16-time World Champion John Cena recently sat down for a conversation with Whiskey Talk’s Andrew Santino and discussed the recent success of Sami Zayn. Cena specifically addressed Zayn forming a connection with the fans. He said,
“I gotta give Sami his comeuppance. Here’s a guy who’s been in the business a long time and worked really hard in circuits outside the WWE and made a great name for himself, then got in WWE in the NXT program and made a great name for himself, and then got into WWE and kind of struggled to connect with the audience.”
He continued, “Everyone now, because he’s very popular now, thinks it’s like [snaps fingers], alright, it clicked. His character went through a major reconstruction just about three years ago, maybe even a little more than that. It’s taken him three and a half years, and now all that hard work, and I can see it, I can see how hard he works, and I see how he’s invested in connecting with the audience. It’s paid off. Everybody loves him because they know who he is.”
Cena is set to challenge Austin Theory for the United States Championship at WrestleMania 39.
