“It was half-man and half-machine & 100% crap.”- When John Cena recalled his “Prototype” gimmick in a conversation with Matthew McConaughey
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John Cena started his WWE career as a rapper cum wrestler in which the foremost gimmick that was handed over to The Franchise Player was “The Prototype” in which he displayed himself as a half man and half machine wrestler. Cena made his official WWE television debut on the June 27th episode of Smackdown answering to Kurt Angle’s Open Challenge after which he entered the ring and barked “Ruthless Aggression” slapping his face momentarily after.
Once Cena got over with the WWE Universe, he kept going and decided to never look back a bit. He soon became the top face of the company leading the promotion to massive success during his prime. Cena defeated JBL at Wrestlemania 21 to win his first World Championship in WWE and that count stands at 16 by date, only 1 reign shy of Ric Flair’s 17 World Championship wins. The Cenation Leader has never turned heel in his entire career despite being gaining highly polarizing reactions during his later runs with the company with the main cry behind that being John Cena stealing the spotlight of several younger superstars to his own benefit.
John Cena recently returned to WWE on the June 27th edition of Monday Night Raw to celebrate his 20th debut Anniversary with the company. The arena got sold out in advance for Cena’s appearance indicating the fact that Cena still remains as one of the biggest draws in wrestling, period. Currently, John has yet again returned to his Peacemaker set in Vancouver to film its brand new season of the hit series.
John Cena once discussed his initial WWE gimmick with Matthew McConaughey in 2018
Back in 2018, John Cena and Matthew McConaughey appeared on The Graham Norton Show discussing about wraslin’ whereas Cena was specifically there to promote the release of his brand new Transformers movie, Bumblebee.
Cena started his conversation recalling back his “Prototype” gimmick which he admitted to absolutely hate it calling it as a “100% crap”. Then McConaughey questioned to Cena whether it didn’t worked out and the 16-time World Champion was quick to respond with a big “NO”. John summarized about how he portrayed as the “Half-machine” saying,
“I used this ability to talk rather monotone and would say things authoritative and just when I said I’d kick your ass at the fairgrounds on Sunday I would rewind it and say it again for you.”
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