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Published 11:18 IST, April 8th 2019

WWE WrestleMania 35: John Cena Bring Backs “Doctor of Thuganomics” In A Surprise Appearance.

John Cena surprised the WWE universe at Wrestlemania 35 where he made an appearance as “Dr of Thuganomics” while Elias’ performance. Cena briefly used the hip hop gimmick till 2004. This was a surprise appearance as John Cena was not scheduled to be at WWE WrestleMania 35.

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John Cena brought back his Vintage look as "Dr. of Thuganomics" at WWE's WrestleMania 35 held at Metlife Stadium, New York.

Cena originally used the hip-hop gimmick from 2002 to 2004. He interrupted Elias' musical performance at WrestleMania 35 and proceeded to insult Elias with a rap. “WORD LIFE” started playing in the background with THUGANOMICS splashed across the pyro which had the WWE Universe on their feet cheering for the Dr. of Thuganomics.

John Cena grabbed the mic and starting spitting rhymes about how bad Elias is. Parts of the Verse Included 

 

Cena ended the segment with the trademark 5 knuckle shuffle and an AA (Attitude Adjustment).

 

WrestleMania is always incomplete without the 16-time champion making an appearance. Fans expected John would be making an appearance in Kurt Angle’s Retirement Match, but the opponent chosen to face the Olympic gold medalist was Baron Corbin. Then Cena had been rumoured to be the special guest referee for WWE Hall of Famer Kurt Angle's Farewell Match, but that never happened.

WWE WrestleMania 35 is going to take place on April 7 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The event starts at 4 pm Pacific time. Viewers in India can watch WrestleMania 35 Live on April 8, 5:30 am onwards on the Ten sports network.

Here is the Date, Time & Channel for WrestleMania 35 Repeat Telecast in India:

Live Telecast | April 8, 2019 | 05:30 AM | Ten 1HD / Ten 1 
Repeat1 | April 8, 2019 | 06:00 PM | Ten 1HD / Ten 1 
Repeat2 | April 10, 2019 | 09:00 PM | Ten 1HD / Ten 1 
Repeat3 | April 14, 2019 | 02:00 PM | Ten 1HD / Ten 1 
Live Streaming | April 8, 2019 | 05:30 AM | WWE Network.


WWE is an American media and entertainment company that is popular in the field of professional wrestling. WWE stands for World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. which as the name suggests is a form of Sports Entertainment purely storyline driven and for the purpose of entertainment. It is owned by Vince McMahon who also is the CEO of the company. It is a publicly traded company on the NYSE and was formerly known as WWF till 2012 until it revamped its logo to WWE.
 

Updated 11:18 IST, April 8th 2019

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