John Cena showed up on the March 6 episode of WWE Raw and ran down Austin Theory, initially turning down a match against him at WrestleMania.
Cena was then baited into agreeing to the bout, but not before taking more shots at Theory. Cena said Theory could not win at WrestleMania because if he loses, he loses, and if he wins, he has to face the crowd the next night on Raw and that he's not ready.
Appearing on WWE After The Bell, Theory had a lot to say about Cena.
To be completely honest, in that moment, I kinda of knew what was going to happen. Knowing what, when he goes out there, we're in Boston, the crowd is going to be crazy for him. It doesn't matter if I've been there every single week working and grinding and putting my name on the print of Monday Night Raw. It's how it always is when that guy comes back, everybody goes crazy. I didn't want to give him any time to speak, that's why I immediately came out. We all saw when I came out there, he had a lot to say. Of course he had a lot to say to me, I'm the most important thing here. If you're trying to be important again, I'm the guy.
The Raw after Mania, I'm going to be in the middle of my ring. The reason why is, that's the inevitable. It's meant to happen and it's going to happen. When he says stuff like, 'people don't believe in me.' The problem is, somebody like John Cena needs people to believe in him. I've never needed anybody, not one.
Yes, John Cena needs to say everything he can because he's going to go back to Hollywood until WrestleMania, put his skirt and heels on, that's why he has to say those mean things. I'm sure he thought about that for a really long time. He did say he's been watching me for a long time.
I could have stood out there and broke down, but I didn't. I stood in the ring with John Cena, looked him right in his face, he said what he had to say. It seems like he's really upset. Me, not so much. I looked that man in his eyes and I saw the fear. This is John Cena, the man who is not afraid of anything. I could see it. He can say, 'the Ruthless Aggression era, that's where you're at.' What are you talking about? I'm shining. I'm doing it. It's definitely not the Ruthless Aggression era. He said I'm one pair of trunks away from being a jabroni. That's what you showed up to my show to say to me? I'm standing out there because I was pretty speechless. This is a guy who I grew up watching, who motivated me and inspired me, and he's out here in front of his home crowd and trying to be cool?
Back in the day, because that's where he is, the spinner United States Championship. John Cena really built a legacy for the United States Championship. Could that be one of the things that really bothers him? He really didn't have anything to say about the United States Championship. Maybe that's something that gets under his skin, feeling like he built that mountain, and then, 'Uh oh, here comes Austin Theory.' Boom, right on top of that.
Every time Cena wanted to take a hit at me. I get it man, but it's over.
The people saying online, 'John Cena is going to beat him, we all know. I hope he has an open challenge again and a new cool challenger.' I love the future everybody sees because I'm going to stomp all over it.
I don't need to get into his head, I am in his head. I saw it when I looked into his eyes on Raw. 'Heck yeah, I'm getting that Rock, Roman Reigns roast. Give it to me.' Reality is going to be reality. What's supposed to happen is going to happen. Your time is not now, your time is over. Your time is ten years ago.
It's going to look like the biggest party in the world. The biggest celebration. It's already in the works because it's going to happen.
I don't care how many WrestleManias John has had, how unprepared he thinks I am for the crowd after, they're going to eat me alive, bring it. Just make sure that you really bring it.
Part of me doesn't care, but the other part of me thinks it's cool that, after everything that he wanted to show up and say at my house on Raw, it's going to feel really good to go to his part of town that he's been working so hard in and take a big crap in it.
WrestleMania 39 is going to be great and is going to show you what I am the inevitable Austin Theory. John Cena, he's going to go back after losing, probably throw on those heels and skirt and get back to work.
Cena was seen wearing a skirt as part of his filming for "Ricky Stanicky."
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