Vince McMahon Ordered Justin Roberts To Tone Down John Cena’s Ring Introduction

John Cena is a 16-time World Champion and carried the company on his back throughout the PG era. Cena eventually became a part-timer due to his Hollywood obligations as well.

Being one of the biggest stars in the history of WWE, it is not hard to see why he always gets introduced with a lot of bravado by many announcers. This includes former WWE announcer Justin Roberts, who really went over the top for his introduction.

While speaking on the Talk is Jericho podcast, Justin Roberts revealed that Vince McMahon asked him to tone down his introductions for stars such as John Cena and The Undertaker.

“You go back to how Vince thinks vs. how I think. I got called literally out of the ring before we did the biggest Royal Rumble in history in Boston. I think he had just seen UFC, this is what I was told, that he had just seen UFC and he did not like Bruce Buffer and thought he was too over the top. So he talked to me about toning everything down. Which, once in a while I would have that conversation with him, ‘Tone it down, don’t give Sabu that big introduction, don’t give John Cena that big introduction, don’t give The Undertaker the big– And it’s like, I didn’t do it for everybody, but I did it where I needed to make something feel special. And it was always something that was built organically.”

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John Cena is likely to be engaged in a program with Austin Theory ahead of WrestleMania 39 next year, but that all has to do with his busy schedule. We will have to wait and see when they will begin their feud.

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