John Cena takes a dig at Roger Goodell during ESPYs
At the annual ESPY awards in Los Angeles, host and WWE star John Cena used his opening monologue to compare various storylines from the NBA and NFL seasons to pro wrestling. After references to LeBron James’s return to the top and Peyton Manning’s final season as being “scripted,” Cena had this to say:
The one place the WWE has you beat, the one thing we have that you don’t: Vince McMahon. A maniacal billionaire pulling the strings behind the scenes who uses every trick in the book to manipulate things to his advantage, any way he can. That is something that is way too crazy for real sports.
The screen behind Cena then flashed a picture of NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.
Cena finished by saying, “Or maybe we have more in common than you think.”
Goodell’s reputation for handling scandals in the NFL has been shaky over the past few years, and with the newest stage in the Deflategate controversy unfolding Wednesday, it was no surprise that Cena had something in store for Goodell.
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