John Cena claims that the Firefly Funhouse match was influenced a lot by himself as opposed to Bray Wyatt like fans assumed.
The wacky cinematic match happened back at WrestleMania 36, and it was certainly an entertaining one for fans. The match featured a lot of callbacks to Cena’s early career as well as innuendos regarding stories told about Cena over the years.
Speaking with MTV News’ Josh Horowitz as part of 92NY Recanati-Kaplan Talks, Cena was asked to name the most rewarding feud from his time with WWE and he named the Firefly Funhouse match.
“I did a unique piece of programming called the Firefly Funhouse match, which was a giant exercise in vulnerability. I worked my ass off on that thing, and I thank everyone who was involved because no one does it alone, but it was kind of my brainchild and my creation. You want to talk about looking in the mirror, that was kind of a public look in the mirror. I’m glad we did it, and man, I’m glad it worked. I didn’t think anybody would get it, and they kind of it for me because of the pandemic happened, and the events were weird. But I’m really glad that people understood it, and there’s a lot of Easter eggs in there, too. If you don’t know, you can go back and watch it. I got to be in the NWO,”
John Cena
Cena recently noted that his body isn’t holding up like it used to, so cinematic matches may be a way for Cena to continue his career in WWE.
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