It’s no secret that The Rock and John Cena are two of the greatest WWE Superstars in WWE history.
Both men have helped lift sports entertainment and even led successful careers inside and outside.
Both have also had a hand in helping shape the next generation, sharing knowledge with the next generation of WWE Superstars.
In an interview with Chris Van Vliet, WWE Superstar Baron Corbin opens up about. His time with the Rock and Cena, specifically young stars, getting the opportunity to work with someone like Cena, despite his status in Hollywood.
“It’s amazing for the Superstars for a Grayson Waller. I don’t think he ever sat there. You’re like, ‘Man, I’m gonna be in the ring with John Cena.’ It’s just not something you think about in this day and age because Cena’s a movie star. What he’s doing is incredible, and what the level he’s reached is amazing. So you’re like, ‘No, he’s not gonna come back and wrestle. If he does, it’s gonna be Roman, or it’s gonna be Seth.’ John is so giving back to this industry, this business because he loves it with every bit of what he does. I’ve soaked up an immense amount of knowledge from John and I see John on a regular basis because I go to his gym, and we talk or we’ve been to dinner and his mind for this is just leaps and bounds above 99% of the people in this in this industry. So when you soak up that information — now he’s passing it on to guys like Grayson Waller and stepping in the ring with Solo [Sikoa], and all of these guys, they’re getting an opportunity to be in there with greatness, where they may never have thought they were gonna do that.”
Corbin also added that he never thought he would get a chance to step inside the same ring as The Rock, a former eight-time WWE Champion prior to the encounter at the ed in a big segment on the first episode of SmackDown on Fox.
“I never thought I was gonna stand in the ring with The Rock on the very first SmackDown on Fox and do an eight-minute segment and take a Rock Bottom and a Spinebuster,” Corbin told Van Vilet. “That was never in my wildest dreams, and then it happened. I spent the afternoon talking to The Rock, like, ‘How do I capitalize on this? What can I do about this? How do I get better?’ Asking for information that I can apply and use that will benefit me.”
The former United States champion noted that he still uses the advice that both Cena and Corbin has passed down to him and even using it to aid some of the talent in NXT.
“I’m trying to implement that with some of the guys in NXT. Slow down. It is a faster-paced show, and that’s what’s cool about it. It is different. If it’s the same product, we’re just going to watch Raw and SmackDown. It needs to be different. It needs to stand out in its own way, and it is that fast pace, it is that exciting, physical, constant movement thing, but I’m going, ‘Hey, you can still listen while you’re doing these things. If you hear that, you can take it from a six to an eight, and now all of a sudden, you’re going from an eight to a ten, you can do that.’ That’s two things I’ve just learned from those guys, to listen and take your time.”
Cena, who has been a huge part of the Smackdown brand over the past few months has worked in a number of dark matches along with teaming with LA Knight at Fastlane against Solo Sikoa and Jimmy Uso.
While the Rock made a surprise return on the September 15 episode of WWE Smackdown in Denver, Colorado.
