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#4 JBL reveals his experience while working with a young John Cena in WWE

JBL recalled working with a young John Cena in WWE

WWE Hall of Famer JBL recently conducted a Q and A session on his YouTube channel. During his interaction with the fans, he recalled working with John Cena during the latter’s early days in WWE.

JBL stated that Cena got everything about in-ring skills right away and credited him for being one of the most hard-working people he has ever seen in the business. The former WWE Champion stated that he was one of the first few people who worked with Cena. Here’s what he had to say:

"When I came along, John Cena was just coming up and he was not the John Cena you know now. You knew he had talent, now let me tell you the difference between an eight minute match and a 30 minute match. It is a world of difference. So, eight minutes is easy, it's formulated. You go out there you do a certain thing, you compete, you go home.”

“With 30 minutes you can't do that. You have to take people on a roller-coaster. It's hard. Some people never make that trancision from that eight minutes to a 30 minutes, because they never understand the ability to work. The first time that John Cena may have did that may have been with Kurt Angle, but I was one of the first. He got everything right away."

John Cena went on to become a 16-time World Champion in WWE. He was expected to return at WrestleMania 37 after he featured in one of the initial promos about the pay-per-view. Most recently, NXT Champion Karrion Kross stated that he would like to retire Cena. The WWE veteran then responded by posting a photo of Kross on his Instagram account, teasing a potential match on NXT.

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