10 Secret Wrestling Messages You Could Hear

9. John Cena

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To be fair, you could pretty much fill a list such as this with entries solely based around John Cena.

While Cena is clearly one of the greatest attractions to ever lace up a pair of boots, there's something to be said about how Big Match John never particularly learnt the art of keeping your in-ring chatter quiet.

In our 10 Wrestlers Who Gave Advice We Could Clearly Hear, Cena nabbed himself a spot on that list for his WrestleMania XXVI bout against Batista. This time out, the 16-time World Champion is included for his first ever meeting with CM Punk.

That contest took place on the post-Survivor Series 2009 episode of WWE Raw, with Punk a week away from forming his Straight Edge Society. As the match got underway, the Second City Saint was quick to trap his opponent in a headlock. There, you can clearly hear Cena tell Punk to kick him - with the Chicago native obliging that request.

Even before the two settle into the aforementioned headlock, Cena could already be heard telling Punk to put him into that headlock as the two pushed off the ropes. As alluded to, though, this is all pretty commonplace for any and all John Cena bouts.

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