The Rock Tastes His Own Blood After Gym Injury, Gets Stitches to Close Gash

Here’s reason #1,000,001 why The Rock is tougher than you …

Dwayne Johnson suffered a pretty gnarly gym injury Monday requiring stitches to close a wound on his face.

But, instead of cryin’ about it — he tasted his own blood and went right back to work!!!

The former WWE superstar said he suffered the wound throwing around some heavy weights — and in a video, he revealed his eye was swollen and bloody.

But, in true tough guy fashion … The Rock licked the blood off his face and said, “That’s good. That’s real good. Back to work.”

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Johnson later explained he got nicked up tossing 50-pound chains … and said the wound was so bad, he needed stitches.

Though the 48-year-old said he didn’t go under the needle and thread until AFTER the workout was done … ’cause, duh.

“We ain’t playing tiddlywinks and we ain’t reciting nursery rhymes,” Dwayne said … before later writing, “Taste your own blood, keep working out and stitch up later – rules of the house.”