“A Much Higher Star” – John Cena Gets Compared to the Legendary Hulk Hogan for a Selfless and Courageous Act During His Early Days in WWE

Published 05/17/2023, 10:00 AM EDT

The more famous you are, the more criticism you have to bear for your actions. The same happened with the 16-time WWE World Champion John Cena. Despite being inactive in his wrestling career for a while now, Cena was the biggest baby face of the company during his heyday. There are very few accolades that he didn’t acquire in his long shining career. However, The Cenation Leader didn’t rise to the top without dealing with some harsh negativity on his way.

Over the course of his career, Cena garnered many critical remarks. One of them was the allegation of burying young talents in the company. There is a heated debate existing in the pro wrestling world regarding Cena not letting the youngsters shine. That being said, decorated tag team champion Champion Bully Ray wants to put a stop to this argument by clearing his stance straight away.

Bully Ray defends John Cena in the light of a major criticism

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The one-half of the Dudley Boyz, Bubba Ray Dudley aka Bully Ray, is an avid admirer of John Cena. Even after Cena flew to Hollywood, Ray has been stuck to his belief that Cena is the greatest of all time. It’s not only because of his talent and skill as a wrestler but also for what he did for the company beyond the squared circle. The former tag team champion has always been his biggest advocate, no matter what.

During a recent appearance on the Busted Open radio, Ray dismissed the latest narrative of Cena burying talents. The WWE Hall of Famer referred to another famous notion that says Cena is the next Hulk Hogan, at least in terms of possessing innate professionalism. He noted, “Hulk was considered back in the day difficult to do business with. He was protecting the business and I think John does that also.”

Ray recalled one of Cena’s acts of generosity toward his tag team, the Dudley Boyz. During a six-team tag team match, Cena insisted they do a spot that the producer wanted to cut.

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”John blatantly comes us, to me and D-Von in gorilla right before we go out. ‘Do the spot, do it right in the middle of the ring, and when they want to know why, don’t worry. I’ll take all the heat for it.’ John has considerably less time in the business than me and D-Von had, but obviously at that moment in time, a much higher star on the card who has Vince’s ear… [He was] saying man to man, eye to eye, ‘I got you.” Ray explained.

Cena himself addressed the same criticism in the later part of the interview, revealing his side of the story.

John Cena weighed in on the infamous allegation of burying talents against him

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During the interaction with Busted Open Radio, Cena noted that he has always invested his heart wholly in any young talent. Be it Theory or any other, if they deserve it, he has no problem putting them over himself, something that he did several times before.

Moving ahead, the 46-year-old is seemingly done with the squared circle as he himself admitted that his body can’t take those rigors anymore. However, the Peacemaker star ensured that he will continue to make sporadic appearances in the company whenever WWE allows him to do so.

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Shreya Nag is a WWE writer at EssentiallySports, whose love for the sport began when she saw Cody Rhodes win the Royal Rumble in 2023. Since then, she has been an ardent fan of Rhodes and the world of pro wrestling. Shreya's writing combines her passion for the sport with her writing abilities, which she uses to provide readers with a nuanced analysis of WWE superstars.

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Sherjeel Malik

“A Much Higher Star” – John Cena Gets Compared to the Legendary Hulk Hogan for a Selfless and Courageous Act During His Early Days in WWE

Bully Ray defends John Cena in the light of a major criticism

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