John Cena giveth, and John Cena taketh away.
When Cena named Cody Rhodes the first entrant in the John Cena Classic on Raw in Brooklyn, he called Rhodes WWE’s “QB1.” Days later, Cena told Uncrowned that their WrestleMania 41 match had stunk up the joint.
Speaking on ESPN Radio’s Unsportsmanlike, Rhodes admitted the whiplash got to him
It got me. It got me. And then he said something else this week where he said we stunk the joint out in Vegas at WrestleMania 41. So my heart is pulled in.
He always, you know what I mean? It’s like, okay, I felt great. He got me. I had tears in my eyes standing there in Brooklyn with him. And the next thing you know, okay, we stunk the joint out. All right.
Rhodes doesn’t hold it against him. He sees it as part of what makes Cena a good mentor.
That’s what they do, though. That’s what the great mentors do. You know, they never can give you the full [praise], and they shouldn’t. I’m mean to mine.
Yeah, exactly. Get them to the finish line. That’s all you’re supposed to do.
Cena beat Rhodes at WrestleMania 41 in Las Vegas to win his record 17th world title. Looking back, Cena said the match didn’t deliver.
I took a big swing at WrestleMania and we stunk up the joint. We failed.
But what did I do? I got back up, we dusted ourselves off, course-corrected the ship, and we culminated with a fantastic finishing of the story, as Cody would put it, at SummerSlam.
Rhodes won the title back from Cena in their Street Fight at SummerSlam. The John Cena Classic takes place Dec. 14 at Disney World.
