Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson desperately wanted an Oscar for The Smashing Machine, but he didn't get one. In this video I go over the movie, and The Rock's cringy press tour to get that Academy Award.
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