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Shaquille O’Neal Didn’t Hold Back on Giving Honest Take on John Cena’s Unusual Look

Published 04/27/2022, 1:53 PM EDT

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John Cena will go down as a second WWE superstar after Hulk Hogan, who was at the top for more than a decade. Now while he is in Hollywood, fans are always eager to know when Cena will return to WWE.

In his career, Cena made ample fans of various age groups, but most notably the children. Because of John Cena, many children were coming into the arena with their parents. WWE made a lot of young fans because of Cena.

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Sometime back, John Cena appeared on The Today Show. The 16-time WWE World Champion took time out of his busy schedule primarily to promote his new children’s book, Elbow Grease.

Four-time NBA Champion Basketball legend, Shaquille O’ Neal joined Cena, and Shaq noticed a change in Cena’s hairstyle while the interview had just started. He gave a complimented Cena, saying, “I think it looks se*y with that and he looks younger. He looks really good.”

Cena promoted his new children’s book on the show. He gave Shaq a small size book telling him they specially printed it for him.

Shaq after some time again talked about Cena’s hair, “Last time I saw you had the crew cut. What’s the inspiration for this hair? Everybody is talking about it.”

John Cena replied, “So I’m growing my hair for a film that I’m doing in China. So I have to kind of manage it, but the internet is was like I have getting a lot of flack for it. It’s crazy. Everybody hates it.”

He grew his hair for a movie, but fans weren’t likely to see Cena in another hairstyle instead of his classic one. Cena also explained this hairstyle helps him to face the negativity and also to show his young fans how to handle bullying by keeping the attitude of ‘Never Give Up’.

John Cena and Shaquille O’ Neal had an arm-wrestling match

While John Cena was promoting his new children’s book on the show had some fun with NBA legend Shaquille O’ Neal. They talked about Cena’s hair and also had an arm-wrestling match.

WATCH: John Cena Raps his Iconic Entrance Song with NBA Legend Shaquille O’Neal

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Cena and O’ Neal gave a tough competition against each other, but at the end of the match, the result was a draw. They gave everything in the match and also respected each other. They also recalled their carpool karaoke sessions while appearing on the show.

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John Cena now is in rumors to make a return to WWE at SummerSlam. The opponent can be Theory, as they had a brief conversation on Twitter earlier this week.

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Tushar Deogharkar

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Tushar Deogharkar is a WWE writer at EssentiallySports. Tushar has done his Master's in Tourism Management and is an ardent fan of pro wrestling. He follows WWE and AEW very closely and wants to learn how the promotions are run.
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Vibhanshu Kumar