Referee Charles Robinson comments on being tackled by John Cena at WWE Night of Champions

While speaking WWE’s RAW Recap show, referee Charles Robinson commented on being tackled by John Cena at the 2025 Night of Champions PLE…

“It was a very wild scene. I was up in gorilla position. I just wanted to watch the last match, you know, before I got changed, tore down the ring. All of a sudden, Seth Rollins comes up. He goes, ‘hey, when I call you, come down.’ He had the briefcase in his hand. So I figured we’re going to have a historic cash-in of the briefcase.I’m standing there, and all of a sudden, he gives the little (gestures) and I take off. So I’m running as hard as I can. Well, this is a cash in. So I’m running about 80%. I’m not giving it my all. If you look at the video, I’m trying to hold back. I’m trying to hold back a little bit. Thank God. Because if I’ve been going 100%, the collision would have been much worse. But I’m running down the ramp and I see movement out of my eye. I thought it was Stu, the camera guy. So then I divert back straight. All of a sudden, bam. I’m airborne. They tell me that John Cena hit me. Is that who hit me?”

“I thought I’m dead. I had no idea what happened. So like I said, I was only running 80%. So a hundred percent, it could have been different. I mean, that was a long runway, too. I mean, if you look at where I landed, I was inches from the stairs.I mean, when you’re up in the air like that, there’s no way that you’re sitting there, like, you know, calculating exactly where you’re going to land. It was zero me. It had nothing to do with me. I just ran in a straight line, and he hit me. I mean… I went where he put me.” (quotes courtesy of Corey Brennan)