WWE Legend Didn’t Think John Cena Or The Rock Were ‘Going To Make It’ In The Company

A WWE legend has admitted that he didn’t think either John Cena or The Rock were “going to make it” in the company when he saw them early in their careers.

When it comes to name recognition and crossover star power there are arguably no two bigger names in WWE history than John Cena and The Rock.

With Cena recently calling time on his WWE in-ring career after 23 years and 17 world championships and The Rock being nominated for a Golden Globe, as well as sitting on the TKO Board of Directors, both stars stand as the measuring stick for success both in and outside WWE.

While both candidates for a Mount Rushmore of WWE and future first ballot Hall of Famers, The Undertaker has admitted that he was not convinced either would last in the company upon first impression.

Speaking on his Six Feet Under podcast, The Undertaker made the admission while discussing Cena’s WWE retirement:

“Early on there was two people that, I watched them work day one and I was like ‘This guy ain’t gonna make it’. I was wrong, I can admit when I was wrong. There’s some people in the business who can’t do that. I will tell you when I was wrong, and I missed with him. You know who the other one was? Dwayne.

“You’ve got to go back though, you’ve got to go back to day one when he had the things hanging off of him [his outfit], and he came out there and he was ‘Rah rah’, and he debuted in the Garden. I was like ‘Oh this poor kid’.

“And to have the legacy, obviously his grandfather High Chief Peter Maivia, his dad Rocky Johnson and then you have these expectations and you come out with that thing on. I was like ‘Oh man this is not gonna be good’.

“It took them [Cena & Rock] a minute to find their stride and I guess they had ok careers.”

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