JBL shares what he told Vince McMahon about a rising star by the name of John Cena
While speaking during an episode of Table for 3 with JBL, Booker T, and Rey Mysterio, JBL revealed what he told Vince McMahon when John Cena was still young.
“You know Cena from day one, you know, it’s a different match going from eight minutes to 30 minutes. Thirty minutes is tough. You gotta take your own role and some people can’t ever make that transition. I think he may have done longer matches with Kurt Angle first, who’s one of the greatest of all time, but if not, then I was the second guy to take Cena for 30 minutes. He was comfortable from day one.”
I remember Vince asking me, he goes, ‘how is he?’ I said, ‘that kid is freaking awesome.’ I mean he’s that good. And he was from the get-go. He got into deep water and a lot of people just drowned.”
JBL on Table For 3
Many consider John Cena defeating JBL at WrestleMania 21 for the WWE Championship to be the moment John Cena became the face of the company. Currently, JBL is managing Baron Corbin on WWE programming.
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