After a long absence from WWE, superstar Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson made his much awaited return to the ring on an episode of SmackDown in Denver, Colorado.

Just hours after he appeared on the Pat McAfee Show – live on the campus of the University of Colorado – The Rock showed up at the wrestling promotion where he made his name.

McAfee, who is a commentator with WWE, was in the ring with 2022 United States Champion Austin Theory when The Rock made his sudden entrance.

Johnson has been absent from the ring since October of 2019 – when he appeared on the SmackDown 20th anniversary show.

The Rock was met with massive cheers from the crowd at Ball Arena – who were then treated to a small display of his wrestling capabilities.

Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson made his return to the WWE at a SmackDown show in Denver

Johnson brought out some of his old wrestling moves – like the ‘People’s Elbow – in the ring

Later on, he met back up with former WWE ‘rival’ John Cena, who welcomed The Rock ‘home’

With a brief skirmish between The Rock and Theory, Johnson was able to bring out two of his more famous finishing moves: a spine-buster and the infamous ‘People’s Elbow’.

Then, Johnson pointed to McAfee – who had remained in the ring – and instructed him to deliver his own version of the ‘elbow’, still billed as ‘The Most Electrifying Move in All of Sports Entertainment’.

Later on in the show, The Rock stood face-to-face with one of his old WWE ‘rivals’ John Cena – who was set to appear later in the show.

The pair stared each other down before cracking smiles – with Cena saying ‘Welcome home’.

It’s the first time that Johnson wrestled in any capacity since that October 2019 appearance, which came around the time that he announced his retirement from pro wrestling.

It isn’t clear if ‘Rocky’ will be making a return to the WWE or if this was a one-off appearance because he was already in the Centennial State. 

But Johnson’s time in Colorado is not done just yet. He’ll be making an appearance on College GameDay live from the University of Colorado campus in Boulder – just half an hour north of Denver.

The Rock will be appearing on the show as a celebrity ‘guest picker’ to take a crack at selecting the winners of Saturday’s slate of American college football games.

Wrestling legend Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson has teased a possible run for President – but only once his young daughters have grown up.

The wrestling great also revealed on Friday that he was ‘locked in’ to face Roman Reigns at this year’s WrestleMania and is ‘open’ to a return in 2024.

Johnson, now 51, has floated a bid for the White House in the past, with his Young Rock TV shows centered around a 2032 bid for the presidency.

Speaking on The Pat McAfee Show this week, The Rock did not rule out a possible run for power in the future, saying: ‘We’ll see.’

‘I don’t know if I’m the right guy or not,’ he explained. ‘I have to tell you: I have been really overwhelmed.

Wrestling legend Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson has teased a possible run for President

The wrestling great also revealed on Friday that he was ‘open’ to a return to the ring in 2024

‘It’s so humbling to have people tell me what they tell me and these polls that come out – there was one last year and 40-43 per cent of people said they’d vote for me as president, which I appreciated – thank you so much!

‘From (having) $7 (to my name) to having that kind of conversation is really incredible. Right now, I am a proud girl dad. I have a seven-year-old (Jasmine), I have a five-year-old (Tiana) and I love being at home, taking them to school, picking them up, making cookies and doing that. 

‘And I just know that if something like that – the presidency – would happen all that goes away and I’ve been there before… in wrestling I was gone all the time and I missed so many years with (his eldest daughter Simone, 22) and it’s heartbreaking. 

‘I don’t want that to happen right now with my girls. Now, my girls will eventually grow up and get older and then, maybe? We’ll see.’   

 The 51-year-old wrestling legend was speaking on The Pat McAfee Show on Friday

‘The Rock headlining WrestleMania with Roman Reigns… that was locked in,’ he said

The Rock announced his retirement from professional wrestling back in 2019 but on Friday, the 51-year suggested he could be back in the ring next year.

He claimed that a headline clash with Roman Reigns was ‘locked in’ for April and that he is open to facing Reigns in Philadephia.

‘The Rock headlining WrestleMania with Roman Reigns at SoFi Stadium – that was locked in,’ he said.

Earlier this week, the WWE’s $21billion merger with the UFC was finally sealed and Johnson explained: ‘We got really close, but we couldn’t figure out what that thing was, so we decided to put our pencils down, and we agreed: “Hey listen, there’s a merger coming up, there’s WrestleMania coming up in Philly, that’ll happen.” I’m saying that is potential too, I’m open.’ 

Crime fans have been offered the opportunity to live out the prison experience after a flat converted from a jail cell has been made available for rent.

A two-bedroom property within the old Magistrates Court in Wakefield, Yorkshire has been listed on Rightmove for £750-a-month.

While the flat itself has been converted, the building’s original holding cells in the basement are available as storage space for an additional fee.

The property, which is now called the Old Court House, is a brown stone building with a renovated interior.

The apartment contains two bathrooms and a spacious living room featuring cornice designs and wall-mounted lights.

A flat converted from an old court house has been made available for rent at £750-a-month

Although the apartment has been converted, the original prison cells are still available to hire out as storage space for an additional cost

The cells are situated in a white brick corridor in the basement, which is lined on both sides with large, green metal doors

The newly converted apartment is within Wakefield’s former Magistrates Court

The Grade II Listed building in Wakefield city centre was converted into flats after the courthouse closed in 2016, after being previously earmarked for office space.

Before redevelopment, it had become a target for homeless people, the Wakefield Express reported.

The cells are situated in a white brick corridor in the basement, which is lined on both sides with large, green metal doors.

The doors feature huge locks and a tiny window on each, whilst inside boasts the bare minimum, with a stone floor, raised platform and a barred window at the top of the wall letting in a thin stream of light.

The property is being listed for rent by OpenRent, who describe the flat as ‘a contemporary two-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment set within this brand-new conversion of the old Magistrates Court’.

It adds: ‘Available to move in immediately, no parking but this property benefits from a locked bike store and intercom system.

‘The building’s original holding cells are available to be used as storage at additional cost.’

After the courthouse closed in 2016, the building became a target for homeless people

The flat contains a kitchen, two large bedrooms and two bathrooms

According to the agent, the property is available to move in immediately, and has an intercom and bike storage, but no parking

One amused house-hunter, who shared the listing to social media, wrote: ‘Prison basement, for those friends you really don’t like.’

The post has since racked up dozens of likes and comments from other users who were quick to crack jokes.

One user responded: ‘Would be great for any aspiring dominatrixes. Wouldn’t even need to build their own cell.’

Another quipped: ‘Super secure storage. I was going to say you could rent one of the cells and use it as an office but I think it might be the most miserable commute and setting of all time.’

A third added: ‘I’d be advertising them as a prison experience night on Airbnb.’

Another replied: ‘That is f***ing mental.’

A rural town in NSW is believed to be hiding the largest crater on Earth, made by a meteor twice as powerful as the one that caused the extinction of the dinosaurs.

Experts believe the world’s largest meteor crater is buried deep in the earth in the town of Deniliquin, in the Riverina region of NSW close to the Victorian border. 

The research, published in the Technophysics journal, suggests the impact structure spans up to 520km in diameter. 

The Deniliquin structure is three times as wide as the crater in Chicxulub, Mexico, which was left by the meteor that wiped out the dinosaurs 65million years ago.

The crater has yet to be tested by drilling but is believed to be linked to a mass extinction event. 

Experts believe the world’s largest meteor crater is buried deep in the earth in the town of Deniliquin, in the Riverina region of NSW close to the Victorian border (pictured, Deniliquin)

Research suggests the crater was made by an impact during the Late Ordovician extinction event between 445.2 and 443.8 million years ago. 

About 85 per cent of life on Earth was wiped out during the Ordovician event. 

At the time, the Deniliquin structure was located on the eastern part of the Gondwana supercontinent – before it split apart – and wiped out about 85 per cent of life on Earth.

Study co-author Doctor Andrew Glikson said the Deniliquin structure could be even older and suggested it was caused during the Cambrian era – about 514 million years ago.

Massive asteroids have pummelled the Earth in its long history, with Australia recording at least 28 confirmed and 43 potential impact structures. 

Doctor Glikson said identifying an impact structure is difficult as the crater can erode over millions of years.   

A crater with an uplifted core is left behind after an asteroid strikes ‘similar to how a drop of water splashes upward from a transient crater when you drop a pebble in a pool’, Dr Glikson explained in LiveScience.

Australia has at least 28 confirmed and 43 potential impact structures, with Deniliquin being by far the largest

That central uplifted dome is a key characteristic of impact structures, but it can erode over millions of years and become difficult to identify.

‘Currently, the bulk of the evidence for the Deniliquin impact is based on geophysical data obtained from the surface,’ Dr Glikson wrote.

‘For proof of impact, we’ll need to collect physical evidence of shock, which can only come from drilling deep into the structure.

‘The next step will be to gather samples to determine the structure’s exact age. This will require drilling a deep hole into its magnetic centre and dating the extracted material.’

Scientists and study co-author Tony Yeates discovered a magnetic pattern beneath the Murray Basin in NSW between 1995 and 2000 which pointed to a buried impact structure. 

Research suggests the crater was made by an impact during the Late Ordovician extinction event between 445.2 and 443.8 million years ago – which was twice as powerful as the meteor that wiped out the dinosaurs

Analysis between 2015 and 2020 revealed the existence of the 520km wide structure. 

The crater has a seismically defined dome at its centre – which is similar to structures found after an asteroid strike.  

The Deniliquin crater has all the features of a large impact structure including magnetic readings showing a symmetrical rippling pattern in the Earth’s crust and ‘radial faults’. 

The magnetic rippling pattern was likely formed from the immense heat after the asteroid struck the Earth.