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“I was a little surprised at the hype” – AEW Legend On Penta’s WWE Debut

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Below are a couple of top AEW & WWE news stories of the day, featuring Penta and John Cena.

• On his podcast, AEW commentator Jim Ross had the following to say about former AEW wrestler Penta making his WWE debut on this week’s RAW:

“I was a little surprised. We had him here at AEW for a good while. Soft-spoken guy, no trouble. Hardly knew he was there until he got in the ring, and then he was phenomenal. But I was a little surprised at the hype.

So what it tells me is that WWE and Triple H covet him in a significant way, where he’s gonna be in main events or semi-main events within the next year, if not sooner. But I was a little surprised.

There’s so many guys doing that act, that bit, that routine, of the luchadores. When I hired Rey Mysterio, we didn’t have anybody that even compared to Rey, but really nobody in the business did. He was special, unique. He’s one of a kind.

I don’t know… Penta, we had a lot of that kind of style in AEW. He was one of many that did a lot of acrobatics and flying things. He might have been the best at doing it, I’m not saying that. But he wasn’t the only one doing it, so it made it less special.

WWE’s got a good stock of luchadores. They got several guys on the roster that have that background. Just gotta be careful of how you book him.”

Penta defeated Chad Gable in his RAW debut match and said WWE is his new home.

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• During a backstage interview on RAW, Logan Paul was asked about the possibility of facing John Cena.

Here’s what the former United States Champion said:

“I think I would hurt John, to be honest with you. I’d get in the ring with him. It’d be honor, but I’m tired of beating up these legends. I beat up on Roman (Reigns), I beat up on Cody (Rhodes). If I’ve got to beat up on John, I’ll do it, but I prefer a challenge.”


        
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