• SmackDown Star Recalls Being Kicked Out Of The WWE Locker Room Over Chicken
During his interview on Chris Van Vliet’s Insight podcast, The Miz recalled being kicked out of the WWE locker room early in his career:
“I had no idea (when I’d be allowed back in). I knew the person that told me that, hey, you’re kicked out of the locker room. He said you’re not coming in until I say so. That person went away. So then when that person went away, I was like, oh boy, how am I gonna get back in the locker room? So I had to wait another three months.
I asked Taker. I was like, ‘Man, I’ve been out of the locker room for a long time.’ He goes, ‘Oh, you have?’ Yeah, I’ve been out like six months. ‘What’d you do?’ I ate a piece of chicken in the locker room, and it got all over. I still believe it did not, but other people will tell you differently, and they can have their opinions. That is fine. I was under a microscope of, let’s get this guy.
A lot of times in a locker room, someone could say he ate a piece of chicken over my thing. And, (someone else says) ‘Oh, man, what are you doing? Why are you doing this?’ And then another guy walks in. ‘Oh, you ate chicken over his bag?’ Another guy walks in. ‘He did what?!’
Then another guy is outside the locker room. And then he heard he ate chicken and he got it all over the place. Then by the time the telephone game was played, I was throwing chicken all over the locker room, I was smearing it on stuff, that’s what it felt like. So yeah, I went to Taker and I said, I ate chicken over a bag. Yeah, it’s real.
It was so ridiculous. I’m a grown man, and people are always like, ‘Why don’t you fight them? Why don’t you stick up for yourself?’ Because back then, if I would have done something like that, I probably would have been fired, or I looked at it as if I stand up to this person who is a locker room leader and very respected, and the reality guy steps up and talks and mouths off at that person, they’re never going to teach me. I need them to teach me.”
• John Cena Explains Why His WWE Retirement Was Perfect
At Fan Expo in New Orleans, 17-time World Champion John Cena explained why him tapping out to Gunther in his retirement match was the perfect end to his legendary WWE career:
“Losing my last match against Gunther. Thank you for being vocal enough to express how you felt. I put together a story which I think you all would enjoy. When there’s critical opinion out there, I’m all ears. Don’t ignore critics. I’m thankful for them at D.C. and everywhere before that.
I guess it kind of parallels my career. I think it was a perfect end, because a whole lot of people thought it sucked, a whole lot of people thought it was special, and that’s kind of been my story for 23 years. So I thought it was perfect.
You always read, ‘This person died peacefully.’ That’s what it felt like. I faced death with a smile, knowing we’re in a good place, knowing things are going to be great moving forward.
At the bottom of the shirt, it said, ‘I gave everything. Thank you for everything.’ In that one moment, that was it. Going peacefully.”
