John Cena has opened up about his special relationship with Stu.
The wrestling veteran made the final stop of his media tour before his upcoming retirement at Pat McAfee show. Among other things, he was asked to speak about Stu the cameraman, who has become an integral part of his presentation over the years.
The 17-time world champion revealed the story of why he started talking to Stu during his entrance. John Cena explained that at first, it was a way of defying a direction from WWE management:
"So first of all, again, you hear me say this a lot. Nobody does it alone. Honestly, all these memorable moments that we have, I have, there's a partner attached, and more partners attached. I'm talking about like Daggy catering, who feeds us. All the folks behind the scenes. I was told not to break the fourth wall, not to talk to the camera. So I said, 'Fuck it, I'll talk to the cameraman.' I can look right over the lens and Stu's there."
Kind of A Conduit: John Cena
John Cena then discussed the philosophical side of this too. The Hollywood star noted that talking to Stu is his way of acknowledging all the people who help put together the show but never get the recognition:
"We got a whole crew of camera folks and people that make this live event look the way it does, a whole TV truck of folks that shoot the cuts and make our stuff a lot better than it is. My conversation with Stu, who's an individual I care deeply for, is also a conversation with what I call the truck. Everybody in that room over there making sure we all look good.
Every time I say, 'Let's go to work,' those men and women have already been hard at work making the show awesome before the first bump is even taken. So Stu is kind of a conduit to my conversation, not only to the audience out there, because I'm stealing a way to break the fourth wall, but it's also me talking to folks that I care about who never, ever, ever get to be in the center of a ring and have the audience go 'fantastic,' but without them, we are worthless."
Cena faces Gunther at Saturday Night's Main Event tonight in his final match. WWE has planned surprises for the historic evening.
