{"id":273567,"date":"2025-04-07T19:59:22","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T19:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/07\/former-wwe-star-recalls-john-cena-having-a-backstage-meltdown\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:08:56","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:08:56","slug":"former-wwe-star-recalls-john-cena-having-a-backstage-meltdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/07\/former-wwe-star-recalls-john-cena-having-a-backstage-meltdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Former WWE star recalls John Cena having a backstage meltdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-content\" data-postid=\"4863978\" data-slug-id=\"2462502\">\n<div class=\"vidazoo-player-container\">\n<span class=\"vidazoo-close-btn  hidden \"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/statico.sportskeeda.com\/cmc-predictor\/v2\/cross-icon.png?w=40\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" alt=\"close\"\/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>A former WWE Superstar detailed John Cena having a backstage meltdown at a live event. The Cenation Leader will be challenging Cody Rhodes for the Undisputed WWE Championship in the main event of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/go\/wrestlemania\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">WrestleMania 41<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Heath Slater was once a part of the Nexus faction, and the group took the main roster by storm back in the day. The heel stable had quite a few run-ins with The Face That Runs The Place, who was even forced to join the stable briefly.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Kenny McIntosh for <em>Inside the Ropes Magazine, <\/em>Slater shared that Cena flipped out backstage after Nexus was attacked with pool noodles by the babyfaces on the roster during a WWE live event. The veteran revealed that The Franchise Player was furious over the incident and shattered a barstool out of frustration.<\/p>\n<p><template id=\"also-read-articles-template\"><\/p>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;We get in the back and Cena is so mad, he picks up this red stool and overhand throws it on the ground and shatters it. And he\u2019s like, \u201cGuys, what the f\u2014k? You guys are coming in here while we\u2019re trying to build this group up, make them killers and everything, and you\u2019re fighting with pool noodles?He went off on them trying to protect us, to where I just was like Cena is invested a little bit, so that\u2019s kind of cool,&#8221; said Slater. [H\/T: Inside the Ropes]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"sportskeeda-embed\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/wwe\/embed\">\n<div class=\"yt-wrapper\">                    <noscript><iframe title=\"The summer of The Nexus: WWE Playlist\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/q4MsDcuppDw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript>                    <\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube\" data-embed=\"q4MsDcuppDw\">\n<div class=\"play-button\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" height=\"370\" width=\"660\" data-img=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/q4MsDcuppDw\/sddefault.jpg\" data-img-low=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/q4MsDcuppDw\/sddefault.jpg\" class=\"lazy-img\" alt=\"youtube-cover\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Cena won the Men&#8217;s Elimination Chamber Match last month to earn a title match against Cody Rhodes at WrestleMania 41. He turned heel following the bout and shockingly aligned with The Rock. The Final Boss had been trying to get Rhodes to sell his soul ahead of the PLE, but The American Nightmare refused.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2>Major WWE star accuses John Cena of copying her<\/h2>\n<p>Liv Morgan recently claimed that John Cena was copying her Revenge Tour idea by having a Farewell Tour during his last year of in-ring competition.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/go\/raw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">WWE RAW<\/a> stars Liv Morgan and Dominik Mysterio recently sat down with Sportskeeda Wrestling&#8217;s Riju Dasgupta for an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/wwe\/news-liv-morgan-accuses-john-cena-copying-idea-exclusive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">exclusive interview<\/a>. During the conversation, Morgan claimed that Cena was copying her Revenge Tour idea and suggested that he was jealous of her success.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Of course they wanna follow in our footsteps. Are you kidding me? They see our success and they want a taste of it. &#8216;I wanna be cool like them.&#8217; But you can&#8217;t. There&#8217;s no mistake that I was on the Liv Morgan Revenge Tour, then John Cena comes back with the John Cena Farewell Tour. I did it first, and so they wanna follow in our footsteps,&#8221; she said. [7:40 \u2013 8:05]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>You can check out the full interview in the video below:<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"sportskeeda-embed\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/wwe\/embed\">\n<div class=\"yt-wrapper\">                    <noscript><iframe title=\"EXCLUSIVE: Liv Morgan says she inspired John Cena&#039;s heel turn\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M5Tuz212sKg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript>                    <\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube\" data-embed=\"M5Tuz212sKg\">\n<div class=\"play-button\"><img height=\"370\" width=\"660\" data-img=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/M5Tuz212sKg\/sddefault.jpg\" data-img-low=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/M5Tuz212sKg\/sddefault.jpg\" class=\"lazy-img\" alt=\"youtube-cover\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Undisputed WWE Champion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/wwe\/3-things-cody-rhodes-can-wwe-smackdown-taking-john-cena\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">connected with a Cross Rhodes on John Cena<\/a> last week on RAW. 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