John Cena Shot Down WWE Signing James Storm

John Cena allegedly told Arn Anderson in TNA’s hey day that he had no interest in WWE signing James Storm, AJ Styles, and Bobby Roode after Anderson suggested he work with them.

 


 

Anderson said on The Arn Show, “I sat John [Cena] down. I don’t remember the year, but I could feel that things were getting a little stale. WWE needed an influx of not just bodies and people coming from NXT, no knock on that, but seasoned veterans. People that were considered stars. I sat John down and said, ‘You know John, there’s some guys with the other company and that we can steel and blend in to work with you.’ My conversation was that it was Bobby Roode, Cowboy (James Storm), and AJ Styles. I said, ‘These guys can go. I’m talking about talk shelf performers and they will freshen everything up.’”

“He looked me right in the eye and at this time John had 100% stroke, power, it was his call on everything that had to do with him. He said, ‘Why would we want those guys? We make our own stars.’ So yes, he was on my radar. AJ Styles was one of those rare talents that only come along every 20 years or so that can do it all. I knew that then. I know that now. It will be the same thing that, barring injury, a year from now. So yes, definitely on my radar. I was pushing for the three of those guys.”

WrestlingNews.co transcribed the quote. James Storm had a very brief NXT stint and almost signed with WWE, and according to AJ Styles, his current WWE theme was meant for Storm.

“Well, they let me in on the music and stuff like that. I dug it. I thought it was a cool deal. The only thing that I was worried about was when they were calling me a redneck, which I am and make no excuses, I didn’t want people to think, ‘Oh, he’s a hillbilly,’ which is totally different from a redneck. But, it was the perfect music for me.

“Let it be known that music was originally not made for me. It was made for somebody else, but it’s mine, you know? It was made for James Storm. It may have been made for James Storm, but it was written for AJ Styles.”

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