What John Cena Did With The $5,000 He Was Going To Use On New Ring Gear For His Heel Turn

During Chris Jericho’s podcast with John Cena on Monday Cena revealed that he was close to turning heel during his feud with The Rock. He mentioned that he recorded a new entrance song and was looking to get new ring gear.

Cena reportedly spent $5,000 on having new gear made but then canceled the order before it was made. Cena told the seamstress he ordered from, Sue Kotulski, to use the money for new outfits for WWE developmental talents instead of giving him a refund.

Cena came to developmental in Tampa at that time and told the same story and some in developmental unofficially created what they dubbed The Cena Scholarship. Each month, the campaign saw WWE developmental coaches vote on who the most outstanding talents of the month were. That talent would then get a $500 credit towards having new gear made by Kotulski.