WWE news: John Cena addresses SHOCK Undertaker loss and SLAMS locker room's complacency
Cena had been calling out Undertaker for weeks before WrestleMania but the legend wouldn’t answer his challenge. Therefore, The Champ was unable to have a match at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana and instead showed up as a fan and sat among the WWE Universe. But during the show Taker made a shock return and beat the 16-time world champion in just a few minutes with a Tombstone Piledriver. Many fans thought that wasn’t the right way to treat Cena but the ex-WWE Champion insists that the whole point of the feud was to reintroduce a WWE icon.
GETTY John Cena lost to The Undertaker in under three minutes at WrestleMania
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The focus was not me, the focus was someone else John Cena
The former World Heavyweight Champion also noted that should be an example to the rest of the locker room as he has noticed plenty of disdain and complacency among the younger talent. He told Sports Illustrated: “I did not do well in this match. My ‘WrestleMania Moment’ was to spend the time in the crowd and not do well in a very short performance, but I loved it because it got the job done. “The focus was not me, the focus was someone else. Often times, we look at things so selfishly, asking, ‘What’s in it for me?’ Well, what was in it for me was the chance to reintroduce a WWE icon. “I had to stretch the suspension of disbelief to its breaking point to do it, but it was awesome. Every single week, the crowd would chant at the top of its lungs and no one thought I would be sitting in the crowd at WrestleMania, but I was able to do that.
GETTY Undertaker made a shock return at WrestleMania