Did wrestler Dwayne Johnson, also known as The Rock, threaten to "punch" Elon Musk on X in March 2025, if the tech billionaire "doesn't leave America alone"? No, that's not true: A review of Johnson's posts doesn't confirm he ever published what was attributed to him. The claim originated from an obscure clickbait website whose disclaimer said that it "assumes no risk or responsibility" for the content it publishes.
One of the earliest examples of the claim was an article (archived here) on "Sports News Blog" published on March 7, 2025, under the title:
Shocking Drama: The Rock Unexpectedly Threatens to Punch Elon Musk If He Doesn't 'Leave America Alone' - Musk's Puzzling Reaction Leaves Netizens Buzzing!
This is what the article looked like on "Sports News Blog" at the time of writing:
(Source: Sports News Blog screenshot taken on Mon Mar 31 13:30:36 2025 UTC)
The story claimed that the statement in question appeared on Johnson's "personal account" on social media, but Lead Stories could not confirm the entry's existence.
A Google search of the wrestler's account on Facebook for the keywords seen here did not produce any matches:
(Source: Google screenshot taken on Mon Mar 31 13:28:02 2025 UTC)
A search for the exact wording of the supposed post on Johnson's account on X showed no results:
(Source: X screenshot taken on Mon Mar 31 13:47:52 2025 UTC)
A similar Google search across his account on Instagram didn't find the entry in question, either:
(Source: Google screenshot taken on Mon Mar 31 13:52:27 2025 UTC)
Furthermore, a search across Google News for the keywords seen here did not produce a single article published after January 20, 2025.
Lead Stories additionally checked Elon Musk's account on X that was claimed to have responded with a thinking emoji in the article. A broad Google search for that emoji across Musk's account produced 10 pages of results for the period between Donald Trump's inauguration preceding formation of the Department of Government Efficiency led by Musk and this writing, but only 7 posts went live in the first week of March 2025 before the article's publication on March 7, 2025. Lead Stories manually reviewed them, and none of those entries was a reaction to the purported Johnson post.
The claim's source
The website that posted the claim did not have the About page disclosing the team behind it.
According to the Contact Us page (archived here), the website was affiliated with an entity named TNCorp, LLC and had a Chicago contact address. However, a search for the name of this business on the Office of Illinois Secretary of State website did not produce any matches, as of this writing.
Additionally, the website showed disclaimer (archived here) that, in part, reads:
THIS SITE IS PROVIDED BY TNCorp, LLC. ON AN "AS IS" "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. TNCorp, LLC. MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE OPERATION OF THE SITE; OR THE INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS, OR PRODUCTS INCLUDED ON THIS SITE.
It continued:
TNCorp, LLC. ASSUMES NO RISK OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR USE OF ANY OF THE CONTENT PROVIDED ON THIS WEBSITE.
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