The Rock vs. The Gate: Dwayne Johnson tears out front gate with his bare hands

By Andrea Tuccillo

Video by Faith Bernstein

It was The Rock vs. The Gate, and The Rock won.

Dwayne Johnson ripped his front gate off with his bare hands on Friday after a power outage kept it from opening and almost made him late for work. He shared the feat of strength on his Instagram page, along with a photo of the dismantled gate.

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Not my finest hour 🤦🏽‍♂️, but a man's gotta go to work. We experienced a power outage due to severe storms, causing my front gate not to open. I tried to override the hydraulic system to open the gates, which usually works when power goes out - but this time it wouldn't. Made some calls to see how fast I can get the gate tech on site, but I didn't have 45min to wait. By this time, I know I have hundreds of production crew members waiting for me to come to work so we can start our day. So I did what I had to do. I pushed, pulled and ripped the gate completely off myself. Tore it out of the brick wall, severed the steel hydraulics and threw it on the grass. My security team was able to meet the gate technician and welders about an hour later — and they were apparently, "in disbelief and equally scared" 🤣 Not my finest hour, but I had to go to work. And I think I'm 💯 ready to be #blackadam 😄💪🏾 #ripgates

A post shared by therock (@therock) on Sep 18, 2020 at 1:24pm PDT

"Not my finest hour, but a man's gotta go to work," the 48-year-old wrote. "We experienced a power outage due to severe storms, causing my front gate not to open. I tried to override the hydraulic system to open the gates, which usually works when power goes out - but this time it wouldn't."

When he realized technicians wouldn't get there in time, he took matters into his own hands -- literally.

"I pushed, pulled and ripped the gate completely off myself. Tore it out of the brick wall, severed the steel hydraulics and threw it on the grass," he explained. "My security team was able to meet the gate technician and welders about an hour later — and they were apparently, 'in disbelief and equally scared.'"

He thanked the technicians and welders for their help and joked, "maybe next time I'll just hop the gates and call an Uber." But then added, "Actually, no I won't. There's no fun in that."

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Well here's the destruction 🤦🏽‍♂️ I left behind after pulling my gates off myself and going to work. This footage was taken from my security after I had already left and he arrived on the scene. The second video is of our technicians and welders carrying one of the gates and placing it gently in the grass. As you guys know from my last post, there was a power outage at my house, causing my gates to not open. Sure as hell wasn't my best hour, but there were a lot of people waiting for me at work so I did what I had to do, hopped in my pick up and went to work. Maybe next time I'll just hop the gates and call an Uber. Actually, no I won't. There's no fun in that 😈 Jokes aside, THANK YOU to the techs and welders who mobilized very quickly in the morning to come over and take care of the destruction. Thank you, gentlemen. Just one of those days where I wasn't in the mood. We've all been there. 🥃 #ripgates

A post shared by therock (@therock) on Sep 18, 2020 at 9:25pm PDT

Ryan Reynolds took to the comments to tease him, writing, "The gate opened the OTHER way."

Johnson is currently filming Netflix's Red Notice. He returned to work last week after recovering from COVID-19.