R-Truth has revealed that Vince McMahon wrote his now-famous promo declaring John Cena as his childhood hero, and that Cena himself came up with the idea for the iconic Ron Cena t-shirt.
The reveal came on the Six Feet Under Podcast, with Truth walking through the behind-the-scenes origins of the Ron Cena storyline.
“That was a Vince write. Vince wrote that. And the first time I did the promo and said I grew up watching Cena, I would sit there and watch him do his Saturday morning, you know what I’m saying, challenges. And people bought it. They bit hard. He grew up watching John Cena and John Cena is his childhood hero. They went with it, you know what I’m saying. The fans did.”
“I called John and asked him, could I use his shorts. John suggested I do the moves. He said, you should do everything. This shirt, Ron Cena, was John’s idea. He said, I think you do the shirt the same way I do mine. And you put your face there. I was like, I said, you serious? He was like, yeah, we’re brothers, right? I said, that is genius. Like he’s so smart. He was smart with the whole thing with it, man. And I just ran with it. It works, right?”
During Cena’s recent heel turn in his retirement run, Truth made multiple attempts to confront him about the shift in character. They worked a Saturday Night’s Main Event match, where Truth was dressed as Cena and lost to him.
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