10 WWE Wrestlers That Were Thrown Off By The Crowd
1. John Cena
Unflappable to such an extent that there may never be another full-time main eventer like him ever again, almost nothing rattles John Cena. But the former 16-time titleholder found himself genuinely stunned following a Money In The Bank return in July 2021.
Commenting on the Rich Eisen Show shortly after his return, Cena said (h/t Fightful for the transcript);
“I’m not used to that. Usually, in the arena, half the people, or more, are telling me that I suck and half the people are saying ‘Let’s go Cena’. I was kinda expecting that. I’ve been curtailing off a number of my performances in WWE for the last few years because I’ve been filming projects, but I didn’t expect the shift (to everyone cheering) to be that much. I think it’s because I was a genuine surprise. I showed up the next night on Raw and they were still very excited. A bunch of chants started. They were chanting ‘welcome back’ and ‘let’s go Cena’ and ‘Cena sucks,’ but they knew I was going to be there. The thing I hold closest about that Money in the Bank appearance is that, in this day and age, trying to orchestrate some sort of genuine surprise is rare. It was a genuine moment and everyone was excited. That led to me being excited.”
'The Champ's most recent run has seen him almost unanimously cheered in his pursuit of the Universal Championship against Roman Reigns. He probably wasn't the only one within the company shocked by the response.
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