The Undertaker Recalls Initially Thinking John Cena & The Rock Would Fail In WWE

On the latest episode of Six Feet Under, The Undertaker talked about being  completely wrong about the future success of two of WWE’s biggest icons: The Rock and John Cena.  Both Cena and The Rock got off to rough starts in WWE. Rock played a super babyface as Rocky Maivia, while Cena has acknowledged that he nearly got fired early on in his career.

Of course, both Cena and Rock became two of the top stars in WWE history, but Undertaker recalled how he thought they weren’t going to make it. You can check out some highlights below:

On Being Wrong About John Cena:

“It’s funny, he’s another one that I missed on… I’m just saying, early on there’s two people that I watched them work day one and I was like, ‘Mmmm. Yeah, this guy [ain’t] gonna make it.’ I was wrong, I get — look, I can admit when I’m wrong. There’s some people in the business that can’t do that. I will tell you when I was wrong and I missed with him.”

On Misjudging The Rock During His Debut:

“You got to go back to day one, when he had the things hanging off of him. And he came out there, and he was ‘Rah rah.’ And I was like — and he debuted in the Garden, right? Rocky Maivia, right? So I’m like, ‘Oh this poor kid.’

“And to have the legacy, right? So obviously his grandfather, Chief Peter Maivia. His dad, Rocky Johnson. And then you have these expectations, and you come out with that thing on, and, Cheesy McCheeserton. And I was like, ‘Oh man, this is not gonna be good.’ And I was wrong there. So that’s twice. Those are two big ones. It took them a minute to find their stride. And I guess, I guess they had okay careers. Right?”

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