Real Reason John Cena Had ‘S**t Kicked Out Of Him’ By WWE Hall Of Famer

A WWE Hall of Famer has recalled a story of John Cena learning a harsh lesson about respect early in his career.

During his time with WWE as a producer, Arn Anderson was John Cena’s personally allocated producer, working closely with Cena on all of his matches.

Appearing on Busted Open, with Cena’s retirement approaching, Anderson was asked about that role and the relationship he developed with Cena.

He ended up recalling a story of John Cena getting the “dog s**t kicked out of him” by Kurt Angle to teach him a lesson in respect during one of their matches.

Anderson said:

“Vince pulled me in the office and went, ‘We’ve got a new kid that we pulled up, we think he’s got a very bright future, Arn teach him how to work.’ I did in fact have his matches and John was very, very green. He was green in his thought process. He was trying to find his way.

“One night, he was working with Kurt Angle. Some guy out in the audience had one of those hands, and John spotted it, he just leaves Kurt, rolls out of the ring, and goes about 10 rows deep, takes the hand, and folds it into a (middle) finger.

“He goes back over the rail, right there is Kurt. Kurt hit him with a belly-to-belly on the floor, then threw him in the ring and stomped his brains out.

“When he came back through the curtain, I went, ‘Learn anything tonight?’ And he had this (wide-eyed) look on his face. Because he had just got the dog s**t kicked out of him by somebody that could do it and not have any repercussions from it.

“I just said, ‘You’ve gotta respect the guy. You don’t leave a guy, even in the ring, you don’t leave a guy and walk over and start screaming at the fans, with your back to that guy.’

“If it was me, or if it was a veteran that knew what he was doing, when he came back to get me, they would be looking at a totally different complexion of the match. There’s a certain thing about respect.

“If you just let a guy walk off and then come back and get you and continue on you, it don’t feel good, don’t smell good, don’t taste good.”

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John Cena will have his final match in WWE on December 13 at Saturday Night’s Main Event.