John Cena Backstage Issues With WWE Stars Update

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More has emerged regarding alleged backstage issues between John Cena and other WWE stars in years gone by.

In recent weeks, someone who’s been quite vocal about having some issues with Cena is David Otunga, who worked with Cena in the Nexus days in 2010, and they actually held the WWE Tag Team Championship together.

Another former WWE star who was said to have encountered backstage issues with John Cena is Alex Riley.

Speaking on Cafe de Rene with Rene Dupree, WWE Tough Enough winner and three-time Hardcore Champion Maven addressed what he knows about Cena’s situations with both Otunga and Riley.

On Otunga, Maven said:

“Not only did I see it (Otunga’s comments), I texted David afterwards and we texted each other back and forth for a good 30 minutes after that. You can tell, and you could see in his delivery, that this is something that’s ate at him for years.

“If what he says has credence, I don’t know, I wasn’t there. But he talked more about the Alex Riley/Kevin Kiley incident. There’s just a lot that doesn’t sit well with him.

“You can just tell, there’s animosity, there’s bad blood. Now, could that bad blood be, ‘He got a bigger push than me’ – I don’t know, like I said, I wasn’t there.

“Texting back and forth, I’ll give you the book report version of what we talked about – he’s held in his truth for so many years, and now his truth… he’s done with that, he’s at that stage, the Maven and Stevie (Richards) stage with WWE where he’s not looking for anything from them.

“I don’t know if he’s on scorched earth mode, but he’s not protecting their image anymore. That’s what I took from (it). And full disclosure here, I like David a lot. A lot. David has never been anything but super, super nice and just respectful of what we do.

“You could tell, more is coming. More is coming.”

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Commenting further on the John Cena and Alex Riley “incident,” Maven added:

“Alex Riley’s real name is Kevin Kiley. In 2009, I had gyno surgery – I had my bitch tits fixed. The guy did a good job. I was living in Tampa and I hooked Alex Riley up with my guy who gave a severe discount on what the price should be, probably did it for half the cost.

“So to thank me, Kevin took me to dinner. And that’s when he first told me about his issues with Cena. And to say that my mouth hit the floor would be an understatement.

“Again, not my story to tell. Not my story to tell. I wasn’t there.”

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• John Cena
• david otunga
• Alex Riley
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