While wrestling fans often voice their opinion on John Cena, it’s not very often that we get to hear a backstage person talking about the Cenation Leader or any problems he may have created.
However, during a recent rare interview at the Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show, former WWE Writer Freddie Prinze Jr opened up about his issues with the former World Champion.
Freddie said that he respects what the 16 Time World Champion has brought to WWE and held the company on his shoulders but he then went on to claim that they didn’t get along:
John Cena and I were the only ones who didn’t really get along,” he admitted. “I respect what John brought to WWE. He had to hold the company on his shoulders during the PG Era when no one else wanted to. That could have been [Triple H], but he wanted to be more Rated R and do the stuff he liked to do. John took that upon himself. For that, wrestling fans should be grateful. But we did not get along. He did not like that I was there.
Continuing on the topic, he explained his issues with Cena and the former WWE writer told a story of an acting class which the WWE wrestler had interrupted:
“He walked in, in the middle of acting class, and sat down in between the two wrestlers. We go outside, and I go, ‘You’re not in this class because you know how to do this. But you don’t want to teach these guys or girls shit. So let me do my job. Let me do what Vince wants me to do. And just stay out of here.’ To his credit, he goes, ‘I know approach this stuff in a barbaric sort of way, but you either got it, or you don’t.’ I said, ‘You’re right about that. But you can get better or worse, depending on the type of instruction you have. Do you want them to have instruction from Vince in the promo class or from me?’”
