Every wrestler has a dream opponent: someone they already work with, a legend from the past they never got to lock up with. GQ sat down with John Cena to talk about his upcoming turn as a ESPY host, where he promised big things for the show: “I’m going to wrestle a bear.”
To clarify:
An actual bear?
I will be wrestling a grizzly bear hopped up on Diet Mountain Dew.
I’d watch that.
It’s most likely not going to happen due to legal restraints. Card subject to change. But I will replace it with a spectacular stunt that you can only see live. That will be the reason for you and the rest of the world to tune in to the ESPYs. I will either wrestle a bear, or host that show. One of the two things is guaranteed to happen.
Aw man, what a tease. Here we thought the face of WWE was going to pull out a Tracy Smothers tribute and get responsibly down and ethically dirty with a big ol’ bear. Oh well! Probably for the best. Smothers already got his rematch, and guaranteed it was way better than any match you can have on an award show:
