One of John Cena’s most famous segment partners was supposed to feature in the tribute for Cena’s 20th WWE anniversary.
On Monday’s edition of RAW, WWE celebrated the anniversary with several tributes to Cena from WWE legends. AEW stars featured in the segments on RAW, including Danielson and Paul Wight. Chris Jericho would also feature in the segments.
According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, WWE also contacted AEW about a Mark Henry video for the episode. The video was reportedly recorded ahead of the show, but it is not known why Henry didn’t appear during the show.
The basic story behind this is that on 6/24, Bruce Prichard called Khan and asked about having clips from those three guys as well as Mark Henry for Raw for Cena’s 20th anniversary. Khan felt that it sounded like they were doing a good show and it was a nice deal, and that he and everyone has a lot of respect for Cena.
The Wrestling Observer Newsletter
Back at Money In The Bank in 2013 Henry and Cena would square off for the WWE Championship following a now famous segment on RAW where Henry would fake a retirement to attack Cena.
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