Published 13:09 IST, April 23rd 2020
John Cena’s WrestleMania 22 entrance saw little-known CM Punk playing cameo as gangster
The most incredible thing about this is that CM Punk would go on to defeat John Cena in the same arena (Allstate Arena in Chicago) five years later.
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John Cena was face of WWE during 2000s and at WrestleMania 22 in 2006, he was scheduled to face Triple H for WWE Championship. Both Triple H and John Cena me an iconic WrestleMania entrance, but John Cena entrance was more special as it h a cameo from soon to be wrestling giant. While Triple H entered ring as Conan Barbarian, John Cena chose a gangster-med entrance for himself. Champ entered ring dressed as an Italian Mafia boss with a big Tommy Gun in his hand.
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An old school car with gangsters hanging on from eir side holding guns in ir hands me ir way to ring. One of guys pretending to be a gangster was CM Punk. CM Punk was also dressed as an Italian Mafia. In CM Punk: Best in World documentary, John Cena revealed that he never chose CM Punk to play part of gangster. John Cena revealed that WWE officials wanted some actors, so y decided to bring few stars from OVW (predecessor of WWE NXT).
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most surprising thing about iconic WrestleMania moment
most incredible thing about this is that CM Punk would go on to defeat John Cena in same arena (Allstate Arena in Chicago) five years later and leave company with WWE Championship. Money in Bank 2011 match between CM Punk and John Cena was so huge that it got a huge positive response from fans. Many wrestling critics also awarded CM Punk vs John Cena with a 5-star rating. And when it comes to John Cena vs Triple H WrestleMania 22 match, Champ won match via submission.
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13:09 IST, April 23rd 2020