Here’s A Story About How John Cena Almost Got Fired By WWE

When people look at John Cena’s run atop WWE over the last decade plus, they think that he was just handed the keys to the kingdom from the time he first debuted on the main roster in 2002. But, he was not, and he was almost fired shortly after he was called up from Ohio Valley Wrestling, which was WWE’s equivalent to NXT back in the early 2000s.

On Thursday’s Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer told a story about how WWE almost released Cena shortly after his debut, and what ended up saving his job.

“[John Cena] worked OVW for a while which is where he really learned his craft. He was called up too soon, which everyone knew, and there’s political reasons why that happened, and it nearly cost him his career. If it wasn’t for Stephanie McMahon taking a liking to him after they’d just about decided to let him go, he could’ve been gone.

“Imagine that. Imagine this business in the last 11 years with John Cena as the top guy and John being out of the picture. Obviously they would’ve gone with Batista as the top guy, and Batista wouldn’t have been as good in that situation as John Cena, and he wasn’t as versatile as John Cena. He would’ve been okay, and it’s not like the business would’ve collapsed, but it would’ve been a lot worse off.”

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How do you think WWE would’ve done business-wise over the last decade if John Cena ended up getting fired from the company? Do you think Batista could’ve carried the company just as well as Cena has? Let us know in the comments below, or over on Facebook!