• “The last year and a half in WWE was miserable for me” – Former U.S. Champion
During an interview with Shane Douglas, former United States Champion Mr. Kennedy talked about his downfall in WWE, where he worked with a lot of top names and almost became World Champion:
“Kane, Undertaker, Batista, Finlay, Booker T, Rey Mysterio were all at the top of the mountain and they were throwing rope ladders over the side. Every single one of those guys would pull me aside after I’d come back from my match and help me.
On the RAW side, guys were dumping buckets of hot oil over the side and kicking boulders down and stuff.
I had no problems with all these guys and then suddenly I worked Triple H on a house show. It was like I went from being able to work to being too stiff and being too clunky and difficult to work with.
It was really weird and frustrating. Everything was awesome when I was first there, but the last year and a half was miserable for me.”
As we previously reported, Mr. Kennedy said on his podcast that Triple H buried him backstage in front of the locker room for calling himself the future of sports entertainment in a promo.
Kennedy reportedly had heat with Triple H, Shawn Michaels, and John Cena, and Kennedy revealed that Stone Cold Steve Austin told him this.
• The Rock Hurt John Cena’s Career, Says nWo Veteran
John Cena turned heel earlier this year by selling his soul to The Rock at Elimination Chamber 2025, but The Final Boss never showed up on WWE programming after that to follow up on that storyline.
Cena’s heel run ended up being criticized and he turned babyface out of nowhere on the final SmackDown before SummerSlam 2025, and ended his career as a babyface as well.
According to former nWo member & WCW veteran Konnan, The Rock hurt Cena’s career by not showing up. Here’s what he said on his podcast:
“I was not a fan of his first promos because we’d heard those promos before from other people. So, there’s no originality in it. I think Rock’s the guy that really messed everything up.
When [WWE] didn’t want to go with (The Rock vs.) Roman (Reigns at WrestleMania 40), and he just took his ball, went home, said, ‘f**k everybody.’ Cena was very professional because he went with it, even though I thought it hurt his career.”
After WrestleMania 41, The Rock said on The Pat McAfee Show that he didn’t show up because WrestleMania was all about Cena and he didn’t want to take the spotlight away from Cena’s record-setting 17th world title victory.
Before Cena’s retirement match, The Rock posted the following under one of Cena’s Instagram posts:
“Love ya man and as you know, always grateful for all you’ve done for the business we love. You are truly the GOAT. Bring your moonshine, I’ll bring the tequila!”
