TJ Wilson recalls advice from John Cena.
Before arriving to the main roster in 2009, TJ Wilson (Tyson Kidd) spent a significant amount of time in FCW, even holding the FCW Southern Heavyweight Championship and the FCW Florida Tag Team Championships at one point.
As it turns out, John Cena, the face of WWE at the time, was able to provide some feedback to Wilson during his time in FCW, telling him to keep it simple
"John Cena gave me advice in FCW. 2008. He had been down a few times. One time, he was coming back from injury in 2007-08 and we had a little singles match on the fly after practice. I’ve had a few little interactions with him in FCW. Even to this day, he’s very cool and ultra respectful to me. If I was being water tortured, I don’t have anything bad to say about Cena whatsoever. He’s never been anything but respectful to me. He gave me this advice, I didn’t quite get it at the time. I was smaller, and in developmental, you’re just throwing gimmicks at the wall and seeing what sticks. You’re doing wacky promos and seeing what sticks. I was just trying to be the best wrestler that I could. I was doing a lot of chain wrestling, and not a MMA style, but a lot of intricate chain wrestling. I remember Cena saying, ‘That works for Randy Couture and Chuck Liddell. My advice is, keep it simple, but find out your version of how to make simple entertaining. That’s the way to go.’ I remember thinking, ‘I know what he’s saying, but he’s saying that from his perspective.’ A little bit later, I was like, ‘You know what, that John Cena guy was absolutely right.’" Wilson said while speaking with the Counted Out podcast with Mike and Tyler for a new interview.
Elsewhere in the interview, Wilson had high praise for Trish Stratus. Check out his full comments on the legend by clicking here.
John Cena is set to wrestle in the Men's Elimination Chamber match at WWE Elimination Chamber. Check out the updated card for the show here.
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