John Cena speaks about LA Knight.
Cena and Knight’s relationship began back at WWE Payback, when Cena was the special guest referee for Knight’s bout with The Miz at the event. Most recently however, Knight has joined the side of Cena to battle The Bloodline and is scheduled for a tag team match involving the rivalry tomorrow night at Fastlane.
Speaking on WWE’s The Bump, Cena commented on the rise of LA Knight and how he sees a little bit of himself in “The Megastar.”
“I felt great, only because it reminds me of when I started to gain a little bit of notoriety and relevance in WWE. LA Knight and my story run parallel, he kind of just refused to give up and has done it his own way, even with being an underdog and being forgotten by the people in the bowels of the arena, but not by the people in the arena cheering him on. I think what he’s done is incredible. We work so hard to get where we’re at, and this is a job that shouldn’t exist. I sit in a director’s type chair in wristbands and t-shirts, this shouldn’t be a thing. So when you get a level of consistency and you get a certain level of relevancy, you don’t want it to ever go away and I totally respect that,”
“It was a brief interaction, so I can’t say we became best buds and went to the garage to do karate together. We are not going to be the world’s most fluid team, but I think we are on the same page and although we may have different perspectives, we have a common rival, a common enemy so that helps people come together real quick,” he said.
“Man, I could waste all of your time talking about how I love WWE because of moments like this. No one knows what’s going to happen next, and no one can control the narrative and a lot of times, the audience can tell if they’re trying to be controlled or pushed in a certain direction [points at self], and they rebel against it. I think that’s wonderful because performers, it allows us to listen to the most important superstar out there and that’s the WWE Universe.”
John Cena
We will see what happens on Saturday evening, and if Cena and Knight will be on the same wave length.
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