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Kaitlyn Reveals What John Cena Said To Her After Her Match With AJ Lee at WWE Payback 2013 Cut Into Cena Main Event

June 9, 2026 | Posted by Jeffrey Harris
WWE Raw John Cena 9-15-25, Kaitlyn Image Credit: WWE

During a recent interview with Rewind Recap Relive, former WWE Superstar and Divas Champion Kaitlyn spoke about her title bout with AJ Lee back at WWE Payback 2013. According to Kaitlyn, she and AJ Lee continued to wrestle despite the referee telling them to wrap things up, which ultimately cut into the time for the main event Three Stages of Hell Match featuring John Cena vs. Ryback.

Kaitlyn revealed that after the match, Cena was in the Gorilla area as his match was still scheduled for later on and told them, “Never do that again.” However, he still complimented the two women on a “great match.” Below are some highlights (via F4WOnline.com):

Kaitlyn on Her Divas Title Match With AJ Lee Running Over Its Allotted Time

“What’s funny about that match is we went over on our time, and you never do that on a pay-per-view. They told us to go home. We probably still had two minutes left, maybe two and a half minutes left of like to really tell the story, and so the ref tells us like, ‘you need to take it home, take it home, take it home.’ We were used to getting our time cut because people’s matches ran over, you know? So there’s usually always the divas that they cut.”

On How John Cena Reacted

“The ref tells us, and AJ’s like, ‘no,’ and so we were both down selling, and she was like, ‘let’s keep going.’ I was like, ‘okay.’ The crowd was insane. I was crying, and when we got back into Gorilla, Cena was back there, and because Cena’s match was still up. So we cut into Cena’s match, and he was like, ‘Never do that again.’ But he was like, ‘Great match.’”

WWE Payback saw AJ Lee defeat Kaitlyn to win the Divas Championship.

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