Sami Zayn on How WWE NXT Wrestlers Were Told They Should Want to be the Next John Cena

– During a recent interview on After the Bell, WWE Superstar Sami Zayn recalled the mentality that used to be impressed upon him when he was on the WWE NXT roster. Below are some highlights (via Fightful):

Sami Zayn on what he was told when he was in NXT: “I remember when I got to WWE, it was NXT or something like that, it was very much the mentality of, ‘you should be furious that you’re here. You should want to get out of here. You should want to get on the road. Everyone around you is your enemy, they are all vying for your spot. This is a competition. You have to be the best to get out of here. If you don’t want to be the best, you shouldn’t even work here.’ I remember a line something to the extent of, ‘If you don’t want to be the next John Cena, you shouldn’t even be here.'”

On how he reacted to it: “I remember hearing that and being completely [mouth agape]. ‘What? This is insanity.’ Let’s just say we’re in a room with 100 people, let’s just say the next John Cena is in this room. There’s only one, so the other 99 people in this room should be miserable at all times trying to aspire to be that person? What kind of insanity is that?”