John Cena Gives Brutally Honest Assessment Of WWE Star

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John Cena will go down as one of the most polarising stars in WWE history, with him being greeted by a mixed reaction every time he walked through the curtain.

As WWE’s top babyface, one would have believed that Cena getting a mixed reaction would have bothered him, but he has spoken about the reaction, noting that any noise is a positive.

Speaking on WWE’s After The Bell podcast, Cena spoke about how his biggest fear was apathy from the crowd, and that is when you are ‘dead in the water’.

He said:

“I never cared about the noise. My biggest fear was apathy. That non-focused silence. There’s the sound of focused silence, but that non-focused silence is when you’re dead in the water.”

Cena’s connection with the audience was mentioned during his feud with Austin Theory ahead of WrestleMania 39 this year, and Cena has had some brutal comments towards Theory, both on screen and off screen since.

Cena has given some more brutal comments on Theory, and how he has seen apathy when Theory wrestles on the show.

He said:

“It was really one of my main points the last time we spoke when I was speaking about Austin Theory. Nothing I said about Austin Theory I wouldn’t say to his face. We still talk on a regular basis and I still try and bestow on him advice. I think he’s working more toward connecting with the audience. But I could hear the silence of apathy when he would perform.

“And I know it is because I had it plenty. I single-handedly ruined the Ruthless Aggression era by completely failing, by being the Ruthless Aggression guy and completely failing. So I know what apathetic silence sounds like and that was my one fear.”

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