John Cena revealed an untold story about his infamous 2006 match against Rob Van Dam at ECW One Night Stand.
The show was held at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. The show featured a pro-ECW, anti-Cena crowd that began chanting against him. The fans even threw toilet paper and his T-shirt before the match even started.
Reflecting on the match, John Cena, who appeared at the Philadelphia Fan Expo, said, “Man, it was awesome… There was a sign which actually was brought to this convention today that says, “If Cena wins, we riot,” and it’s a very famous sign that’s been memed and knocked off.”
“Also, the audience was pretty bad. The event started at 7:00 and we weren’t on till last, and at about 7:00, they so audibly were chanting, “F U Cena.” So I knew by the time we went out at 10:00, it was going to be pretty gnarly. So we get out there, and I have a wrestling match with my T-shirt before I have a wrestling match with Rob. And I look at the sign and I heard the crowd, and I don’t know. I would never do this again, and it was the most stupid decision of my life. But I told Rob, “Hey, let’s go out into the audience.” And I just wanted to see, like, what would happen.”
“Thank you, everyone in the Hammerstein Ballroom that night, for being professional and being great fans, and letting me know how you feel here but not letting me know how you feel here ’cause I thought I was going to get my ass kicked. But everybody was real nice. So that was that’s a story I’ve never told.”
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