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Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson received 96,558 TKO shares worth millions on Sunday upon the completion of WrestleMania.

Johnson, who has been back in WWE as The Rock in recent months, played a starring role in WWE's biggest show of the year as Cody Rhodes became the new WWE champion.

Adopting a villainous persona, he teamed with real-life cousin Roman Reigns to beat Rhodes and Seth Rollins in the main event of night one, before featuring in the night two main event between Rhodes and Reigns.

In late January earlier this year, Johnson was appointed to the board of TKO, the conglomerate created by WWE and UFC's parent company, Endeavor, to unify the entities.

Now, he has been awarded shares worth just short of £7.5million after reaching a series of requirements stated in his January 2024 contract.

Given in the explanation of responses, it was stated that Johnson received the shares was 'vested upon completion of certain services' from his contract.