At the time of writing, The Rock has been involved in 856 matches during his career across the WWF and WWE, having been part of some incredible storylines along the way.

These have included rivalries with the likes of The Undertaker, Triple H, and ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin. He has also been involved in six WrestleMania main events, placing him firmly among the greatest superstars in sports entertainment history.

Yet, when naming the toughest superstar he's ever faced, he instead chose a far more surprising name from early into his career. The opponent he chose earnt a reputation for losing to the bigger names.

The Rock's Surprising Choice for His 'Toughest' Opponent

Taking on the mini mic for ESPN, as per TJR Wrestling, The Rock answered some quickfire questions including naming who his toughest WWE opponent ever was.

The Great One’s tongue was firmly in his cheek as he named perennial loser and his first-ever opponent The Brooklyn Brawler. The 1990s superstar, whose real name is Steve Lombardi, lost 1,271 matches out of approximately 1,490 recorded matches over his career, according to wrestling database records on Cagematch.

Billed as Dwayne Johnson for the match, the star faced Brawler in a dark match before a taping of WWE Superstars in March 1996. Johnson had one more dark match for the company before embarking on a two-month spell in the USWA where he was known as Flex Kavana.

He returned to WWE, making his on-screen debut at the 1996 Survivor Series as Rocky Maivia. The rest, as they say, is history, as he became the natural heir to Hulk Hogan as the company's new poster boy, regularly returning to the ring even now.

The Great One's Incredible WWE Career

The Rock's rise to superstardom was at its very start in 1996, but it wouldn't take long before he took Vince McMahon's empire by storm, going on to win his first of 10 WWE Championships two years later, before then winning hte 2000 Royal Rumble.

Known for his charismatic personality, which has earnt him some high-profile roles in Hollywood like in the Fast and Furious movie series, the People's Champion is also a five-time tag team champion, a two-time winner of the Intercontinental Championship, and he also has nine Slammy Awards to his name.

Most recently, returning as The Final Boss, proving he is as good once as he ever was, The Rock put in the performance of a lifetime with some of his most inspired work, proving he still has so much left in the tank.