ‘The Rock‘ Johnson Debuts Weight Loss Transformation for New Movie" target="" thumb="true" imgsrc="" imgid="" format="standard" flag="" channel="9" showpromotitle="true" source_type="AI" source_by="642"] “We're gonna make a film called Lizard Music, which is based off of a novel written by Daniel Pinkwater,” he said during the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival’s “In Conversation With…” series held at the Royal Alexandra Theatre on September 8, 2025. “I'm so excited because I get a chance to hopefully transform again like I was able to do in Smashing Machine.” Keep scrolling to see Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s body transformation and weight loss photos:

The Rock was in tip-top physical condition while dominating the WWE in 2012 and capitalizing on his year-long feud with fellow wrestler John Cena.

He showed off his incredibly toned physique after lending his voice to the role of Maui in the 2016 Walt Disney Animation Studios animated film Moana.

Johnson dressed to impress after swapping to a high-protein diet of five to seven meals daily — totaling over 5,000 calories — to play Dr. Smolder Bravestone in 2017’s Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungl‪e‬, reprising his role for the sequel.

He showed off his bulging biceps and tattooed arms in 2022 after starring in Black Adam, for which his character was “freed from his earthly tomb, ready to unleash his unique form of justice on the modern world.”

Johnson revealed that he spent up to four hours a day in the makeup chair and getting more than a dozen prosthetics in order to transform into mixed martial artist Mark Kerr for The Smashing Machine.

After starring in the Benny Safdie-directed The Smashing Machine, Johnson said he is “teaming up” with the filmmaker again, explaining that’s why he’s now sporting a more trim figure these days.

Johnson told Toronto International Film Festival CEO Cameron Bailey his next role “is a very whimsical and eccentric 70-something-year-old man called the Chicken Man. And his best friend is a 70-something-year-old chicken.”

“This is me slimmed down,” he said. “I still have a long ways to go.”