Kemo
04-11-2016, 07:53 PM
Prior to WrestleMania 32, John Cena was interviewed for Centerstage on the YES Network in New York City. The interview will finally air on April 12th at 11 PM, with several replays afterwards, and the YES Network sent along some highlights from the transcript. Cena spoke with them about how big WrestleMania has become, and went all the way back to his humble beginnings in the wrestling business. Cena recalled the first time he met Vince McMahon, saying it didn’t happen until the very night of his WWE debut.
“I got to meet Vince McMahon in Chicago in 2002, which is where I made my (mainstage, WWE television) debut, and it was the night of my debut, and my debut shouldn’t have even happened,” Cena revealed. “Kurt Angle was supposed to wrestle a fellow named The Undertaker that night, and The Undertaker actually could not make the show. He was extremely ill and didn’t show up, and they needed a replacement, and somebody threw my name out there because it would just be like a single match and it would do more for Kurt Angle than anybody else and Vince said “Okay,” so they brought me in to see Vince, and I had a long, horrible, badly-dyed mop haircut at the time. And my first meeting with Vince McMahon went something like this: I was shoved into a room and someone over my shoulder said, “What do you think?” And he (McMahon) turns around and goes, “Cut his hair.” That was my first meeting with my boss. I love him. I admire him as a human being. I think he’s … just a wonderful example of hard work paying off. To this day he does not need to show up. He is always hands on. He always shows up. His drive is incomparable.”
Cena was asked about his signature maneuver the “Attitude Adjustment.” Cena talks about getting the move from Tommy Dreamer and just changing the name.
“I actually got a signature move from a guy named Tommy Dreamer. A local guy. A New York guy. And he was using a move, that is a fireman’s carry, and you basically pick somebody on your shoulders and drop them down to the mat, and he gave it to me and I gave it a name and then changed the name and now it’s the Attitude Adjustment.”
Not being able to compete tonight at #WrestleMania, John Cena feels like that ace pitcher stuck in the bullpen.https://t.co/qqHcYyMb8Y
— YES Network (@YESNetwork) April 3, 2016
“I got to meet Vince McMahon in Chicago in 2002, which is where I made my (mainstage, WWE television) debut, and it was the night of my debut, and my debut shouldn’t have even happened,” Cena revealed. “Kurt Angle was supposed to wrestle a fellow named The Undertaker that night, and The Undertaker actually could not make the show. He was extremely ill and didn’t show up, and they needed a replacement, and somebody threw my name out there because it would just be like a single match and it would do more for Kurt Angle than anybody else and Vince said “Okay,” so they brought me in to see Vince, and I had a long, horrible, badly-dyed mop haircut at the time. And my first meeting with Vince McMahon went something like this: I was shoved into a room and someone over my shoulder said, “What do you think?” And he (McMahon) turns around and goes, “Cut his hair.” That was my first meeting with my boss. I love him. I admire him as a human being. I think he’s … just a wonderful example of hard work paying off. To this day he does not need to show up. He is always hands on. He always shows up. His drive is incomparable.”
Cena was asked about his signature maneuver the “Attitude Adjustment.” Cena talks about getting the move from Tommy Dreamer and just changing the name.
“I actually got a signature move from a guy named Tommy Dreamer. A local guy. A New York guy. And he was using a move, that is a fireman’s carry, and you basically pick somebody on your shoulders and drop them down to the mat, and he gave it to me and I gave it a name and then changed the name and now it’s the Attitude Adjustment.”
Not being able to compete tonight at #WrestleMania, John Cena feels like that ace pitcher stuck in the bullpen.https://t.co/qqHcYyMb8Y
— YES Network (@YESNetwork) April 3, 2016