Conor McGregor may not have a lot of respect for the current crop of WWE Superstars, but that feeling isn’t mutual … at least as far as John Cena is concerned. Cena is on a press tour promoting his upcoming comedy Blockers, and was asked about the brash Irish UFC champion. Unlike Conor, who called John “a big fat, 40-year-old failed Mr. Olympia motherf**ker,” Cena had nothing but very good things to say about McGregor.
“He would do fantastic,” Cena said when asked how McGregor would do in the WWE. “Hell, he would put me out of work. He gets the entertainment aspect of sport, and I think he gets it as good or better than anyone else. The way he promoted the fight against Mayweather – that’s what we do. He did it as good or better than us.
“So I hope one day, if you’re out there watching and you want to come to WWE, he would be a fantastic WWE Superstar.”
He might be heavy on McGregor crossing over into WWE, but he doesn’t really see much appeal in the idea of any pro wrestlers in WWE going the other way.
“I don’t know why they’d want to,” Cena said. “I guess I’m just a sucker for what we do. You look at an individual like Brock and I think he’s really drawn to what the Octagon offers. But I more like what we do, because I’m sitting here talking to you about a story. We tell stories in the WWE, that’s what I like the most.
“I can’t put myself in the shoes of ‘I’d want to go do this in the Octagon.’ I want to go and do this, talk to you about another fun story.”
Blockers comes out on April 6th, so you’ll get to enjoy that storytelling in theaters. For those who miss the storytelling John Cena does in the ring, you’re in luck there too: Cena will be taking on the Undertaker (it isn’t official yet, but come on) at WrestleMania 34 just a few days later on April 8th.
