Nic Nemeth makes an interesting John Cena comparison while talking about Jack Perry

Nic Nemeth referenced John Cena while discussing Jack Perry during an interview on Busted Open Podcast recently. Perry made an astonishing return to AEW on a Dynamite episode and partnered with The Young Bucks to assault the President of AEW, Tony Khan in the ring.

The attack was the latest twist in a chain of events that had been going on since Perry and CM Punk had a backstage altercation at All In 2023. The scuffle resulted in Perry being suspended indefinitely and Punk being released from the company.

Later, the wrestler fka Jungle Boy made his NJPW debut and used the word "scapegoat" in his promos to protest against the company's move to suspend him. He recently had a match at NJPW's Windy City Riot in Chicago where he lost to Shota Umino.

Nic Nemeth (fka Dolph Ziggler) has had a storied career with WWE and the two parted ways last year. There were rumors that he would join AEW, as his brother, Ryan Nemeth is signed with the Jacksonville-based company, However, Nic has remained a free agent and appears at NJPW among other promotions.

He spoke about the live audience's reaction to Perry when he appeared at the Windy City. Chicago being CM Punk's hometown, Perry made sure to elicit all the heat he could get from the fans and Nemeth compared the situation to John Cena's from back in the day in WWE.

"I was also on that Windy City Riot Show in Chicago with him to where I was curious, like 'oh, this kid's coming back, let's see how it's going on to go, and booing him out of the building, and the craziest reactions, and then almost a Cena-esque 'we are booing you, but we know that you are here, and we like the story,'" said Nemeth. [5:39 - 5:55]

You can watch his comments in the video below:

John Cena is one of the most popular professional wrestlers, and in his long and storied career, he has had his fair share of being booed by fans. One of the most infamous incidents of this was in 2006 at ECW One Night Stand, where he walked in as WWE Champion to an arena full of fans booing him.

There have been various analyses of the 16-time WWE Champion being booed extensively by the WWE Universe during his long and illustrious career, though Cena remains a fan favorite.

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John Cena made a surprise appearance at an NXT episode during the Tuesday night ratings war

John Cena is one of the most trusted workers for the Stamford-based company.

Proof of that was when John Cena made his NXT appearance when NXT and AEW Dynamite were caught in a ratings war in 2023. The episode saw another WWE legend The Undertaker make an appearance as well.

Meanwhile, Jack Perry has a long way to go in his professional career, with the 26-year-old making his debut in the Indies in 2015 and joining AEW in 2019. The former FTW Champion has seen some controversies in his career already, and it remains to be seen where his antics take him in the world of professional wrestling.

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