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Former WWE Referee On John Cena Having Real Life Heat With The Rock

For years John Cena was the face of the WWE, and at WrestleMania 28 he clashed with the former face of the company, The Rock.

John Cena and The Rock built up their feud for an entire year before they finally faced off, and when the match went down it was Rock who picked up the victory.

Former WWE referee Mike Chioda recently discussed the match on Monday Mailbag on Ad Free Shows, and he explained why there was some tension between Rock and Cena.

“I’ve always admired the Rock over the years in working with him, and then, Rock set me up to be the referee for that match when he came back with Cena. And I was like, awesome. Had this match, you know, Rock wanted me to do it and everything, and I think Cena had a little bit of a problem doing the job as here is Cena, carrying the torch for the last ten years I think at that time, and he was busting him a** day in, day out. And here comes The Rock back after so many years of being in Hollywood, and he’s got to job out to The Rock? Well, of course, the show is in Miami. The Rock is a big Hollywood Superstar now, and I think there was a little heat there. I think there was a little dissension. But, you’ve got to go where the money goes. I mean, they put Rock over, and I was happy about that. I was like, yeah, you know.”

Chioda also claimed that he picked up on some tension between The Great One and the leader of the Cenation while they were going over the match in a practice ring.

“They were really shooting. And umm, I definitely felt, because when we were going over in the practice ring with certain things, before that match, I felt there was definitely some tension, and of course, it was coming from John because he has been busting his a** for this company. Top guy. Top merch, selling all the merch and everything, and I’ve got to job out to Dewey? to Dwayne?’ (laughs). I felt the tension. I don’t blame him because he was busting his a** for ten years, and Rock comes back, and you know, and this is how we’re going to do it, kid.”

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Josh Foster

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