WWE superstar Drew McIntyre has revealed he didn’t want a match with “b*tch” John Cena, but he would now love to “get my hands on him.”
Cena has been one of the most recognisable faces in the WWE for years, after he debuted in 2002. He has for years been a fan favourite, and one of the most likeable characters in the sports entertainment company.
The serial WWE champion turned heel in March, and that came with mixed reviews, from within the dressing room as well as fans.
WWE superstar McIntyre has revealed he’s always wanted a match with Cena, but when he was heel, the prospect didn’t appeal to him.
He told the Daily Mirror: “I’ve been invoking Cena’s name for literally years, pointing out we’ve never had a singles match, pointing out there’s certain feelings I have based on spending years and years on the road with him that basically nobody else, besides maybe like a Sheamus or Miz or R-Truth, has.
“I have certain feelings, and I would love, like I did with CM Punk, to get my hands on him, to get a little bit of retribution for Drew. But also prove, if he’s the greatest of all time, I can keep up with the greatest of all time.
“Like a la Punk, when he’s on the microphone, [people are like] ‘he’s the best of all time on the mic’. And I got on the mic with him and everyone’s like, ‘wow, Drew’s the guy on the mic’, and then I won all the talking awards and whatever. I want to be in the ring with the best, and I want to prove that I belong at the top level.
“I said I want Cena for years, and in the past six months, I kind of changed my tune, when they started doing the, let’s call it, ‘bad guy Cena’. I think he basically admitted himself last week, it wasn’t very great. It wasn’t ideal. In fact, it was terrible. And then he went back to ‘Super Cena’.
“I basically said, ‘I don’t want to face this…’ – I’m trying to watch my language here – ‘this b*tch version of Cena’. I didn’t want to face him anymore. I said, ‘I want Cody to be the winner, I want to beat Cody for the title.’
“He’s the one right now, who’s ‘Super Cody’, and I want to beat him. I want to take the title off him. Plus we have this 20-year story, Cody and I, parallel careers, different destinations.
Now that Cena is back to his previous persona, McIntyre wants to face him again.
“But now, seeing Cena go back to his roots, proving he’s a hypocrite, [because] we can in fact see him, which we’ll discuss if I ever get the chance on the mic, or get the match with him, we’ll talk about that kind of stuff, you know, compromising his values. I don’t want to give too many details because I really have a lot up here [points to head] and I want to unload on the world if I get the opportunity.
“But I would love to get in the ring with Cena, this version of Cena, the version I’ve seen against Cody, that’s the John Cena I want to fight.
“You know, he didn’t come out on top in the end, but I’ll admit it was a hell of a match, or a hell of a performance, and that’s the John Cena I want to fight. So if he’s got the stones, I want him before he retires.”
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