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• Did R-Truth Change His WWE Ring Name to Ron Cena? Here’s The Scoop
R-Truth channeled his inner John Cena at WWE Saturday Night's Main Event, pays the ultimate price against his "Childhood Hero."...2025
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• ‘Comedy But Clean’ – R-Truth AKA Ron Cena Mimics John Cena, Leaves WWE Fans Roaring with Laughter at Saturday Night’s Main Event
R-Truth went to the extreme to embrace his "childhood hero," doing a full John Cena entrance ahead of their match on Saturday Night's Main Event....2025
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• Saturday Evening News Update

Happy Saturday night! WWE has Saturday Night’s Main Event tonight on NBC and Peacock. R-Truth faces his childhood hero John Cena, plus Logan Paul goes for Jey Uso’s title, Damian Priest and Drew McIntyre battle in a cage, CM Punk & Sami Zayn face Seth Rollins & Bron Breaker and Chelsea Green tries to win […]...2025
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• R-Truth will try to beat the hustle, loyalty & respect back into Cena at SNME

Photo by WWE/WWE via Getty Images R-Truth could help bring John Cena back from the dark side tonight. He says he’ll try to beat the hustle, loyalty and respect back into his childhood hero in Tampa. Saturday Night’s Main Event airs — and streams — tonight (May 24), live from Tampa, Florida’s Yuengling Center. The 32nd edition of the show, and third since WWE and NBC brought it back last ye...2025
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• R-Truth Fires Off Bold Warning to John Cena Ahead of WWE Saturday Night‘s Main Event Showdown
R-Truth issues a message to his childhood hero John Cena ahead of their showdown at WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event....2025
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• SmackDown recap & reactions: You won’t take my joy away from me

WWE The final SmackDown before Saturday Night’s Main Event sure was meaningful, in a number of ways. We were promised R-Truth delivering his final words to John Cena on Friday Night SmackDown this week in Savannah ahead of their WWE championship match at Saturday Night’s Main Event. I still can’t believe this is actually going to happen in the year of our lord 2025, but especially for the ...2025
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• SmackDown recap & reactions: You won’t take my joy away from me
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• R-Truth Shares Picture Of John Cena's Heel Turn, Says It Was AI-Generated
R-Truth defends John Cena. Fans and wrestlers alike remain stunned after John Cena turned heel, attacked Cody Rhodes, and sided with The Rock at WWE Elimination Chamber. R-Truth is especially upset about the actions of his childhood hero. R-Truth took to social media to voice how upset he was about Cena's heel turn. In a post on both Twitter/X and Instagram, he said that it was AI-generated. Truth...2025
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• R-Truth Reacts To John Cena's Heel Turn: 'We Can't Jump To Conclusions'
R-Truth reacts to John Cena's heel turn. John Cena and R-Truth's relationship goes back over a decade, when the pair feuded in the early 2010s. In recent years, Truth has called Cena 'his childhood hero' and has taken Cena's moves as part of his moveset. At Elimination Chamber 2025, John Cena would turn heel to join up with The Rock, beating down Cody Rhodes for rejecting the same offer from The R...2025
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• R-Truth: I'm Like Rey Mysterio, I’ll Let My Body Be The Guide When It's Time To Retire
R-Truth will allow his body to dictate when he should retire. R-Truth is currently 52 years old, and he is still an active WWE Superstar. While it can sometimes seem like Truth has acquired the direct coordinates to the fountain of youth, Father Time is undefeated. Eventually, the winningest WWE 24/7 Champion in history will have to retire. Speaking about potential retirement during a new intervie...2024
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• Junior Caminero meets his hero — SD 13, TB 5

Photo by Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Images Yandy Diaz exits game with knee injury. As you can tell from the headline, this was a game worth missing — and lets be honest, most of us probably did because the game was broadcast on AppleTV... The only worthwhile highlight from this game happened beforehand, when the future of Rays baseball — Junior Caminero — got to meet his childhood hero, th...2024
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• Jaguars 2024 NFL Draft Guide: Building a Round 1 big board

The 2024 NFL Draft is just a few days away. Here’s our best guess at how the Jaguars ranked 12 first round prospects. The NFL version of Christmas is almost here. Starting Thursday at 8 p.m., 32 teams and their respective fanbases will discover what they’re getting this year. A big-armed quarterback? A finesse pass rusher? A twig-shaped kicker? We’ll know soon enough. It’s tough to predict what ...2024
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• WWE Shares The Best Of Rhea Ripley, AEW Darkwave Lofi, WWE SmackDown LowDown | Fight Size
Here is your fight size update for Saturday, February 10, 2024: - WWE has uploaded a marathon of the best of Rhea Ripley. Check out the full video above. - AEW presents chill Lofi vibes set to AEW Dark content. - Dwayne Johnson Jokes About Taylor Swift In 'Moana 2' - Courtesy of Access Hollywood, we now know what Nikki and Brie Garcia, formerly known as The Bella Twins would consider to be their...2024
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• Dynamite recap & reactions: Rated R reunion

AEW’s YouTube AEW Dynamite (Oct. 4, 2023) emanated from Stockton Arena in Stockton, CA. The 4th anniversary show featured Adam Copeland reuniting with Christian Cage for a shocking twist, MJF booking his next PPV match, Will Hobbs joining the Callis Family, the return of Wardlow, and more in the fallout to WrestleDream. Get caught up on all the Dynamite details with the excellent play-by-p...2023
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• Chase Briscoe is 65/1 to win Verizon 200 at Indy

CHASE BRISCOEIndianapolis AdvanceNo. 14 HighPoint.com Ford Mustang for Stewart-Haas Racing Event Overview ● Event: Verizon 200 at the Brickyard (Round 24 of 36)● Time/Date: 2:30 p.m. EDT on Sunday, Aug. 13● Location: Indianapolis Motor Speedway● Layout: 2.439-mile, 14-turn road cours...2023
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• Biggest Early-Season Storylines for the Cleveland Cavaliers
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• SmackDown recap & reactions (May 16, 2025): I love you, Solo

Photo by Craig Ambrosio/WWE via Getty Images The focus is shifting a bit once more on the blue brand, but the results could be rather interesting. Friday Night SmackDown kicked off this week with Solo Sikoa, Jeff Cobb, and Jacob Fatu hitting the ring to cut a promo. Sikoa introduced “my man, JC” to the WWE fans proper. That’s all he said, though. Sikoa then said he expects to go on to win ...2025
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"R-Truth Reveals What It Would Take to Wrestle John Cena"

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"” At […] The post R-Truth Teams With His Childhood Hero, John Cena, For Win On WWE RAW appeared first on Wrestlezone."

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"Trevor Tierney: A Tribute to Coach T, An Underdog Story"

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"‘That’s how I met my childhood hero’: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar spills epic tale on first encounter with Bill Russell"

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"Rising stock rookie Immanuel Quickley preparing to face ‘favorite player’ Stephen Curry"

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"Henri Richard: Another Hall of Famer and childhood hero is gone"

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"Drew Brees receiving guidance from MLB legend Nolan Ryan"

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"Dolphins' Jay Ajayi hugs childhood hero as he makes history at Wembley Stadium"

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"TDIKH: March 28"

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• R-Truth will try to beat the hustle, loyalty & respect back into Cena at SNME
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• SmackDown recap & reactions: You won’t take my joy away from me
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• Cody Rhodes has a very good reason to stay away from WWE right now

Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images Cody’s curious absence from WWE makes complete sense to me now. SmackDown airs tonight (May 23) with a live show emanating from EnMarket Arena in Savannah, Georgia. This is the second episode of SmackDown during the four week build towards Money in the Bank, which takes place on June 7. Cody Rhodes has a very good reason to stay away from WWE right now Co...2025
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• SmackDown recap & reactions (May 16, 2025): I love you, Solo
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• WWE Backlash 2025 predictions

Here’s how our staff of learned pro wrestling blowhards see the card playing out. WWE Backlash is all set to take place tonight (Sat., May 10, 2025) from the Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Missouri. It begins at 5:00 pm ET with the Kickoff show leading right on into the main course at 7 pm ET on Peacock in the U.S., WWE Network everywhere else, or your local cable pay-per-view provider. Luckily f...2025
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• R-Truth Reacts To John Cena's Heel Turn: 'We Can't Jump To Conclusions'
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• Opinion: Canada’s revenge quest offers opportunity for MacKinnon and Makar

Photo by Andre RInguette/4NFO/World Cup of Hockey via Getty Images Someone will leave this tournament a legend. A moment built for Makar and MacKinnon. For the last decade, the lore of international hockey has rightfully been about Sidney Crosby and his golden goal in 2010. Since then, not much has happened globally or in best-on-best hockey—that is, until now. That means someone will real...2025
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• Friday Rockpile: Rockies attendance down slightly again in 2024

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, October 4, 2024 It’s that time of year again — that time when Rockies fans look at the final attendance numbers. It’s become a perennial tradition like no other. A ritual where we see if the team’s depressing record had any impact on attendance at Coors Field. If the numbers drop enough, we dream that the hit...2024
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• Junior Caminero meets his hero — SD 13, TB 5
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• The Purple Row staff shares their favorite memories of Todd Helton

Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images The Toddfather has left his mark on both the Rockies franchise and their fans As Todd Helton prepares to take his place in the MLB Hall of Fame, we thought it would be a good time for staff members to reflect on their memories of The Toddfather. The ceremony starts at 11:30am MT. ★ ★ ★ Sam Bradfield My late maternal grandfather was a baseball guy, alwa...2024
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• Alexa Bliss is much better off without the Wyatt Sicks

Photo by Craig Ambrosio/WWE via Getty Images Bliss is showing right now why she never needed them to begin with. Some places do power rankings. Here at Cageside, we do a stock report. In this weekly series, we identify three Superstars (or groups of Superstars) who are on their way up, and three that are moving in the opposite direction. After a busy week that included Giulia officially jo...2025
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• SmackDown recap & reactions (May 16, 2025): I love you, Solo
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• John Cena attacks R-Truth at the Backlash Press Conference

@WWE The champ said he was ready to be open with the public, but before he could answer a question R-Truth interrupted to talk to his childhood hero... and ended up paying for it. The press conference portion of the WWE Backlash Post-Show featured a surprise appearance by 17 time World champion John Cena. After whispering something in Chief Creative Officer Paul “Triple H” Levesque’s ear, ...2025
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• John Cena continues ruining wrestling at Backlash, this time with the help of R-Truth

Randy Orton got a few big pops in his hometown of St. Louis but he came up short in the end. John Cena has been promising to ruin pro wrestling now that he’s WWE champion, and the latest chapter of that involved headlining tonight’s (Sat., May 10, 2025) Backlash premium live event at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Missouri, in a title match against hometown boy Randy Orton. They promoted it a...2025
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• John Cena has a friend who can help him beat Randy Orton one last time

WWE Cena can no longer beat Orton on his own, but that won’t be a problem when they wrestle one last time at Backlash. WWE Backlash 2025 takes place tonight (Sat., May 10) from Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Missouri. The event begins at 5 pm ET with the free Countdown show, which runs for two hours on YouTube, WWE.com, and various other social media outlets. That leads right on into the ...2025
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• R-Truth Reacts To John Cena's Heel Turn: 'We Can't Jump To Conclusions'
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• Opinion: Canada’s revenge quest offers opportunity for MacKinnon and Makar
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• LeBron James On Passing Michael Jordan As Oldest Player In NBA History To Score 40 Points: ‘I Need A Glass Of Wine And Some Sleep’
Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James scored 42 points against the Golden State Warriors on Thursday, becoming the oldest player in NBA history to score 40 points in a game. NBA icon Michael Jordan, LeBron’s childhood hero, held the record before The King. “What do I think? That I’m old,” LeBron said after the Lakers […] The post LeBron James On Passin...2025
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• Friday Rockpile: Rockies attendance down slightly again in 2024
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• The Purple Row staff shares their favorite memories of Todd Helton
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• R-Truth will try to beat the hustle, loyalty & respect back into Cena at SNME
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• SmackDown recap & reactions: You won’t take my joy away from me
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• John Cena talks 17th world title, feud with R-Truth during 2025 FAN EXPO

WWE.com “If everything lines up, this is the one I’m taking home with me,” Cena said while discussing his current title reign at a convention in Philadelphia. John Cena appeared in Philadelphia this weekend for a live panel at the 2025 FAN EXPO. There, he fielded questions from the audience, answering candidly and directly. He was especially open when sharing which of his 17 world title wi...2025
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• Seth Rollins' Evil Ways, Daniel Garcia Previews Double Or Nothing, Isiah Kassidy Vlog | Fight Size
Here is your fight size update for Sunday, May 18, 2025. Below are the top headlines from Fightful today, the best digital excuses from around the world of wrestling, and more. - See The Visionary at his most ruthless, and relive some of Seth Rollins’ most diabolical moments inside the ring and out, attacking the likes of Roman Reigns, Cody Rhodes, Rey Mysterio, and more. Check it out embedded abo...2025
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• SmackDown recap & reactions (May 16, 2025): I love you, Solo
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• WWE Backlash 2025 predictions
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• Orton is bringing back the Legend Killer for his WWE title match against John Cena

And then R-Truth got in his face about it. WWE Champion John Cena recently told Randy Orton that he’s going to erase three generations of his family’s history when he retires later this year as the last real champion. Orton responded to John’s threat with an RKO. The champ wasn’t in the building on tonight’s (May 2) episode of SmackDown, so it was up to The Viper to cut a promo to get fans hyped u...2025
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• R-Truth Calls John Cena His Childhood Hero — Fans React to Surprising Age Twist
R-Truth and John Cena created a viral moment on SmackDown. R-Truth called Cena his childhood hero, and fans took to social media to react....2025
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• Cody Rhodes responds to one of the most shocking heel turns in WWE history

WWE.com Let’s hear what Cody has to say about John Cena showing his true colors as a phony corporate sellout. SmackDown airs tonight (Mar. 7) with a live show emanating from Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This is the first episode of SmackDown during the seven week build towards WrestleMania 41, which takes place on the weekend of April 19 and 20. Cody Rhodes responds t...2025
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• Brandi Rhodes Reacts To John Cena’s Heel Turn, R-Truth Defends Cena, WWE On A&E Previews, WrestleMania Match Rankings Continue
– R-Truth, whose “childhood hero” was John Cena, was quick to defend the WWE legend when responding to Cody Rhodes’ wife, Brandi Rhodes, on X after WWE Elimination Chamber: Toronto on Saturday night. When Brandi wrote, “John Cena Sucks,” Truth responded, “We can’t jump to conclusions.” We can’t jump to conclusions. — Ron Killings (@RonKil...2025
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• TDIKH: March 28
TDIKH: March 28, 2003 - In his final game against his childhood hero, Kobe Bryant gave Michael Jordan a retirement gift for the ages....2016
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• Kyle Larson OK with not following his childhood hero at Hendrick
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• Paul George Finding Comfort in Uncomfortable Role with New-Look Pacers
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• R-Truth Reveals What It Would Take to Wrestle John Cena

R-Truth has always considered John Cena to be his “Childhood hero” and ever since Cena turned heel, fans have been wondering if Truth will ever face Cena in a match. ......2025
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• Henri Richard: Another Hall of Famer and childhood hero is gone
He played in the shadow of his older brother, the legendary Rocket Richard, but Henri Richard played with a skill and passion that made him an icon with the Canadiens and hero to many. The post Henri Richard: Another Hall of Famer and childhood hero is gone appeared first on TheHockeyNews....2020
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• Joe Montana thinks Tom Brady ordered footballs to be deflated
Tom Brady has said many times this week that Joe Montana was his childhood hero. Brady probably won’t be thrilled with his favorite player’s thoughts about Deflategate. “If I ever want a ball a certain way, I don’t do it myself,” Montana said, via the Boston Globe. “So, somebody did it for him. But I…...2015
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• Long-Awaited John Cena Match Could Be Happening Sooner Than You Think

R-Truth has always looked up to John Cena as his “childhood hero,” and now that Cena has turned heel, fans are curious if the two will ever face off in ......2025
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• Correa thrilled to meet childhood hero Pujols
The two-plus minutes it took the instant-replay umpire to review a play in the second inning of Monday's game allowed Astros rookie shortstop Carlos Correa a chance to meet Angels slugger Albert Pujols, who was one of Correa's childhood heroes growing up in Puerto Rico....2015
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• ‘Comedy But Clean’ – R-Truth AKA Ron Cena Mimics John Cena, Leaves WWE Fans Roaring with Laughter at Saturday Night’s Main Event
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• SmackDown recap & reactions: You won’t take my joy away from me
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• Seth Rollins' Evil Ways, Daniel Garcia Previews Double Or Nothing, Isiah Kassidy Vlog | Fight Size
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• John Cena: How In The Space-Time Continuum Can I Be R-Truth's Childhood Hero When He's 150 Years Old?
John Cena questions him being R-Truth's childhood hero. In recent years, R-Truth has continued his wacky ways in the world of pro wrestling, declaring John Cena as his childhood hero on multiple occasions, despite being actually older than Cena. The joke has led to the pair scheduled for a match together at WWE's upcoming Saturday Night's Main Event. While speaking at a recent Philadelphia Fan Exp...2025
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• John Cena vs. R-Truth is booked at Saturday Night’s Main Event

R-Truth said he needs to beat some sense into his childhood hero. Tonight’s (May 16) episode of SmackDown featured a pre-taped segment where Wade Barrett interviewed R-Truth about WWE Champion John Cena giving him the Attitude Adjustment through a table at the post-Backlash press conference. Barrett noted that Truth sounded like a crazy person as he continued to defend Cena’s longstanding virtues...2025
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• Steel Cage Match & Another Big Main Event Set For WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event On May 24

The lineup for the return episode of WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event continues to take shape. During this week’s episode of WWE SmackDown on May 16, R-Truth sat down with color-commentator Wade Barrett for a one-on-one interview, where he addressed being put through a table by his “childhood hero” John Cena at the WWE Backlash: […] The post Steel Cage Match & Ano...2025
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• Backstage News On WWE’s Plans For John Cena’s Next Match
The post Backstage News On WWE’s Plans For John Cena’s Next Match first appeared on PWMania - Wrestling News.After successfully defending the Undisputed WWE Championship against Randy Orton at WWE Backlash 2025, John Cena may already have his next challenger lined up — and it’s someone who once called him a “childhood hero.” According to Cory Hays of Bodyslam.net, Cena is scheduled to face R-Truth...2025
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• Randy Orton has another RKO outta nowhere for heel John Cena

WWE John Cena can’t hide from the Legend Killer. SmackDown airs tonight (May 9) with a live show emanating from Nutter Center in Dayton, Ohio. This is the final episode of SmackDown during the three week build towards Backlash, which takes place on Saturday (May 10). Randy Orton has another RKO outta nowhere for heel John Cena WWE Champion John Cena couldn’t be seen last week on WWE progr...2025
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• R-Truth Says 'There's Two Sides To Every Story' Regarding John Cena's Heel Turn
R-Truth discusses his childhood hero's heel turn. At Elimination Chamber 2025, John Cena would turn heel on Cody Rhodes, hitting him with a low blow and beating down Rhodes along with The Rock and Travis Scott. Cena would later dethrone Rhodes as WWE Champion at WrestleMania 41, with R-Truth congratulating him on the victory on the April 25th edition of WWE Friday Night SmackDown. While speaking t...2025
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• Cody Rhodes responds to one of the most shocking heel turns in WWE history
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• John Cena Dismisses R-Truth’s “Childhood Hero” Claim

R-Truth has always seen John Cena as his “childhood hero,” but fans have been wondering what Cena actually thinks of that moniker. After a lot of speculation, Cena has now made ......2025
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• Cody Rhodes responds to one of the most shocking heel turns in WWE history
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• R-Truth Struggles to Cope with John Cena’s Shocking Heel Turn at WWE Elimination Chamber

John Cena’s shocking heel turn at WWE Elimination Chamber 2025 has left the WWE Universe stunned—but perhaps no one is more affected than R-Truth. A longtime admirer of Cena, Truth has often parodied and mimicked the 16-time world champion, even calling him his childhood hero. Now, with Cena embracing the dark side in brutal fashion, … Continue reading R-Truth Struggles to Cope with John Cen...2025
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• WWE needs to find an answer for its GUNTHER problem at WrestleMania

WWE.com Raw airs tonight (Feb. 26) with a live show from SAP Center in San Jose, California. This is the first episode of Raw during the six week build towards WrestleMania 40, which takes place on the weekend of April 6 and April 7. GUNTHER needs to find an opponent for WrestleMania 40 Most of the top heels in WWE already have a clear direction for WrestleMania 40, with the glaring except...2024
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• Dynamite recap & reactions: Rated R reunion
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• The AP staff (and our readers) pick the Chiefs-Jets game

Photo by Rich Schultz /Getty Images Let’s see what AP staffers (and readers) think about Sunday’s game between Kansas City and New York. For Week 3’s Kansas City Chiefs game against the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field, all of the Arrowhead Pride staff picks were for the road team. While three quarters of them picked the Chiefs in a blowout, no one anticipated a 31-point win — although Nate...2023
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• Longtime San Antonio Spurs Reporter Reflects on Tim Duncan's Career
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• Randy Moss: I’ll always stand behind Tom Brady
As the New England Patriots prepare for Week 2 of the NFL’s preseason schedule, yet another former teammate of Tom Brady’s has stepped up to the mic to stand up for the embattled quarterback. Randy Moss showed up to practice on Thursday, met with his childhood hero Jerry West and then vocalized his support for his former quarterback, saying he will always stand behind Brady. Photo: Randy Moss say...2015
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• Almost Famous, D'Angelo Russell Is Driven to Justify His NBA Draft Hype
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