Enzo Amore Recalls John Cena Saving His Career In WWE NXT: ‘He Got Me & Big Cass Over, Triple H Gave Me A Squash Match’

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Former WWE star Enzo Amore has recalled John Cena saving his career after his NXT television debut got him ‘buried’ backstage.

In the early days of NXT Black & Gold, a number of new faces made their debuts on the show, which included Enzo Amore, whose debut came in a squash match defeat to Mason Ryan before he had even officially been given a name.

Following his debut, Enzo would be told that he caught the attention of none other than John Cena, who he says saved his career.

John Cena Saved Enzo Amore’s Career After NXT Debut

Speaking to Emilio Sparks, Enzo recalled being ‘buried’ backstage after the match, before Cena asked him to come out to the ring with him for a dark segment.

He said:

“Every time they asked me to submit names, I submitted Enzo Amore. Within a week of getting there, I got there with 20 or 30 other people, they all got fired. The only people that made it were Charlotte, Baron Corbin and Mojo (Rawley), and I was the last guy to get a name.

“So I go to the ring that day, in NXT, to do a job, and a guy did me a favor in Triple H, brought me here and I think he was just doing a charity case. ‘Let’s just give this guy a f**king bar story so he can go back home and tell everybody he had a WWE match’.

“I get to the ring, do the job, and when I get out of the ring Bill DeMott f**king motherf**ks me, buries me, and I’m like ‘ah s**t’, I got my head down walking out, and Rob Naylor goes ‘Enzo, John Cena wants to see you’. I run with him. I’m like running through the parking lot in NXT.

“I get there and all the boys are looking at me when I come in and they all clap for me, I’m like ‘what the f**k is happening’. John Cena calls me over to him and he goes ‘I’ve been here for three hours and I want you to know you’re the only thing that caught my attention all day. Would you like to come to the ring with me in the dark segment?’

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Enzo Amore Created Big Cass Tag Team On The Fly

Enzo would then recall how he told Cena on the fly that Big Cass was his tag team partner, even though the two had never teamed up on NXT television at that point in time.

He added:

“I immediately, in that moment, did something, I don’t know what God took over. I went ‘can I come to the ring with that big guy right there, seven foot tall guy, that’s my tag team partner, his name is Big Cass’, and John Cena goes ‘yeah tell him to come’.

“F**k no we weren’t a tag team (at that point). F**k no we weren’t a tag team, we were just homies and he was teaching me everything about wrestling, kayfabe. He was teaching me the psychology of the words we were using back here, what a gimmick is, I didn’t understand.

“John Cena got me and Cass over, gave us the rub. Triple H gave me a squash match, don’t know if it was supposed to be a one time thing and done, but I lingered there for seven long years and I’m sure he couldn’t wait to get rid of me.”

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