John Cena recently spoke to Sports Illustrated about a wide range of topics and the leader of the Cenation confirmed that he tuned into the
Royal Rumble last weekend. As you might imagine, he weighed in on Brock Lesnar's dominating performance during the first half of the men's Rumble match and the Hollywood actor had high praise for The Beast.
"I can say with the utmost sincerity that I believe Brock Lesnar is best in-ring performer that I’ve seen and I know it’s an opinion, and if you want a cool quote, here it is: I think he’s the best in-ring performer of all time. I thought his performance at the Rumble was a clinic on how to establish yourself, how to establish those around you, establish the championship, establish the importance of one event.
"He did so in less than 30 minutes, and I certainly don’t have the skill set to do that, and it was awesome to be able to see a masterclass man put on a clinic on what to do and how to do it and I was really impressed with the Rumble."
Cena went on to talk in detail about what makes Lesnar so great and the believability of his character.
"I genuinely think he has a good understanding of who he is. I think he’s the best at when he needs to be dominant, he’s the best in situations of jeopardy. He makes people better. He still has a mystique about him that will draw eyeballs to watch him and when he does he never disappoints. I watching from home did not know the result of the Rumble and I thought Brock was gonna run the table and win.
"He believes so much in his presence, and he has such a definable presence you can’t ignore him and he never wastes anyone’s time and everything he does is special and everything he does meaningful and it’s not all selfish. He’s one of the most giving performers in the WWE and that is the mark of a true craftsman and a true professional. It was awesome to watch. My jaw dropped when I watched the Rumble."
Many consider Cena one of the greatest wrestlers of all-time so the fact he has this opinion about Lesnar is definitely noteworthy and it's not hard to see where he's coming from. Many fans find fault with his limited schedule but as Drew McIntyre recently pointed out, there's not a wrestler in WWE who wouldn't jump at the chance of working a similar schedule for the money he makes.
What do you guys think?