John Cena Reveals Surprisingly Low Salary From First WWE Contract: Here’s How Much He Made
John Cena was a huge Vince McMahon guy and the boss who used to love doing business with the Leader of Cenation the company believed in him, and the rest of his history was how John Cena carried the company on his back for years.
But the case was not the same initially when John Cena played the Prototype gimmick in WWE. The gimmick was not working for him, and he was not getting a reaction from them. There was an instance of a company considering releasing John Cena from the company.
Everything changed when Stephanie McMahon, daughter of Vince McMahon and part of a creative team at that time, saw John Cena freestyle rapping in a bus with fellow WWE stars. Million Dollar Princess asked Cena if he could replicate the same act on TV, and he responded yes.
Stephanie McMahon pitched the gimmick to the creative team, and they agreed to give it a try. and rest is the history of how John Cena ended up becoming and pop culture. At Money in the Bank 2024, John Cena stunned the world after he announced his retirement from the in-ring competition. He announced next year, in 2025, he will be performing for the last time in his career, and his retirement from in-ring competition won’t be liquid.
While talking to Jimmy Kimmel Live about his retirement, John Cena said, “I am in a fortunate position where normally, in WWE, the retirement speech is usually a part of the story where they’ll say, ' I am going to retire, ' and they’ll attack the person who comes out to the console. Mine is not part of an act, and sometimes stars find themselves physically incapable of competing, and I have my health.”
He further said even though he is fit, he understands this is young men's sport, and now that sports have grown more technical in terms of wrestling, young talents perform more extreme professional wrestling that he could not perform in his wildest dreams.
What is your favorite from the career of John Cena? Comment below.
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