Big E gives John Cena props.
At WWE Money in the Bank, 16-time world champion John Cena announced that he would be retiring from in-ring competition in 2025, as he stated that he would be going on a farewell tour.
Speaking on Unlikely with Adrian Hernandez, John Cena's announcement came up in the conversation, and Big E was asked to name one thing that he would always remember Cena for.
“He’s done so much. Selfishly, I would say my one moment is my debut. My debut in Philly in 2012 was me leaving him laying, standing over him to close the show. That moment means so much because debuting on the main roster is incredible for everyone. But debuting like that, debuting, getting to stand over arguably the greatest of all time, he’s red-hot, he is clearly the guy, so that meant a lot to me. But yeah, there’s so many different things. We had, I think about a year later, there was a backstage segment that led to a match, I think we wrestled The Shield, but it was me, Punk, and Cena, and there’s a deal where Renee was the interviewer at the time, we all put out hands in and did a little Shield deal. Even that moment of, like, man, I’m young in my career, but just being able to be in the ring with a guy like CM Punk, with John Cena, and me, man, there are so many incredible moments. I think back to so many times when I first came on the road, it was always, ‘Oh, Cena’s match is about to be up,’ and so many of us would be peeking out in front of the crowd because that Cena pop is different. Another thing, when I first came on the main roster, it was Cena and Dolph [Ziggler] wrestling every single night. I remember one of my first main roster shows, we were doing MSG, they had a cage match, and to be there in New York during Cena’s prime, wrestling Dolph, who is red-hot as well in the main event, to have the best seat in the house, I’m standing there and I’m getting to see greatness. I’m getting to see how he manipulates the crowd. He made so many special moments for our fans, for people, for talent, for us to see what it’s like to be the guy, to have that kind of reaction. So salute to everything that everything that Cena has done for our industry and even all the Make-a-Wishes as well. It’s really inspiring. He’s done a lot. A lot is an understatement, but he’s done so much for our industry and our business, so salute to him," Big E said.
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