Former WWE manager Zeb Colter [Dutch Mantell] made it known in a recent interview that he thinks Vince McMahon allowed John Cena to reference Jon Moxley and CM Punk during his face-to-face promo segment with Roman Reigns on Friday’s SmackDown.
Cena told Reigns: “I’m gonna take your title, jump the barricade and run out of Allegiant Stadium as fast as I can. I may even blow you a kiss goodbye.”
Cena also referenced Moxley while bringing up Reigns’ time in The Shield. “You’ve been protected, Roman,” Cena said. “You’ve been protected by The Shield. Hell, you almost ruined Seth Rollins; you ran Dean Ambrose out of WWE.”
Colter stated to SK Wrestling, “So you don’t think any of that second part of the next segment was scripted? I do [think it was scripted]. I really do, because now Vince, he knows he has some competition with AEW and we saw that tonight, but I think Vince let that through. I think if anybody convinced him [to allow references to Dean Ambrose and CM Punk], Cena convinced him and it worked.”
