WWE News: John Cena Reveals WWE Chairman Vince McMahon Was Disgusted With Him


John Cena was not always the company hot shot that we know today. Before he was “the face that runs the place,” he was mid-carding and working his way up like every other top star did before him. However, early in his career, he was not given a look that worked for him. This is why John Cena’s look featured during his TV debut turned out completely different from his look later on when he became the leader of the Cenation.

Cena revealed in an interview with WWE.com that WWE Chairman Vince McMahon was once disgusted with him, if you can believe it.

Regarding his WWE TV debut, Cena said before the show, “They literally dragged me by the arm to Vince’s office, threw me in and asked him, ‘What do you think?”

Of course, Cena debuted in Chicago against WWE’s top star at the time, Kurt Angle. This was the night Cena said the line that started the big push of “Ruthless Aggression” that Vince McMahon pushed on television.

Cena recalled his look at the time, saying, “I had ridiculously ugly, long, super-dyed blond hair that was shaved bald on the sides. He [Vince McMahon] turned around and with a disgusted look on his face, he said, ‘Cut his hair,’ and I was whisked away from Vince like an assembly line. That was the first time I met Vince McMahon and he was disgusted to look at me.”

You’ll notice that this look was not what we saw him debut with against Angle, which most likely means they cut his hair that very night. Cena was coming out of OVW, where he was known as The Prototype, but WWE wanted to be a little more realistic at the time so they allowed a number of people to come in using their real name. People such as Randy Orton made sense for this, as he is the son of WWE legend “Cowboy” Bob Orton. Others like Batista, John Cena, and Brock Lesnar were all allowed to use their real names or versions of it.

That is why Cena’s OVW name never followed him to the main roster, which was possibly smart by WWE as they can now continue to make money off of Cena even if he leaves WWE. It seems his entire persona from that time was scrapped for a new concept that started that very night. Cena then went on a little while after to go to jean shorts and jerseys for his attire while under a rapper gimmick before he became the Cena we know today.

It is interesting to know that even John Cena wasn’t perfect in the WWE Chairman’s eyes at one point. While this was over a decade ago, one can imagine how interesting it would have been to see Cena debut such a look on TV and if he would have kept it.

Here is the video of Cena’s TV Debut where he has the similar hair we see him with today. Why change what the Chairman likes too much, right?

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