In an interview with WWE Magazine, actor and WWE superstar Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson discussed why winning the WWE Championship is so important to him. As has been known for some time, The Rock will face off against WWE Champion CM Punk at this Sunday’s WWE Royal Rumble pay-per-view.

“It starts with recognizing what the WWE Championship represents to me. Every time I hold that title over my head in victory, it not only signifies the fact that I have delivered the absolute best entertainment that I could to the WWE Universe, but that I’m taking a moment to live an experience that all the generations of wrestlers in my family strived to achieve. There is no other award that I could receive that’s as deeply ingrained in my blood and history as the WWE Championship – and that’s why it means so much to me.”