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Dwayne Johnson’s return to WWE SmackDown did incredible numbers on the company’s social media and The Rock has responded to the news.

According to WWE, there were 103,000,000 views across all social media platforms for The Rock’s return on September 15.

The return had been previously reported as drawing the fourth highest quarter hour rating of 2023 so far.

The episode also drew the second highest total viewership for the show of the year so far.

With WWE having collated data from across their social media to declare the return as “the most socially viewed video of the year”, Dwayne Johnson has responded on Twitter, saying:

“I’ll raise a glass to breaking records together 🥃🔥🔥

“Thank you for the unforgettable memory (and insane crowd reaction)

“No place like home ❤️

“@WWE #PeoplesChamp #WWEFamily”

Just in case you missed the return, you can see the near-13 minute segment from TNT Sports’ YouTube channel below.

I’ll raise a glass to breaking records together 🥃🔥🔥
Thank you for the unforgettable memory (and insane crowd reaction)
No place like home ❤️ @WWE #PeoplesChamp #WWEFamily https://t.co/dmWMG0RatK

— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) September 19, 2023

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• dwayne johnson
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