The Rock Dwayne Douglas Johnson , also known by his ring name The Rock , portrayed the Pendari Champion in the episode . He acquired fame for his accolades as a professional wrestler with ( WWE ) , but he has since retired from wrestling to focus on a full - time acting career . He is the first WWE superstar to make a guest appearance on " Star Trek " ; he was followed by Tommy " Tiny " Lister , Jr . and The Big Show , both of whom guest - starred on . Born in Hayward , California , USA ( although he was billed as being from Miami , Florida due to his having attended college at and played football for the University of Miami ) , Johnson is a third - generation professional wrestler who made his debut with WWE ( then known as the World Wrestling Federation , or WWF ) in 1996 as " Rocky Maivia " , a combination of his father Rocky Johnson ' s first name and his grandfather " High Chief " Peter Maivia ' s last name ( both former WWF wrestlers ) . With a later " attitude adjustment " to his character , he changed his ring name to " The Rock " . He subsequently became famous not only for his wrestling but also for such trademark gestures as " The People ' s Eyebrow " ( in which he raises his right eyebrow to the crowd or to his opponent - he can be seen doing this during his " Voyager " appearance ) and his signature line " " Do you smell what the Rock is cooking ? " " ( with the word " smell " generally drawn out ) . He retired in 2004 . Johnson ' s appearance in " Voyager " predated the true launch of his acting career . He made his breakthrough film appearance in the 2001 sequel " The Mummy Returns " , portraying Mathayus the Scorpion King . He later reprised the role as the star of " The Scorpion King " ( with Branscombe Richmond and Joseph Ruskin ) in 2002 . Since then , he has starred in such films as " The Rundown " ( with Jeff Chase , William Lucking , and Todd Stashwick ) . He went on to star in the remake of " Walking Tall " ( opposite Neal McDonough and Barbara Tarbuck ) , " Doom " ( opposite Karl Urban ) , " Southland Tales " ( with John Larroquette , Holmes Osborne , and Wallace Shawn ) , " Gridiron Gang " ( with Leon Rippy and Brett Cullen ) , and " The Game Plan " ( with Gordon Clapp ) . He also made a cameo appearance as an inept ( and ill - fated ) S . W . A . T . officer in " Reno 911 ! : Miami " . With the release of the 2008 film adaptation of the TV series " Get Smart " , in which he played Agent 23 , Johnson dropped the use of the nickname " The Rock " from his acting credits , presumably to further disassociate his acting career from his former wrestling persona and to avoid any copyright claims the WWE may have on the moniker . He then starred in Disney ' s 2009 science fiction - adventure film " Race to Witch Mountain " , which also featured Bob Clendenin , Ike Eisenmann , John Kassir , and Tom Woodruff , Jr . He also voiced the lead role in the 2009 CGI - animated science fiction comedy " Planet 51 " . More recently , he co - starred with Ashley Judd in the 2010 fantasy comedy " Tooth Fairy " . He also made an appearance in the 2010 comedy " Why Did I Get Married Too ? " , which was written , produced , and directed by Tyler Perry . Perry also starred in the film , while K Callan had a supporting role . Johnson also appeared in the action comedy " The Other Guys " , the revenge thriller " Faster " as well as 2011 ' s " Fast Five " . Much hype was made of Johnson ' s announced voicing of the Autobot Cliffjumper in the Roberto Orci / Alex Kurtzman - produced " Transformers : Prime " cartoon series , though Cliffjumper was killed in the very first episode . Frank Welker , who voices Megatron , also provided the " voice " of a zombified Cliffjumper in the second episode . Jeffrey Combs , Clancy Brown , and Tony Todd are among the voice actors for that series . In 2011 , The Rock made a surprise return to WWE , acting as the host of WrestleMania XXVII . In 2012 , Johnson returned to the ring to compete in his first match in 8 years at WrestleMania XXVIII , held in his adopted hometown of Miami , which he won against John Cena . He then went on to compete at the 2013 Royal Rumble where he won the WWE Championship from defending champion . He then lost the WWE Championship at Wrestlemania XXIX , in New York , to John Cena . He later made an appearance at the opening ceremony of Wrestlemania XXX in 2014 .