Steve Greyeyes (Islas, the Navajo Kid, the Navajo Warrior) recently spoke with the Like Father, Like Son Podcast about working with John Cena early in his career. Here is what he had to say
“John and I have had quite a few matches. When he was first starting, I met him at a promotion called Ultimate Pro Wrestling in Santa Ana, California. He was brand-new, he was the ‘Prototype.’ Some reservation tours were coming up of Northern Arizona, and I approached John about ‘Would you be interested in coming along? It would be good experience.’ Of course, you could see something in this guy. He looked like he was chiseled out of granite, he had a real good look to him, a great attitude. So he came along and we were wrestling each other almost every night on these tours. We’d have a singles match and then Mike Knox would interfere, and we’d come back and have a tag-team match later that night. It was a lot of fun and it was not the same people you would see at the UPW shows, so it was a good way for him to get that experience wrestling in front of all kinds of crowds.”
