"I really messed up": John Cena on his feud with The Rock

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[@GhostRyderFPV]

Wow, that was a great approach to a past issue, very reasonable and humble. Wow.

[@G.slayer]

​@@username-zj9idI don't blame him He carried the company for over a decade And did more for the wwe than the rock did only to be treated like garbage every week by the fickle fans

[@markhernandez8539]

John china cena got to love him 😂😂 sell out dude is a straight scam artist he would sell his mother for 10$

[@100DaysExile]

There are two most important qualities which make a man a man: #1 He holds himself accountable. #2 He doesn't try to be perfect.

[@winston7055]

yeah right trying to be perfect is a bad thing

[@lukecarrion1694]

@@Ksubfiwm12lmao incel

[@lukecarrion1694]

@@Ksubfiwm12 lmao that’s cute one kid

[@B2Roland]

Incels boi, whew ​@@Ksubfiwm12

[@GaugeMe43]

@@Ksubfiwm12probably just giggling at yours since, even though you replied directly to the op, you directly broke the first rule which is taking accountability and blamed women.

[@tonezone99]

Very good Move from John he Made and to end things on a Good Note. At the end of the day it isnt always about the Money its about keeping good relationships and giving the ppl what they want.

[@kins1894]

I always thought Cena was kinda defending his place somehow ; Imagine you were the Top Guy of a business , the former and still loved Ubber Top Guy comes back , you would feel threatened. And thats why he did what he did. And the wise man he became now understands that, he was wrong, and could have collaborated with Rock and made worlds better work together.

[@cinemaguy1]

Well said John. You are a terrific human. Keep up that perspective. We need it.

[@therealCamoron]

Cena didn't mess up, he made must watch TV

[@n9nelives96]

Cena is gayer then Elton John

[@zechariahcummings489]

Facts 😂

[@austizz1e]

No he did not mess up, he made one of the greatest rivalries ever by making it real lok

[@ThomasUfnalCrowlake]

From what he's saying, he didn't mess up by what he did and said, but by not talking about it with the Rock beforehand

[@OfficialDemego]

He betrayed his dance partner … if anything it made the WWE look bad. They should not be forcing these guys to read scripted promos

[@saratoga4126]

Host really passion his craft he's professionally talking to himself

[@ameeraparham7384]

The most “heel” he’s ever been tbh 😂

[@AnimalSheppard37]

John Cena he apologized and said what he had to and didn't lose any character. You did the right thing Johnny boy

[@HassanNahar]

John was raised well by a good father .. you can tell

[@synystervidz3451]

Nah. John cuts a mean promo and Dwayne has an ego

[@RebelHart9]

Honestly I kinda feel like from a character perspective Cena did everything right. He just should’ve given Rock a heads up first

[@juancalderon8976]

the rock is a diva and every one knows it. he tried to take over fast and the furious and didnt go well so he manned up and apologize to vin and they let him back in.

[@6demon6gang63]

He didn't apologize, vin diesel himself said that they reached out to Dwayne as they wanted everyone back together in the movie. They had to film scenes separately and often stayed away from each other and they're still not fans of each other

[@aka1721]

Nah, Vin Diesel was known to be hard to work with in the FF franchise because it was his way or the highway. Rock challenged him to be more professional which is why he dislikes him so much.

[@reneejett6509]

He didn't apologize, in fact Vin was manipulative and rude in trying to use Paul's name and his own kids to publicly bully the Rock into joining the movies again. Dwayne left because he and Vin didn't work well together, because Vin was controlling and not respectful to other people's methods and Dwayne was done with it

[@LowHonorMorgan]

I wonder how John feels about what’s going on now in terms of what he did to Cody

[@Yooomason]

He prob doesn’t give a fuck Cody isn’t exciting, when it happend to punk it was questionable punk was far more of a better in ring and on the mic wrestler than Cody ever was and will be

[@tclyde865]

​@@Yooomasonnone of the wrestlers these days are exciting. I cant believe I'm saying this but Hulk Hogan summed it up pretty well. Everyone is generic these days theres no spark they all look the same theres no uniqueness or identity to them.

[@panthertrain1984]

@@tclyde865 I just came back and started watching wrestling after a 22 year hiatus with my son (I’m 39 and he’s 11) and it’s funny, everytime they show the promo picture of drew mcintyre vs Seth Rollins and it shows their side profile he says “omg are they twins?!” 😅

[@tclyde865]

@@panthertrain1984 I'm 2 years behind you with a 4 year old son and another on the way in 3 months. it's still good times to enjoy with the kids 😂👍 but yeah it's hard to watch wrestling for very long anymore

[@panthertrain1984]

@@tclyde865 nice man! Yea and it being three hours, omg. I literally record it and we just watch it in one hour sections every night for three nights lol. I definitely miss the two hours.

[@azapro911]

John seems to have forgotten what he said about this years ago. Rock was pissed because Cena had gone in on him, but gradually realised that this feud couldn't just be him dunking on JC with no barbs traded back. With Rock's original mindset when he came back, everything Cena suggested would have been shot down. As long as it doesn't get crazy personal, sometimes you have to go into a bit of business for yourself. It made their rivalry way more interesting.

[@jethalalgada6609]

Popularity - rock>john>batista Acting - batista>john>rock

[@criticalspectrum8383]

I would say for popularity John Cena is more than The Rock

[@mblue8753]

​@@criticalspectrum8383bahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

[@criticalspectrum8383]

@@mblue8753 meme culture John Cena beats him

[@sugarray6250]

​@criticalspectrum8383 you're joking right?

[@prashantgurung2635]

​@@sugarray6250In Africa And Asia John is Way Too Popular But as a Movie Star Rock is Big

[@wingzero2348]

Cena was never over the rock.

[@Bronek.Konarski]

Good man.

[@un6250]

Watching this today, nothing cena said back then was wrong, and I’m glad he did what he did

[@chiefnase2471]

Wow. That's a real man right there.

[@TheMorningbirdFoundation]

He realized that he was being a hypocrite. Cena is trying now to do what the Rock was doing when he went in on him. That's the move if you can do it like Rock and Bautista. You can't wrestle forever.

[@shortyp1000]

John Cena is such a well thought out dude. 😊

[@notd0ll109]

Bautista’s 10 minutes in Blade Runner 2049 showed more talent than Dwayne’s entire acting career

[@martinrosenov4178]

Bautista is not a great actor

[@notd0ll109]

@@martinrosenov4178 okay edgy guy

[@xddddddddddd4646]

We want cody

[@K.C-2049]

I don't know anything about wrestling, but Cena's suit here is A+ good to see some colour in men's fashion

[@maddieb.4282]

Agree!

[@michaelchallis4129]

You’re right, that has nothing to do with wrestling.

[@paynetedford5743]

John has the Zedong cut going on

[@johnellehadden1803]

Accountability that’s why I love John cena and he will always be my favorite wrestler ever

[@paulmccluskey6710]

Bro has the body shape of Joe from family guy

[@allypezz]

In other words, he accused him of being a part timer and has now become a part timer himself so he is backpedaling.

[@hilmanic28]

The difference is night and day. The Rock left at his Peak. Cena gave 12 years of top flight wrestling before going part time. Cena doesn’t owe WWE anything anymore and yet he still comes back to job to get some guys over

[@Ty_son]

Cena has sina 😂

[@cmpunk500]

Why's the host talking to an empty seat?

[@AndrewJW]

Those Rock Cena matches were absolute dogwater

[@guaromiami]

What is Cena talking about specifically here? Is it when he mentioned the promo notes on the wrist?

[@marvaff6878]

notes on the wrist?

[@guaromiami]

@@marvaff6878 Yeah, Cena called out The Rock in a promo for having promo notes written on his wrist. I was wondering if this incident is what Cena is referring to.

[@joshmarkwell8254]

He’s talking about when he called out the rock and challenged him to come back to wwe so they could have a big wrestle mania match. He did it in an inappropriate way because he literally just called him out on tv instead of reaching out to him and saying “hey I wanna do this thing with you.” So the rock was insulted by that. But I’m pretty sure they’re good now

[@ThoughtfulSingingwithJayesh]

going out of script

[@MrHotSpice100]

Honestly I knew I weren’t tripping .. initially in that feud Rock was cooking with grease .. like he expected Cena to cook back and Cena just came with weird personal attacks and basically saying he doesn’t care bout WWE and I was like what is he doing? Could’ve been so much better luckily Rock carried

[@golden_ace_0191]

Where’s Cena?

[@ewaldus]

Never watched Cena but I have really grown to like him.

[@michaelchallis4129]

Nobody has.

[@sirnoname6943]

Dave Batista found a place where they can actually utilize him glad he did he deserved more than how they sank his character

[@seany32]

Signs of a great person is when they can admit they made a mistake

[@ZombieBlaster9000]

Rock is a baby got it

[@joshuahartley2237]

People like to hate the rock.because he beat all their favorite wrestlers😂

[@Janine.Najarian]

but he's the better actor

[@ericianwalters]

Vin also has a reputation in the film industry for being terrible to work with. Showing up late to shoots or not at all. It makes more work for everyone down the line and is completely disrespectful of people’s time.

[@cloud1stclass372]

John’s too humble. Rock wasn’t trying to change the perception of the business, he was just going through the motions. John correctly called him out on it, buried him in a promo and made the feud better. It’s business. He shouldn’t be apologizing for it.

[@deepakkovoor2369]

Finally someone!!

[@screwstonsoulja]

I think you misunderstood. He wasn’t apologizing for what he did, he was apologizing for HOW he did it . There’s a way do business and burning bridges is not one of them. Especially when the bridge your burning could help your career in the long term . Ethics matter .

[@azapro911]

It's because Cena is now in the Hollywood mindset. Back in the mid 2010s when he was still a full-time wrestler, he gave a VERY different account of how Rock and his team acted when they first came in.

[@jalencruz5980]

All that and still had a 2 star match

[@BA22378]

His legs make him look like hes a puppet 😂😂

[@fbawaterdragon4592]

Cena did indeed messed up. Glad he realized his mistake. Yera💧.

[@mikealjordan6308]

Rs

[@megusta9045]

Cena is a decent guy, but never understood why people like the character so cringy

[@petebagwell6666]

He stole codys story

[@Darth_Tuna]

China John

[@soso-V12]

I have no idea what is he talking about 🤷‍♂️

[@xxl_aydodamenace7605]

The Rock had notes written on his wrist and John Cena came out and called him out on it

[@xxl_aydodamenace7605]

And you could tell after he said what he said the rock got in his face really serious and got mad

[@arbosssm4861]

No you just sold out like him so you joined him

[@thomasanderson2384]

Sold out after serving for wwe more than the Rock ever did

[@andrewkilmer9772]

I'm calling BS on this one, Cena's trying to save face for everyone that was involved.

[@IonizedSmurf]

His legs look fake

[@HockeyFan102]

Rock is a baby, dude has a huge ego because he thinks he’s above everyone.

[@jerichohuinga5350]

Hidden messages

[@benlozier3290]

John Cena is a politician and a salesman. I'd argue moralless.

[@Beanz06]

Totally screwed a guy out of a main event

[@michaelmichaelmotorcycle2174]

Fake people fake friendship

[@aaronst.pierre3080]

Cena is always jealous.

[@MH-fm8fd]

Cena is already way better as an actor and wrestler than Rock ever was and will be so...

[@thepeopleschampion2312]

​@@MH-fm8fdNo, he's not

[@mero7731]

@@thepeopleschampion2312better actor definitely but idk about wrestling

[@jiggleballs55]

​@@mero7731No no Definitely wrestling

[@mero7731]

@@jiggleballs55 ok? I literally said I don’t know. Is your brain working?

[@ThoughtfulSingingwithJayesh]

I hate people like Cena even in real life, who think something else and say something else.. play victim card instead of fighting straight... People like Rock are likeable because they don't have double standards like cena

[@rahulk2633]

What are you even on about

[@aunaqeel6691]

I don't quite understand how u took that from this short.

[@itzruckus]

I use to like John Cena, now he’s just a sell out

[@trinex3332]

This guy is terrible human being