John Cena comments on what was “the most stupid decision” of his WWE career

While appearing at the Philadelphia Fan Expo, WWE champion John Cena reflected on his match against Rob Van Dam at the 2006 ECW One Night Stand PPV event…

“The audience was pretty bad. The event started at about seven o’clock, and we weren’t on until last, and at around seven, they were so audibly chanting ‘F-You Cena,’ so I know when I went out at ten o’clock, it was going to be pretty gnarly. So, we get out there and I have a wrestling match with my T-shirt before I have a wrestling match with Rob, and I look at the sign and I heard the crowd and I would never do this again, it was the most stupid decision of my life, but I told Rob, ‘Hey, let’s go out into the audience.’

I just wanted to see what would happen. Thank you everyone in the Hammerstein Ballroom for being professional being great fans and letting me know how you feel here (points at head) and not letting me know how you feel here (gestures with a closed fist) cos I thought I was gonna get my ass kicked but everybody was real nice. That’s a story I’ve never told and it’s something I’m like ‘Hey, man, let’s just go out and see what the audience is all about.’ What a stupid choice. I should never have done that, but everyone treated me with kindness.” (quote courtesy of WrestleTalk.com)