Cena on meeting MJF

[Chiral]

John Cena on meeting MJF at the Iron Claw premiere: “So the whole totality of the thing is I knew he was going to be there. I don't think the old me would have associated with him just because of how WWE I was. I still am WWE, but there is room for competition and competition is great and just because you don't wear the company brand I have doesn't mean you're a bad performer.

Sports entertainment is a finicky business, and again, there's a lot of chances to make moments. This is one of their top performers for AEW and I don't know if I'm going to be the target of a moment. I'm just going to support my friend in a movie. He couldn't have been nicer. He couldn't have been more cordial. We met each other and I got pulled away to take some pictures and then we were about to go do everything else before I even got to you, and I was like, ‘Hold on. Give me two minutes.’ I shook his hand. I said, ‘Man, I'm so sorry. Excuse my ignorance, I didn't know what to expect from you today. You are a class act. I can't believe you're as professional as you are. That's just my ignorance. I'm sorry I had that judgment. I want to thank you for being so special. Thanks for making my night.’

Then we got back and I was able to talk to him more and I kind of was like, ‘Maybe we can get you to play for the right team one day’, and all that. There's no denying the fact that he's doing good work and I don't think that I should ignore that. Honestly, I was floored by his professionalism. Where it would have been an easy target at a wrestling movie premiere to have yourself a moment, and we did have a moment, and it was one that the internet paid attention to. It was one where I was hoping that this person that I met, I could once bet on like, ‘Man, oh, we just get you over here. That'd be awesome’ but it was great. It was great to meet a professional, classy, driven young man.”

I'm kinda stunned by this even knowing his penchant for WWESpeak, dude can come across so weird. Like congrats to Big Match John for learning that wrestlers don't inherently suck if they work for another company but the way he phrases it makes it sound like he literally just learned it at this premiere a few months ago, while still throwing in some backhanded stuff about the 'right team.' Not the worst interview word salad from Cena in recent weeks but I found it interesting.

[simplydurhamcalling]

Mar 6, 2024 17:33:23 GMT -5 Chiral said:

John Cena on meeting MJF at the Iron Claw premiere: “So the whole totality of the thing is I knew he was going to be there. I don't think the old me would have associated with him just because of how WWE I was. I still am WWE, but there is room for competition and competition is great and just because you don't wear the company brand I have doesn't mean you're a bad performer.

Sports entertainment is a finicky business, and again, there's a lot of chances to make moments. This is one of their top performers for AEW and I don't know if I'm going to be the target of a moment. I'm just going to support my friend in a movie. He couldn't have been nicer. He couldn't have been more cordial. We met each other and I got pulled away to take some pictures and then we were about to go do everything else before I even got to you, and I was like, ‘Hold on. Give me two minutes.’ I shook his hand. I said, ‘Man, I'm so sorry. Excuse my ignorance, I didn't know what to expect from you today. You are a class act. I can't believe you're as professional as you are. That's just my ignorance. I'm sorry I had that judgment. I want to thank you for being so special. Thanks for making my night.’

Then we got back and I was able to talk to him more and I kind of was like, ‘Maybe we can get you to play for the right team one day’, and all that. There's no denying the fact that he's doing good work and I don't think that I should ignore that. Honestly, I was floored by his professionalism. Where it would have been an easy target at a wrestling movie premiere to have yourself a moment, and we did have a moment, and it was one that the internet paid attention to. It was one where I was hoping that this person that I met, I could once bet on like, ‘Man, oh, we just get you over here. That'd be awesome’ but it was great. It was great to meet a professional, classy, driven young man.”

I'm kinda stunned by this even knowing his penchant for WWESpeak, dude can come across so weird. Like congrats to Big Match John for learning that wrestlers don't inherently suck if they work for another company but the way he phrases it makes it sound like he literally just learned it at this premiere a few months ago, while still throwing in some backhanded stuff about the 'right team.' Not the worst interview word salad from Cena in recent weeks but I found it interesting.

I think he's indirectly referencing reports in the past of Cena dismissing AJ Styles (pretty sure it was AJ but happy to be corrected) talent in the late 2000s for the sole reason that he had never worked for the WWE. I think it was JR or Arn that mentioned it on their podcast a few years back.

There's also all the criticism he levied at The Rock in 2011/12 which he had apologised for more recently.

It's clear he was guzzling the kool aid during that period he was on top, fortunately he's broadened his horizons.

[DrBackflipsHoffman]

so the whole totality of the thing is

[welshpenguin]

Classy Cena put him over huge as a decent guy. I’m pretty sure they will come face to face in a wwe sometime in the future.

[mo]

Dude cut so many WWE promos in his day he doesn’t seem to know how to speak normally anymore. Vince molded him well.

[Loser troll. Please ban me]

‘Maybe we can get you to play for the right team one day’

Go f*** yourself sideways with a hot iron.

That being said he's going there anyway.

[ChitownKnight]

He also implied that he would of rather had Roman vs Rock, and this whole
Time I thought the IG post was him tryna drum up “we want Cody” posts lmao

[Error]

I took it as a him expecting MJF and getting Max Friedman so to speak. MJF is notorious for how he keeps kayfabe so for someone that doesn't know much about him other getting the humble IRL side was probably a bit of a shock.

[yokohamacpfc]

lol, Rhea and Michin (and until recently Charlotte) have partners in AEW. AJ Styles and Christopher Daniels are best friends as is Mox with the two ex-Shield lads. I certainly wouldn’t be shocked if TK and HHH have had a phone conversation with each other over the past year or two as a courtesy. Cody’s brother and some of his best friends are there. And now you’ve got big match John acting like being in the same room as MJF is like Nixon visiting China in 1972.

Still glad they got on. Should MJF ever end up there I’m sure he will make a “fine speech”.

[Kalmia]

He sounds like he expected MJF to hit him with his diamond ring or something.

[DMO-]

Mar 6, 2024 18:55:28 GMT -5 Error said:

I took it as a him expecting MJF and getting Max Friedman so to speak. MJF is notorious for how he keeps kayfabe so for someone that doesn't know much about him other getting the humble IRL side was probably a bit of a shock.

that’s how I interpreted it.

[ChitownKnight]

Mar 6, 2024 18:55:28 GMT -5 Error said:

I took it as a him expecting MJF and getting Max Friedman so to speak. MJF is notorious for how he keeps kayfabe so for someone that doesn't know much about him other getting the humble IRL side was probably a bit of a shock.

After his face turn I totally forgot about that asshole in real life phase he had lol

[MolotovMocktail]

Mar 6, 2024 17:59:21 GMT -5 welshpenguin said:

Classy Cena put him over huge as a decent guy. I’m pretty sure they will come face to face in a wwe sometime in the future.

They absolutely have to. This is the modern day version of Hogan vs. Piper.

[Woo]

Mar 6, 2024 18:27:53 GMT -5 Loser troll. Please ban me said:

‘Maybe we can get you to play for the right team one day’

Go f*** yourself sideways with a hot iron.

That being said he's going there anyway.

There was nothing at all wrong with his tongue in cheek comment. Certainly nothing to get angry about.

[UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm]

if it wasn’t for genuinely bizarre/strange statements like when he was talking about vince, I’d be completely convinced he words shit just to be funny and a weirdo. like I wouldn’t have put it past him to talk oddly just because he finds it amusing but no, homeboy really is that strange.

[BayleyTiffyCodyCenaJudyHopps]

Mar 6, 2024 18:27:53 GMT -5 Loser troll. Please ban me said:

‘Maybe we can get you to play for the right team one day’

Go f*** yourself sideways with a hot iron.

That being said he's going there anyway.

Uh, what did John say here that’s allegedly so henious? Why wouldn’t he want MJF to sign with WWE? I think Max has a higher ceiling in AEW but if he does want to work somewhere else, that’s his business.

[King Devitt and the Woke Mob]

Mar 7, 2024 5:03:44 GMT -5 UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm said:

if it wasn’t for genuinely bizarre/strange statements like when he was talking about vince, I’d be completely convinced he words shit just to be funny and a weirdo. like I wouldn’t have put it past him to talk oddly just because he finds it amusing but no, homeboy really is that strange.

The dude has "house rules". And not the regular normal kind like "don't put your feet up on the coffee table" but strange ones like "don't chew your food more than 5 times or you go to the naughty no no corner".

I may be making that up, but you're not sure, and that's because he's a strange ranger indeed.

[tirtefaa]

Mar 7, 2024 6:44:23 GMT -5 BayleyTiffyCodyCenaJudyHopps said:

Mar 6, 2024 18:27:53 GMT -5 Loser troll. Please ban me said:

Go f*** yourself sideways with a hot iron.

That being said he's going there anyway.

Uh, what did John say here that’s allegedly so henious? Why wouldn’t he want MJF to sign with WWE? I think Max has a higher ceiling in AEW but if he does want to work somewhere else, that’s his business.

I think the whole 'right team' comment might rub some people the wrong way. Maybe if he worded it as 'our team' it might not have come off as dismissive of what AEW is doing.

[Wieners=$$$]

Mar 7, 2024 0:09:44 GMT -5 ChitownKnight said:

Mar 6, 2024 18:55:28 GMT -5 Error said:

I took it as a him expecting MJF and getting Max Friedman so to speak. MJF is notorious for how he keeps kayfabe so for someone that doesn't know much about him other getting the humble IRL side was probably a bit of a shock.

After his face turn I totally forgot about that asshole in real life phase he had lol

[Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story]

John Cena's media trained to the point of sounding like a robot. That Chris Van Vliet interview was painful because it's becoming clear that Chris is a weirdo with bad judgment and Cena sounded like he wasn't human.