John Cena’s retirement tour is almost over, but the 17 time world champion has given fans plenty to talk about over the last few months. Back in October, John Cena faced off against AJ Styles one last time at Crown Jewel in a match that was heavily praised by many in the wrestling community.
Before the match kicked off Cena handed Alicia Taylor a piece of paper which contained a special ring introduction for AJ Styles. While speaking to Chris Van Vliet about the ring introduction John Cena confirmed that he didn’t tell anyone about it before it happened.
“I just wanted to do something nice for my guy. I didn’t even show Alicia until I handed her the paper. You don’t get those moments unless you get the sh*t beat up. I wanted to do something special. I went about it the wrong way. I went into business for myself. I should have gotten permission to do that, and I would have gotten permission to do that, but I told no one about it, because I wanted to do something special, and in doing so, the people running the show felt surprised, and that’s not a position I ever want to put them in because they award me such creative liberty.”
When Chris Van Vliet said he doubted that anyone had a problem with it Cena replied, “We’re all trying to make these moments special, and we’re all on the same team, and it shouldn’t be me doing something outside that realm. If I tell my teammates, hey, let’s do it. I can keep it from AJ, I can keep it from Alicia, but if I tell my teammates who are crafting this show, maybe they make it look better. The first thing I did was thank AJ, the second thing I did was pull a few creative individuals aside and say, ‘I’m sorry. That will never happen again. I know where I f****d up. I’m so sorry, and I went into business for myself. That’s not me. I hope you look at my body of work, and all the times I’ve asked for permission, and this is the one time I ask for forgiveness.’ It got the best of me, but I wanted to do something nice for AJ.”