10 Wrestling Facts We Didn't Know Last Week (March 18)
Find out who came up with John Cena's signature taunt...
As the crowd either screams in delight or roars in disapproval, it's not uncommon for Michael Cole to inform WWE viewers that John Cena divides the audience like nobody before him.
'Emotion' is a word the announcers are seemingly instructed to use when talking about the split reaction to Cena, and it's something the company have become a little more comfortable with as years have rolled on.
From the outset of his main event career, Cena has been painted as a holier-than-thou babyface. Naturally, this became more prevalent once WWE itself shifted to a 'PG' rating certificate, but even before that the man could always be counted on to stand up for the weak and do the right thing.
His rap-influenced persona of before has largely been phased out, replaced by an ambassador of sorts for the WWE organisation as a whole. Fans know exactly what they're going to get with Cena, and his trademark 'You Can't See Me' hand gesture comes as part of the package.
The question is, where did the inspiration for that taunt come from? Remarkably, the answer is one few fans could have been predicting. John Cena recently revealed in an interview what prompted him to start performing the gesture, and it made for quite the entertaining story...
10. Scott Hall Felt At Home In The WWF Right Away Due To Curt Hennig
Signing on with the WWF towards the end of 1992, Scott Hall morphed into Razor Ramon. The Latino character marked a big break for Hall, and was significantly more appealing to him than an army brat gimmick Vince McMahon had envisioned.
Right away, Razor started to move up the ranks.
Much to the relief of Hall, he could count on some major friends to help bed him into the WWF system. Curt Hennig was one of those men, someone Hall knew incredibly well from his time in the AWA. In the 1980's, Hennig and Hall had been placed together in a tag-team, with the idea being that the latter would glean knowledge from Curt.
Speaking with Pandemonium Radio, Scott Hall stated that he felt secure straight away when he joined the WWF in'92. The main reason for this was the influence of Curt Hennig, who was starting to move away from a full-time wrestling role by the time his pal was hired.
Associated with the likes of Bobby Heenan and Ric Flair, Hennig also had a close working relationship with Vince McMahon, something Hall was similarly keen to foster.