Future WWE Hall of Famer John Cena who is a record sixteen times world champion in WWE recently look back at his match against John “Bradshaw” Leyfield from WrestleMania 21 in which Cena won his first WWE championship.
This is a very important match not only in John Cena career but for the history of WWE as well. John Cena is the biggest champion in WWE history and he won the most number of WWE World Championships in the history of WWE. Nobody ever achieved 16 world championships in only WWE. The advertised 16 world championships of Ric Flair are not won in WWE only.
John Cena Looks Back At His Match Against JBL From WrestleMania 21
The mentioned match between Cena and JBL marked the first world championship win of “The Champ.” The match was excellently built up as well. The backstory was great, and JBL was really able to make Cena look like a future star. This match marked the beginning of the amazing Championship career of Cena.
Cena had a successful feud win over JBL. His I Quit match against the former champion at Judgement Day of the mentioned year is still considered a classic. After that Cena went to RAW and became the biggest superstar of WWE. He is still a huge crowd gatherer and it has been reported that WWE is struggling to sale tickets after the departure of Cena.
John Cena who is a record sixteen times world champion in WWE recently look back at his match against John “Bradshaw” Leyfield from WrestleMania 21 which was for the WWE championship. He said;
“Every chance for a connection or every opportunity to have [an] experience in life, you can learn from something and I remember this: John [Layfield’s] entrance that day, he had a limo and it was like raining money and he had all this pomp and circumstance and I remember being backstage with John, our producer and myself and I think that Vince [McMahon] was there as well.
“I said, ‘My God, look at him. He’s got the the limo, it’s raining money. What do I get?’ And deadpan, John turned over to me and he said, ‘You’re winning tonight’ and that sunk in and I learned that here I am, looking at all the things he had, wanting what he had and not looking at what’s right in front of me which is an opportunity to be world champion for the first time, something that I dreamt of as a kid.
“I made my own paper championships so he was…John was always great about keeping you grounded and he did a lot for me and I’m forever thankful to him. That’s the one thing I remember from that day, him turning to me deadpan and saying, ‘You are winning!’ And almost like, ‘Get over yourself man, I’m trying to build myself up as the biggest obstacle you can overcome which is why it’s raining money and you’re going to win so that’s going to be enough for this evening so just take that and you’re going to be good.’
“I really thank him for not only that lesson but he gave me a bunch of lessons through my career.”
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