17 Things We Learned From John Cena On Chris Jericho's WWE Network Podcast
13. The Protoype's Backwards Promos
Chris talks about how he heard a lot about the guy in Ohio Valley Wrestling who was doing a backwards promo gimmick and asks him to describe it. Cena opens up by talking about the freedom they were given in OVW and thanking Jim Cornette - possibly the most blacklisted former WWE employee of all - and Danny Davis for giving them the liberty to push hard and find themselves. It just originated form experimenting around with different things. Jericho then asks him to cut one on the spot, and after Cena forces him to try one - which was awful, by the way - Cena reverts back to the Prototype and cuts a quick forwards and backwards promo about...drinking coffee? It would have been nice to get a little more talk about the gimmick itself and how it was inspired by The Terminator, and his work which led many observers to peg him as the next Sting.
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