In a recent interview with Buzzfeed, Cena believes that if it wasn’t for his freestyle rapping in a WWE tour bus, he would have been fired early on in his career.
The 16-time World Champion believes that his first character in WWE was stale and entertaining, and he was to be close to being fired by Vince McMahon’s promotion.
John Cena explained to the creative team that his freestyle rapping helped him “think on his feet.”
He stated that he was bullied for his freestyle rapping, but that changed his life with WWE.
John Cena says his first WWE gimmick was “rotten”
John Cena wrestled on WWE’s then-development territory OVW before he was called up to the main roster.
There, he performed a character called The Prototype, a half-man and half machine gimmick. Cena thought the character was rotten, but it helped him get his foot in the WWE door.
WWE told him to drop the gimmick, cut his hair and be a babyface, which eventually brought him success.
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