Shawn Spears backs the majority’s opinion that John Cena is one of the Greatest of All Time.
Cena recently made his return to WWE programming a few weeks back and was also the host of WWE Payback.
He is also a 16 time world champion, and sharing the ring with him is something that many talents have cherished. One of those talents is Shawn Spears, who wrestled Cena in OVW.
Speaking to Colt Cabana on Art of Wrestling, Spears reflected on working with Cena.
“It was the most stressful, ridiculous, perfect storm of what could possibly go wrong. Kentucky Kingdom is an outdoor show. It’s a nice stadium, holds 83,000 people. We had an eight-match card, but because there was a severe rainstorm…I think Jerry Lawler was on the show, but me and John would go last. There was a crazy downpour and the matches went from eight to three. John wasn’t there yet. The good saving grace was that Cody [Cody Rhodes] talked to John beforehand. John asked him, ‘who is this guy, what’s he all about?’ Cody said some good things. When I ran into John, he said, ‘Cody said some good things about you, we’ll be good, we’ll do this, this, and this,’ and then he walked off. ‘Okay.’ We went out there, it’s pouring rain, I went out first, he comes out on a hummer with soldiers walking beside him and the place was deafening. It was crazy. If you’ve ever been in a wrestling ring when it’s been wet, I’m assuming most haven’t, but it’s like ice. When people sweat, people slip, and someone can get really hurt. The fear was, if this guy goes down, it’s on my watch. They’re going to look at me. To his credit, he is one of the absolute professional athletes on this planet. A lot of people will give John slack about his wrestling ability, say whatever you want about his wrestling ability, he is one of the greatest workers, and there is a difference between working and wrestling, he’s one of the greatest workers of all time,”
Shawn Spears
Spears is currently signed to AEW and competed in the Over Budget Battle Royal at AEW All Out.
H/T to Fightful
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