Maria Kanellis and her husband Mike Kanellis-Bennett were released by WWE in April 2020 as part of the COVID-19 budget cuts. They were frustrated about their position in the company, anyways, beforehand.
However, they would go on to re-sign with the company in 2019 for multiple years. But things never worked well for them despite one of them being one of the most popular superstars in the history of female wrestling talents.
Over the span of her WWE career on two separate occasions, Maria Kanellis has been involved in a number of interesting storylines. Back in the Ruthless Aggression Era days, WWE used to utilize the female talents as eye candy names and she was no different. It was her beauty and sex appeal that people were fond of seeing her on WWE TV, regularly.
This was the reason why WWE began a storyline for her which also involved the franchise player of the company. John Cena and Maria Kanellis shared screen space for an angle on WWE Raw where the two got romantically involved. Cena eventually kissed her at a point that led to the belief that the two could have been dating in real life. A WWE veteran was genuinely fond of that angle.
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Maria Kanellis-John Cena was an item in 2006
During Grilling JR Podcast, Jim Ross discussed John Cena’s run in WWE back in 2006, particularly the angle where she shared an on-screen relationship with Maria Kanellis.
The two had an on-screen romance, although it was never confirmed to be real. The veteran commentator cum former WWE creative head had seemed to really enjoy what he saw between the two. Going by her comments, he was extremely fond of the female talent,
“Well, look at her. Do you think she is not TV-worthy? That’s it. She had great sex appeal. She was a fresh face and was always professional, wide-eyed, and open to trying things. I actually thought that was a good choice because she was a new player in the equation, and she had all the tools that she wanted. And if John Cena is going to have a girlfriend, she’s going to be hot.”
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WWE never dragged that romantic storyline which appeared to be just a segment for the ongoing John Cena vs. Edge feud. Maria Kanellis was dating CM Punk during that period of time, and she’s already commented in the past, clarifying that she was simply acting while kissing the Cenation Leader. Despite that, some people still likes to think that the two could probably have a thing going between them.
