John Cena is a 16 time World Champion in WWE and has been the face of the company for over a decade until he shifted to a part-time scheduled back in 2017. Many fans have been wanting to see Cena make his return at this year’s WrestleMania. He was also going to team up with Justin Beiber in a match.
However, before he became a true pro wrestling veteran, he was a rookie and was showed the ropes by the likes of WWE Hall Of Famer Kurt Angle.
During the latest edition of the ARN Podcast, Arn Anderson discussed working with John Cena during the initial years of his WWE run. Anderson recalled how at one time, Cena angered Kurt Angle after he did not follow the script and in turn was legitimately hit with stiff shots and beaten half to death.
He was wrestling Kurt Angle, as we know Kurt Angle is the real deal, he’s an assassin,” Anderson mentioned. “All of a sudden I see John, out of nowhere during a random time in the match he roles out of the ring, goes over the rail about 15 rows deep, grabs one of those big foam hands and folds it into a bird and points it at Kurt Angle. The audience popped, but as he gave it back and came over that rail to rejoin the match, guess who was waiting on him and not too happy about what just happened? That would be Kurt Angle and he proceeded to beat John half to death.
“He got a little stiff and snug with him because it was something that did not work in the match, it was unprofessional, it was just a foolish thing to do during that point in the match. It’s just one of those things that goes through the learning process, if you learn from those mistakes you can accelerate and move forward.”
h/t to Wrestling Inc for the transcription.
