The multi-time world champion John Cena has had a great career in WWE before scaling the heights of success in Hollywood as an actor. When Cena started his career in WWE back in 2002, his character was viewed as a very uninspiring babyface with no personality. However, he turned out to be one of the biggest babyfaces of the company. That journey was not a smooth one as he revealed.
John Cena talks about his early days in WWE
While speaking on a series called “WWE Playback,” Cena spoke critically of how he behaved during a backstage segment with WWE Hall of Famer The Undertaker. Cena stated that he feels he was submissive and passive early on in WWE:
It’s not a shame ’cause it was a good learning experience, and the story turned out okay. But especially now, after I see the match and I see the audience with where they lose interest, you have to slow down, you have to tell a story and just doing what I was told in performances like that almost got me fired. I could see why ’cause you look at the audience, nobody cares.
“I guess looking back at it, I’m grateful for the moment, I’m grateful I debuted in such a historic arena with such an amazing performer [in Angle], but I’m also grateful it didn’t go well cause it taught me, especially when ‘The Doctor of Thuganomics’ character was introduced, I was neither ruthless nor aggressive. I was quite submissive, and passive, and acted like a fan, and I was. That’s okay, but you can’t do that there.”
Cena is set to make his return to WWE on June 27 to celebrate his 20th Year with the company. He is also in talks with WWE for a match at SummerSlam.
