The former WWE Champion John Cena is set to make his return to WWE on June 27 to celebrate his 20th Year with the company. WWE’s announcement of his return has added a boost to the ticket sale of the company. Cena had been rocking the classic crew cut during his time in WWE but that was not his hairstyle forever. WWE Chairman Vince McMahon told John Cena to cut his hair in their first meeting ahead of his main roster debut.
John Cena recalls what Vince McMahon told him
Cena has been a key part of WWE since his debut 20 years ago in 2002. The 16-time world champion featured in WWE’s then developmental territory OVW before making his main roster debut in June 2002 in a match against Kurt Angle.
Cena, in a recent WWE Playback video, said that his first interaction with McMahon resulted in the Chairman ordering him to cut his hair:
“I found out at 2:45 in the afternoon that I’d be wrestling Kurt Angle. I had one meeting with Mr. McMahon before this. I was pushed into his office and Michael Hayes asked, like, ‘What do we do with this?’ Mr. McMahon’s first sentence to me, it was a short meeting. He said, ‘Cut his f*cking hair.’ Then I was out of the office.”
In the same video clip Cena stated that he would’ve changed a few things in his debut match against Angle. The 16-time world champion feels he should’ve not acted like a fan in his debut. He said:
“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.”
Cena is also in talks with WWE for a match at SummerSlam. We will see what WWE has planned for him.
