WWE Hall Of Famer Reveals What He Told John Cena Before Final Match
A familiar rival of John Cena’s was at the WWE GOAT’s final match.
There were many familiar faces in attendance at John Cena’s final WWE match at Saturday Night’s Main Event in Washington, D.C.
Legends like WWE Hall of Famers Trish Stratus, Rob Van Dam, Mark Henry, and Booker T were in the crowd, along with current stars like Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn, and numerous others.
At Cena’s final match, the former 2-time World Champion Gunther made the “Never Give Up” guy Cena tap out to the dreaded Sleeper Hold, and that was how Cena’s in-ring WWE career ended .
While speaking on his Hall of Fame podcast, 2-time WWE Hall of Famer Booker T spoke about attending Cena’s final match. The two men wrestled a lot in the 2000s, so they had a close friendship for many years.
“I wouldn’t have missed John Cena’s last match for the world. But going down to Washington, DC, it was about 25 degrees. It was snowing. It was just so messy, and it was crazy is, my body tends to, will me through no matter what I’m going through. I’ll get through it but as soon as it’s over with, everything just breaks down.
“That’s what I’m experiencing right now. My knee swole up astronomically. I just came from Colombia, so I was flying like crazy going there. And I think it’s just too much flying, but my knee was like so swollen last night. The pain threshold was like a 10. As far as 10 out of 10 — it might have been a 12. I’m serious. I mean, I literally wanted to cry. But I got through it. I’ve been icing because I got to go to work. I got to go to work in the morning.”
Booker T Compares His WWE Rivalry With John Cena To Shakespeare
As he continued, Booker T would go on to compare his rivalry with John Cena to Shakespeare, the legendary British playwright whose work is still studied in schools around the world to this day.
“You know, me and John Cena, we’ve got a connection. We’re connected. I had so many matches with John. That was one of the guys that — it was never wrestling. It was always Shakespeare. And him and I, we’ve never talked about wrestling. It’s always been Shakespeare. And that’s what I told him right before the match. I gave him a hug, and I said, ‘Shakespeare baby, let’s get it done one last time.’
“But it was really, really cool. It was really, really cool because there again, I had a great time working with John. Being on the road with John, watching him grow. Knowing that he was the chosen one, and the guy that they were grooming to be the next Rock, Stone Steve Austin per se, Shawn Michaels, you know. I had a job to do. And you know, that job was to go out there and make this young kid a star.”
Booker T was already established as a World Champion by the time Cena joined the main roster in 2002, so that’s why Booker was one of the guys who was used to make Cena a bigger star, just as Booker said.
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