Cena "7 Things You Should Know About Being a WWE Superstar"

In a recent interview with the newest edition of ESPN Magazine John Cena has an article Entitle "7 Things About Being A WWE Superstar".

Here is the Interview and Cena's Responses.

. Writers write, fighters fight.
"I see myself as an actor, and I choose not to have much input in my story. So I find out only a few hours before the broadcast what will happen. The creative team doesn't know inside-the-ring stuff, though. They tell us who's going to win or be disqualified and we take it from there."

2. I had to find myself.
"One of the big reasons for my success is I get to be me. At first, I was a white rapper thug from the mean streets of West Newbury, Mass. Some fans hated me but that's how it goes. We have guys who save the day and others who deserve to get hit. But once I got in the door, I spent the next four years tranforming into John Cena."
 

3. We're more than just action figures.
"I try to manage my likeness, but the WWE does a lot of licensing, so I end up seeing a lot of products that make me cringe. I'm all for merchandising, but John Cena car floor mats or nesting dolls don't seem right."

4. En Garde? Always.
"Most people I meet try to wrestle me. It happens at least once a day - especially at the airport. When I'm carrying the champion's belt in my bag, it usually leads to a 'random' search. Everyone crowds around, and someone says, "Let's fight." I'm like, "I'm just trying to catch a flight."

5. There are no timeouts.
"I once tore a pectoral muscle doing a routine hip throw. There was 18 minutes left in the fight. I figured since I was going to the hospital afterward anyway, I might as well finish. You think it's all painless, but this stuff can hurt extremely badly."

6. Things change - unless they don't.
"Consumers are smarter now, so we admit what we do is entertainment. And we've changed programming. But the bones are the same. Pro wrestling like action films, is still about good vs. evil."

7. I won't bite the hand.
"A lot of wrestlers reach a point where they feel it's not cool to be in WWE. Not me. I can do movies and work full-time here. Why would I ever say it's not good enough?"

Source: prowrestlingscoops.com

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Comments

1. Comment #1

   knid of a confession, aint it, the wrestler should know how to do the match and the creative should just do the story.

   Posted by crazy on Monday, April 13, 2009

2. Comment #2

   I noticed the 1 thing he didnt mention in his 7 things you should know.
   He never mentioned how to wrestle lol

   Posted by Dominater on Sunday, April 12, 2009

3. Comment #3

   LOL, true...

   Posted by spot on Sunday, April 12, 2009

4. Comment #4

   Wahahaha!

   Posted by Vince on Sunday, April 12, 2009

5. Comment #5

   HAHAHA Cena is a moron
   
   he confessed he is an actor not an athlete, AND he doesn't even know the name of the moves, the move is called hipTOSS not hip throw

   Posted by Ih8Cena on Monday, April 13, 2009

6. Comment #6

   ^Probably because he thinks the move is supposed to throw the dudes hip out of place.^

   Posted by Devil D on Monday, April 13, 2009

7. Comment #7

   very funny :-p he just admitted that Wwe is fake when it comes to mathes :-p

   Posted by Blitz on Monday, April 13, 2009

8. Comment #8

   Hip throw/hip toss? Tomato/Tomoto. Its the same thing. Who cares.

   Posted by The Superstar Austin Creed on Monday, April 13, 2009

9. Comment #9

   Warning, LONG READ!! Here would be my responses: [1] Don't you think the creative team SHOULD know inside-the-ring stuff? One or two of them at least! [2] Fair enough, although it was an awkward transformation... but you're one of the most memorable characters now. [3] That's what happens if you work for something that makes a lot of money I guess. [4] Seems very inconvenient. Wouldn't put me off though. Obviously hasn't put you off. [5] Sounds very prideful to get to go through that. Seems like an attraction to me. [6] Oh come off it. Consumers weren't idiots before, and they aren't now. It hasn't changed. What's changed since the old days is the WWE going for casual fans who don't give a damn about the sport, instead of proper fans who do. We all know how it works and we all watch it anyway. This is exactly WWE's worst attitude problem. It has NO PRIDE in the sport it's meant to represent. It treats it like it's embarrassed about it. This is one big reason why people willingly, forcefully and quite rabidly gun for other companies with a lot less capital, exposure and history behind them. [7] If that's your ambition then that's fine for you. But understand that other people have other ambitions. I personally WOULD bite a hand that fed me at the same time as its alternate-sided partner aims something that shouldn't be aimed at kids, squarely at kids. Morals. Honour. But if you just enjoy playing movie-star, then you needn't worry about those things I guess. Weird thing is, I'd have thought you had more pride than that.

   Posted by Jane Ross on Monday, April 13, 2009

10. Comment #10

    Dominater why would he put that in there? HE obviously doesn't think its important. His wrestling reflects that very mindset. He's a great guy and great on the mic, but when it comes to in-ring skillset, he is garbage.

    Posted by The Superstar Austin Creed on Tuesday, April 14, 2009

11. Comment #11

    creed stop being a cena ass licker and learn to take a joke

    Posted by creed is too litteral on Thursday, April 16, 2009

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