On the latest edition of the ARN podcast, Arn Anderson spoke about John Cena. Specifically, he spoke about a time when John Cena was running out of opponents in WWE.
Arn says that he suggested to John Cena that WWE bring in some guys from TNA (now known as Impact Wrestling) for him to feud with. This included guys like AJ Styles, Bobby Roode, and James Storm.
Arn says that Cena felt like WWE didn’t need those guys. Here is what he said (via Sportskeeda):
“I was pleasantly surprised. I pushed for AJ. There was a point in time when Cena had run out of opponents. I was on that whole ride with John for all those years, over a decade I should imagine. I was sitting there and I was talking to him, and it was when TNA was doing well.”
“I remember I was sitting there with Cena one afternoon. I was sitting backstage at a table. I said, ‘You know John, it would really beef up the company if we would go out and steal Bobby Roode, AJ Styles, and The Cowboy — James Storm. If we just brought those three guys in, it would give you a whole plethora of new opponents. It would give a lot of guys new opponents.’ That’s just those three guys, and I singled them out because of their work and their psychology. I knew I could have been a fit helping them, and they would catch right on and they would be a very, very, good fit. John said, ‘Hey, we got NXT, we make our own stars.’ I am sure he was just transferring Vince’s psychology to me when he said that. I knew what those guys could do in a match for John if you gave them 6 to 9 months to come in and get over.”
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