John Cena may stand first in line to many when it comes to sorting out the greatest WWE superstars of all-time. Vince McMahon himself awarded him with the similar gimmick for his latest sporadic run in the company since he firmly believes so. There’s a reason behind thinking so as John Cena is a 16-time world champion which is the rarest accolade for a pro-wrestler.
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WWE history would not be the same without a small town boy from West Newbury, Massachusetts who landed in the big league and earned everything. However, things were not smooth for him all the way in his career. There was an initial point where officials did not like him that led him to almost getting fired from the company.
It happened in the earliest part of his WWE career where John Cena was not the favorite of the scriptwriters or the officials. They were not fond of him and thought this guy received the earliest push on the roster. He was about to spend more days on the OVW developmental territory but ended up getting on Smackdown Live. The rest is an incredible journey where he became the most polarizing figure in the company’s history. Here’s more from the situation on his own words,
“I was about to be fired. I was in a Becky Lynch-type scenario where I was forgotten and I was about to be let go and I took a chance on myself. I took a chance on redefining my character and it worked and I’ve never stopped. And I wasn’t the corporate headquarters first, second, third, fourth, fifth or sixth choice, but the audience began to make noise. And I connected with the audience and the rest is history. And that’s what’s wonderful about WWE. It truly is an enterprise system for any performer to connect with the audience. And once they connect with the audience, it doesn’t matter if they’re male or female.”
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John Cena renovated himself for multiple occasions stopping himself from getting stale. The early ruthless part of himself gave birth to the Ruthless Aggression Era in the WWE whereas he was top of his fame via the Dr. of Thuganomics gimmick. As WWE moved on from the non-PG gimmicks, he resurfaced with the ‘Hustle, Loyalty and Respect’ character that has now become a trademark.
Veteran pro wrestling journalist Dave Meltzer has spoken on this issue accepting the fact that John Cena was about to take an early exit from the WWE. Very few in the company liked him when he entered the main roster. Thankfully, Stephanie McMahon liked that young kid who later went on to carry the entire company on his shoulder. Check out Meltzer’s comments on this issue,
“John Cena worked OVW for a while, which is where he really learned his craft. He was called up too soon, which everyone knew, and there are political reasons why that happened, and it nearly cost him his career. If it wasn’t for Stephanie McMahon taking a liking to him after they’d just about decided to let him go, he could’ve been gone.”
