John Cena concerned about fan voting in the John Cena Classic potentially being “hijacked”
During an interview with USWeekly.com, John Cena discussed the upcoming John Cena Classic in WWE…
“It’s still a work in progress. What I want to see is a night of exhibition matches. I always try to say to young talent, ‘Tell me who you are in one sentence.’ The John Cena Classic is WWE’s All-Star Game. That’s the sentence. And then we branch out from that.
I envision a world where it’s exhibition matches, WWE Superstars competing with NXT Superstars. Maybe they’re on the same team, maybe they face off against each other. I think the bracketology is interesting. I love a world where I personally invite the talent to participate so they know how much it means to me. That means more trips to Raw, more trips to SmackDown, more trips to NXT.
We have reveals of all this stuff. We tell everybody where it is and when it is. We’re going to debut a new championship, so I’d love the audience to see that. I’d love the participants to see that beforehand. I’d love to do a card reveal where you realize the event and these are the matchups.
We’ve got to figure out the fan vote. I do not want it sabotaged. I do not want it hijacked. I know there are a lot of burner accounts out there and a lot of bots out there. Audience participation is what I want — fair audience participation — because I’m the success story. I’m trying to encompass my journey in an evening.
I was the WWE last pick. I was going to be fired. I was given a second chance, and not a main-event second chance. I started on the minor league shows. I started on the weekend shows and live events, winning over one fan at a time. This is a night where you can put down your business card and say, ‘You’re going to remember this name.’
And if you’re already a champion and you participate in the event, you can say, ‘That’s why I am who I am.’ It’s truly just an exhibition of our best and brightest of today and tomorrow, and you never know what’s going to happen.”