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John Cena is indeed one of the biggest names in the history of professional wrestling, and he is also one of the highest achieving wrestlers in WWE history. He is a 17 times WWE World Champion, which is the record in the promotion, as nobody has won more World titles than him.
Despite being one of the most famous and biggest stars of WWE, he had to go through a lot of criticism because he refused to put over younger talents. When he was in his Super Cena mode in his prime, he kept on defeating talent after talent, and he really lost matches. A lot of fans thought that he did not want to put others over.
WWE Hall of Famer stood beside John Cena
Former professional wrestler Matt Morgan recently made a claim that John Cena refused to put him over. As a response, Eric Bischoff denied this claim while speaking on his 83 Weeks Podcast, where he said Cena not putting over talent is not a valid claim. Here is what the WWE Hall of Fame has to say;
“It’s not a blind spot for me. I just have a different perspective on life and the way it really works than perhaps Matt Morgan does. And I like Matt. You know, we’re friends. But you know, he wrote it so f**k it, here you go. Name me, Matt, one top star in the last 20 years in either WCW or WWE, who doesn’t get to voice an opinion about who they work with and the storyline.”
John Cena had been accused multiple time that he did not want to put over talents
“People like to often talk about ‘guaranteed contracts’ and ‘creative control.’ One person had creative control, Hulk Hogan. A couple of guys had the right to meaningful consultation, which in the real world doesn’t mean anything. In a court of law, for me to be able to satisfy a meaningful consultation claim is pretty freaking easy. Doesn’t mean we have a meaningful conversation and I have to agree with you, right?
Cena is presently going through his retirement tour
“There was only one person who had creative control, and he only used it one time. But, effectually? Rock, John Cena, Steve Austin. Oh, he didn’t like it? He walked away. Literally walked away, left Vince McMahon holding the bag. Name any other world champion at the — you think The Undertaker hasn’t had conversations? Brock Lesnar? MJF? Name anybody in AEW who doesn’t get to vote on who they work with?”
But Cena not putting over talents previously is not a completely false claim, as he himself admitted that he refused to put over the Nexus back in 2010. Wade Barrett was supposed to be the next big star of WWE, but it was Cena who refused to put him over and ultimately, Barrett could never become a top star.
