John Cena is back to the WWE after a long hiatus of more than three months. He entered straight into the main event picture by challenging AJ Styles for the WWE championship at the Royal Rumble PPV. This week he was a guest on the Talking Smack show where he accepted the fact that people call him a part-timer for a reason. Multiple commitments outside the company forced him to stay away from the company.
So, he apologised to The Rock for his comments in 2012. Cena was the performing as the consistence main eventer at that point and so could not persist from calling the People’s champ a ‘part-timer.’ John Cena said that this was “the stupidest thing” ever said by him. This was his comments from Talking Smack:
Does @JohnCena regret his comments to @TheRock about being a “part-time” Superstar? He explains on #TalkingSmack. @JCLayfield pic.twitter.com/d3SkuMn0my
— WWE (@WWE) December 28, 2016
The 15-time world champion also appeared in an interview with ESPN prior to his appearance on Smackdown Live from the Chicago City where he was asked the inevitable question of facing the Undertaker at Wrestlemania, now that he is back on a full-time basis.
Cena said that he would love to face the Deadman and facing him at Mania would be something like facing the eighth wonder of the world, Andre the Giant. Here are his comments:
“Undertaker certainly is a cornerstone of WWE, and just as I say to myself that I really would have liked to been able to get to know and certainly get in the ring with Andre the Giant, just because of all the respect and folklore that went around with Andre, I think The Undertaker has that same sort of respect and folklore around him. If you’re asking if I’d want to be in a high-profile match with one of the most legendary superstars in the industry, my answer is yes.”
The Cenation leader also praised the product that Smackdown Live is able to deliver for the past several months beating Monday Night Raw. The blue brand is not dependent with any single superstar and that’s why the show is not becoming stale, as per his view. He concluded by saying,
“I’ve always said we need to put forth the best product we can, and it seems like we’re doing our best to do that. It seems like the dynamic itself is changing. Many years ago, you could look at the brand essentially as a one-man show with one man leading the way and him being held up by a cast of supportive players. I think Attitude Era was a bit of a segue into this [modern era]. Now you see more of a multi-tiered show, where it’s a lot of talented superstars being able to showcase their talents.”